Low-cost jointed toy figure and its associated method of manufacture

An articulable toy figure, comprising:

• multiple body parts joined by ball and socket joints, wherein said ball and socket joints contain ball structures seated within socket structures;
• frame sections disposed within said body parts, wherein said frame sections are molded from a first plastic, and wherein said ball structures are molded as part of said frame sections;
• body features covering at least some of said frame sections, wherein said body features are over-molded onto said frame sections in a second plastic, and wherein said socket structures are molded as part of said body features, and wherein at least some of said frame sections contain reduced breakaway sections that enable said frame sections to break when at least some of said body parts are moved in relation to one another.

A method of manufacturing an articulable toy figure, comprising:

• molding a frame from a first plastic that contains frame sections, wherein at least some of said frame sections include ball structures and reduced breakaway sections that enable said frame sections to break when said frame sections are moved in relation to one another
• over-molding body parts around at least some of said frame sections in a second plastic, wherein at least some of said body parts include socket structures that partially surround said ball structures on said frame sections, wherein said ball structures and said socket structures form ball and socket joints that enable relative movement of said frame sections and said body parts.