[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by Spyne98

I actually like the Loki and Bill, but I would have preferred some sculpted detail on Loki. As for Bill, the new look is ok, but not my favorite. I'm wondering if his arms and head will work with that 80th anniversary Thor that is coming out. That might make a decent custom.

Off the top: You are, of course, entitled to like whatever it is you like…now that that’s out of the way…

In my opinion, the Marvel Studios: Thor The Mighty Avenger – Loki fig is vastly superior even with less articulation. The previous version has some real funky hips with no thigh cut and craptacular ankles - no doubt – but the sculpted detail and stellar canon face more than make up for those small warts. Beyond the bad taste the simplistic paint-deco leaves, his horns should have been better, which I only bring up because it wouldn’t have been very difficult to nail that. The face also should have been reasonably easy to cobble; even Malekith has a more sinister and effective sneer…and what’s with the overbite? The eyes look to be set a little wider apart than I’d like; aesthetically speaking, he fuglier than he should be. Additionally, I could also do with some spell casting hands. I know most moviegoers are used to seeing Loki wield throwing daggers (???), but Loki is sorta adept at that stuff they call magic – contrary to MCU Dr Strange trapping him in an endless ‘falling spell’ (apparently the Russos don’t realize that he casts far more spells than just illusions…he’s a god of magic, someone should have told them...).

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Just to address the elephant in the room...this seems to be a common theme with the upcoming Bill...which I don't get. What's wrong exactly with the new one?

The Toybiz one still holds up pretty well I feel, so pardon my ignorance if I don't understand all the hate for this new figure in his modern look.

By the way...US IN HAND auctions for the new Beta Ray as well as other 2nd wave Endgame figures are already starting to filter into ebay. Won't be long till we see them in the wild...

I can’t begin to tell you what others think is wrong with Bill, but the fig misses the mark for this fan for a litany of reasons. I think it’s pretty fair to say that this outfit isn’t a fav among the Beta Ray faithful and while I’m one that generally digs understatement, boring is another matter entirely which is what this set of duds amounts to. If they were going to avoid a classic Bill, I would have much preferred the semi-obscure Di Vitto redraft at the end of the Stormbreaker Saga. Speaking of Stormbreaker, that’s not any Strombreaker I’m familiar with, as the haft is way too long and the hammer itself is laughably enormous (made all the more comedic given the strap at the end intended to swing around what is now functionally an oversized war-hammer). All of that without scratching the potential scale issues. Bill has typically been portrayed as significantly larger than Thor and given that this fig looks to be on the Hyperion mold, the most we can optimistically hope for is ‘as big’ as Thor. And if the new Thor fig uses the arms from Herc, as I suspect it might, then Bill will have little dinky arms in comparison adding further insult to injury. Many of us have been waiting quite a while for a new Bill, looks like will be waiting still…but for the rest of you all, enjoy.