[Nimrod]

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

What a wasted opportunity with Surfer as an inclusion. I'll welcome a highly reflective paint app, but would've preferred another herald. However, the silver lining might be the inclusion of two heralds with each subsequent tier.



Sure, but the implication of what you posted before was about affordability/price, not the value you place on what Haslab is producing - some collectors don't believe Legends to even be worth $25. You spent more on the customs in total than you would have for one project item, then portrayed Hasbro as pricing individuals out of their wares for a 'special project' line known to be expensive. You, apparently, have no problem spending $400 to even $600 dollars. In that circumstance, why frame it as being too pricey, when your druthers seem more closely related to not liking what you are getting for the money? Also, if you're spending nearly $600 for customs (regardless of whatever value you attribute to them, or the numbers you buy) and paying $50 dollars a pop on other figs, then you've already crossed the rubicon of what's 'affordable to most collectors.'

Do you know what materials the Sentinel customizer used to make them? I've read that many of the 3D printed plastics aren't as molecularly stable as the materials used by many manufacturers and are susceptible to hastened degradation. There's an attributable cost for resins that feature greater longevity. I know I've purchased a few thrones and other sundries and I can look at them and know age and attrition is likely to take a hefty toll. Were I you, based on your investment, I might ask homeboy (or homegirl) what they used and find out the shelf life.

Hi, You are correct about the "affordability" aspect of my comments. I can afford a $350 Sentinel or Big G for $400 but as with all aspects of my financial purchases, I try to get the best return for my buck & those 2 figures to me, are just not worth those $$. You know what would have probably spurred me to get 2 maybe 3 Sentinels? Instead of a useless MM head & each finger being articulated, I woulda referred a couple of power blast FX to go with that capture coil, a removable BD chest piece, battle damaged leg panels, a half missing arm with coils & wires hangin out of it. The 6' characters could easily have been done in a future X-Wave. Sentinels are giant Terminators on steroids, they can withstand a ton of damage & still accomplish their mission, the figure should have had those accessories to demonstrate what a powerful & dangerous foe he truly is to not only the X-me, but any metahumans & enhanced humans it hunts. Instead they give him a few beauty marks alternate BD face & a hand with what, a missing digit or 2? With additional BD pieces, I could apply various BD to the 3 Sentinels & have em look different from each other.