[Joelston]

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

@Joelston

Yes, many collectors are as aware as Hasbro's marketers are regarding the obvious sexuality of some sculpts. However, your descriptive language was a bit on the nose. lol You wrote something before about the Aliens face huger that made me laugh at how much it straddled the line. Actually, I think you are being intentionally provocative. You come perilously close to being offensive, while pointing out the obvious intentions of toymakers. It's funny, to me, but there are young audiences here and possibly some female collectors that might feel uncomfortable reading your comments. Not judging...just a heads up.

Thank you for the heads up, I appreciate it. I hadn't thought about it from that point of view. Despite what you may think, I'm not intentionally trying to be provocative, & I'm definitely not trying to offend anyone, & I would be sincerely remorseful & sorry if I did. All I'm trying to do is express my appreciation & enthusiasm for the great art of collecting. The only thing I'm trying to provoke, if anything, is discussion, which is why we're all here on this forum I thought.

Yes I think I know which comment you mean in regards to the face hugger, I'm glad you found it amusing, but all I was trying to do was point out the (big red sore looking) elephant in the room. I suppose I was naive in assuming it was ok to bring up what I thought was common knowledge in regards to the overarching phallic themes of the Alien franchise. I was just drawing attention to how inherently provocative the face hugger design actually was, & how masterfully the creature taps into the male fear of being dominated, suppressed & indeed brutally taken advantage by a hostile female force. Then, ironically, but beautifully, the men are forced to rely on the one strong, capable & charismatic woman (Ripley) smart enough to try & save them from their horror-show cosmic nightmare.

Despite what you may think about the comments I have made, I am actually a devout Feminist. Just as I recognise that Alien/s is a masterpiece in Feminist pop-culture, I believe that Marvel is Finally! following suit & recognising the power of strong, beautiful women to carry their books. Never have there been more high-quality female-led comics coming out of Marvel than there have been right now (Ms Marvel, She Hulk, Spider-Gwen, Silk, Angela, A-Force, Thor (Jane Foster), All New Wolverine, & the list goes on) & of course that flows on to Marvel Legends. Never before have we had such a high volume of high-quality female figures being produced, & with such frequency, with multiple waves a year coming out now.

Please don't mistake my enthusiasm for sexism, that is the last thing I would want. All I'm saying is that we buy Marvel Legends for many reasons, one of the primary ones being that they are accurate to the source material. That source material portrays strong beautiful men & strong beautiful women doing amazing, beautiful things, in stories & arcs that capture our imagination & excite & inspire us, entertain & enthral us. So much so that we are ravenous in our desire for plastic representations of our favourite characters.

I love women. I love men. I love Marvel. I love Marvel Legends, & I love The Toyark. I will sincerely endeavour to sustain this love without further offending anybody.

Ps. That Iron Fist is perfect! I have the wrapped hands permanently displayed, they look incredibly kick-ass. The Pizza Spidey body is so right for Danny, such an improvement over the Odin wave iteration.