[Tomax]

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Originally Posted by Cyclopswc

That he did. For those of you "younger", you owe a lot of what you are complaining about today to Todd McFarlane raising the expectations.

Back in our days**, you either get the toy (which is a sucky piece of plastic) or if you want something that looks decent, you have to build/paint it yourself (garage kits already mentioned).

His attention to detail and intricate sculpts also means he created a whole sports lineup that actually looks like the actual athlete. And this is before the days of digital scan and printing!Now, when any figure is based on a real person, we expect that head sculpt to look like that person.

I'd say he put garage kits AND Starting Lineup out of business, and pushed all other toy companies to up their games.

He pretty much (maybe accidentally initially?) popularize the "hunt for exclusives and variations" market. I still remember racing fellow collectors when TRU open to get to that fresh box of Spawn figure to find that one per case rare variant or paint error. "Commando Angela!!!" Not saying factory errors and rare figures didn't happen before, but McFarlane toys made it a "thing". Now that's part of the regular toy collecting landscape. He wasn't always the best, but he was the first!

wow, interesting story. i never knew the backstory of mcfarlane and what he did to figure collecting.
im not young in age but i am young to the collecting world.