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Yeah, it would have been nice if the 80th. anniversary stuff actually celebrated all 80 years, not just the past 62 or so. It would have been the ideal time to do true Golden Age versions of Namor and Bucky, finally do Hammond Human Torch and possibly Toro, redo first appearance Cap, maybe give us a GA Red Skull, and throw in an oddball character or two, like The Whizzer. Yeah, I would really like to see more oddball characters overall. I know certain characters will just always have good demand, so I understand all of the Wolverines, Iron Mans, etc., but too many of the other figures tend to be very modern, like Marvel Boy and Kid Omega, when there are so many decades worth of interesting figures/characters to be made.
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Yeah, Hasbro's horrible inconsistencies with estimated release dates are one of multiple reasons that I pre-order less and less from them. I didn't order this set, but I pre-ordered 4 GI Joe figures (scheduled for September) and one Indiana Jones figure (scheduled for December), and they all just shipped.
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I want it, but I'm going to wait for in-store availability. I don't think it will be a "hot seller," and if I pre-order, Target will put an authorization hold on my credit card over and over, impacting my available credit, and end up sending it to me after it has already been showing up in stores for weeks, if not months.
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Diamond Select - Marvel Select Iceman
The Mad Bubbler replied to toynewman's topic in Marvelous News's General Area
It's so frustrating... if this wasn't translucent, it would be a nice figure. For the 27th. time : Iceman is not a translucent person- he is a man, coated in ice! The Human Torch is not a clear person- he is a man (or android) covered in fire! A translucent figure only works if you then coat it with an opaque paint that covers almost all of it. -
Gamerverse Marvel Super War Hel-Sworn Thor Figure
The Mad Bubbler replied to JayC's topic in Marvelous News's General Area
These are pretty cool, I may need to get some if they show up online- eBay, etc.- for relatively inexpensive prices. They really look almost... non-scaled. Everyone but Rocket looks to be very close in height, and Rocket seems pretty tall. -
So close, and yet so far... the front "loincloth" piece looks really bad- it looks like a cheap, heavy felt, which won't actually "drape" well over the Sky Cycle. The black outlines of the rectangles also look really bad, largely because the rectangles on the top half of the figure don't have any kind of outline, or wash, etc., to bring out the details, so they just don't match up. They could have included an interchangeable plastic loincloth, and/or executed the fabric one well, and this would be a home run. Frustrating.
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Marvel Legends Sightings and Hauls thread
The Mad Bubbler replied to aaozz9's topic in Marvel Legends Figure Discussion
Yikes- that stinks. Sorry to hear that. I would definitely post on Hasbro's social media about it. -
They 100% know that Spidey waves tend to be some of the strongest sellers, so they think they can do this and it won't have a hugely negative impact on sales. Never mind that the previous Spidey retro waves were full of definitive versions of classic characters/costumes, and usually included a bunch of accessories/parts. As you said, too, there are plenty of characters particularly villains, that would work well as BAFs for Spidey waves. Many of those would probably never get a deluxe release, either, due to obscurity.
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Marvel Legends Sightings and Hauls thread
The Mad Bubbler replied to aaozz9's topic in Marvel Legends Figure Discussion
Yeah... Hasbro not being able to stick to pre-order dates, even a little bit, is one of the reasons that I've cut WAY back on Hasbro pre-orders. It makes it impossible to do any kind of budgeting. I collect multiple Hasbro lines, too, so shipping stuff that was supposed to arrive in February, March, and April all in December didn't really work for me. I don't know if they just mistakenly assume that everyone is going to be happy to get all of their items "early," or what. Because of that, increasing MSRPs and decreased value for the money, I've taken to mainly pre-ordering exclusive items that I think might not be available at regular price, and maybe one figure from each regular wave. -
Yeah- Tarantula is the only one of these that ToyBiz made a figure of (and he didn't come on the animated-style card)- this whole wave is just a brazen cash grab, and, I agree, it takes away the special-ness of retro waves. Figures/costumes that were introduced in the past 20 years just seem weird on retro cards.
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This is a hugely underwhelming wave now- no BAF, and way too few accessories/pieces. Not even a set of open hands for Tarantula? Inexcusable. I'm glad I can at least see the figures in this packaging, but as someone who opens 99.99% of the action figures that I buy, a backer card that I'm going to throw in a box after I slice the bubble off isn't worth as much as a BAF, or actual accessories/parts. They clearly think they can do this because of Spidey's popularity. I only pre-ordered The Rose- one of the two figures that I wanted most, and he at least includes enough parts to not make me feel completely cheated. Still, I may end up canceling the pre-order, we'll see. Every other figure, I will wait and see if I can get it below retail, unless I happen to have a lot of sales that month, and see a well-painted figure or two in stores from this wave. As has been mentioned, Hasbro's current CEO, Mr. Cocks, is TERRIBLE. He is doing irreparable damage to most of Hasbro's toy lines. He doesn't seem to realize that many people collect multiple toy lines, including non-Hasbro ones. Mattel is giving me better value with Masters of The Universe and WWE figures than Hasbro is with most of their lines- with inflation far outpacing wage increases, they're just going to price out a lot of consumers. I'm kind of dreading what the MSRPs are going to be for the Avengers 60th. Anniversary stuff, because I really want most of those.
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Are you sure? As far as I know, McFarlane figures are staying the same price- $19.99 for normal figures, $24.99 for figures in "Build A Figure" waves. Not that I'm a big fan of McFarlane's brittle, weirdly-articulated figures, and I still think Hasbro is a better value because of the overall better quality, I'm just wondering if, politely, maybe you didn't realize that Build A Figure waves have always been $24.99?
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Some really, really nice reveals. I don't have a personal connection to the very-recent Spidey-related figures, but everything is well done, especially the Avengers anniversary stuff. I'll be curious to hear MSRPs, but the products themselves are great. I wouldn't have minded if Hasbro had actually sculpted a new piece to have Aunt May wearing a sweater instead of a blazer, but it's a minor quibble, and it's an overall awesome set. I ordered (for now) two sets, so I can have bendy tentacles for another Doc Ock, but we'll see how my finances are closer to release.
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New Marvel Legends Classic Luke Cage
The Mad Bubbler replied to JayC's topic in Marvelous News's General Area
From the neck down, this figure is excellent. I'm not a big fan of the head sculpt, though- besides his vacant expression, both the head itself and his hair look a bit too small. Still, this is definitely a must-buy figure, and hopefully means will get a big-collared Danny Rand soon. A new Misty Knight, after the bad head sculpt/eyes on the one we got in The Rhino wave, is probably a long shot, but would be nice. -
"Nice" crooked paintjob on the lips here, too. At least for me, it's bad enough that I would return it. With prices going up, I'm going to be pickier, even though quality control seems to be going down. Of course, if the boxes weren't solid, this could be prevented, and I just wouldn't buy a figure with crooked lips in the first place... Hasbro is making it less and less fun to collect. They seem to think they can't alienate hardcore collectors, but I've been collecting this line since the first ToyBiz series, and I am buying fewer and fewer figures at regular price, going down to one or two figures per wave, waiting on discounts for the rest, and many deluxe figures, multi-packs, etc..