Budfish, if you don't like it, change cars. Otherwise, suck it up. It's the price you pay for having the car you so clearly love. It won't change!
I like Keith Bontrager's (mountain bike pioneer) design philosophy:
Strong, light, cheap - pick two.
You need to find a part that breaks less and satisfies one of the other criteria! Bear in mind if it's strong and light it won't be cheap, and if it's strong and cheap it won't be light!!
(Neil, as an aside, some manufacturers will mould the whole tree, trim off the parts that don't sell, and then put them back in the grinder and re-feed them to the moulding machine. Kyosho clearly don't do that, but it is an option. HTH
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