Originally Posted by En Sabah Nut (Post 726623)

let's see... 11x "Hail Hydras" literally doubled the minimum requirement. let me see how do i reciprocate to senders?

done. i shall roll-out a customized piece which a ML collector sold to me due to broken spikes on it's body. not very obvious flaws though, but he was kind enough to drop the price significantly & i sincerely thank him for that. the best thing is... when i compared the comic size it scales exactly with MU size! without peerless exhaust smoke, here is Rulk-Venom-Rider -

https://i.imgur.com/ElOTGbJ.jpg?1

please note that i added a Macfarlane Spawn Violator Chopper to it as it fits the figure to a T (plus nothing available comes close in scale to the comic version... yet), plus a pair of wings just for hell-venly fun! :DBZ2

inspiration -
https://i.imgur.com/INC6AYA.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/AtIBy0x.jpg

Originally Posted by hasbroherofan (Post 726648)

The video in question is here.
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/vid...07688719080%2F

They talk about the fate of the 3.75 inch line in the last few minutes. Basically the same argument we've heard before, that the 6" line takes priority because it's more popular and that it's difficult to try and do two deep collector-oriented lines in differing scales.

He does say that there's a chance the line will see a resurgence "when there's a hunger for it," but the problem is I don't know how you can possibly gauge demand for a line when there's virtually no product. However he did say that it's likely we'll still see exclusives and cited the movie two-packs. Maybe there's gonna be a Black Panther two-pack after all. The Homecoming two-pack was revealed separately from the rest of the Homecoming line, right?

Originally Posted by ukmu (Post 726636)

@Nut....wow

I don't know who that is but you nailed it!!!!
Bravo as always my friend! And for the record, moose have antlers not horns.. Just saying. ;)

Originally Posted by Sender (Post 726663)

Absolutely E-V-I-L, Nut! Absolutely EVIL!

Nut has already given us our 3.75 MU Legendary Riders which surpasses the recent official 6" ML line on many levels.

Originally Posted by hasbroherofan (Post 726648)

The video in question is here.
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/vid...07688719080%2F

Originally Posted by Nitelife (Post 726664)

I call bs on stalls statement that running two lines is not " feasible" or what not...

Guess hasbro doesnt learn from its mistakes...they just up the scale.

Originally Posted by ukmu (Post 726658)

Something doesn't smell right to me about his statements.

Originally Posted by teddyboy09 (Post 726651)

A few years ago 3.75" Marvel was rocking and rolling without 6" Legends... It's just sad that they're pitting two lines of different scales against each other.

Originally Posted by hasbroherofan (Post 726648)

He does say that there's a chance the line will see a resurgence "when there's a hunger for it," but the problem is I don't know how you can possibly gauge demand for a line when there's virtually no product.

Originally Posted by kostej (Post 726557)

Still, I refuse to die silently... Tell Hasbro that we exist!

Originally Posted by LordMudd (Post 726559)

...Then the only dissatisfied people would be the profit mongers at Hasbro.

Originally Posted by Jackieboy (Post 726644)

Their nice way of saying "parties over kids"!

Originally Posted by Kernel (Post 726669)

...the marvelicious guy says regarding the 3.75" reveals at SDCC "something's missing?" and stall just gives a fake laugh lol good stuff

Originally Posted by ukmu (Post 726658)

I am reminded of En Sabah Nerd's signature pic. "When the wine is gone, the party is over. That's the rule."

Originally Posted by Villano (Post 725209)

Hasbro has them in stock now.

Originally Posted by Prem1x (Post 726679)

Also, I don't know if 4" is the less-popular scale across the board but definitely for Marvel it is.

Originally Posted by Prem1x (Post 726679)

The 4" line being rested is fine. I'm ready for the them to stop selling us crap and do a re-launch in the future. But how will they gauge interest when they've let 4" dwindle to nothing with crap case packouts and simultaneous cost cuts and price increases.

Also, I don't know if 4" is the less-popular scale across the board but definitely for Marvel it is. But probably only because of the nostalgia for Legends and the missteps that MU took.

Even outside Marvel though, a Kickstarter like Zombie Labs only drew 500+ people while the Fwoosh AI ninja one drew 1200+ people.

Originally Posted by En Sabah Nut (Post 726682)

Gold Ultron looks promising when Kernel's image is blown up
http://www.toyark.com/attachments/44...6b89fae76e.jpg

Originally Posted by BeRealNickNaro (Post 726720)

I think one of the big problems is there aren't any other mainstream companies doing 1/18 scale figures. So Hasbro can let MU slowly die. They let GIJoe fade. I bet they wish they could can Star Wars 4" as well, but they know they can't make a 6" scale Falcon.

Honestly, I was getting to the point now where I was right before Toybiz ended the original Legends line: is not interested in most of the releases and I really just want Hasbro to give us new molds that match the Legends quality and diversity and update the main characters on them. (I know that's not a universal feeling).

The other problem is, if Hasbro isn't doing 1/18, who's going to bring it back BUT then? I feel like other companies followed their lead into 1:18 when Star Wars and Joe were strong. But now Legends is strong (according to Hasbro), so that's where companies are going to go as well. Not to mention, hardly anything is even getting a toyline these days.

Originally Posted by Kernel (Post 726733)

Thanks Nut... how did u do that?

Originally Posted by ukmu (Post 726647)

They will be here in UK in 6 weeks at MGM London. HASBRO and the team of ML goons.

Maybe I will start a GO-FUND-ME campaign to go down there and give them what for!!! That was my son's idea, he said, "start a public fund campaign and raise some dosh dad. Go and find out."

Anyway, I don't believe it is a surprise to anyone. I am sure we will lose about 30% of our die hard collectors. It is inevitable, it is the nature of collecting. They call it that for a reason and not "looking at old crap you already own-ing." So at least eBay prices should tank and we can buy stuff even cheaper. I am sure the customs for cash market will see a short increase but will level out to all but dead by spring, sorry Pilk. I am sure a year from now this thread will be at a crawl like MUCC is now. Maybe a page a week...Maybe. Same will happen here,as signs point to it already on a slow and steady decline.

That isn't to discredit the outstanding members we have now that are active, especially our newer members that contribute so much. So those of you that have been here a few years or more, have definitely seen the older heavyweights either take flight or slow to a trickle of posting. I mean AshRock, raf323, Ursa Prime, Lord Marvel, and several others that were HUGE in this thread back in the day and major contributors to the larger community as a whole, have ALL sold up and moved on. All we have left from those days is Jackie Boy, and he is an asshole! (Just kidding mate, an asshole that I love dearly by the way!) Not to mention the countless others that have downsized to a smaller core collection and are content with a small representation of the former MU glory and no longer post. We few, we happy few. We band of bothers....remain. I mean ALL of this in a happy positive vibe as well, not being a Debbie Downer at all, just pointing out that the writing has been on the wall for a LONG LONG time. I wasn't there at the beginning, but I am damn proud to be here at the end....With you, my friends.

We will join the ranks of GI Joe fans now Marvel 3.75" family. All dressed up and no where to go. Most of us here collect multiple lines, or even other Marvel scales but there are some of us, myself included, that THIS is it. Marvel 3.75" and that is all. I am of the mindset that I am glad it is over as opposed to putting out crap. I dabble a bit in the new Star Wars 5 poa stuff, but this is mostly because it is available and able to "hunt" it down. I could honestly take it or leave it. I have only gotten Old Man Like from Episode 8 and am somewhat on the fence about jumping in and making a commitment to the TIME, MONEY and SPACE the new line will entail. So now, I would rather have nothing than buckshot figures that look good next to the older stuff and towards the end no longer even scaled well either. For me, I am ok...what does it mean to you?

I feel bad for Oscar now. He finally finished his beautiful new room. Filled it up with the one thing he collects. Completes the collection, and now they end it. I know he has armies to build and Pilk is practically his neighbour but still. Which poses the question.... once the "collection" is complete and the factory no longer make them, are we still COLLECTORS or are we something else entirely? This question has been in my head for hours this morning. Can one be a collector and yet not collect anything?

I know you can sit back and admire your hoard, but that seems like more of retirement than active collecting. I mean Sugar Ray Leonard still has money and his memories, but we don't still call him a fighter! So does this make us ex-collectors? This is what I have seriously been contemplating for several hours as I go about my lazy gray Sunday.

What do you guys think.... I am dying to know.

Lastly, I believe with 2018 looming that whole "Marvel 3.75 license was renewed by HASBRO" may be all bullshit. Two things to look at, as stated just today above and many have known this for five years, David Vonner said "they have enough of my work to last until 2017." We have known 2017 was the final year of their contract with pre-Disney Marvel..... Maybe they are playing the long game to get a better deal with the Mouse, or perhaps they stepped aside and have made room for someone else to take over next year. A small subscription based service with one or two figures a month at the highest level of quality, articulation and accessories. Someone big in the independent scene maybe? No box stores, no middle men and $20 per figure (maybe more as the Mouse will want his cut) say $25 for a BAD ASS figure that we the fans can vote on each year???? Maybe, time will tell.

Originally Posted by Kernel (Post 726733)

Thanks Nut... how did u do that?



I just think it's easy to say 6" sells well when that seems to be all they offer. I can go to almost any store and find a shit ton of 6" legends on deep clearance. It's a self fulfilling prophecy as Vonner would say.