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Originally Posted by Immortalis09

My thoughts exactly. I would be all over some Star Wars figures with decent articulation. This is why I stopped collecting over ten years ago. I have a few of the Movie Hero figures on display but I would snap up some figures with additional leg (not t-crotch) articulation. C'mon Hasbro get with the programme and stop producing low quality figures. They're slowly slipping into GI Joe and Marvel movie figs as well.

Lack of articulation =/= low quality. Less desirable, sure.

And it's the economy that's driving most of the changes you see with the other brands. Hasbro said this would happen about two years ago - that rising oil prices and other increases in materials costs would affect the design and construction of toys as well as their MSRP.

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Originally Posted by Falconhood

I must be missing something...what is so amazing about these figures? They look like the peg-warmers in all the stores now.

I can't speak for anyone else, but IMHO the amazing part only refers to the 6" Black Series figures and maybe a couple of the 3.75" (like that ESB Vader, due to his accessories).