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Originally Posted by KITT

I have to disagree. The line as a whole is robust, but it is riddled with problems. Not one figure in the line is perfect... and for the money spent on these toys, damn near perfect is what they should be. Other toy companies achieve such perfection, so it's not impossible.

By all means, tell us which companies (plural) achieve perfection at an equal (or close enough) pricepoint to MotUC. Of course, also bear in mind that MotUC is only a few dollars more than the average 6" figure on mass-retail shelves now (which average from $19.99 - $21.99), for a considerably lower-volume product (which means by basic economics, is going to cost more per unit due to smaller production runs).

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Yeah, some free thinkers only dwell on the negative and are natural fault finders in everything. However, I will speak for myself and say that I will give credit where credit is due. If the toys appear to be well done, I will be the first to admit it. If I'm wrong about something, I will eat my hat. It's not like certain fans are 100% negative which many people seem to think. But Mattel in particular has an 8 year track record of giving us cost reduced products in the form of MOTUC. It's a fact. You may be able to ignore the issues and pretend they aren't there, but many of us refuse to trick our own minds. Self brainwashing is not something I support.

You didn't pay attention. I didn't say the "issues aren't there." I said ultimately the issues don't matter to me, and unlike you I don't delude myself into thinking that there's a bunch of companies producing "perfect" product at an equal or greater value (dollars spent versus what you get) than MotUC in a similar scale/pricepoint. Because there isn't.

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Mattel in general overcharges for inferior products, that's a given. The man behind MOTUC for the past 8 years compounded the problems by being a lying scumbag and treating the customers like piles of dog crap... that didn't help much either.

Yeah, shoulda figured it all boils down to the usual Neitlich hate. Number one cause of turning people into "negative" zombies since the start of the line.

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Ultimately, some people are going to love everything and have no complaints while shouting, "Take my money please!", while some are going to be very vocal about the toy company and their issues.

The one thing that never seems to change are the people complaining about the complainers. Ironically, one never sees complainers complain about the overly positive, self diluted fans. Amazing. It's always the apologists who attack those who call out the truth.

No, the complainers instead resort to passive-aggressively painting the positive folks as "mindless drones" and "zombie collectors."

Your own words, by the way. Pretty hard to take that in any other context but deliberately insulting.

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In the end, most of us complain because all we want is better quality in the toys we love. When they continue to make low quality products and cut costs, by default we have a right to complain about it and expose it for what it really is.

By all means, explain in detail how MotUC is "low quality" versus similarly-priced products in either the mass-retail or online-exclusive areas. What EXACTLY do you feel is somehow drastically lacking from the MotUC line in comparison to other ~6" collector-oriented action figures out there?

Because until you can provide an example of a line that is producing figures that by no objective measure whatsoever can be described as anything other than "perfect" every single time they produce an action figure, you're blowing smoke.