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Discussion: Popularity of Marvel Universe
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12-20-2010, 08:28 PM
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Tarquinius
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Shin Densetsu
I think it's doing well, a lot better now but during the 1st half of the year, not as interesting. I started losing interest as many of you noticed, I got burnt out of the constant repaints of Daredevil, Daredevil body retools(like used on the SHIELD Soldier, Winter Soldier, et al), Black Spiderman and Classic Iron Man repaints/retools.
I think the line is popular because for collectors, it's a comic line with usually good paint apps, and decent articulation. Plus it's a much higher quality line than Toy Biz' Superhero Showdown. The Iron Man armors in the line have much better paint apps than the Iron Man 2 figures. Character selection is decent, it's gotten a lot better. The new molds from this year were for the most part good, and the 2011 ones look even better. The waves that recently appeared at retail are pretty good too.
So it's a line that picked up steam much more towards the end of this year. Hopefully next year we will see more unique molds, and less reliance on just a few body types. This year saw the release of a Hulk figure which rivals it's larger Marvel Legends counterpart, which to me, is a rare occurrence. World War Hulk is the best Hulk figure that Hasbro has ever made.
I think this line also helps parents. It's like a fall back line for them, like once a Marvel movie line is over, Marvel Universe can always be relied on, that kind of thing. I hope we see the new ankle joint on Bleeding Edge Iron Man become standard next year. That ankle joint is EXCELLENT.
Very good point. While we did get some interesting characters like Multiple Man and Winter Soldier....they were done in a non-unique fashion.
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