Virtualzach
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3 minutes ago, Jmacq1 said:
Sure. And at that size he'd have needed to be a HasLab product rather than something retailers would agree to carry.
Yep, edited my post to suggest that after you replied. IMO, why release anything that's supposed to be movie-accurate if it's not going to be movie-accurate. There are plenty of other characters from the franchise that still need to be done. It just bothers me to see people 'ooo'-ing and 'ahhhh'-ing over the size of a figure when we've had 12" ML figures for years. Which somehow cost less on release...
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13 inches is *way* too small. See image below (early movie when Thor is battling 'small' Sutur). That's why I was saying this should be at least 24 inches/Haslab type project. Instead we get this tiny, inaccurate version of the character.
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With how much damage the Inhumans tv show did, it's unlikely they'll be making that wave any time soon. It's also just not a very popular franchise. Yes, I'm tired of seeing the same figures over and over again, whether they're new (or old) variations or not. But I also know I wouldn't put a dime into an Inhumans wave. And I buy pretty much every ML figure possible as soon as pre-order is available.
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4 minutes ago, Jmacq1 said:
Think "beginning of the movie" Surtur, not "End of the movie" Surtur.
That would be my guess, anyway.
You mean where he's 4x the size of Thor? That'd put him at a good 20+ feet tall even in his "small" size.
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If it's an MCU Sutur, the thing should be a Haslab project. lol How is this thing going to be movie-accurate in size at $50? As for Iron Monger, that will also be an enormous figure and well worth $50. If it's $70 because they're adding Jeb, it's a huge mistake; does anyone really want a Jeb figure or would you just rather pay $50 for Monger?
As for Modok's price--if anyone has seen this thing next to other ML's you should understand why it's priced the way it is. It's a gorgeous figure and a near-perfect comic representation. People have been asking for him for years and, if he was a BAF, it'd cost a lot more than $50 to pick him up.0 -
2 hours ago, ADour said:
It's not even semantics here , but I guess here I am.
Except it is..."curly" versus "wavy" and I can't believe I just spent five mins looking through comic images of Cletus, many of which are "curlier" than others. What a ridiculous thing to argue about. lol Let's just agree to disagree.
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49 minutes ago, ADour said:
Cletus' hair in the comics is wavy but not curly. It's also shorter and combed upwards, whereas Harrelson's look in the first movie looked more like a bush.
I mean...if you want to argue semantics? They tried to make him look like the comic book character. If that's all you took away from it, maybe you should skip the movie. It at least definitely see it by yourself. lol
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4 hours ago, Hogun said:
I wish I had a better shot of Carnage in better lighting. Hopefully he has black veins.
He does, if the Marvel Legends figure is any indication. Their latest Venom figure was spot-on as well.
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1 hour ago, ADour said:
My biggest takeaway from this trailer is that they got rid of the Sideshow Bob haircut for Harrelson and he looks so much better now.
I mean, that's what Cletus Kasady's hair was like in the comics. Anything that they can incorporate into the movies to stay true to the books is a win in my book, even if it's a stupid haircut. God knows they took plenty of liberties with Venom, and not very many good ones...
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The 'test' they did was the Sentinel. It had a very low requirement for funding and surpassed all expectations--otherwise, I suspect we probably *would* be seeing more vehicles. They've done the barge, they've done the Mando ship, vehicles are proven sellers. But big robots? Again, Sentinel paved the way for Galactus. And, while I believe there may be a few hundred fans stoked to see some random Marvel vehicle, I promise you there will be 40k+ who won't touch it, specifically because they're wanting Galactus.
There's plenty of time to make a Quinjet. Let's give people what they've actually been asking for the last 5 years.
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Guys...it's Galactus, ok? I can't tell you have many times I've seen requests for him here and on numerous other boards, especially since they Sentinel Haslab was revealed. None of this other vehicle crap is realistic when Hasbro already knows they they can sell tens of thousands of Galactus, even if they jack up the scale and price to $500. Releasing some obscure vehicle or something, which would in turn means we'd have to wait *another* year or two (at least) for Galactus, would make zero business sense.
That said, I am so stoked they're finally going to do this and it will be the centerpiece of any ML collection. I would be amazed if it isn't their most successful project yet.
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25 minutes ago, mako said:
So you say.
Personally, I'd rather have a 10" BAF that ALL of us can get, than a 2-3 foot monstrosity made because someone at Hasbro got a copy of MattyCollector's playbook.
The hypothetical 2-3' "monstrosity" would be made because that's what most of us actually *want*. Trust me, Hasbro doesn't throw together these Haslab projects because some employee demands it. Toybiz did a 10" BAF before and it looks ridiculous. The character is supposed to eat planets, not globes. Let's give him the comic representation that he deserves, not serve up people who are too cheap to buy a crowd-funded project.
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11 minutes ago, sentinelofliberty41 said:
If I'm wrong ill stand corrected but I thought the body of Ursa was the sasquatch/wendigo/xenmu body some different parts? Has the sentinel even started shipping? My point is that the sentinel is barely out the gate and they want another fanfund. I personally don't like the idea of Hasbro needing a fanfund since they're frigging Hasbro. I just think it's kind of crappy to do to the collectors.
So don't buy it? I'm not really sure what the problem is here. People have been asking for what is (hopefully) a Galactus fanfund for ages. If we get it, how is that not GOOD for collectors?
Also, the Ursa is def not a combo of those figures. And the hands and feet, especially, haven't been seen on any other ML.
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Let's be real here--the reason they don't do this with most female ML figures is because they would be ridiculously tiny and prone to breaking. Even the double-joints on some Spidey figures are incredibly delicate and I've managed to break one being extra careful. I'm holding a Wasp figure right now and couldn't imagine dealing with a double joint if it was even slightly brittle out of the packaging.
So yeah...it's not a discriminatory thing, it's not something they just "don't want to do" or "forgot", it's a logistics thing; the more narrow the appendage, the less feasible it is to incorporate elbow joints.
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People are awfully critical about the re-use of the hulk mold. Let's take a moment to acknowledge how amazing that sculpt is. It's the absolute best hulk they've ever done, imo. Makes sense to use it for the other color hulks as well as Maestro. I mean they use the same body for dozens upon dozens of other heroes and people are dissing this one because it doesn't have boots. So six figures, five of which are hulks, and that's all they're allowed to do? To each their own, I suppose...
Anticipated and pre-ordered.
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The Black Order box set is a huge slap in the face. It makes me not want to pursue BAF any longer, especially with the frequency they are re-releasing them now. In most cases, I end up buying half the set to complete the BAF. And then I can get it for $30 a year later instead, saving $60+ in the process. What's worse, the RR is often BETTER than the original BAF.
Make up your mind, either have BAFs exclusive and actually collectible or ditch them altogether and just release the $30 exclusives.
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1 hour ago, Emnems80 said:
And with 24 hours left would have been a perfect time to drop something awesome at a 20,000 tier.
My point is that they didn't have to. They broke their goal by 6k on the back of the final tier (and people waiting until the last minute). Since 25% of the total buyers tagged in at the last minute, I'm doubting yet another tier would have made much of a difference.
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26 minutes ago, Emnems80 said:
Decided to give in and backed it by buying one. Wish Hasbro had added more tiers though. Only one extra added at 16,000 when the number of backers was around 13,000. Seems they could have added more tiers since they ended up with over 22,000 backers.
5,000 of them cam in within the last 24 hours.
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1 hour ago, Gigantor said:
Sorry, this just proved what I've been saying for quite some time bout Hasbro doing a "Giant characters of the Marvel universe " line of characters that range in the 10" - 24" scale. If over 22,500+ people were willing to fork over $350 for 1 single over sized figure, Imagine how many would have bought 16" scaled classic DOFP Sentinels at retail stores for $59.99-$69.99. or a 22-24' scaled Galactus for $75. A scale accurate 10' tall Sasquatch with alternate heads/ hands for $49.99, 16' Pym Goliath/ Giantman. Bill Foster Goliath, Orka, Erik Josten Goliath, 10' Champion, Titanium man, Watcher, Stranger.
They could do a 3 character wave per quarter for a total of 12 "Giant/ large" characters for the yr.
I would agree that they could put something like this together once/year. But, for me, and many other collectors this was a huge purchase. Both literally and financially. And the Sentinel is such an iconic Marvel/X-Men character, there are probably very few others that would generate this level of interest. Galactus comes to mind but I suspect that, if they wanted to do him justice, he'd be twice as large and cost twice as much. That said, I wouldn't fork out even more money for another size of Giantman. I wouldn't pay more for a Sasquatch that's slightly taller than the BAF I already paid plenty for. The DOFP Sentinels were flawed technically with some design issues--keep in mind these were also up to 50% off multiple times as well.
Honestly, they just hit the nail on the head with this in every way. And the fact that there won't be 10 times as many of these in circulation is the icing on the cake. This wasn't about variety, it was about it being sizeable, accurate to original designs that fans grew up with and limited supply. Take out any one of those factors and it the sales will suffer.0 -
Not sure if this is a dumb question, but why would anyone order these from BBTS when you can get them several other places for less? Is there any advantages to ordering from there as opposed to Dorkside, or Pulse, Amazon, etc.?
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I'm glad they did a deluxe figure for Apoc but I still prefer the BAF one. This is the way they should do deluxe figures in general; not copying BAFs and doing something completely original.
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6 hours ago, tarot said:
Just one for me. Will use it for Master Mold and have the older ones are his children. The only problem I have is getting a second Bastion/Prime Sentinel to have a Male Prime Sentinel And Female Prime Sentinel together Bastion.
But here is another question, Beside Omega Sentinel and Alpha, is there any other unique Sentinel we need?
When I think about comics ot the TV show, it's always the team up against multiple sentinels. I love the Master Mold head but he would just end up sitting there on my display. Whereas two would allow for huge battle scenes. The damaged pieces would be amazing for dismembered parts laying about as well. I get a little giddy just thinking about it. 😛 Right now I'm sitting on nearly 200 ML and I get tired of setting up standard shelf armies. These guys would look awesome.
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My biggest issue right now is trying to decide whether to buy two of these or just one. Just one sentinel doesn't seem 'right' if you're going to diarama them. And then there's the after-market...keeping one to sell in a year or two to pay for the first. Though, with this many backers, I don't see these getting anywhere near the SW barge prices.
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This thing is amazing. What's more amazing is the amount of people complaining about it because they can't afford it. Sorry guys but the fans have spoken and they aren't going to release the 'Lab' products ever again. The whole point of them is that they are limited edition products, they've figured the cost of max production and hell they've even had to scrap project in the past because they didn't meet the order requirements. So don't give me this "The molds are already created and it'll be mass-market in a few years!" bit. Even if they put this thing into stores at $200, no one would touch it. People who buy actions figures nowadays are mostly adults. I have several kids and plenty of nieces and nephews between 5 and 12 and not one of them has an action figure. Most of them have phones and tablets, though!
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Marvel Legends Reveals 5/17
in Marvelous News's General Area
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*shrug* I've never cared much about capturing the difference of 6 inches or whatever on a 1/6 scale figure. It's just more noticeable and harder to swallow when you start working with larger characters like this. It's not a minor difference any longer, now it's VERY noticeable. I'm sure I'll end up buying it anyway because I'm a ML sucker. But it's one of the first MCU ML that I've been disappointed with. I have a feeling Iron Monger will be the next if they take the same liberties with it.