I was playing with my Shockwave a little today (1 year old son likes the lights and sounds)...

Anyways, I noticed that where the hose meets the body is started to crackle a little bit. Just a little bit, but it's starting.

Anyway to prevent this or slow it down, or...?

I usually have him in robot form and his gun arm reversed so that the hose is on the lower part of the arm instead of the normal on-top-of-the-arm. I had him like this because transforming him "properly", stretches the hose a little bit and puts it a little tight.

Any suggestions?