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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

Haha! Yeah, I appreciate where you are coming from, but, as a quick heads up, Hasbro made the old Blob BAF as well.

I think this comes up because there are still some Toy Biz figs that do a better job of capturing an iconic (completely subjective) look for whatever character it may be. While many of these figs haven’t aged well from a contemporary standards standpoint, due to choices in interpretation and instances of unique tooling/detailing, the older versions sometimes maintain a foothold in the psyche of collectors. It seems more common with iconic villains like Sandman, Rhino, Mysterio, and Shocker; figures that lingered on many personal displays despite technically “superior” (‘newer’) versions being available on shelves. Larger figures also seem to have greater longevity. It wasn’t until the 80th Hulk that I was willing to retire some of my ToyBiz Hulks, but I will likely never let go of any of them even if they are all remade - something I want given Hasbro’s sincere efforts with the new Hulk design.

Back to the Blob and my opinion that it’s a wash between the two figures. I have always considered the grotesqueness of the Blob to be the point of Dukes' visual manifestation. When I encountered him in comics, he was usually depicted as inhumanly massive with rolls and mounds of undulating cellulite, so much so that a hero could be caught fast in his massive girth. This Blob looks… polite. Which, in my opinion, is just stupid. However, I like ‘good-looking’-Blob too, I just didn’t need him, or ‘lateral promotion’-MODOK. That said, I got them both as they fit better with their contemporaneous linemates than do the older versions.

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

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...✌️

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Originally Posted by Blob

The new release is much better in all respects. The baf version was always a bit too grotesque for me. My ideal blob figure would be more akin to his original appearance or the John Byrne version for the first couple volumes of the Handbook. Basically, 6 foot, 500 pound, "extra strong freak".

Ok. I see. Thank y'all for answering the question in depth.

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

COSMIC MARVEL FANS REJOICE!!!

Rom is coming as Marvel has just regained the rights for the character. This is very good news for me and I can’t wait for the Legends team to deliver a long, long, long awaited fig for me. My first and last Rom fig was from 1979!

Lol I’m pretty excited:

https://www.gamesradar.com/rom-space...arly-40-years/

Dudedudedudedude This is BEYOND incredibly greatly stupendous news! We need an entire wave of Spaceknights. With appropriately grotesque OG Dire Wraith BAF. If not a BAF then a Deluxe figure.