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No wrists either. O_o

 

That Bishop figure look great. I just hate that there isn't any chest or waist articulation!!

Yes, that is a disappointment also! And the lack of detailed muscularity

 

 

For Bishop It's literally better than nothing though....Nice haul. That Spider-man Figure looks like Sh**. But I'll grab that Bishop and variant Sandmans..

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I got some of the new figures from China. Bishop, both Sandmen, and both Beasts.

 

Sandman is very fine. No complaints.

 

The new figures are very lightweight. The sculpts do look really good. The painting is not terrible, but it's all flat colors, with no shading or definition. Doesn't look quite like Marvel Universe figures in that respect.

 

Otherwise, all the things we've been grumbling about are true. I admit the sculpts are better, and more detailed than I'd given them credit for. But the articulation is taken waaaaaay down on these figures. No torso, no waist, very limited neck (these guys can only look side-to-side. There's less neck articulation than in Marvel Universe wave 1), no wrist. The bicep swivel is gone, replaced with the elbow swivel. For Beast especially, all this sucks. Bishop has his dinky arms that look really out of place, but Beast is the real mess; stiff, inarticulate.

 

The blue Beast is meant to look like the Jim Lee Beast from X-men #1, I believe. That open-mouthed expression comes from the page in that issue where he's throwing Wolverine--their version of the fastball special. I tried to articulate Beast to be able to do that. Suffice to say, it didn't work at all. Beast can't twist even slightly. without the bicep swivel or the neck articulation, he can't look like he's throwing anything.

 

To me, that's pretty disappointing. My Showdown Beast can certainly be posed for a fastball special. Also for a lot of other things.

 

Bishop also has very stiff, limited hip articulation. He can rotate a little bit, but he can't get out of that splayed-leg position, at all. The hip doesn't allow for that movement.

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I got some of the new figures from China. Bishop, both Sandmen, and both Beasts.

 

Sandman is very fine. No complaints.

 

The new figures are very lightweight. The sculpts do look really good. The painting is not terrible, but it's all flat colors, with no shading or definition. Doesn't look quite like Marvel Universe figures in that respect.

 

Otherwise, all the things we've been grumbling about are true. I admit the sculpts are better, and more detailed than I'd given them credit for. But the articulation is taken waaaaaay down on these figures. No torso, no waist, very limited neck (these guys can only look side-to-side. There's less neck articulation than in Marvel Universe wave 1), no wrist. The bicep swivel is gone, replaced with the elbow swivel. For Beast especially, all this sucks. Bishop has his dinky arms that look really out of place, but Beast is the real mess; stiff, inarticulate.

 

The blue Beast is meant to look like the Jim Lee Beast from X-men #1, I believe. That open-mouthed expression comes from the page in that issue where he's throwing Wolverine--their version of the fastball special. I tried to articulate Beast to be able to do that. Suffice to say, it didn't work at all. Beast can't twist even slightly. without the bicep swivel or the neck articulation, he can't look like he's throwing anything.

 

To me, that's pretty disappointing. My Showdown Beast can certainly be posed for a fastball special. Also for a lot of other things.

 

Bishop also has very stiff, limited hip articulation. He can rotate a little bit, but he can't get out of that splayed-leg position, at all. The hip doesn't allow for that movement.

 

Thanks for the mini-review.

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I got some of the new figures from China. Bishop, both Sandmen, and both Beasts.

 

Sandman is very fine. No complaints.

 

The new figures are very lightweight. The sculpts do look really good. The painting is not terrible, but it's all flat colors, with no shading or definition. Doesn't look quite like Marvel Universe figures in that respect.

 

Otherwise, all the things we've been grumbling about are true. I admit the sculpts are better, and more detailed than I'd given them credit for. But the articulation is taken waaaaaay down on these figures. No torso, no waist, very limited neck (these guys can only look side-to-side.

 

When you say the head can only move side to side, are you saying the Ball jointed head itself is now gone?

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Yeah, please tell me these don't have swivel necks. They make headswapping impossible without tools. How is the plastic quality? Is it sturdy or do these have the rubbery plastic that feels like it might rip?

 

 

*edit to avoid double post*

 

I just found out the Marvel Select Watcher re-release is cancelled. Son of a #$%^&. I really wanted to avoid eBay prices on him, and Hasbro isn't going to be giving us one any time soon.

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I noticed that all of the Marvel Select Watcher preorders (after being moved back month after month) have vanished. Is that the official word, that they've been cancelled, Stitch? That stinks. I was looking forward to adding him to my collection.

Yes. On a different site, someone who works for Diamond confirmed that the Watcher is cancelled. He hasn't said why, and I'm not sure if he can.

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After seeing the Ant-Man trailer, I'm really digging the suit. And hey, at least the 2.5" Ant-Man Hasbro makes will actually be in scale.

 

Always look on the bright side of life...

 

If life seems jolly rotten

There's something you've forgotten... :biggrin:

 

I found the Pop Vinyl Howard the Duck today, and I can't help but think that the body is perfect for a MU scale Howard. I just need to figure out what to use for a head.

 

 

 

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