Well, what can I say…I’m blown away by…this crap.
So far I have not seen a single toy I’d spend my money on.
My wife will be truly happy, the old man’s not going to buy more little men, because…it’s all 5POA junk.
Let’s be honest here: they are called action figures, not statues. They are meant to be super-articulated, they are meant to be put into action poses.
Somebody who collects them Mint On Card and is happy to store them away in a dark, climate-controlled room to keep them case-fresh and the card wrinkle-free might be happy with the shit Hasbro is throwing us, but the articulation of these figures is exactly like the figures Kenner gave us in…yes, that’s right…1978. People, that’s almost 40 years ago. We have moved on since then.
What was okay back then changed already in the 80s when GI Joe figures showed up with a lot more points of articulation.
Today, in 2015 there is no excuse from any manufacturer to shell out this sub-standard stuff. There is no excuse for an action figure not to be ball-jointed everywhere.
To make a bad thing worse, the paintjobs on these new figures is just as sloppy as the stuff we had back then.
It is not that Hasbro couldn’t make better action figures. There, I said it, ACTION FIGURES (not statues). They showed us with The Vintage Collection and the Black Series what is possible. I expect at least that.
Look at their GI Joe line, these figures are even better articulation-wise and as a bonus come with a ton of accessories.
Check out the lineup of characters in the first wave: where are the aged Han Solo, Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia? Nowhere to be seen. Instead they give us Bespin Luke, Darth Vader and Boba Fett.
Whoever is responsible for Star Wars toys at Hasbro should be fired. Today. No questions asked.
Unless there is something super-articulated coming out in my preferred scale, Hasbro will not get a single Buck from me for this crap.
Not a single Buck.
And that’s the way it is.
