[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by squeezeplay

I've been a fan of this sculpt, although not all the POA in all iterations of it, since it debuted with Bullseye. While I don't want them to use calf swivels (unnecessary/unrealistic for human range of movement and I prefer they expend money on other things) and I hate the 45-degree range hips it has, I do love the combination of the Bullseye upper body and the new Hasbro lower legs/feet. I would have loved to see the Pizza Spidey pelvis downward, but with fixed range in the hips, married to the Bullseye waist upwards going forward from the time of Pizza Spidey's debut. Hopefully in the future they'll do more along the lines of this with some of the more slim characters.

I'm a big fan of that Bullseye as well!

I understand your points about articulation, but I also believe the common notion that some toy articulation is "unrealistic" to be a bit off the mark. The spectrum of human flexibility is quite wide and many people (not me lol *sad tear*) can nearly abduct their hips at 45 degree angles (provided we are talking about the same thing: doing a split). I feel you on the calf swivel, but even with that particular anatomical movement, it's common to find people with greater ranges of eversion in their feet. Obviously, few figures have functioning skeletons. Thigh and shin swivels may not behave like muscles and bones working in conjunction, but they allow for more accurate approximations of human ambulation and dynamic motion.

Some people are all about the aesthetics, while others lean toward articulation. While "how a figure looks" is important to me, I'm a "pose-guy" at heart. Any Point Of Articulation that helps me achieve a more natural looking stance is greatly appreciated...save a POA that egregiously compromises the overal presentation of a figure.