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On that note, here's what I hope is a fairly balanced look at the line: the gimmick on the Assemblers is fun and I'm sure kids will love it, despite the articulation issues. Of course, I really wish they had given it better articulation for myself.

I grabbed the All-Stars figures because they're $5.99 so why not? The articulation is, in fact, awful, but I'm sometimes able to look past bad articulation if they still look good on my shelf. I liked how two of them looked but the other two had their arms/legs squished together and it's awkward to even stand them.

Going back to the Assemblers, I'd be more likely to pick them up right now at $7.99 but unfortunately, the $9.99 price tag is a bit high. Once Target or TRU does some sort of "Buy 1 Get 1 50% Off" sale, I'll definitely pick them up. The pictures in this post actually convinced me that despite the articulation, these will look cool all together on a shelf. I think the fact that they're suits of armor lends to this as it will look like, well, suits of armor on display. (I'm not saying the lack of articulation is a positive, I'm just saying that when displaying them, articulation is less important to me on Iron Man figures than they would be on a Spider-Man figure.)

Thankfully, the Legends figures are insanely great. There's not much to add to that other than what's already been said about the relaunched Legends line already. They're just awesome. (By the way, if you're having trouble finding them at Target or Walmart, TRU is actually selling them for $14.99, rather than the insanely marked up $19.99 they sell the regular Legends line for.)

So yeah, the completion in me will eventually get the whole line but I am, without question, disappointed in the lack of articulation. That's why I'll wait for sales or clearances, which I never did with the Iron Man 2 line.