These are joints in an action figure. Several points of articulation can add to play value but usually detract from sculpt of an action figure. The number of points varies from figure to figure from thirteen-inch figures such as Star Wars, that contain 14 points to 3¼ inch G I Joes that contain 11, to the Royal Guards in the Power of the Force 2 line of Star wars figures that contain only two. Two is the lowest number of points that a figure can have before it is considered a statue.