[Nostalgic]

Where do you guys get those clear plastic posing stands? What brand?

[Bo Ttef]

most of the stands i see here are the ones that MAFEX includes with their figures like this. Figuarts also makes a dynamic flight/figure stand that is a lot like this but square

[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by Bo Ttef

most of the stands i see here are the ones that MAFEX includes with their figures like this. Figuarts also makes a dynamic flight/figure stand that is a lot like this but square

Beautiful. The stand, not the figure. That figure has to be the worst figure that Hasbro has released. *Vomit*. I hope a redo in the next x-wave or two....he's embarrassing.

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Nostalgic

Where do you guys get those clear plastic posing stands? What brand?

Mine are KO Obitsu stands from Ebay. Official ones can usually be found on Hobby Link Japan's website.

I also have NECA's stands, but have yet to crack them open to give them a whirl. Those can be found at most TRUs though.

[Bo Ttef]

I only picked him up for the wings- Banshee is one of the reasons I hated Hasbro so much when they took the line over from Toybiz... I mean I really really hated Hasbro for that and even have a letter in Toyfare deriding them for their shit figures and terrible yellow paint apps.... So Banshee was fodder bin bound when I gave him another shot- he really has a decent head sculpt- he just needs color: to his fleshtone and his hair and even the pale yellow on the suit.. I may even darken the green... but just with some color (...and a new collar) he is a much much better figure.... when his new wings come in I'll post him again with the rest of the team...

[Nostalgic]

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Originally Posted by Bo Ttef

most of the stands i see here are the ones that MAFEX includes with their figures like this. Figuarts also makes a dynamic flight/figure stand that is a lot like this but square

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Mine are KO Obitsu stands from Ebay. Official ones can usually be found on Hobby Link Japan's website.

I also have NECA's stands, but have yet to crack them open to give them a whirl. Those can be found at most TRUs though.

Thanks for the info, guys! I really need to order some, certain figures just need a dynamic pose that you can't achieve without a stand.

[Dr Kain]

Wow, what is wrong with that Banshee toy? He looks so disproportionate and lanky. Also, I know he is screaming, but his jaw looks way too long.

[donmeca2020]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Wow, what is wrong with that Banshee toy? He looks so disproportionate and lanky. Also, I know he is screaming, but his jaw looks way too long.

I noticed all of the toybiz or just older legends prior to 2014 look all lanky and arms too long.

[Bo Ttef]

ha- you guy crack me up. haters gonna hate.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by Bo Ttef

ha- you guy crack me up. haters gonna hate.

I think mar and genis vell still stand up rather nicely especially next to nova.

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by donmeca2020

I noticed all of the toybiz or just older legends prior to 2014 look all lanky and arms too long.

That's a really bad generalization, as many of them are perfectly fine and hold up quite well.

If anything the gorilla arms are often caused by the fact that many of ToyBiz's figures had articulated fingers and hands, forcing them to be sculpted larger to accommodate that articulation.

[Weapon X]

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Originally Posted by donmeca2020

I noticed all of the toybiz or just older legends prior to 2014 look all lanky and arms too long.

Toy Biz beats Hasbro any day of the week.

[Nostalgic]

My X-Men team is coming along nicely. I will say, holy hell that Jean Grey figure will not stand on her own, wtf!?

[juggernaut209]

I would take the clean look of modern Marvel Legends over a good deal of the Toybiz era figures. I collect more figures today than I did back then, because so many were so ugly. Bizarre looking limbs and shoulders, deformed hands with pointless finger articulation. I think they have found the right balance with articulation and sculpting.

[Captain Nash]

I'm glad i have my Toybiz ML but I am looking forward to upgrades of them from Hasbro, for the most part. In the meantime I'm good. As far as what's better or worse Hasbro or Toybiz I think using Banshee as a marker point for Hasbro is where it can go wrong. It was like using Toybiz's Rogue as a marker point for Toybiz production.

[Early Cuyler]

I agree with Toybizs articulation looking wonky. Same thing with their TNA wrestlers. The round ball looking hips are the most unappealing thing. The finger and toe articulation is largely pointless too IMO.

[GizmoTron]

I honestly think that most everything Hasbro is doing with Legends is exactly what Toy Biz would be doing with the line if they were still around today.

[Boy Blunder]

I have exactly one Toy Biz ML, and that's Nightcrawler. Because he's a character that needs that level of articulation.

Otherwise, I have yet to see a TB figure that beats out the Hasbro counterpart. A lot of articulation-over-aesthetic decisions combined with some really boggling deco/texture choices (*coughCAPTAINBRITAINcoughWONDERMANcough*, and everyone apparently needed varicose veins) leave me feeling kinda cold towards the majority.

[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

I have exactly one Toy Biz ML, and that's Nightcrawler. Because he's a character that needs that level of articulation.

Otherwise, I have yet to see a TB figure that beats out the Hasbro counterpart. A lot of articulation-over-aesthetic decisions combined with some really boggling deco/texture choices (*coughCAPTAINBRITAINcoughWONDERMANcough*, and everyone apparently needed varicose veins) leave me feeling kinda cold towards the majority.

I don't have the new Colossus in hand yet but I would imagine the TB will be the better of the two. Overall though I'd say you're absolutely right.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

I don't have the new Colossus in hand yet but I would imagine the TB will be the better of the two. Overall though I'd say you're absolutely right.

Or the select one. The only place i recall seeing that colossus outfit was in the game xmen destiny. Though i havent picked up a comic in over a decade so it may have been in the comics at some point.

[Bo Ttef]

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

I think mar and genis vell still stand up rather nicely especially next to nova.

yeah- I don't discount any figure based on who or when it was made- to me it's all about what looks best for my shelf. Sometimes that's hasbro, sometimes Select and sometimes Toybiz... whatever makes me happy

[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

Or the select one. The only place i recall seeing that colossus outfit was in the game xmen destiny. Though i havent picked up a comic in over a decade so it may have been in the comics at some point.

It was in the mostly forgettable time period of 2010-2014...X-Men (adjectiveless vol 2) and Utopia to around the time the first run of UXM ended.

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Weapon X

Toy Biz beats Hasbro any day of the week.

Tell that to Scarlet Witch and Wasp.

[Bo Ttef]

"Destroy them all, my Horseman! Cleanse the world with your fire!"


two "old" favorites!

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by Bo Ttef

yeah- I don't discount any figure based on who or when it was made- to me it's all about what looks best for my shelf. Sometimes that's hasbro, sometimes Select and sometimes Toybiz... whatever makes me happy

Dont forget the fried twinkies! Thats happiness tenfold!