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Originally Posted by Augustus10

They are $20 figures! What are you expecting? The only $20 line that actually competes with the $100 imports is Hasbro's Star Wars Black Series. For $20 I think you are getting a really good figure. As for Anthony Customs. its one person's opinion. not the gospel. He doesnt own every figure on earth. On his top 100 list of the last decade he didnt have a SINGLE star wars figure. even if you are not a Star Wars fan, you have to respect Tamashii Nations Samurai/Star Wars figs and include something from that line in the top 100 figures of the last decade.

Actually, I don't. I have limited experience with Star wars toys. I got a Black Series Vader and Hyperreal Vader and that's about it. Maybe a yoda as a kid. No Star Wars toys on my list of top 300 figures. We just live in different worlds.

And they do compare, because once you take away the importing fees of the middleman, they are actually not that different... you are comparing a $20 figure to a $40-60 figure. It's similar to comparing a Black Series Obiwan to the SH Figuarts Obiwan. You CAN make super detailed, articulated figures for less than $30, with butterfly joints in the shoulders and articulation not limited by poor sculpting. McFarlane chose not to. Add to that the mediocre paintwork (I looked at 9 recently that all had subzero with eyes looking in different directions and sloppy armor "details"). These are almost as bad as the $6 jazzwares MK figures from KBToys in the early 2000's.