[Universe]

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Originally Posted by tlasjr

I 100% disagree. I DESPISE rocker ankle and thigh swivels. Sure there were some bad sculpts but some great ones too. And let's face it there have been some stinkers in MU too. I like both lines but if you asked me which had more potential going forward and which one I would like to see Continue it would have been multiverse.

I see both sides and I tend to agree with Jedirulz, personally. I started collecting again because of MU and what sold it was the articulation. Coming from a childhood of GIJoe, the possabilty was fantastic compared to He Man and Ninja Turtles; which I liked. Also, martial arts movies influenced me as a kid so my Joes doing awesome kicks and punches added to the fun of playing with them.

Fast forward, collecting them opened up more hobbies, like toy photography and building dioramas and doing stopmotion. Now concerning Multiverse; I stayed away from them at the start because of the lack of articulation. Then MU turned into subpar, less articulated, pricier, less quality figures. Multiverse started to peak my interest and I went ahead and bought a Batman and although I wa initially bummed by the lack of articulation; the sculpt was amazing and the line grew on me.

I will say this: Multiverse really did deliver on villians. MU didn't really have many in ratio with the amount of heroes being pumped out. Looking at my multiverse collection; I am pleased that Batman, Nightwing, and sometimes Catwoman can battle a horde of Batman foes, Giant and small. Plus I finally have a decent Movie Superman and Batman in scale which I was greatly a fan of in my childhood. I was really bummed out when they canceled the line because it looked like they were bound to progress in their sculpts and probably add more and more articulation which is saying a lot for Mattel who delivered 5 POA for decades which always kept me away.