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More McFarlane Figures(Also Blizzard Set)
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http://www.spawn.com/toyfest/catalog...hoto_03_dp.jpg
That toy owns me so bad.
(even though I'll probably end up buying the entire set...like I always end up doing, even when I tell myself that I won't...)
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I have such a love/hate relationship with McFarlane.
I love so much of his stuff, but I just won't let myself buy it.
I KNOW he can do awesome looking toys that can still move. Look at Spawn the Blood-Axe. Look at his Monsters Mummy. It just gets insanely frustrating to see a new spawn line, where 4 of 5 figures feature only minimal articulation like cut joints mid-calf that allow the feet to be posed facing left or right while the 5th features 22 points, and can sit in the goddam lotus position.
Now, seeing the Matrix stuff, I'm saddened that I won't be able to buy any of it. I just refuse to buy 12.99 plastic statues labeled as "action figures". That's the same BS as if someone sold me a cap gun and called it a "lethal weapon". If he wants to make statues or glorified PVCs, at least make them that: PVCs. Maybe then they won't snap when you try and remove them from their packaging. Nothing like picking up the 1 per case female only to open her, and have her arm snap off at the shoulder. Returns? I wish, but she was 1 per case.
About this "twisted Oz" shit:
How is this oz at all, in any way but name?
Toto: not a dog.
Tin Woodsman: not made of tin
Lion: not cowardly, and why the hell is he missing 20% of his skin?
Dorothy: uh, okay. not even red slippers? The munchkins are..different
Scarecrow: I guess this is okay..
Wizard: Is he some kind of alien/goat thing?
This kind of crap didn't work well when American McGee tried that whole "Alice" thing.
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McFarlanes "Motorcyle Maniacs" (I think thats the name) had awesome articulation...
Too bad the build quailty was crap.
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Originally posted by Kidnemo
McFarlanes "Motorcyle Maniacs" (I think thats the name) had awesome articulation...
Too bad the build quailty was crap.
Too bad only 1 in 10 of his figures end up with any useful articulation.
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I suppose I really don't care about articulation in his stuff.
I just kinda take them for what they are - Great looking statues with limited articulation.
It's nice to have both (The imported Evangelion toys for example), but I'll gladly take a cool looking "Dorthy" statue to chill on my desk in the studio.
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Originally posted by Kidnemo
I suppose I really don't care about articulation in his stuff.
I just kinda take them for what they are - Great looking statues with limited articulation.
It's nice to have both (The imported Evangelion toys for example), but I'll gladly take a cool looking "Dorthy" statue to chill on my desk in the studio.
Same with me Kidnemo. I dont care how articulate they are, I usually like to keep them as statues(if I can), and admire the quality :)
DJ likes to play with them though.
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i worked in a toy store for 5 years, and every year McFarlane's figures got shittier. They look good, until you see all the fuckups they make on the paintjobs of the production models, and forget about taking them out of the package, they disentigrate upon contact with fresh air. We got them returned all the time because they broke when kids actually tried to *gasp* PLAY with them!
This was all a couple years ago, but i seriously doubt they are any better now.
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stormy: They're getting worse, actually.
But that's okay. They look pretty, right?
Give me Joyride any day.
