[Marv0850]

So I am at wally world today and I go to the toys aisle, no captain america has been set yet plenty of MU on hand but nothing I want and ofcourse the Iron man and Thor lines flooding the pegs.

So i head over to the thor section, as I have done many times before always looking but never buying. I pick up the hammer strike thor and purchase him. I am sitting here now with him on my desk and I notice he is just a bit off.. and thus my tiny rant begins.

The thor line is full of missed oportunity. The thor figures are all way too short (as I discovered today) and there is no comic series. Why on earth we are flooded with iron man and iron man variants and iron man variants of variants but thor cannot get a comic series is beyond me. My first thoughts upon opening this figure are that he does a good job representing the movie thor, but he is WAY too tiny! The gimicky accessory is silly and unnecessary but will help with custom fodder later, so I'm glad to have the plastic I suppose.

The head sculpt and overall articulation of the figure is just fine, this is a good representation of CH from the silver screen. Paint apps are solid and the figure is cut much better than the captain america figures, there is really nothing about him that limits his movement or hinders poses.. and there are no decisions here that make me scratch my head such as lack of wrist/forearm articulation (im looking at you ultimate cap..).

I really just wanted to hop on the ark and vent a bit here. I also wanted to open the floodgates to discussion of disapointment with this line.. am I the only one? I honestly think if we the collectors were to get a bit vocal with Hasbro we could see some definite changes here. I have a hard time believing on their current course of action that hasbro is seeing much return on this line, even with kids. The fact that he wont be getting the same treatment as Iron man/Cap with the comic series and villains is a REAL letdown and a TOTAL misstep by Hasbro.

Final thoughts on this.. this line is a total meh. Also, WTB Ultimate Thor hasbro..

I shall call him.. mini me..