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Originally Posted by Jeddostotle7

Eh, I don't know, I'd say it's a little more complex than that.

(NOTE: I'm not necessarily ranking all these sections equally or trying to give a "which one was overall better", I just split these up because I felt there were more criteria to judge the two companies' product on.)

Sculpted detail: Hasbro ~= ToyBiz

In terms of, like, the amount of sculpted detail, I'd say they were roughly equal.

Face sculpt: Hasbro > ToyBiz (barely)

ToyBiz put out a lot of good faces, but they also put out some bad ones, namely with their female figures. Really the only thing breaking the tie and giving Hasbro the edge is the female figures' faces.

Anatomy: Hasbro >>> ToyBiz

ToyBiz's figures almost always had weird proportions (even for the time), whether it be skinny limbs or protruding shoulder joints. Hasbro's figures are consistently shaped more like real human beings.

Poseability/Articulation: Hasbro > ToyBiz

Not only do I feel that Hasbro's articulation is often better implemented, both in terms of range of motion and sculpt, but also, Hasbro never loaded their figures up with extra articulation points that were either arguably not very useful (finger articulation, implemented in a way so that they could never make fists, and often couldn't hold things), or objectively redundant (second mid-bicep and mid-thigh swivels) like ToyBiz did on occasion.

Amount of paint detail: Hasbro < ToyBiz

ToyBiz generally put more paint apps on their figures, and did so with more detail.

Paint aesthetic: Hasbro <subjective> ToyBiz

This one, I feel is largely subjective. ToyBiz often had more paint detail, but sometimes it could end up being excessive and overcomplicate the look of the figure, of make it look dirty when it's not necessarily supposed to. Hasbro generally keeps it cleaner and a bit simpler, which often provides for a look more striking and closer to the source material, but can leave some figures looking underdetailed. In the end, for this category, it's more about what aesthetic you like more, and which one's problems you find easier to put up with.

Quality control: too complicated to judge?

I don't think you can easily judge which company has better quality control. It's almost better to compare a wave-by-wave basis than just comparing the two companies.

BAFs: Hasbro < ToyBiz

While by no means do I think most of Hasbro's BAFs are bad, in general, ToyBiz's BAFs were bigger, and somewhat more articulated (plus the character selection was a bit better, at least in terms of what character you'd want/need as a BAF).

I think this is relatively accurate. Another category though should be parts re-use, in which ToyBiz would win no contest. Hasbro re-uses parts like there's no tomorrow.