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Post by victoryleo19 on Apr 7, 2011 5:07:04 GMT -6
I'll second that notion of relying on imagination! I wish there was a lot more of that these days. It really is sad to see the same kind of nonsense year in and out. I was actually pretty excited to see something like Gormitti penetrate the US market even though I don't collect them. Thats a breath of fresh air.
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Post by countzackula on Apr 7, 2011 16:00:44 GMT -6
Those NARA bug things don't really look that great, but when I saw they made transforming action figures, I almost flipped out with glee...the only reason I didn't get any.......was money! I knew if I got one and liked it...I'd be getting the whole darned set...and then tracking down any future waves!
They should have made the first bug toys more unnatural and monster-like...sorta like the old Operation: BUG figures from Trendmasters.
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Post by afsupplies on Jun 27, 2011 7:59:34 GMT -6
I took a walk down our local Toys R Us action figure aisle (yes just the one) the other day and it was Star Wars, then heavily discounted left over G.I. Joe movie figures, Prince of Persia figures, Terminator 4, Iron man and Wolverine and a few Star Trek movie playsets. Very depressing. There were a handful of new Thor movie figures and just 5 or 6 Marvel Universe figures. No Captain America stuff (even though they filmed parts of the movie literally across the road!). So I guess what i'm saying is the toy makers are pushing out movie toy lines and they just aren't selling except for Star Wars. The toys seem to be targetting adults and most Star Wars collectors have been buying since they were a kid and keep going so that line has traction whereas it's hard to persuade adults to buy toys for themselves for lines they don't collect. Ben 10 succeeds as it's had a long life and a sustained campaign behind it and I believe the cartoon is rather good. Same as Power Rangers, lots of adverts and a half decent show (even though it was cheesy as hell). Avengers: Earth's Mighiest Heroes doesn't tie in to the current MU toys, there's no decent Spider-man line anymore. G.I. Joe: Renegades isn't shown in the UK...
The movie toy lines also don't have decent ad campaigns anymore. I only knew there were Prince of Persia toys cos I saw them in store. Granted I don't watch Cartoon Network much so don't see many kids adverts but back in the 70s the toy ads were on mainstream tv at peak times but there was less channels back then (only 3 and only 1 showed adverts!)
Another factor is price, £8 - 12 a figure is way to much. As BoogDoc7 says Hot Wheels haven't gone up in price in years so parents don't begrudge paying 99p for a toy car that will last and get played with compared to 2 hours pay for a figure that will break in 2 hours! That's why Imaginext works as they are rugged toys (and really cool too).
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Post by sf1378 on Sept 12, 2011 12:51:07 GMT -6
I really hate modern toys most of the time. Lines lack imagination, they usually are tied with rubbish cartoons too that are too Mangaish. However, I must say its worked with the rebooted Thundercats as that is based on 80s stuff. New Joe figures are nice to look at but the over posability works against them-they can't really hold their guns properly and some cannot even turn their heads i.e. Blowtorch. That and sadly they aren't readily available off the peg here in the UK.
Theres still way too much Star Wars rubbish being made. I am actually sick of Star Wars now. Ben 10 was once a wonderful concept but they've ruined it with the Alien Force and Ultimate series and I really hate the look they created via the cartoon of those shows-the teeny attitude also annoyed me. The original had a sense of fun to it. Transformers based on the rubbish Bay films also is naff.
Toys like Action Man cry out for a modern military doll being made but they went with as said earlier sculpted rubbish in a PC friendly aesthetic witg spring fire or whatnot gimickery....rubbish.
Matchbox cars aren't easily buyable here and there in shops as they used to be-Hot Wheels is here and there but not in vast choice. Then theres Lego with its onus on licenced lines instead of making nice small to medium sets from their once classic and lovely Town range. Castle has only JUST made an appearance in my home town toy shop of Reading, well, I saw two sets from the new Kingdoms range...its pathetic how sparse stuff is.....And then theirs price, everything is OVER PRICED, sure oil has gone up and plastic is a derivative of petrolium BUT the prices of toys aren't worth it now....
I think the blame lies with designers lacking imagination, not sticking with a toyline and carrying on creating a year on year innovative brand instead they make something, totally revamp it and ruin it or use the same brand name and then make something completely different! We haven't seen the likes of G.I.JOE or MOTU circa the 1980s again have we? Hasbro made the cool Classics/Generations lines and then scrapped it for the rubbish films, same with G.I.JOE. MOTU is back to a degree but only as overpriced pap via online instead of in stores readily available. Secondly, the fault also lies with store buyers they buy rubbish basically instead of innovative lines...
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Post by rawlin on Sept 12, 2011 14:26:36 GMT -6
I really hate modern toys most of the time. Lines lack imagination, they usually are tied with rubbish cartoons too that are too Mangaish. However, I must say its worked with the rebooted Thundercats as that is based on 80s stuff. New Joe figures are nice to look at but the over posability works against them-they can't really hold their guns properly and some cannot even turn their heads i.e. Blowtorch. That and sadly they aren't readily available off the peg here in the UK. Theres still way too much Star Wars rubbish being made. I am actually sick of Star Wars now. Ben 10 was once a wonderful concept but they've ruined it with the Alien Force and Ultimate series and I really hate the look they created via the cartoon of those shows-the teeny attitude also annoyed me. The original had a sense of fun to it. Transformers based on the rubbish Bay films also is naff. Toys like Action Man cry out for a modern military doll being made but they went with as said earlier sculpted rubbish in a PC friendly aesthetic witg spring fire or whatnot gimickery....rubbish. Matchbox cars aren't easily buyable here and there in shops as they used to be-Hot Wheels is here and there but not in vast choice. Then theres Lego with its onus on licenced lines instead of making nice small to medium sets from their once classic and lovely Town range. Castle has only JUST made an appearance in my home town toy shop of Reading, well, I saw two sets from the new Kingdoms range...its pathetic how sparse stuff is.....And then theirs price, everything is OVER PRICED, sure oil has gone up and plastic is a derivative of petrolium BUT the prices of toys aren't worth it now.... I think the blame lies with designers lacking imagination, not sticking with a toyline and carrying on creating a year on year innovative brand instead they make something, totally revamp it and ruin it or use the same brand name and then make something completely different! We haven't seen the likes of G.I.JOE or MOTU circa the 1980s again have we? Hasbro made the cool Classics/Generations lines and then scrapped it for the rubbish films, same with G.I.JOE. MOTU is back to a degree but only as overpriced pap via online instead of in stores readily available. Secondly, the fault also lies with store buyers they buy rubbish basically instead of innovative lines... Lucky you, Star Wars are in short supply here :( there is only one store within a 40kilometer radius that sell Star Wars and it's a food store, the few that come after that only have a small shelf with about 1 ship and 4 different figures. Spoke with a one of my fathers friends that have run a toy store since I was a kid the other day, he said the only thing that sold was Lego so they had removed everything else Star Wars from their shelfs... but prices are in my opinion to high.
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Post by Terrible Tony on Sept 14, 2011 12:12:35 GMT -6
What do you guys think of wrestling figures? They seem to have always been popular. I think those figures from Jakks in the mid 2000's and up are some of the best figures I have ever seen. I am not a fan of the Deluxe figures, because of the mid torso articulation looks weird, but I think those, the regular Jakks, as well as the Mattel ones, will stand the test of time and will be sought after once the kids grow up. I personally have over 100 Jakks wrestlers and have not started on the Mattel ones, because I don't want to start over, but thinking about buying at least a Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat & the Von Erichs, since they were never made by Jakks.
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Post by bowheadwhale on Sept 20, 2011 12:30:45 GMT -6
What do you guys think of wrestling figures? They seem to have always been popular. I think those figures from Jakks in the mid 2000's and up are some of the best figures I have ever seen. I am not a fan of the Deluxe figures, because of the mid torso articulation looks weird, but I think those, the regular Jakks, as well as the Mattel ones, will stand the test of time and will be sought after once the kids grow up. I personally have over 100 Jakks wrestlers and have not started on the Mattel ones, because I don't want to start over, but thinking about buying at least a Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat & the Von Erichs, since they were never made by Jakks. Yes, I noticed that Wresters figures I see in stores are reaaly well done. Wresting fans have as much to look at nowadays as unseen animals figures fans like me.
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Post by seenickart on Oct 20, 2011 0:02:43 GMT -6
Wow I can’t believe I read this whole thing! SOOO many good points discussed. I have to agree with a little of what each individual contributed. Now on with the rant...
I’m 34 born in 1977 and I’m proud to say that the peak of my childhood put me in the middle of the most imaginative periods of child history. It’s sad seeing the youth today but I guess you can’t be sad over something you never had.
Toys now have become like the culture today. Monopolized! I remember we had so many choices to see these toys. Growing up in San Diego we had many malls to choose from. Once you got inside boy the choices you had. For toys, there was Play CO. , Kay-Bee, Imaginarium, Carousel Toys, and Toys Etc. For Videogames we had, Software Etc, Babbage’s, Electronic Boutique, Egghead software, Computer City and Comp USA.
Department stores that also carried toys that I loved were. Montgomery Ward, Fedco, JJ Newberries, Gemco, Fedmart, Mervyns and Marshall Scotts, to name a few. Everything we know has been monopolized!!! THE WORLD IS BORING. Store chains have disappeared or merged and Mom and Pop shops are all but gone. The Internet is the new imaginative frontier, a cold electronic world, where merchants like Amazon and Ebay ship products to you.
IF you were born in my time you wouldn’t want to be indoors all day. Owning both an NES and Sega master system we didn’t need parents to say enough. We always found ourselves back outside on our own. Let’s get go outside and make a fort for our GI Joes or make dirt roads for our hot wheels. Or let’s get on our BMX bikes to 7-Eleven and get a big gulp play a few arcade games then head out to some dirt jumps. Sitcoms had a point and for the most part embraced the traditional family. Saturday mornings were a circus of diverse characters and far places. These shows spurred imagination where a stiff figure can be just as real as your friend sitting next to you.
At the end of day I do realized that nostalgia does have a grip on my view point but at the same time my eyes work fine and seeing everything becoming one huge outlet can’t be good for the creativity of society much more a growing child.
-Nick
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Post by rihia2k on Oct 20, 2011 2:13:59 GMT -6
Wow I can’t believe I read this whole thing! SOOO many good points discussed. I have to agree with a little of what each individual contributed. Now on with the rant... I’m 34 born in 1977 and I’m proud to say that the peak of my childhood put me in the middle of the most imaginative periods of child history. It’s sad seeing the youth today but I guess you can’t be sad over something you never had. Toys now have become like the culture today. Monopolized! I remember we had so many choices to see these toys. Growing up in San Diego we had many malls to choose from. Once you got inside boy the choices you had. For toys, there was Play CO. , Kay-Bee, Imaginarium, Carousel Toys, and Toys Etc. For Videogames we had, Software Etc, Babbage’s, Electronic Boutique, Egghead software, Computer City and Comp USA. Department stores that also carried toys that I loved were. Montgomery Ward, Fedco, JJ Newberries, Gemco, Fedmart, Mervyns and Marshall Scotts, to name a few. Everything we know has been monopolized!!! THE WORLD IS BORING. Store chains have disappeared or merged and Mom and Pop shops are all but gone. The Internet is the new imaginative frontier, a cold electronic world, where merchants like Amazon and Ebay ship products to you. IF you were born in my time you wouldn’t want to be indoors all day. Owning both an NES and Sega master system we didn’t need parents to say enough. We always found ourselves back outside on our own. Let’s get go outside and make a fort for our GI Joes or make dirt roads for our hot wheels. Or let’s get on our BMX bikes to 7-Eleven and get a big gulp play a few arcade games then head out to some dirt jumps. Sitcoms had a point and for the most part embraced the traditional family. Saturday mornings were a circus of diverse characters and far places. These shows spurred imagination where a stiff figure can be just as real as your friend sitting next to you. At the end of day I do realized that nostalgia does have a grip on my view point but at the same time my eyes work fine and seeing everything becoming one huge outlet can’t be good for the creativity of society much more a growing child. -Nick Nicely put, Nick. Ahh, I guess it's always been about making some money, but back when I was growing up the companies just didn't have the 360 degree chokehold on consumers like now. Its not that merchandise is readily available, rather it's force-fed to us now! Thru phones, net, billboards, audio, junkfood. One has to actively remove themselves from oversaturation, & many simply don't feel they can. Woah... rantin'. But yeah, the cut-throat business of 'fun' ain't getting any friendlier.
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Post by else3573 on Oct 27, 2011 16:39:10 GMT -6
I have to say, most of Mattels toy lines for adult collectors are really nice. I don't collect MOTUC, but they've done a great job moderninzing the line while staying true to the original figures integrity. DCUC has an excellent mix of sculpting and articulation, (and characters) and JLU has like 200 characters in a great stylistic form. Also, Minimates has both DC and Marvel licensed, and they've made just about every character known to each universe (kidding, but how many Stilt Man figures are out there in other toy lines??), not to mention all the other franchises/figures they've put out (From Wiki): Current Minimates Lines
* Alice: Madness Returns - Alice Minimate only * Back to the Future - Minimates and vehicles * Calico Jack's Pirate Raiders - Minimates and vehicles * Femme Fatales - Minimates (includes Darkchylde, Dawn, Lady Death and Tarot) * Ghostbusters - Minimates * Halo - Minimates and vehicles * Knight Rider - Vehicles with Minimates * Marvel Comics - Minimates * Marvel Studios - Minimates * Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - Minimates * Minimates M.A.X. - Minimates and vehicles * The Munsters - Vehicles with Minimates * Playstation - Minimates * The Real Ghostbusters - Minimates * Universal Monsters - Minimates
[edit] Past Minimates Licenses
* 24 - 2" Minimates * Alice Cooper - 3" Constrictor Minimate only, part of Rock line * Battlestar Galactica - 2" Minimates and vehicles * Beverly Hills Cop - 2" Minimates (unproduced) * Bruce Lee - 3" Minimates * Celebrity Deathmatch - 3" Mr. T Minimate only (promo) * Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - 3" Minimates * Dark Angel - 3" Max Minimate only * Darkstalkers - 2" Minimates * DC Comics - 2" and 2.5" Minimates and construction sets (C3) * The Godfather - 2" Minimates (unproduced) * Iron Maiden - 3" Powerslave Minimate only, part of Rock line * Kabuki - 2" Kabuki Minimate only, part of Indie Comics set * KISS - 3" Minimates * Kung Faux - 3" Break Boy Minimate only * Lord of the Rings - 2", 2.5" and 3" Minimates * Magdalena - 2" Magdalena Minimate only, part of Indie Comics set * Man With No Name Trilogy - 2" Minimates * Ozzy Osbourne - 3" Bark at the Moon Minimate only, part of Rock line * Rob Zombie - 3" Techno Zombie Minimate only, part of Rock line * Rocky - 2" Minimates * The Silence of the Lambs - 2" Minimates * Speed Racer - Vehicles with 2" Minimates * The Spirit - 2" Minimates * Star Trek - 2" and 3" Minimates * Street Fighter - 2" Minimates * Terminator 2 - 2" Minimates and vehicles * Witchblade - 2" Witchblade Minimate only, part of Indie Comics set
You can have an entire UNIVERSE of Minimate figures...(and the Galatic Hereos/Superhero Sqaud/Action Heroes/etc. line is really extensive as well)
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Post by bowheadwhale on Nov 1, 2011 13:57:25 GMT -6
Wow I can’t believe I read this whole thing! SOOO many good points discussed. I have to agree with a little of what each individual contributed. Now on with the rant... I’m 34 born in 1977 and I’m proud to say that the peak of my childhood put me in the middle of the most imaginative periods of child history. It’s sad seeing the youth today but I guess you can’t be sad over something you never had. Toys now have become like the culture today. Monopolized! I remember we had so many choices to see these toys. Growing up in San Diego we had many malls to choose from. Once you got inside boy the choices you had. For toys, there was Play CO. , Kay-Bee, Imaginarium, Carousel Toys, and Toys Etc. For Videogames we had, Software Etc, Babbage’s, Electronic Boutique, Egghead software, Computer City and Comp USA. Department stores that also carried toys that I loved were. Montgomery Ward, Fedco, JJ Newberries, Gemco, Fedmart, Mervyns and Marshall Scotts, to name a few. Everything we know has been monopolized!!! THE WORLD IS BORING. Store chains have disappeared or merged and Mom and Pop shops are all but gone. The Internet is the new imaginative frontier, a cold electronic world, where merchants like Amazon and Ebay ship products to you. IF you were born in my time you wouldn’t want to be indoors all day. Owning both an NES and Sega master system we didn’t need parents to say enough. We always found ourselves back outside on our own. Let’s get go outside and make a fort for our GI Joes or make dirt roads for our hot wheels. Or let’s get on our BMX bikes to 7-Eleven and get a big gulp play a few arcade games then head out to some dirt jumps. Sitcoms had a point and for the most part embraced the traditional family. Saturday mornings were a circus of diverse characters and far places. These shows spurred imagination where a stiff figure can be just as real as your friend sitting next to you. At the end of day I do realized that nostalgia does have a grip on my view point but at the same time my eyes work fine and seeing everything becoming one huge outlet can’t be good for the creativity of society much more a growing child. -Nick Nicely put, Nick. Ahh, I guess it's always been about making some money, but back when I was growing up the companies just didn't have the 360 degree chokehold on consumers like now. Its not that merchandise is readily available, rather it's force-fed to us now! Thru phones, net, billboards, audio, junkfood. One has to actively remove themselves from oversaturation, & many simply don't feel they can. Woah... rantin'. But yeah, the cut-throat business of 'fun' ain't getting any friendlier. Yes, there is a big part of truth in what Nick said, most of all about big monopolising chains like Walmart taking all the toy buisiness for themselves and making all "small stores" disappear. And the worst part is, those extra-big chains all seem to sell the exact same things: I see Littlest Pet Shop and Bratz everywhere (bleah), while toylines I love are harder and harder to find (and I'm talking about modern ones!). To get them, I have to go... on Ebay. In other words: in a virtual world where we click instead of walking. However, I have to disagree a bit when you say that the youth of today has less imagination and go less outside to play than in our times. It's too easy to say and not exactly true. In winter, I see plenty of children building snow castles for themselves AND their dolls. They also still build snowmen. I also see them sliding down snow slopes; the only difference lies in the fact that instead of crazy-carpets, they use little ski vehicles they control with a stearing wheel. But basically, they still do the exact same thing as we used to do twenty-five years ago: sliding down snow slopes! When I go to the park in summer and fall, I still see kids playing ball, skaterolling and bicycling. Three totally intemporal activities! It's true I see them often playing video games, but they tend to do it when the weather is not so good. When the weather is fine and sunny, many children go outside and play. With different toy lines, different gadgets. But basically do the same things we did when we were their age.
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Post by mrjayberry on Nov 16, 2011 18:07:06 GMT -6
I've noticed an uptick on lines I think look pretty neat.
I collect Marvel Universe and it's related lines, bought a Thundercats fig. the other day and it was alright. The Redakai line looks cool, and you can't argue with Ben 10 it has some many facets that I'd put up against most toy lines from any era.
Then G.I. Joe, Starwars, and Transformers are going as strong as ever.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2011 15:51:07 GMT -6
The toys of the 21st century are boring. They don't have that pizazz or spark like they did back in the 80s and 90s.
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Post by bowheadwhale on Dec 3, 2011 14:13:53 GMT -6
whats happened to the toy industry in the last 10 years? i look at the shelves in the store now and theres nothing- is it just me being older, is it me being nostalgic? i dont think so....i think theres nothing really good anymore. all i see is endless power rangers and ben 10 the only line any good is star wars. whats goin on? playmates used to do the best star trek figures, but the ones they did for the last film were awful- im talkin about the 3 3/4 inch ones.when i look back i remember when toys were interesting and well made and fun- like starcom, air raiders, sectaurs,mask,centurions, legions of power, zoids, roboforce,is it just nostalgia? even all the overpriced Japanese rah figures are nothing compared to the old megos, and still not as well made as a 70s gi joe. whas goin on? whered all the imagination go? how come the new dr who figures are not as good as the 1976 denys fisher ones? that was nearly 40 years ago . how come the new 12 inch gi joes are not as good as the ones we had in the 70s how come most of the accessories are molded on, why do they have painted on shirts and cloth trousers? why do they have LESS play value, less accessories, less joints and less durability than the ones we had 30 years ago? come on guys- this isnt just nostalgia- is it? Less playability, less accessories, less joints, less durability. I think I know why. OK, I know I will be repeating myself, but the main reason is today EVERYTHING IS MADE IN CHINA. You dont' believe me there is a link? Just think of our childhoods: 25 years ago, we had miniature cars Made in France, Invicta dinosaurs Made in England, Mattel MOTU and POP Made in Mexico as well as in Taiwan, high-quality animal figures Made in Germany, Pac-Man merchandise and board games Made in USA, teleguided cars Made in Japan. OK, we still had many things Made in Hong Kong, but it was usually when we wanted to have something fast and cheap. For more durability, we had to pay a little more and we turned to France, Mexico, Taiwan, Germany, England and Japan. And we usually didn't bother to pay a little more, since we had something for our money. Today, what do we see? Hasbro Made in China, Mattel Made in China, Schleich Made in China, Papo Made in China, Fisher-Price Made in China, miniature cars Made in China, board games Made in China, movie figures Made in China. And you know just like me it doesn't stop to toys. Shoes are made in China, clothes are made in China, Xmas decorations made in China... Just like in everything else, toy companies are not interested anymore in paying acceptable salaries and quality materials to make durable merchandise. They close their european and north american manufactures to move all their production to China, where they avoid paying anything against pollution and where they hire hundreds of workers to work 15 hours per day, 7 days a week, for 10¢ an hour. They save on labor pay, good material and environment conservation cost.Yet they don't lower their prices for that! And they continue to make millions of $$$ of profits on underpaid labors' and laughed-at ccustomers' backs. This is how we get questionable merchandise with lead in paint (Hasbro dolls in 2007), burning hasard (electric deficiency in electric cars by Fisher-Price), strangling hasard (reins too short on horse-on-a-stick plush toys) or, less spectacularily, easily breakable plastic (Schleich animals I saw), mechanisms that don't work (self-singing plush birds of my experience), burnable material (teddy bears that had to be retired from stores), or materials that don't even smell good (rubber animals I bought in 1996 on which, even after 15 years, I never succeeded in of releaving them of their growing stench smells). You see, with manufactures all gathered in China, we lose a lot: we lose not only many jobs, but we also lose in quality, durability and safety. And those losses are in toys like in everything else that is now Made in China...
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Post by else3573 on Dec 4, 2011 17:17:13 GMT -6
I was thinking about this last night, and while I agree we had cooler action figure lines in the 80's, I think the 00's were much better than the 90's when it comes to figure lines. The 00's had=Marvel Legends, JLU, Superhero Squad, Galactic Hero's, Star Wars, DCUC, Minimates, Pixar Cars, Teen Titans, the 2000 MOTU line, Lord of the Rings, Animated Transformers, Mighty Muggs, etc. etc. Not alot of new lines, but some great lines based on existing properties. Also, although the action figures today are lame, the technology toys, race cars/remote control stuff, Crayola art sets, Tron figures with that talking face technology (can't remember what it's called),etc are pretty cool.
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Post by muckmonster87 on Dec 4, 2011 18:17:42 GMT -6
personally, i like toys to look like TOYS, which is why i collect 60s- early 90s stuff. i don't like hyper-realistic toys like you started seeing in the mid-late 90s. give me a crappy 80s imperial godzilla over a '00s bandai godzilla any day. vintage star wars looks way cooler to me than the new ones that look like they just stepped out of the movies. i understand this is just a matter of personal preference. to me, the 90s marvel lines went downhill when they started featuring all kinds of absurd articulation. i think new toys are less aesthetically pleasing for collectors, and leave less room for imagination for a child playing with them.
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Post by The Riddler on Dec 4, 2011 18:34:07 GMT -6
I totally agree with Muckmonster.....who needs an arm to bend 18 different ways anyway!
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Post by else3573 on Dec 5, 2011 14:24:56 GMT -6
Yeah, I'm more about sculpting over articulation. I think DCUC did a better job mixing sculpting AND articulation than Marvel Legends did. Alot of the newer lines I collect or have collected have barely any articulation, at the most, 5 points (JLU, SHS, Mighty Muggs and Action League).
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Post by brcthrift on Dec 5, 2011 16:00:19 GMT -6
My son likes Imaginext and so do I. There is a DC Super Hero line, a dino riders line (the T Rex is Awesome), a space line, and several others. They are all awesome and have a lot of playability. My son got the Batcave last year and as a playset it stands up to Castle Greyskull.
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Post by else3573 on Dec 6, 2011 16:58:15 GMT -6
Yeah, that Batcave playset looks nice. Crazy big for todays age of skimpy toys.
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Post by darkone on Dec 7, 2011 1:51:16 GMT -6
Honestly I still like some of the new figures been made. The only thing that holds me back is the price point. Shelling out a couple hundred bucks on a few action figures is kind of hard for me. But I'm still constantly checking out stores like Toys'r'us to see whats new and what I may like. And I think the best part is going bargain hunting for action figures. Not sure if its only me but when I see figures I like in stores like TJ Maxx and closeout stores it makes me happy. I guess its the thrill of the hunt. But of course all that relates to if you like the new toys. If you just don't like modern action figures you're not going to like anything been made now.
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Post by proteus on Dec 20, 2011 11:48:22 GMT -6
it must be an age thing - im a trek fan- i look at the mego 8 inch figures from 74 and they have never been bettered.even playmates with their 9 inch mego esque line didnt better them cloth clothes fantastic likenesses- surely the mego captain kirk is the best likeness on a mass market toy EVER? durable, posable and a really good size not too big like gi joe and not too small like star wars. for this reason and not just nostalgia theyve been re made my emce thirty years later and kids that never saw the old megos are saying these are cool!
it just goes to prove the point, the old stuff wiped the floor with anything out today.
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