[Iceman]

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Originally Posted by ukmu

I think these are the articulation Iceman. What you see is what you get. The guy Zak from onepercase.net has talked to the guys from Hasbro and they have confirmed the loss of articulation is a cost cutting effort.

Also Bishop has NO bicep swivel, just ball post elbow like some Joe's have. No thigh cuts, calf cuts, wrist cuts, bicep cuts, waist cuts, or articulated torso. Even Spidey is a straight up and down figure. I think 9 to 11 points of articulation per figure (add two more if you want to count double knees) is the way of the future. Some where between Ares and a Chitauri....

When I said biceps I means elbow but he doesn't have that the figure is fucked. You have to have at least one of the two, wrist or biceps/elbow on a figure that uses guns or else they are worthless. That takes Bishop from an easy figure to fix to needing full customization of his arms to make right. Count me out on that. I barely find time to do little repaints here and there. If all I needed to do swap it a Joe lower arm on and maybe paint the skin to match it would be a salvageable figure.


That Big Time Spider-Man looks like it came from the old Spidey line that none of us bought. It's a brick to stick on the shelf just to rep a certain costume. He can go right next to the Ben Rielly Spider-Man I bought from the first ASM line. Only difference is that I wouldn't have bought that figure if he cost more than $4. Can't pay $11+ for that. Cut ariculation on the figures that don't need it. Don't skimp on Beast or Spider-Man or characters that need guns.

To me THIS does feel like the real death of MU as they shift to figures like this. The problem is the character selection is so good. If it wasn't for getting a lot of new characters I wouldn't even think about buying figures with that articulation. Love to see them try to sell us more Caps and Iron Men when they can't even stack up to the past figures we pass on all the time.