[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

Add me to the list of people not interested in the cell-shaded X-Men. I don't care for cell shaded toys at all, but it's cool they are making them for people that are hardcore fans of the animated series.

Hasbro might be able to trick me into buying a cell shaded Beast if it has a better head and the paint job isn't terrible.

At this point in my collecting, I'm only interested in filling in gaps and not repaints or alternate outfits. Due to space, I try to limit my collection to one figure per character, but the big exceptions are the Outback X-Men. Armor Psylocke is at the top of my want list for heroes.

It's nostalgia layerd on nostalgia at this point and not enough for Hasbro to mine the popularity of the original license, but the profit model must also be extended to the cartoons surrounding the characters.

I chuckled while looking at the cartoon inspired branding on the packaging for Psycho Man/FF retro. It isn't that the packaging is unattractive or poorly executed. It looks great; clean and colorful. What made me laugh was the fact that I'm one of a handful that I know, even among Marvel heads, that actually liked the 94 FF 'toon when it aired. It made me wonder if Hasbro is even aware of the fact that the general consensus of Marvel cartoon fans, especially those that didn't give the show a chance beyond the first season, is that the FF 'toon was fairly lackluster. Love for that 'toon isn't driving interest for the FF toy license and that thinking is a bit of the tail wagging the dog.

Ultimately, I guess it makes no difference with cartoon nostalgia merely being an additional marketing tool for Hasbro. But, yeah, I've only bitten on Black Cat (the lack of heels was a real plus) and Sandman, so far. After the Spidey retro, it's likely a wrap for me and 'toonized redrafts.

Edit: all that said, I'm genuinely excited by the Hammerhead and Shocker figs, so there are positives to the 'animated' waves.