SDCC Exclusive Savage Land 3 pack (Rogue, Sauron, Shanna)

[Xavion2025]

Would be fantastic and well-regarded single carded releases. Definitly not "mid" (jesus).

After reading this, I realized that had these been single carded releases, my overall perception of the figures would have been much more positive. Sometimes it’s hard for me to separate the figures themselves from how they’re packaged and sold and how pleasant or unpleasant it was for me to acquire them.

 

[altcunningham]

After reading this, I realized that had these been single carded releases, my overall perception of the figures would have been much more positive. Sometimes it’s hard for me to separate the figures themselves from how they’re packaged and sold and how pleasant or unpleasant it was for me to acquire them.

In my world that's fair. The entire experience is going to color the end result.

If you can get something with no effort, even if it's mediocre it's going to be satisfying. McDonald's?

If you have to jump through hoops like many of us do for toys and other collectibles, at the prices they ask, you want a premium experience.

Personal anecdote: Back when I was deep in Mezco, I knew how to get in and out with my purchase immediately and how they worked. I had no problem getting anything because I had the time and internet know how. A lot of people in my local collector groups do not. Eventually I got bored with a lot of those figures and I sold them and people were flabbergasted that I would get rid of these things that in theory were impossible to give and should command crazy prices. I was happy to let them go just to somebody who loved them. I sure didn't.

But my experience was that they were easy to get, and at the end of the day they didn't make me happy. It's that simple.

 

[AustinPowers]

X-men 97 inspired me to start collecting X-men figs - and I have been hunting forever all of Morph's little cameos. I never expected to pick up a Sauron but he was my last Morph cameo I needed for the set. So excited to have found an ebay seller that shipped to AUS who offered Sauron at a decent price.

Arrived earlier this week - he is so imposing, well articulated and has such a great shelf presence!

 

[mrboshek]

Is it sexist to say I prefer not seeing the female mid torso cut up by an ab crunch? I look at Rogue and Shanna and see an excellent effort working with something that can pretty much be considered a legacy design. Then there's Psylocke. Someone did a great job on the head sculpts and limbs, but too bad they're attached to a (new) mediocre designed torso. I'm more or less looking past the faults because they're Marvel characters, otherwise I wouldn't be buying them.

 

[NORM]

Like with everything, I think it all comes down to personal preference. I do prefer when articulation isn't cutting up a sculpt. But I want some female figures to be able to achieve a convincing crouching pose. That lower ab hinge with the pivoting torso helps that to happen. I don't need that to happen on every female figure though. Black Widow, Elektra, Psylocke, Spider-Woman, should all be able to crouch. Savage Land Rogue may not need to. But Shanna would look great crouching with Zabu and Ka-Zar. Do I want her ab sculpt broken up though?

 

[TheSameIdiot]

I think most folks generally agree that the lower torso joint + diaphragm joint is the way to go. Jada Cammy as an example:

 

[NORM]

Jada Street Fighter and Joe Classified are using the ideal articulation set up for mass market super-posable figures. I think ML hasn’t adapted to it because they’ve gotten stuck in the same format for like 15 years. They just don’t seem to want to budget for line-wide improvements.

 

[hmmberto]

If they would implement just that torso articulation across only their female figures and nothing else I would shut up about articulation improvements for another 15 years.

 

[EnigmaticClarity]

Aside from a ball waist joint I'd like Legends to consider ankle ball joints like Mafex and Figuarts uses. I see Youtube reviewers hounding the team about skipping calf swivel a lot, but if you put the swivel at the ankle it doesn't break up the sculpt nearly as much yet gives you all of the same posing flexibility.

I know of exactly one Legends figure with this articulation--the MCU Yellowjacket figure from the 2-pack with Ant-Man. I've always wondered why they used an ankle ball on that one figure but never again.

 

[Schizm]

I think most folks generally agree that the lower torso joint + diaphragm joint is the way to go. Jada Cammy as an example:

THIS is what people are raving about? That waist joint looks just like one of McFarlane's diapers - HELL NO! Keep that look away from my Legends.

 

[PantherCult]

I'd like Legends to consider ankle ball joints like Mafex and Figuarts uses.

Hard disagree for me. I hate the way the ball joint ankle looks. Its one of the reasons I don't order Mafex and Figuarts figures.. I don't like the way the articulation works or looks.

 

[NORM]

Modern Taskmaster had a similar ankle set up to that ball joint configuration. The thing I need ankles to do better at this point is move upward. It’s limited on just about every figure that would benefit from it. Those deep crouchers, Spidey, Daredevil, Wolverine, Hulk. That and limited neck motion are tw/o of my biggest pet peeves with current action figures. The neck thing already has a solution! Hinged necks usually have better upward range than barbells, as long as enough plastic is cut from the back of the neck for the neck peg to clear. This shouldn’t be a problem on any figure at this point because a solution exists. But the limited ankles, that needs a fix after all
these years.

 

[raybot]

Hard disagree for me. I hate the way the ball joint ankle looks. Its one of the reasons I don't order Mafex and Figuarts figures.. I don't like the way the articulation works or looks.

Yea, I’m the same way. Mcfarlane has a setup sort of like that for the wrists and ankles and it’s definitely one of the weaker points of that line to me. MAFEX’s looks way better but (functionality aside) they both feel pretty wonky to pose.

Unless it’s built into the sculpt to avoid breaking some key detail I don’t like the ball-ankles much. ML had them on Gwenpool, Udon Taskmaster (and everybody that reused his legs), and the MCU Mk2/ Mk3/Mk21 but those all were working around shin armor. It looked pretty bad on Unworthy Thor when it was just supposed to be his ankle.

 

[TheSameIdiot]

I'm a huge proponent of a boot cut, but you can accomplish the same thing with a ball-jointed ankle. Best of all, it works for characters without mid-calf boots.

FWIW, ball-jointed ankles look fine from every company not named McFarlane. They're hardly more noticeable than your average ankle rocker.

 

[EnigmaticClarity]

THIS is what people are raving about? That waist joint looks just like one of McFarlane's diapers - HELL NO! Keep that look away from my Legends.

This is like complaining about Cindy Crawford's facial mole. Cammy is an absolute masterpiece, although most of what's particularly great about her and most other Jada figures can't be appreciated without the figure in hand to see their articulation range. Even the most articulated Legends figures can't really compete with them.