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Originally Posted by Louise Belcher

Almost everyone doing better then Mattel right now. Hasbro does put effort in desgin, but not so much in quality. As much as I love my new titan return Blurr, he wouldn't last in kids hands, mine already have stress marks. The new transformers are made of very hollow thin plastic, I think only the Titan Masters and some of the RiD are actually durable. As for Marvel Legends I'm very disappointed, I got Ultimate Spider-Man ; he couldn't move at all when I first open him, the plastic have scrach marks and feels cheap, he has the worst paint of all of my toys with the paint being rubbed off and no not being clean. I still prefer my childhood ToyBiz Spider-Man , even though he is very loose and have less nice looking sculpt, he is much better in every other aspect.

Having gotten many Transformers, Marvel Legends, and Star Wars The Black Series over the past couple years, I'd say the quality on average has been a bit higher than you feel it is, especially with Marvel Legends. Transformers definitelyh have thinner plastic than they used to, but almost none of them feel thin enough to readily break from standard child's play. Blurr comes the closest, but even then, he still feels pretty sturdy. Rarely will any ML figure I open have any frozen joints at all, and even when they do, it doesn't take much effort to free them. Plus, the plastic and paint are rarely as poor as it seems your Ultimate Spider-Man was. I also have that mold (the Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man, not the Peter), and the paint and plastic look and feel superb.