[The Heat]

I started collecting Marvel Universe when it was really picking up around 2010. At the time Legends was sort of a thing of the past and you almost never saw newer ones in stores, so I just sort of assumed that the prime scale for Marvel figures was 3.75". I invested an embarrassingly large amount of money in those little guys.

Then at some point a couple of years ago Hasbro decided to pull a reversal of fortunes and make the 6" line the front runner. This would have been fine for me if they wouldn't have also cut back the articulation, sculpt and paint quality of the smaller scale while simultaneously jacking up the price.

At this point I've basically given up on collecting Marvel. I can't justify $11+ for a McDonald's Happy Meal toy and there's no way I'm going to switch to the (admittedly superior) 6" scale this late in the game. My Marvel Universe stuff is boxed up and I've turned more towards other collecting projects. At the end of the day I think that Hasbro is 110% to blame for trying to make Legends the prime line while milking the MU collectors for whatever they can while they kill off our line.