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01-20-2022, 12:50 PM | #51 |
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At this point there are various scales out on the market. So no one is really any more correct. Mcfarlane/Neca/Hasbro/Mattel/Bandai/Mafex/Jazwares/Super7 don't need to agree to one size(though it would be nice). Actually as I think about it, Hasbro might be the odd man out.
------- • SUPERMAN JONATHAN KENT FUTURE STATE • HUSH • BATMAN WHO LAUGHS AS BATMAN IN CLASSIC BATMAN SUIT • GODSPEED • GHOST-MAKER • RED ROBIN • GRIFTER – INFINITE FRONTIER • THE FLASH TV SHOW • GREEN ARROW – DC GAMING • ARKHAM KNIGHT – DC GAMINg Now the above the remaining figures that were leaked. So at the moment we can expect one more Batman. Not counting the inevitable two pack rerelease. So four non Batman but Bat family figures. Future States/Infinite Frontier seems to be the thing for 2022. Some more Injustice 2/Arkham stuff. I assume Godspeed will be comic themed and not tied into the Tv Show version. So after Batman. Superman/Flash seem to have more representation then others with heroes/villains. |
01-20-2022, 12:50 PM | #52 |
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I have both lines. Like them both.
However at least mcfarlane sculpt is on point. They are some 4h sculpts that look nothing like the comic character they are suppose to be. John Constantine being the first to mind. I just don't want my figures to break. Last edited by Atomsmasher; 01-20-2022 at 12:58 PM.. |
01-20-2022, 01:33 PM | #53 |
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WRT figure scale: different sizes come and go, from WGSH to Pocket Heroes to Super Powers to Legends to McFarlane Multiverse... except for G.I. Joe Classified, I've been almost entirely in the 1/10 world for years so when McF starts making DC figures I like, I'll be pumped to have Keaton next to the T-800, which I haven't been able to do since Kenner in the early '90s!
I know cross-compatability with other companies' comic characters is a real big want, but the 1/12 (and for a while 1/18) folks have had all the fun for years! Let the 1/10 people get some heroes beyond Select for a bit. Quote:
From my pov, you've drastically overblown these issues that also plague every plastic figure nowadays. You are making it seems like these figures needs 24/7 maintenance with extreme care which just isn't true. If you own a Marvel Legends figure, you have 90% of a Valaverse experience.
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01-20-2022, 02:00 PM | #54 |
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I'm just salty because G.I. Joe Classified is 6" and it doesn't fit with my McFarlane, NECA, DC Direct/ Collectibles, Super7, or Diamond Select. I've had several boyhood fantasies about posing Cobra Commander and Lex Luthor playing chess and then having a steam together while Roadblock braids Batgirl's hair. I'm gutted.
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01-20-2022, 02:14 PM | #55 |
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I'm just salty because G.I. Joe Classified is 6" and it doesn't fit with my McFarlane, NECA, DC Direct/ Collectibles, Super7, or Diamond Select. I've had several boyhood fantasies about posing Cobra Commander and Lex Luthor playing chess and then having a steam together while Roadblock braids Batgirl's hair. I'm gutted.
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01-20-2022, 02:21 PM | #56 |
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He's braiding it for her date with Dick.
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01-20-2022, 02:29 PM | #57 |
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I'm just salty because G.I. Joe Classified is 6" and it doesn't fit with my McFarlane, NECA, DC Direct/ Collectibles, Super7, or Diamond Select. I've had several boyhood fantasies about posing Cobra Commander and Lex Luthor playing chess and then having a steam together while Roadblock braids Batgirl's hair. I'm gutted.
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01-20-2022, 02:35 PM | #58 |
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If McF makes more Batgirls, one of them has to be this:
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01-21-2022, 07:04 AM | #59 |
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01-21-2022, 07:58 AM | #60 |
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I'm amazed at how Mcfarlane just continues to pump out virtually nothing but every single Batman he can think of doing even if it just appeared for one panel in someone's dream & people keep buying them. They are staction figures, they come with zero extra headsculpts/hands, asides from a very rare few that I've seen, They're in the 7' scale so incompatible with ML. The 4HM DCUC line will always be the standard by which I measure other DC related action figure lines by & they are still the best action figure line based on DCU characters, not just Bat related characters. And just bout everything in this line is modern based or movie/video game based. I truly don't get what ya'll see in this line??
And also, neca and DC Collectibles are all 7 inch scale and by far the more superior figures too Hasbro's rip off cheap repro's! How on earth is anyone gonna say that marvel legends cheap rubbish is better than DC Collectibles or neca Ultimates? |
01-21-2022, 08:46 AM | #61 |
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I might get these for customs and parts swapping. As they are, I really don't care. They couldn't just promote Luke Fox from Batwing to Batman, they had to make another on of Lucius' kids to be Batman. I don't even like where the story is headed.
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01-21-2022, 09:35 AM | #62 |
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Barbara and Jason almost got together during New 52. They kissed in Three Jokers, and he left an "I love you" note on her door (but it fell off and got swept away by a janitor). It's not clear when the story takes place, though assuming Rebirth... Jason's out of luck because Barbara and Dick are getting back together now. Jason and Artemis went on a "date", but it was actually a ruse so that they could go somewhere to discuss work without anyone else seeing or hearing them. Subsequently, Artemis and Bizarro disappeared for a long stretch of time.
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01-21-2022, 10:05 AM | #63 |
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Why are people complaining about McFarlane making too many Batman's when they have only been around for a couple of years. Come back in ten years time and tell me then you haven't got enough different characters!
And also, neca and DC Collectibles are all 7 inch scale and by far the more superior figures too Hasbro's rip off cheap repro's! How on earth is anyone gonna say that marvel legends cheap rubbish is better than DC Collectibles or neca Ultimates? Well this last week just proved the problem. Last four announcements and three of them of them are Batman figures. The current two waved dropping right now in stores are Three Jokers and The Dark Knight Returns. You should be able to see the Batman perception. There are plenty of BATMAN only figures(not Bat family). But you got like one Aquaman. Green Lantern has only two figures and it goes downhill from there. The 10 year plan is just not acceptable. Hasbro? They are far more variety and consistency. Though some lines that QC in terms of paint apps is a horror story. I'd say everyone needs improvements. Given how CW Flash is on his 5th suit........I'd cut them some slack. DC revamped Barry Allen's costume for DC You right before the CW gave Flash back his white logo. |
01-21-2022, 10:39 AM | #64 |
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At first I preferred the ball joins for ankles and wrists on paper anyway, but for whatever reason I do have trouble getting them how I want them in action. This is not McFarlane specific, the tech for joints is a pain in the ass and a decision they all make with pros/cons for each.
I'd also much rather have to futz with a McFarlane-style ankle joint for a few seconds longer than be stuck one of the approximately 50% of all Hasbro 1/12th-scale figures that are crippled by the absence of calf-swivels, like movie Deadpool, who is such a beautiful sculpt and yet is so frustrating to pose because any really deep stances inevitably end up looking extremely wonky (not to mention precarious) thanks to the inexplicable lack of calf swivels on that figure (even though his calves are actually separate pieces to begin with). Quote:
Really, if current tech from any company is all that's available - I think I'd choose what Mattel is doing on their Masterverse line for MOTU. Good balance of visuals and functionality.
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Nopers. Hasbro's GI Joe Classified has the best articulation scheme on any 1/12th figure on the market today. Todd's BS ugly as sin ball "hey look! I'm a joint and don't blend in to any figure and am damn near impossible to use" joint results in a figure without the ability to stand flat footed AND rotate. It sucks.
For one thing, Todd's figure's aren't 1/12th scale (except the Warhammer line, arguably). For another, "Classified's" theoretically very good articulation scheme tends to come up short in reality via a number of failings: floppy feet (or feet rendered almost immobile by those stupid shin-guards that every other character seems to be stuck with), floppy waist joints, floppy elevator hips, torso articulation almost entirely canceled out by the included vests and harnesses (Flint's armoured LBV is a particularly atrocious example), hands with the wrist articulation in the reverse of the expected order (so Duke, Flint and Snake Eyes have pistol holsters on their right legs but come with right hands that turn on the X-axis while their lefts turn on the Y). McFarlane is much more consistent, I've found, particularly with regard to quality control. I've never yet had to pre-boil a McFig whereas this is something I have to do for virtually every Hasbro figure I purchase. Quote:
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Shriek might be my favourite DC figure that McFarlane has produced to date. I love how they three-dimensionalized the original (very vague) design into something more textured and detailed but still fitting the smooth-lined "Beyond" aesthetic. Quote:
No, they're not "basic." They simply don't fall prey to that overdesigned "4K Ultra-HD" aesthetic that "Classified" suffers from, where every figure's costume has to have eight different textures sculpted on it because reasons. Quote:
And really, at this point, I am waaaaaaaaay more irritated by people griping about Vala than whatever feud Vala happens to be pursuing at the moment. It's not hard to find douchebags in this hobby (hello Justin Bell, Michael Crawford, Dan Larson, Michael French, Junkman, etc). As long as Bobby keeps his line rolling I could care less about the background drama. Quote:
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So in other words it's OCD, as Babs said.
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01-21-2022, 11:18 AM | #65 |
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The ankle joints also don't work so well when McF designs boots that restrict movement, such as the two Gal Gadot WWs. It's too bad because they're otherwise beautiful action figures.
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