[Ultra Seven]

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Originally Posted by Thor Laserpunch

That’s how I feel about most of this year so far. I have appreciated checking off some major hole fillers but with no real interest in movie/media figures these assortments are feeling largely pretty blah.

Not to mention they always seem to pop off less wanted versions of characters (Hyde w/ hat, green skin Joe Fixit) or just plain lazy missed opportunities (e.g., a 2 cent paint app stubble on Cyber as mentioned could have gone a long way, or how about those tiny little pupils on toon Green Goblin that essentially made that fig look like a meth psycho?). They got my attention but they’re losing my enthusiasm.

I’m glad to hear I’m not the only person who feels this way. Thus far I think I’ve only bought around five figures this year, and from what’s been announced/ rumored, only stand to pick up another ten or so. It just feels really underwhelming, particularly the X-Men offerings, as a fan of neither AOA or HOX.

They’ve seemed to have a lot more of those lazy/ just-off slip-ups of late, and they’re starting to annoy me. Things like Wyngarde’s coat & Karima’s alternate head just come off as them not putting in effort. I mean, it isn’t hard to just take a look at the comics, versus a Google image search, which based on their explanation/ excuse for Omega Sentinel, is apparently their strategy.

Edit: other people have been vocal about this, but it really does stick in my craw how much they joke about our finances. It isn’t the intent, I’m sure, but to me it says: “haha... we know you’re going to buy this crap regardless, so we’re going to make whatever the hell we feel like.”