[TheBlueMarvel]

@Laserpunch

Yeah it was discussed about a week back...

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Classic Ultron was ALWAYS human-sized. ALWAYS. He was never taller than humans.




Also, the ML Ultron IS colored plastic, yes, but it's the best colored plastic Hasbro has ever done. It's not that wonky marbleized plastic, it honestly looks painted, but somehow it's not. Or is it? I don't know. All I DO know is that this is literally a perfect classic Ultron and it pisses all over the MS version. There's no debate about this.

Again, I'll do a side-by-side when I can dig out the Ultron area on my Legends shelf...the Ultron area is in the back, so it'll be a pain in the balls to get to them, but once I do I'll take the pics.

Without regurgitating everything, there have been some discrepancies between listed height and depictions of Ultron over the years. You're welcome to go back and look and read, but I suspect you may have already done so as this feels a little forced. Everybody has a preference, a mind's eye for both heroes and villains. And those preferences can be based on specific artists or an amalgam of images over time. Personally, I wouldn't use either Milgrom or Zeck (the pencilers responsible for creating the images you used) as a pictorial foundation for 'classic' looks for ANY character. The aesthetics, scale, and proportions of both artists were memorable in bad ways and I suspect most of the reason they got as much work as they did (I suffered through Milgrom's run on Spectacular only out of love for Spidey) was because they could reliably meet deadlines and likely came cheaper than other more popular talents. But specifically about some of what you've written, Thor is human-sized. Shaq is also human sized. Some humans are considerably taller than other humans. While Ultron's no human, for sure, he's often been illustrated with a form larger than that of the average male. In both stature and physical size, Ultron is closer in form to that of Thor than he is of Iron Man.

The new Ultron fig is better than what Hasbro has produced previously, but it's still diminutive (looks like kid next to the new Thor fig) and could have benefitted from greater height and girth. It's great that you like it and the sculpt is satisfying, but it still leaves me wanting and apparently others as well. That's without mentioning that poorly implemented ball-peg torso that limits the figs ability to pitch forward to stoop and lumber over fallen foes as Ultron often does. And the lack of a waist swivel creates some pretty ugly side profiles when you pose the fig dynamically. When the dust settles, I think there will still be calls for an updated Ultron...