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09-15-2020, 06:50 AM | #40301 |
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Mind you the the super-articulated action figure market for collectors was mainly pushed by Toybiz Legends, with things like DCUC following. Innovations to the engineering of star wars figures and Joe's were more insular. The Showdown figures were mainly a means of Toybiz creating a competing brand to suckle off of Hadbro's demographic. This changed radically when Hasbro adapted the Marvel brand through the Universe figures, where alot of standard lines figures were 3.75 scale either by Hasbro or other companies. We had it good, arguably too good. Vonner left, then Marvel legends got better progressively after Phase 2 if the MCU roughly speaking. Improvements in Legends made them more confident with trying the scale out with Star Wars. Now we are seeing it with the Joe's. Hasbro saw the market that grew around Legends, like NECA or Japanese imports, and did the math with the opportunity cost. I say this all as someone who prays for some sort of return, as unlikely as it is. |
09-15-2020, 08:14 AM | #40302 |
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09-15-2020, 09:14 AM | #40303 |
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I hate to say it, but it seems that the mainstream appeal of our scale was inherently numbered, especially for Marvel.
Mind you the the super-articulated action figure market for collectors was mainly pushed by Toybiz Legends, with things like DCUC following. Innovations to the engineering of star wars figures and Joe's were more insular. The Showdown figures were mainly a means of Toybiz creating a competing brand to suckle off of Hadbro's demographic. This changed radically when Hasbro adapted the Marvel brand through the Universe figures, where alot of standard lines figures were 3.75 scale either by Hasbro or other companies. We had it good, arguably too good. Vonner left, then Marvel legends got better progressively after Phase 2 if the MCU roughly speaking. Improvements in Legends made them more confident with trying the scale out with Star Wars. Now we are seeing it with the Joe's. Hasbro saw the market that grew around Legends, like NECA or Japanese imports, and did the math with the opportunity cost. I say this all as someone who prays for some sort of return, as unlikely as it is. |
09-15-2020, 02:40 PM | #40304 |
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Love your hulk formulas. Honestly liked the first mold's proportions, if only they had better leg articulation like you gave them.
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09-15-2020, 03:16 PM | #40305 |
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09-15-2020, 03:28 PM | #40306 |
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Creator you And others in this thread should run hasbros 3.75 division.
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09-15-2020, 04:35 PM | #40307 |
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ah,i see- yes, they'd be good only for background shots...but when the average Joe figure or standard human like Daredevil is taller than Iron Man from the same line, it's already pretty out of whack.
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09-16-2020, 02:22 AM | #40308 |
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!!!!!!! Hulk !!!!!!!
The Biggest and Strongest there is............ towering height,(2) different heads,and notice his leg consists of (3) different Hulks so tell me what you think... |
09-16-2020, 02:30 AM | #40309 |
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!!!!!!!!!! Daken !!!!!!!!!!
I always keep in scale with my customs as seen... |
09-16-2020, 02:32 AM | #40310 |
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!!!!!!! Saber Tooth !!!!!!!!!
Will post pics later...... |
09-16-2020, 02:38 AM | #40311 |
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Nice! Adding a bit more height to Hulk is on my to do list.
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09-16-2020, 05:45 AM | #40312 |
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09-16-2020, 05:53 AM | #40313 |
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09-16-2020, 09:12 AM | #40314 |
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The thoughts seemed a tad wonky in a vanilla pose but either posed or in profile the proportions seem fine. Up to snuff like everything else you do. Love the Daken too. |
09-16-2020, 09:17 AM | #40315 |
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Okay double checked. Roaring head comes specifically from the Jeep set hulk.
The arms, the forearms at leas, being from the first mold. Last edited by Agemo; 09-16-2020 at 09:23 AM.. |
09-16-2020, 09:23 AM | #40316 |
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!!!!!!!!!! Saber Tooth A.K.A. Victor Creed !!!!!!!!!!
A continuation of my 90s X-Men.. Thanks Sender and Agemo for the support that's what this is all about. Kicking Hasbros A$$ with these customs.... |
09-17-2020, 05:58 AM | #40317 |
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Then again, Hasbro felt they struck gold with the XMWO molds, so we stuck with outdated molds for years. BTW, you Wolverine is still metal. |
09-17-2020, 12:07 PM | #40318 |
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09-17-2020, 01:30 PM | #40319 |
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Dude I totally agree, that is why i have made a custom and or modded almost every single Figure in my MU collection and by the way what do you mean my Wolverine is still metal?
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09-17-2020, 02:14 PM | #40320 |
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I think thats millennial speak for awesome? Not sure....millennial speak is harder to understand then talladega.
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09-17-2020, 02:30 PM | #40321 |
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09-17-2020, 02:49 PM | #40322 |
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Time to finish off my Alpha Flight team and already got a good start on these guys with 3 or 4 more members to go. Shaman and Puck....
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09-17-2020, 03:13 PM | #40323 |
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Its like boomhauer from king of the hill. Just cross pikey speak from snatch with boomhauer from king of the hill.
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09-18-2020, 01:03 PM | #40325 |
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I noticed the success of 6 inch collectors; was keeping their main topics on wishlists. Hisstank.com now has its own "What do you want next in Classified 6 inch" thread. I did NOT notice any "What do you want next in the Retro 3.75 line?" thread. Thus toy designers have little clue on what 3.75 collectors want. I'm afraid the Retro 3.75 Joes will have ZERO to NONE of thee highly desired Convention / Club figures, the designers can so easily repaint. Instead it's just a bunch of the same cast Scarlet, SE, Duke, etc. So someone please start a Retro 3.75 wishlist thread and bump that thread with the 100s of figures we have yet to see at retail as super articulated figures.
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