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Originally Posted by boombatty

Me thinks you are confusing "small" with "tall". I wasn't referring to Maverick's height. Maverick is NOT the same size as Guardian and Wolverine.
Maverick is perhaps the same height as Guardian and Wolverine. Hell, Wolverine isn't the same size as Guardian.
Maverick's head is about the size of the Punisher's head (meaning LARGE). Also, Mavericks body could be streamlined quite a bit (your picture has him at an angle so you can't really see just how wide the figure is). As far as the figures you have shown. Most folks on the board have complained that the Wolverine figure mold (the one you are showing) is waaaayyy to large for a character that supposed to be short and somewhat squat. The body is to big for Wolverine and the height is also off (Wolverine I believe is 5' 3" tall in the comics). Based on Wolverines proportions Sabertooth would have to be that large but the issue is that both figures are too big for the MU line.

On pure height scale Wolverine should be the shortest of the whole crew at 5'3".

Captain America is 6'2".

Sabertooth (all according to Marvel.com) is 6'6".

Based on those numbers the heights of the figures are way off.

As for size, Sabertooth is 275 and Cap is 220 yet the figure is probably about double the build size and ST's head is the size of a watermelon compared to Punisher/Maverick. Sense not this makes.

I only used Wolverine and Guardian as reference points because they are shorter than the Capt, Human Torch, Spiderman (black), Iron Man, Hawkeye, and all other MU molds (for the most part). I was not in any way trying to justify those two figures scale in relationship to what they are in the comics.

But when you remove Mavricks shoulder pads, you can see that he is a rather lean figure. His chest is thin and torso is just a little smaller. As you can see in the picture of him and Guardian, his chest is smaller than Guardians while the two torsos are about the same. This would mean that Mavrick is about the same size if not a bit smaller than one of MU smallest molds. As for the head, it is a little big but this is fine because he wares a helmet and a helmet should be bigger than ones head as to fit around said head. So I just don't see any real logic in your argument.

It's cool if you want another version, but the facts are what they are. Now I think the shoulder pads are a bit bulky. I would also like to see him a bit more streamlined. Even a bit taller but no more wider than he is now. But all and all I think he looks really good. One of my favs from the XMO line.

And as for comic hight and size charts, we all know that the characters are subject to take on the styles and sizes that the artists give them. It goes up and down and usually ends up in a range that seems to suit the character and his fans best. For example, Wolverine was originally under 5 feet tall. The character evolved based on his popularity. What was meant to be a mean little low key villain turned out to become one of the most well known and loved characters in comic history. Another good example of this is cable, as he became more and more popular his image transformed from a huge wide and bulky older guy, to a leaner prettier version. Sabretooth back in the day was shorter and leaner but has grown throughout the years to be much larger. I think they summed this up as an additional mutation.

But he is as you can see smaller and leaner than the Punisher. His head is actually a bit smaller as well.