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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

They're the only people who make Legends anymore, it's not like we have a real choice. The only other company that makes affordable Marvel figures is Diamond and they only release a small trickle which has limited articulation in favor of detail. This thread would not have made it anywhere close to 1000 pages if it was just reminiscing about the ol' days. Hasbro has proven they can be complete asses time after time but as long as the products are good we mostly assume the "it's out of our hands" position about the bad parts because they don't listen to us anyways.

Fair enough.

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Frankly, I'm surprised people still prefer Toybiz's Legends. They're lanky, they're misproportionate, their hands are huge, a lot of them have balls for thighs instead of actual thighs, taking away from the illusion that they are a character, and some of their feet are huge.

Yes, without TB we would not have the amount of articulation in our toys we do today, but that doesn't mean I just have to like their stuff over Hasbro's. It's called evolution.

Some of them are lanky and disproportionate, but not all. And like I said, the paint and accessories are top notch. This is also a company who died over ten years ago now.

ToyBiz set the modern standard for toys.

What takes away from the illusion for me with Hasbro is the lack of paint apps on 90% of the figure. Just look at the recent Cyclops, only painted on the face. It looks like a big shiny piece of plastic, not good.

Evolution is something ToyBiz would have done over time. I would not call Hasbro an evolution, from the moment they took over people noticed a dip in quality. A true evolution would have kept TB's paint and accessories and added the new better proportions, not sacrificing one for the other.