[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

I still get some of the new 4" Marvel figures since it is my main Marvel collection but it is depressing how far they've fallen and each purchase stings as much as it sweetens. The Marvel Universe line is what pulled me into collecting Marvel again and watching the line develop new and improved molds and articulation over time was great but then 6" came back as the main Marvel line and all of the sudden the 4" figures were totally sidelined by Hasbro. Not even put on the backburner but instead on a little hot-plate in the corner of the room.

Over the years I have collected both 3.75 and 6 inch lines of Marvel, all in during various years and not so much in others, mainly due to the offerings of the line rather than focus on a scale. I loved the MU line because it scaled well with Star Wars and GIJOE figures, my other two main collections, and they started at the time when Hasbro scaled back 6 inch focus tremendously. At that point I was sort of out of GIJOE and Star Wars collecting for the most part, so it was good to have something to collect.

When both lines were active, like 2013-2014ish I guess, I was definitely collecting both heavily. But ever since 2015 rolled around it seemed the offerings for the smaller scale were just not what I was interested in, which in one way I was sad about but in the other way, good because I have started spending a lot more on 6 inch figures. I would definitely collect more 3.75 if they were offering more of what I was interested in, but they have released a grand total of one figure from my wishlist in the last year (Quasar) and I've only bought 2-3 more since that wave he was released in. I definitely can't say the same for 6 inch, probably increased my spending 100% since 2015 LOL.

Gotta have something to collect though. Hell in the downtime at the very beginning of this year (before X-Men and GOTG hit) I started in on 6(ish)inch DC figures, and have bought..well,..more than I should have..something like 60 or so. The only thing I hate with that "scale" is the various lines are not all the same scale...5.5, 6, 6.5, 7...it's a mess. Unlike ML 6 inch...gonna always go back to that as that is the gold standard of collections, my favored line now even more than the Star Wars collection I have amassed since 1998...