I miss toybiz too, especially the paint apps, washes, and realistic looking skin.
But I think Hasbro is doing better. If they could fix the head being too small in a lot of cases problem along with giving figures more realistic skin, then I think they'll be giving Toybiz a run for their money.
We are getting some great charaters from hasbro. Some that I've been impressed with: Annihilus, Blob, Ronan (at least we got him right?), HMLFF Surfer, doom, moleman (yeah he's ugly, but I finally have a mole man!), Planet Hulk was pretty cool though I could have done without him, Hercules is ok except for the weird smile, Glad to have she-hulk finally, Domino ain't too shabby, Brood Queen turned out better than I thought, FA Cap is great, and I'm glad to have Black Knight, though I feel like he's lacking in articulation big time.
We're starting to get army builders now, even if the hydra could use a little more work. But at least we're getting them.
And I'm glad to have Tigra and the FA Daredevil on the way. And as most of you know, that FA Daredevil has been #1 on my wants list for a while. So props to hasbro for him and I hope he turns out to be my favorite figure so far, him and the variant.
And the HML4 Punisher looks pretty cool, though, I will be more impressed with hasbro if he comes packing, like FO2 punisher packing. That would sell me on that figure alone if he comes with some serious artillary. And Nova is cool though I could have done with or without him and people will finally get the Black Bolt they've been whining for.
So I think hasbro is doing a descent job in delivering more ML. And I know a lot of people are complaining about distribution. Well I live in a major city where TB ML's were almost impossible to find. So distribution always sucked, ALWAYS.
I've managed to see every HML figure in stores so far (haven't seen HML3 yet only b/c I ordered them on-line since I've been too busy to hunt like crazy). Thor from HML2 was the only one I haven't seen much of in stores. But there are some TB MLs that I never saw once. That's sad especially for non-variants.
Hasbro is a great blessing with it's shipping, though I know it sucks for people out of the US, but since I'm not hurting being an American, then that isn't as much of a concern for me. And hasbro usually has some discount to take advantage of to save 10% or save on shipping or save something. So it's like going to the store without having to waste the time and gas which is great for me. They also made a seperate spidey movie line which was great for me as I have no interest in movie figures. I didn't like the movie figures being in HML1-3 and I see that there are no movie figures on the slate of HML4 or the proposed slate of HML5 so they have made me happy in taking them out.
I think a lot of people just miss Toybiz because they brought the legends and they did a great job. But they had many fudge ups too. Series 3 Daredevil, Scarlet Witch, Ultron, Cheeto Thing, taking Crimson Dynamo out of ML13 (another in my top 10) etc., so everyone has screw ups.
At least we're still getting Legends. I promised my fiance whom I've been with for four years now that once Marvel Legends died, I'd stop collecting figues for good. I plan on keeping my promise, so I hope the line never dies as it will end my figure collecting and it's a fun hobby for the most part. But I'm also thankful for the figures I get because I could just easily not ever get them.
Some people complained about she-hulk, but I'd rather have an overly happy she-hulk than no she-hulk at all. So I don't know why people have to complain about every little thing. Hey, we got the figure at least right? Don't like it, don't buy it. That simple.
With that said, I know the hasbro products could use the washes, and the skin could look more realistic, and sometimes the heads might be a little too small, but I thank hasbro for trying. And I'm sure that they will fix all those problems soon. They're learning as this is new for them as well. It's not like hasbro ever had figures resembling ML before.
But for now I'm happy for what I got and am glad to see what he future of ML holds. Oh and if that hulk line that we saw pictures of comes out, that will be my favorite line to date. Except I will probably love the other hulk line even more as it has Bi-Beast, Wendigo, Absorbing Man, and FA She-Hulk which sound awesome. And Fin Fang Foom as a BAF! Sweet! So I hope that happens. And I'll be happy as heck to have my very own Bi-Beast finally.
Because that's the one that looks like a giant Cheeto Thing. Series 2 Thing is great as far as I'm concerned and he and Torch were the first legends I ever bought. But I don't think the HMLFF Thing is too shabby either. Just a little bit of a small head.
