Same here with the blue ninjago figure (5005117), my arms hurt. I am thinking about cutting off the back plate just below the neck piece.
None of this would have been necessary if Lego was not such a horrible excuse for a company. I cannot believe that they wanted 30EUR for this cheap crap back in 2016.
Until around 2015, i was a big fan, now i strictly follow the mantra "The only good lego is used lego".