Somewhat? The Multiverse figures definitely aren't as bad as they were a few years ago and they finally seem to be gradually adding more articulation, but it's still not up to Legends snuff.

Exciting thought, longtime Toy Biz vet Dave Vonner maybe able to help increase quality. A major reason why Marvel movie figures got better is because of their often mentioned "digital assets." Email those same laser scans to Vonner the Toy Biz vet and we may get a little touch of that Toy Biz quality, too! If they can do a descent quality Jurassic T Rex at $49 then Mattel / Vonner can excitingly do descent quality toys for Marvel Universe,

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It's way more than the digital assets. The sculpts, articulation, paint and quality control are usually across the board superior.


The downsizing of the Build-a-Figures had nothing to do with Hasbro somehow being less skilled than ToyBiz and everything to do with the economics. Mattel wouldn't be putting out ToyBiz-sized Build-a-Figures either. Even the largest of their current Collect and Connect figures don't come close to touching the size of ToyBiz's BAFs.

Your right about the bigger 6 inch CnCs not being as good as BaFs. So maybe Mattel can focus on smaller 3.75 inch toys. Yet if Mattel does a Marvel Cinematic Universe future "AoA movie Apocalyse" (the size of Mattel's T Rex at $49) that'll be a good thing for for collectors of almost any scale.

Although they aren't super-articulated, the older ToyBiz 5" X-Men/X-Men Evolution Juggernauts may work better than 6" ML for height and are even helmetless.

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I don't know why you seem to think if the license transferred from Hasbro Mattel would stop doing 6-inch figures. That's basically the industry standard for collector-focused figures at this point. Even aside from the DC license, Mattel was working in that scale for other lines like Halo and WWE.

Two of the best MU customs i've ever seen. And of characters not produced for MU.

Record breaking works, Creator!

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You're killing it. Is the Red Ghost head a custom?

Hire bobby vala too!

Unfortunately Mattel is firing 2000 people too so who knows if he is safe yet.

Hopefully they keep Vonner. If not, word has it that Bobby Vala applied to Mattel. He's a huge G.I. Joe fan who likes to say "3.75 inch is my scale." That said I'd really like to see a Vala / Vonner Team-Up.

Not so much stopping 6 inch figures. Moreso giving 6 inch collectors a breather whilst tossing 3.75 collectors a T Rex size bone, with a lotta meat, and some Toy Biz sauce smothered atop.

Bobby Vala of Hasbro said collectors are now cherry picking 6 inch because there's way too much of a laborious glut. Instead of 100 Legends figures it can be 75. Along with that, an attempt at a Jurasic World 3.75 award winning sales topping toyline of 25 figures at 3.75 inches.

Thanks Hasbroherofan a million, and for the head look closer it it Dwalin from Lord of The Rings 3.75 toy line modded.

Sender dude i'm speechless again what can I say besides thanks for the support, and i can hear that subliminal " Creator get off of you're lazy a$# and get busy " Sender I hear you loudly and thanks again;)

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Great work. I love Morph especially!

Mattel actively has a harder time with 1:18th scale material, granted that's evolving, but they still need to fine tune their own practices to get the right balance first and prove to maintain market viability.

To the point, this was one of the reasons Mattel lost the DC license for "boys action figures". While DCIH was great for the retro pocket hero fad, it ended up not long term viable, and multiverse 4" faded out really fast as well. Jurassic World was the first line to have decent staying power in that regard on the scale. Mattel needs to re-fashion their approach and prove themselves first before pushing too far ahead with licenses, which is a good thing for them anyway as they need more self-owned properties to get their market back to holding without depending on solely Barbie and Hot Wheels to sustain themselves. You can see this pretty evident with their usage of Halo and how that's approached too.

Hasbro is still the best option for it right now. That and Hasbro & Marvel get along fantastic.

The problem is economics is all. Which is in the process of getting gradually fixed. And thanks to Jazwares, the scale is surging in popularity to the point Hasbro will want to look into it more to feed into that craze like how Thanos appeared in Fortenite.

The scale isn't forgotten, it's only on the back burner for right now to fix some other hiccups first.

But yeah, 6" is the collector market staple. It's not going anywhere right now, and if anything, is set to grow more still as wider licenses are being approached by various companies for 6" for the collector market.

Those are sick mna....though starfox and quasar are my favorites.

Was just browsing EBay for the old Miles Morales MU(Into the Spider-verse made me want one), and found an unpainted prototype of the Gamerverse Spidey for $20, if anyone is interested.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Marvel-Univ...b0yOR&LH_BIN=1

Spiderverse Sequel is in 2020 when the Marvel toy license is available. Love to see Vonner reunite with the Marvel Universe and 3.75 inch figures!

Thanks for the link!

That new 3.75 line is a promising start.

Yup. I noticed even in Aquaman the all-ages line was mostly 6-inch as well. Great post.

You a big Jocasta, fan?


Interesting read, thanks!

Creator, that BRB with his mouth wide open is creeping me out.

^^^your welcome!