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    General Marvel Legends

    Did the Lizard already sell out? It says currently unavailable on Amazon.
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    Mini Comic Wave 2

    Agreed. It is especially a problem when the shoulder hinge is super tight but the bicep connection is loose and gummy. Any attempt to articulate Werewolf By Night's shoulders results in his arms popping off and it makes posing him irtitating and joyless.
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    Mini Comic Wave 2

    Ha. They're doing it for the kids. Sweet of them.
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    Mini Comic Wave 2

    Again, I'd say we should demand that there is a relation between COGS and price (say through maximum profit legislation) precisely because I don't think that a decades long wage stagnation amidst exponentially increasing corporate greed should mean that a majority of people are too poor to...
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    Mini Comic Wave 2

    I get it, but this is a legit slippery slope to "only rich people get to have hobbies." I mean, why should there be an expectation of affordability if it's a luxury good?
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    Mini Comic Wave 2

    As Damien says, even if we take Cocks at his word that price increases are due to tariffs, that they're passing the tariff cost on to us is also entirely on Hasbro being a greedy corporation. They could shoulder the added cost of doing business and still turn a profit. But I don't take them at...
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    Mini Comic Wave 2

    I wouldn't let Hasbro off so easy. As with blaming layoffs on nebulous "AI", many corporations blithely blame tariffs or inflation for what is mostly just executive and shareholder greed. I'll bet the price doesn't revert when the tariffs are lifted or reduced. Remember we have this as of Oct...
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    Figura Obscura

    These are the things I would expect more ire over: 4HM price bloat and locking an army builder behind that price with 7 heads and only 1 neck adaptor.
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    Figura Obscura

    I'm sure "PRESENT" was meant partially to lead in the direction of the ghost of Christmas Present, not denying that. But the Nutcracker was rather famously a Christmas present himself, a gift to Clara from her unc, Drosselmeyer. I thought it was a clever feint and don't really understand the ire...
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    Hasbro Made-to-Order Figures

    Charming. Yeesh.
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    Todd's single best DC figure

    Looks great. Where's the head from?
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    Skurge the Executioner BAF Wave

    My Skurge's axe appears to be missing its metal buttcap. The handle just ends in a brown square block with no metal painted cap. Online pictures show a cap. Is it supposed to have one?
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    Skurge the Executioner BAF Wave

    I may have received two defects. First, my Werewolf By Night's right bicep peg is malformed makes the arm pop off with very little torque. This is exacerbated by the tightness of the shoulder joints, such that any attempt to lever the shoulder up by the arm causes the bicep to pop off. I tried...
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    Four Horsemen Studios Mythic Legions

    I enjoyed your choice of verb here given your profile pic.
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    General Marvel Legends

    Haha all 3 of those are on my 'top want' list and I've customs in progress for 2 of them. I am embarrassed to think how much I spent acquiring base parts to customize a character as inconsequential as Tusk. But I loved that TB figure as a kid and nostalgia's a helluva drug.
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    MAFEX Marvel Figures

    Yea Would love to ship my Mafex AoA figures. For shipping and duties and handling fees, HLJ wants $260 to ship the 6 figurea in my private warehouse. Thanks, no.
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    Four Horsemen Studios Mythic Legions

    Thank you, I stand happily corrected.
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    Four Horsemen Studios Mythic Legions

    Unfortunately this seems to be the new normal for a lot of companies and 4HM is one of the worst offenders. Every figure is "deluxe" and comes with tons of hands and accessories (which are generally cheap to produce) at an inflated pricepoint. They also have several heads for alternqte looks and...
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    Operation Monster Force

    Agreed but be warned that these are super breakable. Took me by surprise for a Storm Collectible.
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    G.I. Joe Classified Series: The Chatty Pointless Thread & Performance Art

    This is my problem with so many modern figures. From Hasbro Extreme ML and Classified to 4HM Mythic Legions to BBWS Operation: Monster Force: too many accessories especially for alternate looks. They all sell it as extra value for the customer but this is mostly bullshit if the pricepoint is...
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    General Marvel Legends

    He does both though. Wayne Foundation exists in canon and spends on social welfare even as Batman spends his nights creating new colorful villains.
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    Boss Fight Studios 1/12 and EPIC HACKS

    What I'm speaking to is the discrepancy between the nothing that happens when the powerful steal from or degrade the powerless vs the myriad mechanisms the powerful can wield against the powerless if they wish. With specific regard to BFS, it seems the original visionaries were pushed out by a...
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    Boss Fight Studios 1/12 and EPIC HACKS

    The problem is that we don't have sufficient repercussions for bad behavior among the powerful nor any protections or recompense for the powerless. There's no institutions with will and authority to bring the powerful to account through channels outside of their power. Lacking such FAFO...
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    General Marvel Legends

    You are objectively right and far be it from me to disagree about tge Ch'od BAF with a guy who has Ch'od as his avatar. But ... I really love that BAF regardless. I think all credit goes to the original design because, despite the inaccuracies, the colors pop, the face has so much personality...
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    General Marvel Legends

    If memory serves, the crazymaking part was that they largely reused Abomination but resculpted the hands but sculpted the wrong number of fingers for Ch'od in those sculpted-for-Ch'od hands.
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