My foot came in with a broken leg at the grassroots level. After examination I found that the bindings of the branches on the base and the ball were very fragile and held by a small dot of glue. I counted it back to Amazon, but I could fix it with super-glue ... that said, given the apparent fragility of the foot, there is a good chance that after several uses, other branches break off in turn. However, this little soft to walk malleable branches is very convenient. Just do not forget to take along a tube of glue, in case ...