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Originally Posted by MGTAJ

I'm pretty sure what I think is a cool thor toy is different to what a kid thinks is cool. Kids love all the gimmicky attatchments and weapons and dont care if the paint is a wrong shade or is smudged onto his belt a little. But we want as many POA as possible with uber accurate paint apps, it's just how it goes.

Thats fine, I'm not saying anyone has to love these. But they are children's toys. Just because a design isn't something a kid would recognize doesn't mean it won't look cool to them.

I just don't like the idea of "If they're not gonna make the character they way I want it they shouldn't make it at all" mentality. Again, children's toys. If you like em, pick em up. If you don't, pass. Just because Ultimate Thor got made in avengers doesn't mean that he was gonna get a super cool collector MU version, or that he won't get a super cool collector MU version. Its just another design to fill out an assortment and make it look different from the other Thor. I'm sure the designer was pleased that he got to use a comic design instead of some shitty made up one, anyway. It is what it is.

While in our eyes Hasbro does a lot of wrong things, they're pretty successful as a business. If we were the primary buyers, we'd be the target audience. But we're not. If everyone here stopped buy all marvel product,maybe, MAYBE Marvel Legends would end like a wave earlier than planned. Maybe. I'm sure nothing else would change.

The fact that marvel legends style articulation carried over into all these small scale main lines still surprises me. With production costs going way up, I think this is the best feature to cut, from a purely business standpoint. Kids play with their toys, they don't pose them. Ankles mean nothing. Can it stand? Can it sit? Does it have a big weapon I can hit other toys with? Done.

Either way, by time Avengers runs its course I'm sure there will be one collector friendly figure of every main character in the 4" scale. I wouldn't worry about wave 1. I personally am Looking forward to the 6" figures. Never sold off that Marvel Legends collection to switch over to Marvel Universe :P