[Law78]

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Originally Posted by Lionheart

They are a re-branded continuation. They were re-branded because retailers apparently understood the Avengers brand more than the generic 'Marvel Universe' one. So they re-branded Marvel Universe as 'Marvel Infinite' - which has nothing to do with the Avengers, and completely failed to get them on the shelves any better than they did with MU - proving what they said was a complete lie. Then along the way they; took more stuff out the packages, made the packaging generic and cheap looking, cheapened the plastic, lessened the articulation, and constantly hiked the price (I believe the latest was something like 30%). They want to kill the line or the scale - one of the two.

Ironically, it just keeps selling regardless.

So, as MU / Infinite are the same, you can't start from Infinite and hope to see the same characters we've had with MU. Don't try collecting everything unless you have a *lot* of disposable cash. Start with buying characters you like and work up from there, but to start a line 6 years in and try and complete it would cost a lot of cash indeed. Good luck!

Cheers mate, after looking at the Infinite line I was also of the opinion they look like a cheaper version of Universe the packaging isn't as pretty, as though they couldn't be arsed and got bored with it.
Also read bad things about the articulation being scaled back, although that might not matter to me if i keep them in the box, thats going to be hard mind as they look ace and i want to handle them in the flesh.
Liking what I see of ACBA. Going to stick with Universe as at the moment there looks to be plenty about and if I'm honest with myself I can't see me wanting to buy the more obscure Marvel characters so won't get the full collection, maybe 75% of it, although started off badly with that as I picked up two from a guy on eBay, was meant to be Captain America and Iron Man and after paying for them he got in touch and said he couldn't find Iron Man (bummer) so offered me Gladiator at a reduced rate, was very disappointed as its one I probably wouldn't have gone for but Capt was such a good price thought I may as well crack on with the deal. My two comic packs have arrived today and they look really good.
Like you say I'll start with my favourites and see where that gets me, cheers.