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So some random dude emailed me about buying my entire Muggs collection. Is BSS public?
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Feb 13, 2009 20:48
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The Capm posted:What would be the figure you guys would have most wanted a classic Marvel Legends version of? There is a lot of stuff that I am utterly amazed we never got. A Jim Lee Jean Grey, Jubilee, Winter Soldier, the Wrecking Crew, Baron Helmut Zemo, a GOOD Red Skull, classic Ultron, a better Magneto (you know without that terrible Iron Man body), Crimson Dynamo, a comic based Mary Jane, Gladiator, Medusa, Enchantress, Dormammu, Polaris, Strong Guy, Nate Grey, Echo, Stryfe, Silver Samurai... I could honestly go on and on all day. There is a lot of life left in the line. There is the biggies that have new modern designs that have not been done in ML (Thor, Iron Man, Cap) that could anchor waves with characters that folks have been wanting for years. What Hasbro needs to do is completely revamp what they were doing before. Get some good sculpts with the level and type of articulation that we want and are accustomed to. Then give them a actual paint job instead of whatever they have been giving before. I don't mind spending a little bit more on a figure as long as it looks and feels like something worth that amount of money. Toy Biz put that bar very, very high and Hasbro has not of yet reached that level. They have came close with certain figures but not a entire wave yet. I have word from a couple of different sources that Hasbro is showing off some new 6 inch stuff at Toy Fair, what that is I don't know. But enough people telling me that I guess it is true. We shall see. I don't know why they just didn't show it off at NYCC since they are so close to each other.
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Feb 13, 2009 20:51
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Rhyno posted:So some random dude emailed me about buying my entire Muggs collection. Is BSS public? Yeah, it is.
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Feb 13, 2009 22:13
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The one and only if I had to pick would be 90s Jean Grey. Anything past that would be gravy. I had a custom one almost done but I overboiled it and melted it. Someone sent me an unpainted Jean Grey custom that looks pretty good, but, alas, I cannot paint work a darn.
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Feb 13, 2009 23:08
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOxqNC-YJ3A It kinda puts my stop motion stuff I have been working on to shame. Jesse Falcon voices MODOK too. I want to know how they did the mouth.
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Feb 13, 2009 23:36
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Djarum posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOxqNC-YJ3A
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Feb 13, 2009 23:44
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Stage of History posted:The one and only if I had to pick would be 90s Jean Grey. Anything past that would be gravy. Not having a 90s Jean really put a hamper on my buying ML. At first I only wanted X-men and Spider-man stuff, then just X-men stuff. I wanted to sort of make the cover to X-men 1 using MLs. So close. Eventually I sold all my MLs but Magneto and Blackheart. Now I want some back.
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Feb 13, 2009 23:57
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Djarum posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOxqNC-YJ3A
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Feb 14, 2009 00:06
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Djarum posted:Nice collection there! I wish mine was that good. I have major holes in my collection still. Sadly that's just a GIS. My collection is quite nice, but it's also all in boxes in another state. I would have posted a bunch of pictures from marvellegends.net but appropriately enough it seems to be down.
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Feb 14, 2009 02:39
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The Capm posted:What would be the figure you guys would have most wanted a classic Marvel Legends version of? Marvel Legends never did enough villains for me. DCUC is doing a great job of bringing the bad guys, and Legends took almost ten loving years to bring us Kang. I mean seriously, there are some great Marvel villains that will never get the classic legends treatment. The Wrecking Crew and Baron Helmut Zemo were great mentions, and I would add Mr. Hyde, Barracuda, The Wizard, Trapster, Hammerhead, Graviton, Black Tarantula, Squadron Supreme, Squadron Sinister, Radioactive Man, Cyber, Attuma, swim trunks Namor, Purple Man, the Rose, Cassandra Nova, U-Men, Marvel Boy, Nano-Sentinels, Fantomex, Blastar, Molecule Man, Moonstone, Swordsman, Sebastian Shaw, Bastion, Prime Sentinels, Immortus, Tempus, Titanium Man, etc.
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Feb 14, 2009 02:39
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bgaesop posted:Sadly that's just a GIS. My collection is quite nice, but it's also all in boxes in another state. I would have posted a bunch of pictures from marvellegends.net but appropriately enough it seems to be down. Waiting has vanished for some reason. But I recognize that collection. There's a lot of customs in it. Edit: And ML is not almost ten years old stop making me feel old! And we did get swim trunks Namor.
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Feb 14, 2009 02:42
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All this legends talk makes me feel bummed that I missed out on almost all of it. Which is why I'm kind of hoping the new line wouldn't such so much but no dice it seems.
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Feb 14, 2009 02:45
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marvellegends.net is down because his host couldn't handle his site. Something about it was not taking up too much bandwith but too much processor time. So, they just took the site off, didn't tell the owner and then gave him the run around. There was a thread about it on the fwoosh. I think it maybe gone for good since the guy can't afford a dedicated server and anywhere else is too expensive for what the site brings in.
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Feb 14, 2009 02:59
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Maybe if he invested in some photo compression.
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Feb 14, 2009 03:24
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Stage of History posted:Maybe if he invested in some photo compression. It wasn't the photos or the bandwidth, it was the backend of what his site was built on.
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Feb 14, 2009 03:47
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Djarum posted:
Sell the license to Mattel?
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Feb 14, 2009 05:48
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Travis343 posted:Sell the license to Mattel? You know while I hate what Hasbro is doing, I don't think Mattel's approach is what I would want from Marvel Legends. DC's characters for the most part have the same sort of build and body type so that the same basic base body for every figure works. Marvel on the other hand has distinct and vastly different costumes, body types and looks very nearly every single character. I can understand that single fact makes the construction of toys based on them expensive since you have to make new tooling for parts of a ton of characters. Because you know you just can't slap a new head, hands and feet onto Spider-Man and get Captain America like you do with Batman, Superman or Green Lantern. Let me say again I am not bashing DCUC in any way. Mattel is doing amazing with that line and giving DC characters the type of treatment they have been deserving for years. I just don't think that Mattel would really want that license.
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Feb 14, 2009 06:18
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Djarum posted:You know while I hate what Hasbro is doing, I don't think Mattel's approach is what I would want from Marvel Legends. DC's characters for the most part have the same sort of build and body type so that the same basic base body for every figure works. You know I agree with what you say about the DCUC line 100% But can you imagine the types of figures they would churn out for their movie masters line? Spiderman, X-Men, Wolverine, Daredevil (even if the movie was lovely I thought the costume was neat)... oh my god.. <3
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Feb 14, 2009 08:47
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With the ML line entering its twilight years, I think I am finally going to catalogue and sell off all of my old ML figures that I bought just out of OCD habit and don't really want. Hopefully this will give me the cash to buy up the last few figures I actually want for my collection. On a COMPLETELY unrelated noted, with the Original TMNT re-releases coming out, I figured there might be a little interest in this: There is a small 350￥(~$4) Store down the street from me that has a poo poo load of Casey Jones, Krang, the Aloha Shirt Frog Guy, and I want to say the metallic robot Turtle. They are all in their original packaging from the 90s/late 80s, so if anyone wants them let me know. The bios, etc. on the package are in Japanese, of course. I can fit a few in my suitcase and then mail them to you when I get back to the States (23rd). If you don't care about packaging, then I can package them loose in my luggage and fit a lot more. The Capm posted:I'm also ok with Marvel Legends slowing to a trickle. It's weirdly satisfying to have almost an entire line like this, with an end in sight. I wonder if interest in the old figures will ever dry up and it will be easier to patch up the few things I'm missing? Blink. I just want a modern Blink figure so badly  .
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Feb 14, 2009 10:13
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Anxiously waiting the list  but I'm down to all HTF stuff so I'll never finish it without paying an arm and a leg.I agree on the DC vs Marvel figure notes. I didn't think I'd care for DCUC because of the samey bodies, but it works. What does Hasbro need to do? Maybe taking a break will help. Most of their product seems rushed, and this is coming from the biggest Hasbro apologist out there. Snacksmaniac fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Feb 14, 2009 |
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Feb 14, 2009 17:09
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My most-wanted Marvel Legends figure happens to be my all-time favorite Marvel character: Jamie Madrox, aka Multiple Man. I would kill to have him in his modern X-Factor look (long-sleeved T-shirt with the six circles with a trench coat), and even a 2-pack release would be fine with me. I hope Hasbro gets around to him one day.
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Feb 14, 2009 19:34
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Marvel Select: 
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Feb 14, 2009 21:32
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Stage of History posted:What does Hasbro need to do? Maybe taking a break will help. Most of their product seems rushed, and this is coming from the biggest Hasbro apologist out there. What they need to do is stop making pointless changes to stuff. Like at least the first two HML waves were made and tooled by Toy Biz. Remember how good those protos looked at Toy Fair? Then when we got the figures and they looked nothing like those. The lack of paint, removal of articulation, terrible sculpts, the increase in price for little good reason. I would grab the Toy Biz figures without a thought because for the price (around 8 bucks US) they were a incredible deal. Right after Hasbro they bumped the price up to about 11 bucks a figure and put out figures that looked nothing like what Hasbro put out. Sure you can get them looking better if you can paint and do some mods to the figures. I don't feel like I should be spending 11 bucks a figure just to spend days and more money to make them look good enough to fit in the the rest of the figures I already own. Now with oil prices back to a point that they were at in the late 90s what will be the excuse now for them to keep the price way up there? It sure as hell doesn't cost that much to produce the figures anymore, but dollars to donuts I am sure you are going to keep seeing 10+ dollar figures. Hell, those Marvel Universe figures being 8+ dollars a pop is just insulting. They look like they cost a quarter to produce and you could get something better looking out of a capsule machine. Character selection could also be closer related to the comics. I am amazed that there was no Marvel Legends figures other than the lame Electra for Secret Invasion. No new Thor or any form of Winter Soldier/New Cap. Hell we still don't have a Extremis Iron Man and he has been in that suit for years now. That seems like a no brainer to be able to cross promote your product with the audience that is most likely going to buy it and vice versa. So to make a long, rambling post short... Get back to making things that is know that we like: good looking, super articulated (that means no Black Bolt body or Elbrlos! Double Knees and Elbows! Give me back hand articulation too damnit!), with decent paint decos on them. Then give them to us at a fair price.
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Feb 14, 2009 21:34
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I don't mind the new/reduced articulation really. And the price isn't going down. But better paint applications will probably go a long way. Edit: A ton of figures on Sa Mart. Most going on ebay/back to the store if no one claims em this weekend. Snacksmaniac fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Feb 14, 2009 |
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Feb 14, 2009 22:44
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Agrias120 posted:With the ML line entering its twilight years, I think I am finally going to catalogue and sell off all of my old ML figures that I bought just out of OCD habit and don't really want. Hopefully this will give me the cash to buy up the last few figures I actually want for my collection. Casey Jones, Metalhead and Krang would be awesome, original packaging is nice but if you need to fit more thats fine loose.  I'll pay via paypal! Picked up SF4 Ryu and Ken today, a bit bulky and Ryu looks like an ogre but I like the articulation and overall they are very nice figures.
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Feb 15, 2009 00:17
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Vintersorg posted:Casey Jones, Metalhead and Krang would be awesome, original packaging is nice but if you need to fit more thats fine loose. Sounds good man, I will head to the store in the next day or two and see if they still have them. There were a ton when I was in there before (like 10-15 of each figure) but they also seemed to be pretty popular and sold a fair amount while I was there. Speaking of Street Fighter, I picked up Chun Li and Ryu from the Revoltech Street Fighter Online. They are smaller figures, but the sculpts on them look pretty solid and they have awesome articulation. I'd never heard of these before, and they seem to be based off of a Street Fighter Online game (the packaging proudly proclaims that you can see the Revoltech joints on the models in the game). I must be pretty out of the loop.
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Feb 15, 2009 01:05
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Joe Fisto posted:Marvel Select: drat that Sabretooth looks fantastic. I am not crazy about the head, but it would go great with a Marvel Vs. Capcom custom. I might have to get it and swap the head.
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Feb 15, 2009 02:08
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The MU Secret Wars Comic 2 packs look amazing, the Wolverine is perfect. Also on the Mighty Mugg front, Deadpool and Logan with retractable claws! Caesarian Sectarian fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Feb 15, 2009 |
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Feb 15, 2009 03:15
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Ok after seeing the pictures from Hasbro's Toy Fair showing I have to say... take the loving Marvel license away from them before they do anymore damage! Other than the Muggs EVERYTHING they showed off looked AWFUL! It is really, really sad that they can't even make the figures to show off at Toy Fair look good. You know when you get them in the store they are going to look even worse. Every single one of the Wolverine movie figures looked terrible and the Marvel Universe figures looked even worse. Moon Knight is wearing heels from Ms. Marvel it looks like! I have a lot of complaints about the sculpts on a lot of Hasbro's Legends stuff but they at least made them look human, just perhaps not the character they are supposed to be. A lot of the Marvel Universe stuff looks like half melted retards or at the very least not human. I am looking at Star Wars figures from 1996 and the sculpting is LEAGUES better than this poo poo. What is up with the GIANT 1/12 scale Sais from the Elektra two pack with Deadpool? I am honestly expecting someone to just say "Hey we are loving with you!" at some point.
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Feb 15, 2009 05:08
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Just don't buy them. Vote with your wallets. I think a lot of the complainers will buy Marvel Universe stuff anyway (naysaying all the while), and all that accomplishes is showing Hasbro there is a market for the junk.
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Feb 15, 2009 05:39
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Just don't buy them. Vote with your wallets. I think a lot of the complainers will buy Marvel Universe stuff anyway (naysaying all the while), and all that accomplishes is showing Hasbro there is a market for the junk. Oh I am not buying any of it, unless they actually rerelease the ML Sentinel in which I might have to buy a couple of those but that doesn't really count. I really wouldn't be so bitter about everything if the figures themselves were good. Its like your wife leaves you for a 50 something, 300 pound ball guy who still lives in his mother's basement and has no job.
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Feb 15, 2009 05:56
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I'll buy them when they hit the 50 cent clearance bins.
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Feb 15, 2009 06:35
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GI Joe Movie Line: http://i.toynewsi.com/g/index.php?mode=album&album=09_Toy_Fair%2FHasbro%2FGI+Joe%2FRise+Of+Cobra%2F&dispsize=600&start=0
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Feb 15, 2009 07:09
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Thirty-six or so figures coming out this year too. Some of the new stuff they showed looked OK, but it's just not that exciting in that scale
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Feb 15, 2009 14:59
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I think there is a big jump from the first to the second and then it seems to take off. The Wrecking Crew guys are awesome. All in all I'll probably skip the entire first wave sans Iron Man and Stealth Iron Man. They are all A listers and will be redone better in 2 packs or down the line.
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Feb 15, 2009 17:55
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Hahah, Muggs are Toys R Us exclusive now. gently caress 'em, Hasbro deserves to fail with stunts like that. By the by, in the last thread I pasted a fwoosh link that said muggs were going bye bye. This move seems to indicate some truth to that: quote:When questioned about the move, Hasbro said they wanted to continue the line but did not have any room for them, which is when TRU swept in and picked them up for release. profbobo fucked around with this message at 22:29 on Feb 15, 2009 |
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Feb 15, 2009 22:26
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 It keeps getting better!
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Feb 15, 2009 22:53
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Well it's a good move for Toys R Us since the Muggs are going to bring in solid money. I read the that article that they canceled the Snakes Eye Mr. Potato head. Every one of those Movie themed Mr. Potato Heads have done real well and cost almost nothing to make. Hell I even own them. Seriously is Hasbro ran by morons?
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Feb 15, 2009 22:58
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Djarum posted:I read the that article that they canceled the Snakes Eye Mr. Potato head. Every one of those Movie themed Mr. Potato Heads have done real well and cost almost nothing to make. Hell I even own them.
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Feb 15, 2009 23:16
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Rebelscum.com has pics of 2009 Star Wars stuff. God damnit, between Star Wars and Transformers poo poo, hasbro is gonna get a LOT of money from me.  I've got THREE weaknesses when it comes to 3 3/4" Star Wars figures: - rebel pilots - astromech droids (like, R2-D2, those kind) - expanded universe characters (well, most of them) So with these new figures we're getting a shitload of all of those. Hell, we're getting not only a Kyle Katarn figure (player character from the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight games) but an HK-47 figure. Oh yeah, and Corran Horn (with his astromech, no less). I am gonna be soooo poor this year. 
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Feb 15, 2009 23:20
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