[Kamatayan]

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Originally Posted by deecee4

I don't need to put my figures in any crazy ninja poses so I'm cool with 5 poa(so long as the sculpts are good and paint apps are decent) but I understand why it gets the hate that it does.
So far I think I'm only gonna be interested in the k2 droid in both scales and the 5 poa Classic stormtrooper. I'm totally not feeling the death trooper...don't like the helmet design, which looks like they frankensteined a mouse droid with a stormtroopers helmet.

I can see what you're getting at at not needing to display them in some complicated pose but at the same time the average collector requires a decent amount of poseability in their figures to put them in decent poses.

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Originally Posted by Joelston

Wow some of that looks really great. That new droid looks very "Iron Giant-ish" but cool. I agree about the 5 POA scheme Hasbro has been employing in what feels like both its Star Wars and Marvel 3.75" lines (I know the Marvel ones are closer to 9 POA, but still disappointing). I remember not that long ago I could pick up a 3.75" Marvel Universe figure or a pre-Force Awakens 3.75" figure (that wasn't associated with or labeled as Black Series) and the articulation would be outstanding. Why the 6" line can be improving in leaps and bounds, yet the 3.75" lines are left to flounder and almost regress is definitely confusing and utterly disappointing. Then to make the only decent Force Awakens 3.75" figs almost impossible to attain (as I live in Australia and we don't have Walmart here) is even more baffling.

Almost every retail store I've visited in recent months has had almost zero Black Series 6", almost always completely sold out, yet is absolutely flooded with 5 POA 3.75" peg-warming like a boss. Confusing, but that's the way it is I guess. I'm excited to see some new storm trooper designs and variants, and it's cool to see some more Hoth-inspired attire on some of the new characters. I love that layered-garment look, with shirts and jackets and scarves etc. Those new vehicles look pretty great as well.

I totally agree with you. It's especially annoying that all of the good stuff is exclusively at Walmart. All of the Walmart's in my area are terrible and most of the time I have to pay scalper prices online unless I find a good Walmart on the road. I wouldn't mind too much if Hasbro cut the articulation the same way they've cut the articulation on the Marvel 3.75" figures, just so long as we can get some decent poses out of the figures.