Integration

Snailbot · 07-25-2014, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by kylactus

I hope you're right man, Don't get me wrong I love the 3.75" marvel universe, otherwise I would not collect them. I'd say tough, I have invested enough in Hasbro's products to render a fairly accurate opinion on the state of this line, and "strong" is not the term I'd use at the moment. The MU, and MI lines have given us some of the finest figures ever made, no question. But I feel most of the crap were dealing with is management issues. It's obvious looking at many of the figures we've already gotten over the years, that Hasbro knows how to make a hell of a figure when they want to. That said, when we get crap like this I will call them on it. Most of the "new" stuff this year has been out of canceled multi-packs, or figures that have been on the limbo drawing board for years. The focus of these lines from the beginning was suppose to be us, adult collectors! seeing major back-steps in sculpting, articulation, packaging, and distribution,.... on and on! make me critical. I challenge anyone to tell me ONE, just one way that the latest MI wave is superior to the first wave from 2009! If the offerings put up at SDCC were the first 3.75" Marvel figures I encountered I can't say I would have ever gotten on board, and I sure as hell would have never gone completionist on this line. I stand, unimpressed.

I think a lot of what you said is fair and true, kylactus, but I look at the last wave we got, with Deathlok, Ares, etc. That is a brilliant wave. There is a lot of new sculpt in that wave.The new Sandman is something many of us have been waiting for and that's just Absorbing man with a new head an cool appendages. Beast and Bishop? Waist and wrists... I'm waiting to hear what Hasbro will say about their waists and wrists. Maybe those two figures will be better than they look when we get them in hand. I heard Target is dropping the line and maybe it's time to do direct to consumer, kind of already is. The line is definitely not as strong as it started and that is 100% Hasbro's fault but new tooling followed by new tooling is a good enough sign to me. I understand some of the irritation but I hate the flat out blinders to the positives.

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Snailbot And How! Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Seattle! Posts: 695	Quote: Originally Posted by kylactus I hope you're right man, Don't get me wrong I love the 3.75" marvel universe, otherwise I would not collect them. I'd say tough, I have invested enough in Hasbro's products to render a fairly accurate opinion on the state of this line, and "strong" is not the term I'd use at the moment. The MU, and MI lines have given us some of the finest figures ever made, no question. But I feel most of the crap were dealing with is management issues. It's obvious looking at many of the figures we've already gotten over the years, that Hasbro knows how to make a hell of a figure when they want to. That said, when we get crap like this I will call them on it. Most of the "new" stuff this year has been out of canceled multi-packs, or figures that have been on the limbo drawing board for years. The focus of these lines from the beginning was suppose to be us, adult collectors! seeing major back-steps in sculpting, articulation, packaging, and distribution,.... on and on! make me critical. I challenge anyone to tell me ONE, just one way that the latest MI wave is superior to the first wave from 2009! If the offerings put up at SDCC were the first 3.75" Marvel figures I encountered I can't say I would have ever gotten on board, and I sure as hell would have never gone completionist on this line. I stand, unimpressed. I think a lot of what you said is fair and true, kylactus, but I look at the last wave we got, with Deathlok, Ares, etc. That is a brilliant wave. There is a lot of new sculpt in that wave.The new Sandman is something many of us have been waiting for and that's just Absorbing man with a new head an cool appendages. Beast and Bishop? Waist and wrists... I'm waiting to hear what Hasbro will say about their waists and wrists. Maybe those two figures will be better than they look when we get them in hand. I heard Target is dropping the line and maybe it's time to do direct to consumer, kind of already is. The line is definitely not as strong as it started and that is 100% Hasbro's fault but new tooling followed by new tooling is a good enough sign to me. I understand some of the irritation but I hate the flat out blinders to the positives. __________________