[Sean C]

Reaction, yeah, too expensive for the quality of the toy and that was when they were $10 at retail. $15 is just nuts.

I agree about Justice League Unlimited. I didn't collect them but have picked up some at flea markets cheap. They look like fun but are lumps of plastic that fall over a lot.

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Originally Posted by LordMudd

Agreed, and I would add the first wave of Playmates Star Trek TNG line.

Playmates never entirely seemed to know what they were doing with that license. The first wave seemed to be as much kid aimed as collector aimed, you have Riker with rips in his uniform! The brightly colored accessories, and there were v-crotches...for a tv series that featured characters sitting down a lot, this was a bad idea.

Then they got more collector oriented as the Trek lines went, once they realized the folks buying were adults who mostly weren't opening the toys. Maybe that's why articulation got inconsistent. And they kept the bright accessories for no good reason, though.

Then they started making 6 inch figures FOR NO LOGICAL REASON. This was after they made 8 inchers with cloth outfits and IIRC a few 12 inchers, plus micro stuff. (There was an aborted metal figurine with environment backdrops line planned, too, IIRC) All over the place. They'd repeat that with JJ Abrams TREK movie line...3 scales, which was at least one too many.