[LordMudd]

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Originally Posted by Foreddyn

He looks like he's part of a ReAction wave

Well there is a 5 PoA Spidey for him to go with.


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[Il Cattivo]

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

I know. I shot it too far. missed the target.

[Sender]

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Originally Posted by Autobot_Goldbug

No thanks, they might as well have nothing. Those are a poor Happy Meal substitute.

BOOOO!

It is apparent you guys are starving for new stuff if you are going bananas for those Venom figures.

Different strokes for different folks.

As I mentioned before, I’m a fan of the idea of offering action figures (again) via dvd combo sets as another affordable retail option to collecting.

Given the relative 3.75 drought in both MU & JOE, to see 3.75 inch Marvel merch that was generally unannounced was surprising if not refreshing.

Plus it was interesting to know that Hasbro isn’t holding all the cards apparently in that department.

A far cry from MU’s hey day, for sure. But it’s a start.

Anyhow, toys are fun, even Happy Meal toys

[LordMudd]

I was never a fan of BaFs with Legends. They were usually too small. They belonged with MU. Modular playsets is also a sound idea. Mattel suffered with the YJ Hall of Justice and Playmates failed utterly with the Star Trek reboot bridge, but Jazwares is knocking it out of the park. If you only have a limited run, KISS, Keep It Simple, Stupid. (To bad Dwight still has not learned how to kiss yet.) Modular walls for Avenger's Compound, X-Men Danger Room, or just an office building for the street characters like Spidey, DD, Iron Fist, etc. Cross media offerings are good too, but only if they are CONSISTENT. How many movies has Marvel given us without figures packaged with the DVD? HUGE wasted opportunity and lost profits. We could have had Jane Foster with Thor or Bruce Banner with Hulk. Imagine those sales numbers!


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[MUfan97]

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Originally Posted by Autobot_Goldbug

It is apparent you guys are starving for new stuff if you are going bananas for those Venom figures.

Tbh, I just wanted to make fun of something like this because of the numbered version that had...Absolutely no point in existing.

[LordMudd]

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Originally Posted by Il Cattivo

I know. I shot it too far. missed the target.

"You've managed to kill just about everyone else but like the poor marksman, you

keep

missing

the target!" STWoK.


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[Jackieboy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordMudd

I was never a fan of BaFs with Legends. They were usually too small. They belonged with MU. Modular playsets is also a sound idea. Mattel suffered with the YJ Hall of Justice and Playmates failed utterly with the Star Trek reboot bridge, but Jazwares is knocking it out of the park. If you only have a limited run, KISS, Keep It Simple, Stupid. (To bad Dwight still has not learned how to kiss yet.) Modular walls for Avenger's Compound, X-Men Danger Room, or just an office building for the street characters like Spidey, DD, Iron Fist, etc. Cross media offerings are good too, but only if they are CONSISTENT. How many movies has Marvel given us without figures packaged with the DVD? HUGE wasted opportunity and lost profits. We could have had Jane Foster with Thor or Bruce Banner with Hulk. Imagine those sales numbers!


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perhaps they learned their lesson from previous toy lines that were linked to movies and seen there was no money to be made from 3.75",but nowadays Hasbro focus on the more profitable 6" line.

the way it stands? less than half of whats left of the 3.75" community cant get the latest 3.75 offerings,so i dont think sales are through the roof.they should adopt their 2013 mentality again.

cool avengers tower geomojo btw and great custom derstahlhelm!!!!

[Il Cattivo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordMudd

"You've managed to kill just about everyone else but like the poor marksman, you

keep

missing

the target!" STWoK.


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perhaps...she needs to stop moving her head, admiral.

[Harbinger]

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordMudd

"You've managed to kill just about everyone else but like the poor marksman, you

keep

missing

the target!" STWoK.


CCC.

You’ve been watching Falling Down haven’t you?

[LordMudd]

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Originally Posted by Jackieboy

perhaps they learned their lesson from previous toy lines that were linked to movies and seen there was no money to be made from 3.75",but nowadays Hasbro focus on the more profitable 6" line.

the way it stands? less than half of whats left of the 3.75" community cant get the latest 3.75 offerings,so i dont think sales are through the roof.they should adopt their 2013 mentality again.

cool avengers tower geomojo btw and great custom derstahlhelm!!!!

There is a difference between a whole movie line, even one of only a half dozen figures, and one exclusive figure packaged with a movie. At least make it a figure worth getting.


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[LordMudd]

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

You’ve been watching Falling Down haven’t you?

Not in a long time.


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[MUfan97]

Hope you guys don't mind the slight plug, but I've got the second season of my 12 Days of MU reviews series going, and I need some honest opinions on one part.

https://youtu.be/29oLvAFsSmc

There's the first episode for some context and comparison, but the latest episode is what I want to talk about.

https://youtu.be/rEokEfi-xpE

I'm doing a different style for articulation segments, and while I personally like it better, I would like some honest opinions on them.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by LordMudd

Not in a long time.


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When you said that just reminded me of the scene in that movie were the gangbangers do a drive by while hes on a payphone and hit everyone BUT him as hes just standing there.

[The Creator]

Whats up fellas and thanks for the inspiration to mod this guy, so that he can have better articulation. Also re-worked his hands,fingers, and neck, with Hyperion's upper thigh, and t-bar modded to fit Venom. Marvel universe Colossus upper arms almost forgot.

[Harbinger]

Cant wait to see it finished,

[The Creator]

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Originally Posted by MUfan97

Hope you guys don't mind the slight plug, but I've got the second season of my 12 Days of MU reviews series going, and I need some honest opinions on one part.

https://youtu.be/29oLvAFsSmc

There's the first episode for some context and comparison, but the latest episode is what I want to talk about.

https://youtu.be/rEokEfi-xpE

I'm doing a different style for articulation segments, and while I personally like it better, I would like some honest opinions on them.

??????

[MUfan97]

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Originally Posted by The Creator

??????

What do you mean "??????"

[LordMudd]

I am finally a very happy camper.

Thank you dz9ie10.


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[DerStahlhelm]

Seeing that sorry 5 POS Venom makes me wish I hadn’t passed on all those 4” Spidey line guys like Scorpion and Lizard because “they’ll eventually make MU versions with slightly more articulation”.

[LordMudd]

Earth Sentry. This is probably the easiest custom ever. I know I have said that before but when I said it, I did not even know about this guy, and something even easier will probably come along down the road to trump this one.



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[Snowflakian]

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Originally Posted by Sender

Plus it was interesting to know that Hasbro isn’t holding all the cards apparently in that department.

Eh, to be blunt, someone above hasbro in the food chain may have called in a favor to get that venom packaged in figure to go with the movie back before Venom itself was released in theaters. And it was a non-concern because it was a limited articulation promo item.

So I wouldn't read too much into it, and consider it a nice bone thrown to the community since Walmart previously had the spider-man 3 exclusive venom.



As for Fortenite compared to the hall of justice in YJ, a lot of that had more to do with the figures themselves. The YJ figures had no real demand since they were done like the JL/JLU ones previously. If YJ had Foretnite level of articulation, they would have sold at high volume.

Build-a-playset is very possible when done right. The problem is that it's been mixed in approaches so far, up until Fortenite, it's been very half-assed except for a few instances. Usually held back by the figures themselves. Like if Mattel tried it again using the new Jurassic World standard, it'd likely sell really well for DC stuff. (Which tbh, they could straight up repackage the hall of justice pieces from YJ for that even.)

It's proven really successful over in mega construx too. The difference being, the success stories have all had decently articulated figures at a reasonable price. Same reason why Daretoku/Oretoku works so well over with Epoch in Japan. Price to articulation ratio plus accessories.

[LordMudd]

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Originally Posted by Snowflakian

As for Fortenite compared to the hall of justice in YJ, a lot of that had more to do with the figures themselves. The YJ figures had no real demand since they were done like the JL/JLU ones previously. If YJ had Foretnite level of articulation, they would have sold at high volume.

Build-a-playset is very possible when done right. The problem is that it's been mixed in approaches so far, up until Fortenite, it's been very half-assed except for a few instances. Usually held back by the figures themselves. Like if Mattel tried it again using the new Jurassic World standard, it'd likely sell really well for DC stuff. (Which tbh, they could straight up repackage the hall of justice pieces from YJ for that even.)

This is my point. The Trek set was designed to be released in 2 waves and the second wave never happened, leaving the set incomplete. This was a critical fail for Playmates which they have done nothing to correct, ever. If there was ever any possibility of the second wave not being done, the set should never have been designed to be released that way. The problem with the HoJ was the last 3 stealth figures were undercirculated, making the set difficult but not impossible to complete. The Fortnight set is simple and expandable and does not require multiple waves to complete. It does not have the complexity of the other 2, but it does what it is intended to do, making it a total success.


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[Jackieboy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordMudd

There is a difference between a whole movie line, even one of only a half dozen figures, and one exclusive figure packaged with a movie. At least make it a figure worth getting.


CCC.

id say if the toy company had the licence on venom then we would have seen about 6 characters intergrated into the legends line.but im sure they will come around eventually when infinity war runs its course and the reboot kicks in......i wonder will Mcevoy and co will be kept on for the reboot?

[Jackieboy]

[QUOTE=Snowflakian;783353]Eh, to be blunt, someone above hasbro in the food chain may have called in a favor to get that venom packaged in figure to go with the movie back before Venom itself was released in theaters. And it was a non-concern because it was a limited articulation promo item.

So I wouldn't read too much into it, and consider it a nice bone thrown to the community since Walmart previously had the spider-man 3 exclusive venom.



As for Fortenite compared to the hall of justice in YJ, a lot of that had more to do with the figures themselves. The YJ figures had no real demand since they were done like the JL/JLU ones previously. If YJ had Foretnite level of articulation, they would have sold at high volume.

Build-a-playset is very possible when done right. The problem is that it's been mixed in approaches so far, up until Fortenite, it's been very half-assed except for a few instances. Usually held back by the figures themselves. Like if Mattel tried it again using the new Jurassic World standard, it'd likely sell really well for DC stuff. (Which tbh, they could straight up repackage the hall of justice pieces from YJ for that even.)

question time!!!!
is hasbro even carrying a licence for these latest FOX movies?because we have NOT seen a mcevoy profx or fassbender magneto in legends format as of yet and those guys have been playing those roles for a few years now.
also is hasbro even the maker of this limited edition movie venom figure?
edit
sorry fox for xmen.sony for spiderverse!but yeah does hasbro have contracts on these?i do understand why they made allowances for movie spidey though as that was part of a deal done between disney.marvel and sony!

[Sender]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snowflakian

Eh, to be blunt, someone above hasbro in the food chain may have called in a favor to get that venom packaged in figure to go with the movie back before Venom itself was released in theaters. And it was a non-concern because it was a limited articulation promo item.

So I wouldn't read too much into it, and consider it a nice bone thrown to the community since Walmart previously had the spider-man 3 exclusive venom.

It's not being blunt stating another opinion unless you work for Hasbro and are stating it factually.

Regardless the reasons, it was still a pleasant surprise to see a Marvel figure made under the radar. Limited articulation aside, it was reasonably priced for what it was.

It was obvious from the official pics that it wasn't going to be super-articulated. At best, for serious collectors, it could easily be used for customizing.

Given the current 3.75 inch void in the line and no news of more MU or MCU figures announced, i bought into the future potential of offering action figures by this method as an additional way to collecting.

Whether or not my support made a difference, i've enjoyed my purchase and now have a fun movie souvenir figure to play with and display on my desk.