[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Ultra Seven

Fair enough. I think the ire for this wave is mostly from Fantastic Four fans who are frustrated that four slots of a six figure wave are “wasted” on characters we’ve already gotten, when there is a vast ensemble of FF friends and foes who haven’t gotten their plastic day in the sun.

My "ire" (per say) is not in the inclusion of the first family so hot off the Walgreens releases, but rather the obvious lack of TLC in how a majority of the figures were handled QC wise. Thin coats of blue, the horrible orange plastic used for Thing (and the terrible lemon flavored wash which rivals the original Big Time Spidey as one of the worst I've seen on a Legends figure) the obvious sculpted seams in Reed and Sue's headsculpts, stuck and fragile joints, the googly eyes...they are just hideous figures.

More frustrating is the reviewers seem to be missing these things because they are on either on that new figure high or they are in the back pocket of Hasbro and don't want to offend. Only the Fwoosh reviews seemed to have a hint of honesty to them so far, but some stuff seemed glossed over there as well.

And honestly...I have no gripes on the costume choice...as I like the blue and black scheme...as it reminds me a bit of their costumes in Ultimate FF4, which was a book I enjoyed and how I was going to represent them on my shelf.

Now these types of QC issues are rampant in any number of waves, but for four of the figures to have very similar issues is atrocious...especially when the BAF is a much needed character and the remaining figures got so much love. I've been looking for an excuse to get the set honestly...because I really want Sooper Skrull, but after being a wave completionist for so long, Hasbro has broken me and I will need to go back to cherry picking because I just don't want to be stuck with any more bad figures that I need to be. Legends at this time for me has started feeling like a money pit, and reselling can be such a headache.