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Originally Posted by lordbest

I see a lot of love for the Toy Biz ML line, but as someone who has been collecting the Hasbro figures only for the 18 months or so I really don't understand the appeal?
Looking back at pictures and even video reviews of toy Biz Marvel Legends most of them seem to be badly proportioned, crudely sculpted and quite ugly, aside from the BAFs which are annoyingly incredible. No offense intended to any Toy Biz fans, but what is it about them that you like over the Hasbro offerings?
Different tastes and all that, not trying to demand people justify why they like them, I'm just curious about what it is about them that make them so popular still.

I could definitely see them looking crummy in hindsight, but man, were they beautiful at the time. These were hugely articulated figures with detailed sculpts and great paint apps that you could pose in a myriad of ways that weren't "leg up," "arm down."

As Sabah says, they also came with fantastically rich and detailed bases, and a free comic to boot, and they were half the price of Hasbro's! Granted, Magneto looks ridiculous using the Iron Man body, ball joints were visible everywhere and Scarlet Witch looked like a malformed creature, but they got so much right that it was easy to forgive them. Plus, you know, that Sentinel BAF!