Yep reuse doesn't bother me at all. Maybe because I have collected Marvel Legends for so long or being a kid of the 70's when all the action figure lines I played with all had the same bodies w/ different heads. The main advantage back then was figures actually had cloth costumes or uniforms and came in 8 inch or 12 inch. The main thrust of my post I did not make clear at all when I reread it. Basically don't let the things you don't like take the joy out of the hobby. Hopefully, and quite a few who do complain or have negative view on some of the stuff, will at least talk up the things they do like. The sculpting on a lot of DC Multiverse, as pointed out, is awesome especially the first few years. Unfortunately for me they were on variants or characters I wasn't interested in a lot of times. I'm old school I like the tried and true classics no matter how many times they have been made. Lol.
Knightfall Batman is excellent yes. I think the half dozen Spawn releases while few were excellent and the best he's done for the modern line. Mega Figures are great. So it's not all bad, I just am not excited for the line overall anymore, but happy for you and many like you who are getting the DC stuff they wanted.
I have my stuff to enjoy that I'm happy for so not gonna sweat it if McFarlane isn't getting me fired up anymore. I just wonder where he goes with the line.
Comes with every hand and a flight stand,which is good,but gigantic hands sadly
Not even exaggerated. Huge mittens.
Bizarro and Batzarro 2pk are up for preorder on MFTS https://mcfarlanetoysstore.com/bizarro-batzarro-dc-multiverse-2-pack-7-figures/
I guess we're reusing figure bases now, too (this base was used in the Superman vs Devastator 2pk). Same paint job on it, I believe, as well.
I don’t actually mind reuse as long as it actually fits. I’m aware of the economic realities of toy making and that not everything can get a brand new dedicated sculpt. That’s simply not feasible with a line of this output.
Where this comes back to annoy me is, again, the character selection aspect. I’d be totally down with reused bodies if it actually got us some glaring current omissions like Hawkgirl, Starfire, Black Canary or Zatanna, but for whatever reason they’re all MIA while Abyss gets a ton of dedicated tooling.
RE: complaining
This isn't the same line we had 2-3 years ago. Mostly every figure had a new sculpt and was accurate to the source material. Now it's terrible reuse that just doesn't work and figures come with trading cards making the figure's inaccuracies only more glaring. It's just.....not fun. The consistent part is that the sculpts might be oddly proportioned and overdesigned but now there's not enough good to overlook it.
Maybe 2024 has a bunch of bangers, I'm into the Spawn Anniversary stuff at the least. But it just stopped being a line I invest in or get excited about. I have my Transformers and that makes me happy in my geek world, but man did I once love superheroes. Loose Collector is making Extreme Universe figures...that's a big "Holy Shit!" moment for me so I probably will just go there from now on.
The more I look at things the more toy tragic it is that Dave Vonner's Batman never saw release. Would have been a game changer I think.
I wouldn't point to LooseCollector as a line that will save you from reuse and inconsistencies...and you'll also be paying a lot more for it.
Nightwing sold out at BBTS and Amazon has been saying "Currently Unavailable" since I first checked. Did anyone ever see it in stock there?
Nightwing sold out at BBTS and Amazon has been saying "Currently Unavailable" since I first checked. Did anyone ever see it in stock there?
I saw a comment on IG from McFarlane Toys saying that Amazon would be going live at a later date with the Nightwing pre-orders. They didn't give the exact date though.
I also can't find it on GameStop, Target or Walmart yet. The only place that seems to have it "in stock" for pre-orders is Entertainment Earth. At least that I could find.
@misterskeezler Oh it's gonna cost a penny. I spend a lot on Transformers and don't see a huge shift in priorities any time soon, but the Iconic Heroes, and apparently Extreme Universe Action Figures, will be hard if not impossible to avoid for me.
I expect (or hope) for the tons of accessories they promised and be able to swap out shoulder pads, heads, pouches and maybe more to make various Extreme incarnations. His work so far is insanely accurate and newly tooled though so not sure what you're looking at. Variants? Yes. But it will be new sculpts as promised.
I think there's a chance it will be sold in stores too. Never thought about it, but looking at the announcement of "reasonable prices and accessible" sounds like a program possibly. I would flip. Again I don't know how much I can budget or if I wanna go down the superhero road again but I'd rather pay for something I'm totally hyped than say....that "classic" Superman. I read Byrne and Jurgens and that figure....just ain't it. But good for those that dig him.
Too bad Liefeld no longer has the rights to Youngblood.
Nightwing sold out at BBTS and Amazon has been saying "Currently Unavailable" since I first checked. Did anyone ever see it in stock there?
I saw a comment on IG from McFarlane Toys saying that Amazon would be going live at a later date with the Nightwing pre-orders. They didn't give the exact date though.
I also can't find it on GameStop, Target or Walmart yet. The only place that seems to have it "in stock" for pre-orders is Entertainment Earth. At least that I could find.
Thanks @ninjak
Too bad Liefeld no longer has the rights to Youngblood.
Too bad Liefeld no longer has the rights to Youngblood.
Or Supreme or Glory.I think Brigade is basically all he owns.
I was just talking about Liefeld losing the rights in another conversation. As of 2019, he had “BLOODSTRIKE, BRIGADE, BERZERKERS, BLOODWULF, Re:GEX, KABOOM, (and) AVENGELYNE”.
Not the most popular subset of characters, but some names I remember. I dont know what’s changed since that article, but Rob did flash a copy of Prophet in the announcement for this new line. Credit to @ditko for letting me know about this is another thread.
On a DC figure note, it looks like McF couldn’t be bothered to fix the giant hands from the first release. Instead we get a third set of oversized hands. I bought the original release and those hands are actually quite large in person, though it will bother you slightly less if you place the figure in a flying pose with the hands in front.
Is there an etsy store that sells reduced size hands? Genuinely asking. I know people sell resized transformers and differently scaled Warhammer figures, and it seems like hands would be a sort of easier thing to digitally reproduce and shrink.
How did Rob Liefeld lose the rights to his own characters that he created? How could he not own those outright?
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