[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by AndyCR75

If this topic has been discussed before, I do sincerely apologize and ask any mod to merge it.

However, is it me, or does DC just have such a better variety and availabilty of it's various toylines?

Maybe because I'm not actually looking for them it just seems that way? But I swear. Target, TRU, wherever...they just have more figures, a huge variety of figures, 3 packs, comic lines, characters who look cool whom I've never heard of (I'm a Marvel loyalist.)

Anyone else know what I'm talking about? Besides maybe one row of pegs with a handful of MUs, 4 rows of Cap Movieline, and then Cap vehicles on the lower shelves, DC just has more straight figures, whether at a 4" approx. or 6" scale?

yes? no?

I think some of it is due to the fact that you're not actively looking for DC toys. I go entire waves of DCUC and never see a single figure at retail.
I've also never seen anything of the GL MM beyond the first wave (And wouldn't have some of the best figures of that line, if it were not for BBTS preorders).

However, I have the reverse with MU. I don't really collect (Just grap characters I *really* like), and I don't actively search. But I have no problem finding all the figures the guys here drive themselves crazy over.
It's like, my mom used to drive ten minutes trying to find a parking spot close to the door and can never find one. I however have no problems about walking, but always seem to get good ones. But the moment I start looking for one, I can't ever find it.

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Originally Posted by vimagnum

Just my opinion:

In terms of articulation Toybiz is the obvious winner. Mattel makes better looking figures but the articulation is not as good as Toybiz or even Hasbro. If only we could have Toybiz articulation and Mattel sculpts.

You also have to look at if the articulation is useful. Sure, ML has more articulation than DCUC, but it's generally worthless articulation. The quality of the ML suffers for it. Do they really need three or four joints on their feet and ankles? No. It just makes them floppy, and loose. My Gambit figure is rubbish. My Mystique snapped in two trying to get her out of the package, because her articulation made her so weak.
DCUC, when given the improved double jointed elboes and knees hits that perfect sweet spot. Not too little, but not overboard like ML. But even still, I prefer the slightly less than ML that the standard DCUC has over the best ML, due to quality.

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Originally Posted by neatogecko

I tried to say the same thing here and was nearly stoned to death:

Got to give props to Mattel... - Toy Discussion at Toyark.com

One thing I've noticed, the majority of the people who'll jump down anyone's throat who says anything good about Mattel's DC toys tends to be exclusively Marvel toy collectors.
The primarily DC collectors on this board seem to have more of a "Live and let live" philosophy. While the marvel collectors, it almost seems that the more hardcore Marvel fan they are, the more aggressive they get about trashing DC toys.
That's just the way it feels to me.