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Trivial Psychic · 05-18-2023, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by firmpulse

My dudes. I have a serious question. Because this is a discussion I see a lot. Way more than it seems like I should. For the life of me I don't see why it's an actual discussion. I don't even understand why the question is EVER asked. The question being,"Which is better? The new Hasbro figure or the old ToyBiz version?"

I've never seen a single instance in which I thought an old ToyBiz figure looked better or even on par with a new Marvel version. At all. Like not even remotely. ToyBiz figures all have wonky proportions, really weird articulation schemes, and comparing the sculpts is like,"What? do you people not have eyes?"

Is it because a lot of y'all grew up with them? Is it a nostalgia thing? Looking at the Deluxe Blob compared that old TB version...it's not even a question which is better. The new version blows the old gross one out of the water. It looks like the best Blob figure ever created. So what gives?

Toy Biz never made a Blob BAF. That old Blob BAF was one of Hasbro's early offerings when they took over the license. IMHO, the newer Hasbro version slays their older one.

I get what you're saying...and agree with most of it, but there are still a few Toybiz Legends that I feel hold up (and in some cases...are equal to even better) to their Hasbro counterparts. Up until the recent Ultimate Captain America, I still felt that Toybiz's series 1 was as good of a Cap there's ever been. The colors , shield, and headsculpt were perfect, even the tribute Cap fell short.

I have similar feelings for Series 4 Punisher (the Riders version was good...but I don't feel like Hasbro has quite done Frank right yet) and the Seies 7 Apocalypse (as well as his Build A Figure counterpart) are near perfect representations outside those hideous hip ball joints. The Toybiz Sentinel is a work of art...and even though the Haslab was super cool...I can't honestly say it's better than it. (Bigger doesn't exactly mean better...especially when the wobbly knees keep mine from standing properly.) My Haslab Sentinel is Mastermold in my collection, while my Toybiz versions are the primary foe to my X-Men.

My opinions only of course...but again...I won't disagree with you on the majority of what you said. Especially on the female character side of things. Though I wonder if the artists at Toybiz had access to a lot of the digital sculpting and painting techniques that Hasbro has these days, if we would feel the same way. Always fun to speculate...✌️

05-18-2023, 03:54 PM	#78862
Trivial Psychic Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 4,533	Quote: Originally Posted by firmpulse My dudes. I have a serious question. Because this is a discussion I see a lot. Way more than it seems like I should. For the life of me I don't see why it's an actual discussion. I don't even understand why the question is EVER asked. The question being,"Which is better? The new Hasbro figure or the old ToyBiz version?" I've never seen a single instance in which I thought an old ToyBiz figure looked better or even on par with a new Marvel version. At all. Like not even remotely. ToyBiz figures all have wonky proportions, really weird articulation schemes, and comparing the sculpts is like,"What? do you people not have eyes?" Is it because a lot of y'all grew up with them? Is it a nostalgia thing? Looking at the Deluxe Blob compared that old TB version...it's not even a question which is better. The new version blows the old gross one out of the water. It looks like the best Blob figure ever created. So what gives? Toy Biz never made a Blob BAF. That old Blob BAF was one of Hasbro's early offerings when they took over the license. IMHO, the newer Hasbro version slays their older one. I get what you're saying...and agree with most of it, but there are still a few Toybiz Legends that I feel hold up (and in some cases...are equal to even better) to their Hasbro counterparts. Up until the recent Ultimate Captain America, I still felt that Toybiz's series 1 was as good of a Cap there's ever been. The colors , shield, and headsculpt were perfect, even the tribute Cap fell short. I have similar feelings for Series 4 Punisher (the Riders version was good...but I don't feel like Hasbro has quite done Frank right yet) and the Seies 7 Apocalypse (as well as his Build A Figure counterpart) are near perfect representations outside those hideous hip ball joints. The Toybiz Sentinel is a work of art...and even though the Haslab was super cool...I can't honestly say it's better than it. (Bigger doesn't exactly mean better...especially when the wobbly knees keep mine from standing properly.) My Haslab Sentinel is Mastermold in my collection, while my Toybiz versions are the primary foe to my X-Men. My opinions only of course...but again...I won't disagree with you on the majority of what you said. Especially on the female character side of things. Though I wonder if the artists at Toybiz had access to a lot of the digital sculpting and painting techniques that Hasbro has these days, if we would feel the same way. Always fun to speculate...✌️ Last edited by Trivial Psychic; 05-18-2023 at 03:57 PM..