[jimsloth]

I figured I'd make a thread comparing the old Marvel Showdown figures I own to the Universe figures of the same costumes. There will be a couple where I don't own the universe version, or have bashed mine and don't have more, but I hope most of this will be helpful to people. Oh, and ALL Showdown figures are floppy. The joints that aren't are usually frozen in place, and when forced to move may break.


SD Human Torch, hated this guy on the peg. Only own him because he came in a lot. Very floppy joints, bad paint job. I also dislike the clumpy looking opaque flames.


SD Mr Fantastic doesn't have many redeeming factors (double jointed elbows). He is better than the Secret wars Universe fig, but I like the three pack version much more.


SD Thing is one of the best SD figs. I like it better than the Universe ones. It has many more joints, arguably better paint and sculpt. He is floppy, but not quite as much as other SD figs.


SD Namor isn't too bad. I liked him more than the first Universe version of him, but not as much as this one. I do like his trident. His head is too small. One complaint is that he has superfluous joints, like the rotation on his calves. His feet rotate, and so do his thighs. Does he really need that one? And his forearm rotation joint could have been hidden by his cuffs, but instead it is in the middle of skin. Oh well.