Not having to pay for a year officially made this a future Chooch problem and I ordered 1.
I am terrified that one day future Canprime will figure out time travel and all of a sudden I'll be paying a hefty price for causing all these problems for future Canprime...... 🤣
@canprime Just ask FutureCanprime for the 2000-2050 sports almanac and you should be able to solve your money problems...
I'm a action figure collector. Why would you think future me would make any smarter decisions than current me? (hahaha) I'm sure if I did get time travel tech it would have been through sheer dumb luck.
However thanks for the reminder..... REMEMBER FUTURE ME!! GET THE ALMANAC!!!!
Haven't disclaimers like that been in toy commercials since like the 80s?
I think that tended to be used when the toy commercials showed the figures doing things in stop motion, or via special effects, that the toy couldn't do on its own - but yeah, I remember those disclaimers. But to be fair, those were commercials that 5 years olds were watching on Saturday morning while thinking about how to spend the $10 from Grandma...and might have some misconceptions about the reality of the commercials.
Exactly. And remember, prior to the Reagan administration, advertising to kids on television was a much tighter ship. Commercials weren't exactly old and companies would take the time to make the toys do stuff they couldn't really do, and if you're just some little kid watching what you think is a demonstration of a toy, it could be very misleading. Even the stuff they advertised as being a feature of the toy often wasn't the case. Anyone remember the talking Ninja Turtle figures from Playmates? Crisp and clear audio in the commercial, actual toy is a garbled mess. And then everyone started hiring that famous fast-talking pitchman who can slip a whole bunch of stuff into the end of a commercial without the need of speeding up the audio. When I was in elementary school we even had a presentation about deceptive marketing towards kids where some non-profit came in and spotlighted a bunch of toy commercials.
For a toy company, even today, it's just common sense to cover your ass with a disclaimer at the end of an ad. It doesn't cost anything or discourage anyone from buying it so if it saves you even one headache then it's worth it.
I feel that’s too much for a sentinel… $200 per?
Yikes
Maybe if it came with a swappable damaged arm and leg… or an alternate damaged torso…
as it is it looks very plain and basic for 200
I would order three at 100 a pop…
as it is…It’s too…smooth…
it lacks those cool details that would make one think it’s a mutant murdering machine.
It looks more like a big weirdo in a pink unitard…
It's supposed to be smooth. This is exactly how the Sentinels were drawn originally, probably from the '60s into the '80s-'90s. I appreciate that XM97 maintained that, and as a result, we get a classic Sentinel to go with Silver/Bronze Age figures.
Yeah sentinels became much more techy looking in the Astonishing era of X-Men. Not to mention grew to whopping 200 ft tall proportions. The Mark 2 Sentinel design (basically the animated series version) had this basic body design and only stood around 60ft max
sure I can understand that appeal. Looks like the old comics.
but damn man…$200 for that?
You really feel that’s a fair price to pay for what these are? If so, more power to ya and enjoy.
no light up eyes, no hand tentacles, no extra figures, no battle damage parts…
the whole thing seems quite minimal and low-effort to me.
even if they’re supposed to be smooth, it seems kind of lazy imho to omit any sort of detail that would lead you to think it was a machine, rather than some weird human.
@swoop716 We do get an assortment of battle damaged parts though. it comes with a battle damaged faceplate and chest emitter. Also we get blast effects
@swoop716 kind of lazy to be accurate to the source material?
I think $200 is a high price but I also think $25 is too much for most Legends. I'd rather have this Sentinel than 8 basic bitch figures like Retro Quicksilver. But I'd also rather have 8 good Legends like '97 Cyclops or Bishop. The thing with toys, Hasbro in particular, is that you don't really know what you've got until it's in your hands. This Sentinel could be made with decent-quality plastic, good joints, and be worth the $200 (to someone). It could also turn out to be marble-y soft plastic, barely stands, with shoddy ratchet joints that are either too tight or too loose, and not be worth $200. It's always a gamble.
Why are we focusing on $200 when it's $175? I'd like it to be cheaper myself, but I don't see this one as way out of whack with Hasbro's pricing. My concerns echo vicious in that I'm not confident the product will have turn out as nice as it should. I already expect the blast effects to be that weak, rubbery, plastic that's always warped to some degree, but I'll accept that. Just give me a Sentinel from the show that can stand on its own and is cleanly painted and I'll be content.
As for the package itself, I'm happy with the sculpt. I don't want added detail for the sake of doing so because someone thinks it imparts an illusion of quality vs what we're getting. It's a character from a cartoon, it should look like the character from the cartoon. Now, as for extras, yeah I'd love some hand tentacles and better blast effects, but they obviously aren't going to tip the scales for me when it comes to value. I don't care about stupid gimmicks like lights and sounds that I'll never use. Just give me a giant action figure that looks like the character and is a good quality product.
This is the Sentinel I've wanted an action figure of for 24 years. The Toy Biz one was nice, but undersized, and a very modern design with wonky proportions. The Gigantic Battles versions were a nice bulkier upgrade. Still not the classic design, but the various releases gave some color options for another more modern looking Sentinel. HasLab was great in that it had Legends quality articulation on a massive figure - impressive but still modern.
This is the Sentinel that I remember from the cartoon back in the 90s. How they were classically drawn in the comic books. To me, additional unnecessary sculpting doesn't equate to quality. I want an accurate reflection of the simplified design. This is it. To me this is the best Sentinel they've done. Just like that, I've convinced myself to get 2.
The price is high. It's a comparable scale to Giant Man with less extra stuff - this can be attributed to the successful tier upgrades of a crowdfunding. The price isn't a shock for that reason. You're paying the Marvel licensing premium - which you either accept or don't. I'm happy to be getting this, not having to worry about some silly counter campaign or boycott. It's coming. And I can sock $40 away per month over the next year (give or take with the Canadian conversion) to prepare for the hit of 2.
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