How does the ML Icons line factor in to this discussion? I bought most of the early offerings from both Toybiz and then Hasbro, and there are definitely some sweet successes amongst the numerous failures. Still, despite the incessant engineering flaws, most of them look cool -even if they can barely strike a proper stance.
Mainly due to aesthetics I refused many of the later hasbro 12 inch offerings mentioned by others (like the Frost giants and that Captain America pictured above). Wasn't the Iron Man made out of a weird semi-translucent plastic? That was a head scratcher.
And then, at the end of the line, they made that killer tiger stripe Wolverine --which was surprisingly superfantastic and which I very much enjoy to this day.
I guess what I'm saying is, if they're feeling crazy and want to make a properly-Engineered, 12-inch-scaled (15/16 inch), heavy-as-hell Hulk, I would be willing to drop a fat C-note on him. Same goes for a number of other A'-list (and some B-list) characters.
@thor-el ... the BAF for Sasquatch is both Byrne accurate and properly sized at 8 ft (8"). Puck is barely above his knees and Guardian is about chest height. I'm totally good with this version vs. the Toybiz one I had originally for the Alpha Flight set. If they are going to maintain the Marvel Legends scale, BAF's should remain up to 10" (like MCU Giant Man), Dragon Man scale should cover the 10" up to HASLAB size, and HASLABs should be what they've been. I do like the selling model of 'purchase between these dates and you'll get one" though.
@niteowl86 I actually like the BaF Sasquatch. No problems with it. I just thought I’d they were going to do another of him, he should be 10 inches tall (he’s 10 feet in the comic), with a wider torso like Byrne drew him.
I would absolutely buy a Byrne-accurate Sasquatch. That would be a dream come true.
Juggernaut recommend to be redone as well. I would hope though Juggernaut could be done for mass retail. I think Mangog would fit this model. Mangog should be around Dragon-man's size or bigger. Marvel fandom says, Mangog's size is variable and height wise is 12-25 ft.
If this is the way to get Titan and some Imperial Guard members - I'm here for it!
An X-Tinction Agenda Cameron Hodge though would put me over the top!
Would love to see a huge, classic Wendigo released this way. Alternate heads, hands, bendy tail and all.
I'm fine with Wendigo at the size they made him. Just wish he was actually classic. I still display the early Hasbro Hulk Classics one.
the BAF for Sasquatch is both Byrne accurate and properly sized at 8 ft (8"). Puck is barely above his knees and Guardian is about chest height.
Height-wise he's OK for some versions of the way Byrne drew him, yes, but I assumed he meant weight and width wise he's not right and could benefit from a higher price point that involves more plastic because Byrne usually drew him to be much wider than the BAF is.
It was always insane how wide Byrne drew him. You can see it below in this team shot where five regular-sized team members are lined up in front of him.
And here's my half-baked attempt to line up those same five characters in front of the BAF. I could improve the accuracy to the pose in the pic and get them scrunched up together better by interweaving their legs and bodies as people naturally do when squeezing in together for a photo, but even if I did he's just nowhere near wide enough to match Byrne's art and you can really only fit 3 figures in front of him as opposed to the 5 Byrne fit into his much wider art for Sasquatch. But as Niteowl noted his height is completely fine and the figures come up to around the right place on his chest relative to how Byrne drew them all.
But he's pretty far down a list of "outsized" characters we could benefit from the most since the BAF is pretty good aside from the width. If they ever did do him in that format there's plenty of accessories and tooling he could benefit from like a smiling head since Byrne drew him that way so much (probably to counter the reputation of the mythical beast being fearsome), butterfly joints, more hanging fur, etc.
Atlas, Bill Foster, Clint Barton Goliath, Eric Josten Goliath, Raz Malhotra, other Pym costumes...
Since we paid for the tooling, etc. for HasLab Giant-Man:
1) All of these characters are on the table now, right?
2) We shouldn't be expected to pay the HasLab price because the bulk of the tooling was paid for already, right?
Honestly - the HasLab Giant Man is TOO BIG for all of those characters. I don't want a collection of figures that big. Like 14 inches maximum is good - 12 inches tall is fine. I would be disappointed if they tried to leverage the HasLab Giant Man to release other giant characters as I don't have the space for all of that.
Agreed. I don't need that many characters that big either. The suggested 12-14" height would be ideal.