[ultraman zoffy]

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Originally Posted by redx24

your work here is beautiful. i can't wait to see more of your stuff.

Thanks Red! I'm hoping to keep learning and improving one project at a time...

[Jackieboy]

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Originally Posted by DarthGzus33

Good call Jackieboy, I am right there with you!!! If it wasn't for G1 3.75" Star Wars & Joes when I was a kid I would have never become a collector...I am not a hater of Legends in any way but 3.75" (especially Joes & MU) are what I look forward to hunting for every day!!!

agreed DarthG,star wars was my first toy line,even the secret wars figures of the 80's were smaller than legends.just seems like an argument of convenience from the ML heads.i have not been more enthusiastic about collecting a line then i am with MU,now the DC figs are here,so i look forward to adding those guys to my 3.75 universe.

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Originally Posted by kylactus

I read a piece in toyfare way back in 09 when MU first came out. they were saying the point of the 3.75 scale was to provide more charactures in accurate scale, and to provide vehicles and playsets.... where are these? did I miss them? and not to be all "doom and gloom" but the head designer for the line said that before its over he wanted a Bag Head spidey... but that would probably only happen at the end of the line... du du duuuuuuu! more fule for the fire of paranoia. on another note I do want a legends DOOM to customize it into a statue
for Castle dooms front yard.

The head designer you mentioned,that would not happen to be dave vonner by any chance,would it?

[Jackieboy]

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Originally Posted by MGTAJ

Yeah, the lack of 3.75" is why I don't have anything DC. Although, that looks to be changing now. If Marvel were to drop 3.75" then I'd drop Marvel.



I love the elitism present in the Legends forums, their air of superiority over the scale of their collection really highlights the inadequacies in other aspects of their life. And, I have to agree, a lot of the dope collections I've seen on here are MU, Joe and Star Wars centric.



For me, it was seeing Archangel and 90's Cyclops on the shelf and my X-Men obsession took over. The 3.75" is ideal for my deskspace.



And here it is, the obligatory chicken little "the sky is falling, MU is over" post. It's been a while since we had one.

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Does anybody use Legends, Selects or even old ToyBiz figures in their MU displays to portray height differences for characters like Galactus, Sentinels, FFF, Giant Man and the likes? I'm aware there's MU equivalencies of most of them but still

this is it pal,it just comes across as extreme fanboyism for the line and not the idea behind it,i dont know how many legends collectors ive encountered that really dont have a clue about the MU universe in general.the REAL marvel fans do NOT have an issue with the newer concept IE MU,because they collect them anyway.if i see some new hulk legends ill buy them,but i am more proud of my MU collection then i ever was with my legends collection.and im sure many feel the same way,as i said before id prefer hasbro to continue with BOTH lines and keep both sets of fans happy.
lol,and stick these legends snobs in people like Solo's mancave for 5 minutes and then ask them do they still think 3.75" figures are childish,i bet they would be having trouble picking their jaw up off the floor,to even try answer that question.

[wylde bil]

before MU my toy efforts were directed towards any doctor doom, deadpool, ash from army of darkness, packers and celtics. i honestly started collecting MU because of that i waited for the deadpools and the dooms but slowly started pickin up other figures of characters i liked til i started needing other characters to round out teams and fight scenes. to me they are the perfect scale to create fight scenes with tons of characters on one shelves plus at 10 bucks a pop my wife doesnt mind when i pick one up.

ill post some more set up pics of my shelves later

[Jackieboy]

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Originally Posted by wylde bil

before MU my toy efforts were directed towards any doctor doom, deadpool, ash from army of darkness, packers and celtics. i honestly started collecting MU because of that i waited for the deadpools and the dooms but slowly started pickin up other figures of characters i liked til i started needing other characters to round out teams and fight scenes. to me they are the perfect scale to create fight scenes with tons of characters on one shelves plus at 10 bucks a pop my wife doesnt mind when i pick one up.

ill post some more set up pics of my shelves later

looking forward to seeing your set-up.
im the same as you,some of my friends were and still are hardcore collectors,i just viewed myself as casual.but MU has started to turn me into something of a fanatic for the line.agreed with everything you said,my GF has less of a problem with these then she had with legends<<<mainly to do with lack of space.

[MGTAJ]

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Originally Posted by Jackieboy

looking forward to seeing your set-up.
im the same as you,some of my friends were and still are hardcore collectors,i just viewed myself as casual.but MU has started to turn me into something of a fanatic for the line.agreed with everything you said,my GF has less of a problem with these then she had with legends<<<mainly to do with lack of space.

The Legends fanboys are the Beiber hating Metalheads of the collecting game, no respect for other people's tastes or opinions and think theirs is superior just because.
I'm still a casual, I'm not a completist by any stretch. Not for financial reasons but I just have no interest in half the characters.

[bmorr]

the thing that bothered me about the earlier legends were the faces. i havent found a decent sculpted face on them. they always seemed kind of distorted with creepy grins.

[bmorr]

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Originally Posted by MGTAJ

Does anybody use Legends, Selects or even old ToyBiz figures in their MU displays to portray height differences for characters like Galactus, Sentinels, FFF, Giant Man and the likes? I'm aware there's MU equivalencies of most of them but still

I dont any legends of my own, but if i did, yellowjacket and sasquatch are good to use with MU.

[ultraman zoffy]

You can tell I'm relatively new to Ark, because I collect both MU and ML scales and think they're awesome. More figures to tinker with and mod as far as I'm concerned. lol... not sure why anyone would talk crap about either scale.

[MGTAJ]

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Originally Posted by ultraman zoffy

You can tell I'm relatively new to Ark, because I collect both MU and ML scales and think they're awesome. More figures to tinker with and mod as far as I'm concerned. lol... not sure why anyone would talk crap about either scale.

Having no preference doesn't make you new. Just not an elitist. I'd say "Welcome to the Ark" but it says you joined in 2011. Welcome Back instead.

Postie sticks a note informing me I have customs duty to pay on my parcel. He sticks it through my door 5 minutes before the office closes. Archangel, Doom and Fury are out of my grasp for another few days it seems.

[ultraman zoffy]

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Originally Posted by MGTAJ

Having no preference doesn't make you new. Just not an elitist. I'd say "Welcome to the Ark" but it says you joined in 2011. Welcome Back instead.

Haha, yeah, I think I "joined" back then, but didn't start posting much until maybe this year... so I guess I'm back! =)

[huracheeze]

hey guys, i just checked out and got a nova at hasbrotoyshop.com. wave 21 is up!

[Lionheart]

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I dont any legends of my own, but if i did, yellowjacket and sasquatch are good to use with MU.

Giant Man is fantastic. Modok, Mojo, etc work. Select Watcher too.

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Postie sticks a note informing me I have customs duty to pay on my parcel. He sticks it through my door 5 minutes before the office closes. Archangel, Doom and Fury are out of my grasp for another few days it seems.

Ah... the joy of paying to not have packages delivered that you've already paid to have delivered.

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I read a piece in toyfare way back in 09 when MU first came out. they were saying the point of the 3.75 scale was to provide more charactures in accurate scale, and to provide vehicles and playsets.... where are these? did I miss them? and not to be all "doom and gloom" but the head designer for the line said that before its over he wanted a Bag Head spidey... but that would probably only happen at the end of the line... du du duuuuuuu! more fule for the fire of paranoia. on another note I do want a legends DOOM to customize it into a statue
for Castle dooms front yard.

Hasbro sucks about playsets / vehicles. They always scale them back or make them suck in some way (Quinjet that can seat *1*?! Hawkeyes bike not included - though they said it would be).

Every other toyline gets playsets, but not for Hasbro; Turtles had the fantastic Sewer Lair and the little foldup ones; MotUC gets a Grayskull; Thundercats got a (rubbish) base; Dr. Who tardis sets, etc. But Hasbro - nothing. Seriously, if they designed things right they could make a fit-together city / building series of diorama's that they could sell chunk by chunk and I'll bet collectors would snap them up.

[MegsTriggerMan]

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Originally Posted by huracheeze

hey guys, i just checked out and got a nova at hasbrotoyshop.com. wave 21 is up!

Just came to say the same ... except Nova and Angle have sold out in the past few minutes.

[MGTAJ]

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Originally Posted by Lionheart

Ah... the joy of paying to not have packages delivered that you've already paid to have delivered.

Yeah, and the "Handling Fee" is more than the customs duty. They let you pay online and will deliver but it takes 5 working days.

[Exodus]

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Originally Posted by DarthGzus33

I only buy Legends for my absolute favorite characters...I buy pretty much all 3.75"...The article above sounds very promising...My poopy MK42 looks super lame next to all of my other IM figs, they must fix this travesty!!!

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Originally Posted by shortysben

I am starting to go this route as well

Ditto.

[JanSolo]

I like the way Legends look,I just don't care for their size (too big). Also they don't sell them in any stores around here, except every once in a while one or two will pop up. But like someone said earlier if I come across one that I think would fit in with my MU or other like scale figures I'll pick up a ML.

[Jackieboy]

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Originally Posted by ultraman zoffy

You can tell I'm relatively new to Ark, because I collect both MU and ML scales and think they're awesome. More figures to tinker with and mod as far as I'm concerned. lol... not sure why anyone would talk crap about either scale.

it seems to be a thing lately,this "versus" phenomena.its marvel its cool thats good enough for me and just as it happens i enjoy both lines
i was able to keep most of my bafs and they fit rather well with MU,even figures like blackheart and manthing.i think its cool that we can cross over with some characters,because of comic tradition,some of these characters have the ability to alter their size.

[ultraman zoffy]

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Originally Posted by Jackieboy

i was able to keep most of my bafs and they fit rather well with MU,even figures like blackheart and manthing.i think its cool that we can cross over with some characters,because of comic tradition,some of these characters have the ability to alter their size.

Legends Giant Man BAF is the MU integration champ... =)

[Jimmyo]

Foom and the Baf Sentinels work as well, Modok is great as is Mojo

[shortysben]

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Originally Posted by Jimmyo

Foom and the Baf Sentinels work as well, Modok is great as is Mojo

QFT James! (especially FOOM!)

[Jimmyo]

Yep Foom is a stunning figure, I am well impressed with the BAF sentinels though, I have the MU ones but we just got 3 of the BAF ones and they are on another level it kind of makes me want to grab the BAF galactus to see if its the same quality.

Oh Apocalypse is great as well but you already know that SB lol

I agree with Jackieboy about Man-thing and Blackheart Mephisto works well but he is hard to find in good condition

[shortysben]

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Originally Posted by Jimmyo

Yep Foom is a stunning figure, I am well impressed with the BAF sentinels though, I have the MU ones but we just got 3 of the BAF ones and they are on another level it kind of makes me want to grab the BAF galactus to see if its the same quality.

Oh Apocalypse is great as well but you already know that SB lol

I agree with Jackieboy about Man-thing and Blackheart Mephisto works well but he is hard to find in good condition

Apocalypse is okay...and I only say okay, because when I assembled him not too long ago, his leg snapped, and I had to replace the lower torso...

But I would DEF pass on the Galactus...he is a major fail compared to the MU one...I know I know, some may disagree, but the MU one is WAYYYY bigger than its ML counterpart, I just dont like how skinny he is, the BAF galactus is skinnier than the sentinel...thats not right?!?

[Jimmyo]

Cool I will keep the cash in my pocket, I have the dark Galactus so a traditional coloured one would have been ideal but if you say it is a pass then it is a pass

[shortysben]

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Originally Posted by Jimmyo

Cool I will keep the cash in my pocket, I have the dark Galactus so a traditional coloured one would have been ideal but if you say it is a pass then it is a pass

Well, for my taste it is, but I would like you to get a second opinion, I really dont care for it comparatively