[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by K Dubious

I have to agree with you there Blue!

I think Hasbro started this trend with the overly textured MCU figures, at the time I actually liked that the Movie stuff almost seemed out of place with all the smooth body comic legends. It was almost like a line in the sand and the texture was reserved for the "real" stuff.

Now a decade or so later it seems like everyone wants to load up on the textures, not sure if the industry believes these are showing the talent of the sculptors or if they think missing the texture they would look boring by today's "standards".

Agreed, doubly so. That's an interesting point you bring up about this being an industry-wide phenomenon finding its roots, potentially, in ML’s MCU line. Initially, being a canon collector, I was jealous of the amount of detail in MCU figs. However, while I remained irritated by details like bootlaces and beltloops, I quickly realized some of the coveted TLC would fundamentally change the representation of my favorite heroes.