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Originally Posted by synapse17

Originally Wolverine was 4 1/2 feet tall. A bit short. He was originally meant to be a wolverine human hybrid or a mutated wolverine cub. As he gained popularity, they quickly tweaked his image to include an extra foot of man and to attribute his powers to the mutant gene. At that point his history and adimantium skeleton were still under raps. His mask changed from the original short eared tiger striped version to the one we all know and love due to an artists mistake.

Now we all know that different artists imagine our heroes in different ways. I know it's subjective as to who likes or dislikes any given version or artistic style of a character, but I tend to like the ones that just look cool and suit the character. Jim Lee's Wolverine is the one thats stuck. And the one I like best. It has him at around 5 foot 4" - 5 foot 6". Wolverine is also very stout. The reason for this is because of the extra muscle mass that has developed to support the extra weight of his adimantium skeleton, that ads an extra 100 pounds to his over all weight. So a wide Wolverine just makes since. I'm not a big fan of the Hue Jackman Wolverine. He's just not the right body type at all. But he has done a good job for the most part. But I wouldn't buy any figures based off of him.

One point I would like to make is that if we based all the toys on their first incarnation than we would see a Hulk that is smaller, a Juggernaut without pants and a Goblin glider that was just a wingless rocket. So I'm all for on going character development.

Not all the choices made are going to be ones fans like or agree with, but I would say Marvel does a pretty good job overall considering our love and devotion to the MU.

The way a particular comic artist draws has nothing to do with these action figures. The true artists of this line are the sculptors. They have to use the most commonly referred specs for each character to be most true to them. Most spec sheets including character encyclpedias and trading cards put Wolverine at 5'3, 195 lbs. Much shorter than the common superhero. The problem here is most have never truly realized how small "the runt" really is until seeing him in very accurate 3D form.

195 lbs is quite a lot for a 5'3 man to weigh. Even a heavily muscled one. That's chalked up to his metal-laced skeleton. Regardless, the "XMO" figure buck is not puny and has the perfect amount of muscle. Like I pointed out in my last post, it's arms and core are the exact same proportionately as figures over a foot taller than him (Commander Rogers, Daredevil, Adam Warlock, etc). If he were any beefier, he would truly look like a dwarf or a super-deformed Hulk. His articulation would be nil if that much more bulk was added.

Lastly, no one ever said these figures should be based on their very first appearances. Much less the writers concept ideas or artists concept sketches. I'm thinking this is where some of your statements must of been gathered. In the first true appearance of Wolverine*, it's clearly stated on page 3 that Wolverine is 5'5", not 4'6". He also clearly seems to be man in costume and not some sort of animal/human hybrid. Please state where you got your facts.

*Hulk #181 (included in an awesome CP on sale now!)
Hulk #180 was Wolvie's 1st cameo and introduction
to the world. - Anal-retentive Anthony!