All this talk about the feasibility of engineering an Armor figure after her surprise win in the Top 10 poll got me thinking about other Marvel characters that are virtually impossible to translate into action figure form.
Sunspot comes to mind. I can't envision a proper way to surround him in bubbling sunspots. Unless maybe a few bubble effects key in to random spots on the sculpt?
Zzzax is another. At the very least it would be one hell of a complex sculpt manufactured in semi-translucent yellow plastic with electrical effects all over him?
I'd definitely love a Magma figure but just painting the figure in swirly oranges and yellows won't cut it. I think she needs a devoted, textural sculpt with layered paint applications. Sort of how they handle Carnage's deco?
Who else would be a PitA to render?
Ego the Living Planet?
Abyss (Age of Apocalypse).
I mean... some of this is nonsense.
Binary got done with paint, Magma can be done with mostly paint and still be fine. It's based on 2-D comic book art that was printed that wasn't translucent. there is no requirement that it has to be translucent and swirly and multi-layered.
Zzaxx is another one where a decent rendition can probably be done with casting it in a translucent yellow plastic and then painting over that with details. I mean... Toy Biz did a 5 inch Zzzax and just made him look like a fire monster
so I'm sure Hasbro could deliver one better than that but still be functional
Sunspot I can see why you say he'd be tricky but there's no reason they couldn't give us something reasonable like this custom
It sounds like your standards for what you want your action figure to be are probably just too high...
Armor is her own problem. You can make a figure of her in her normal human form easily enough. A big figure of the translucent pink armor also probably isn't terribly difficult. The impossibility is having workable figures together. You can't put the human figure inside the armor and have both be functional the way she works in the comics... that is truly impossible.
There are other characters that I think would be hard to make as articulated action figures feasibly... Krakoa, Proteus, Tundra, Cloud... but Armor is pretty high on the list to be able to deliver what people would actually want.
I don't know about Sunspot, I can picture him done well with some creativity. Maybe think along the lines of MCU Infinity War Iron Man. Something that plugs into his back and his bubble effects on clear protrusions that "aren't supposed to be there".
How about Glob? Again, I don't think it would be impossible but they'd definitely have to get creative and throw out the "but how do we reuse this?" mindset. My wife thinks he's gross and now I want a figure.
Impossible or impossible to do well on the budget Hasbro would give them?
ZZzax should have a dedicated sculpt and not just paint. Translucent with angles and textured zig zags across him that are painted with some finesse. Magma in theory should be the same. Her tracks could be much less severe though.
A truly strechy Reed would end up looking like Stretch Armstrong and be impossible to revert to his standard human default.
@adrienveidt My nephews were showing me their Goo Jit Su toys this weekend and I kept thinking "this would be a way to make Reed Richards but Sweet Christmas I do NOT want a Reed Richards made like this, this is texturally repulsive."
I know it's a cop out, but I'll admit I'd be okay with an Armor who was a relatively normal non-armored figure and then an empty static shell (two halves that snap together) with a back peg or something to hold her inside. It'd be a weak design but I imagine it's the only way we get both powered up and powered down versions of her.
Thor-related characters. Because apparently it's impossible for them to release a freaking comic Skurge after over 20 years.
Thor-related characters. Because apparently it's impossible for them to release a freaking comic Skurge after over 20 years.
And the Warriors Three, because you know, they'd have to do 3 apparently impossible sculpts 😱
Sigh.... I know right... <<sad shrug>>
Attuma because, um, well... I got nothin'.
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