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Originally Posted by Greenskar

The Thor Line's "good" figures, aren't even Thor. IMO. I passed on the warriors 3, haven't seen a Destroyer and didn't even see Wave 2 in stores until 3 weeks ago. The paint apps were inconsistent on what I saw in stores and were pretty bad. I loved the movie, but I could care less about the figures the line offers. I choose MU line to get what I want out of a Thor figure and Loki. Movie Thor in 3.75" scale did not appeal to me this time 'round.

IM2 had so much variety that I thought was impressive. Paint apps were good (Movie Whiplash notwithstanding). I just wish I would have seen the Mandarin wave in stores. I had no problems with articulation on this wave with the minor complaint that the lacked the neck articulation of Extremis Iron Man in MU.

Cap figures, with the exception of Bucky Cap, Winter Soldier and Crossbones (I didn't bother with any of the Hydra goons so I won't comment on them) were NOT on par with MU IMO. If you want to say they are in line with MU from the waist down that's fine, but that just leaves much desired in my personal opinion.

I haven't forgotten the first waves of MU or the female bodies, that was also three years ago. They've improved their figures since then. I honestly believe they just slack on general movie figure molds because those are more durable and will be most likely to be bought for children who will actually play with them. The comic figures in Movie Lines are the more articulated because they are aiming for the collector audience with these additions.

MU is strictly a collectors line and will get the better molds and articulation as a result. From a marketing perspective I would expect movie lines are geared more towards kids primarily and collectors second. So corners will be cut to save on expenses. Gotta increase that Gross Margin

Fair enough, and a fair assessment. I didn't really count all the various captain america himself figures, siding those with as you said, kid fodder.
Thor was a bit heavy handed on Thor as well, which is why I let much of that slide as kid fodder too, but it does have some fantastic figures and articulation, just not so much with heimdall. Heimdall has the elbow syndrome you complained about at the start.