Mattel DC Figures

Chooch555 said:
I'm hoping DCUC > New Mattel will be like Toy Biz ML > Modern ML. I can upgrade as I go, but I'm not unwilling to stand them next to each other.
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I will die on the hill that old ML and new ML do not look anything alike. They can barely be displayed in the same room together, let alone the same shelf. But I think that falls under 'they do not have a cohesive look - it's not arguable that they do - some people just don't CARE that they don't have a cohesive look.' Which, again, makes the question of whether the two thinks work together kind of moot.
 
Unless a figure of a character is WAY superior, I have no need to upgrade figs for cohesion. I happily display DCD and DCUC together. I've even learned how to swallow having 7" figures on the same shelves, though Iwith distaste.

I've yet to experience the dilemma of having a 6" figure of a character released that has only been released at 7" before (like a clock king). I suspect I would bite at that.
 
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Damien said:
I don't really know how subjective it even is. They won't look anything alike. Thereby, they are not compatible by any metric -except- "I don't care that they're not compatible." Which is FINE, don't get me wrong. But I don't see what the value in the question is, then. They're obviously going to look wildly different.
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We are talking about what is essentially art here. The question about whether or not two pieces of art are "compatible" is entirely subjective. So, in spite of your very strong take on the matter (and my sincere condolences to your family if you happen to run across a hill where old and new ML figures are within the same vicinity), it is still just an opinion, as are the metrics each person uses to make such an evaluation.

I care that an 8" Power Girl figure looks ridiculous next to a 7" Batman (arguably in the same style). however many others don't care, or a least they can live with it. I may not care that two figures that are in relatively the same scale vary in style to some (as yet to be determined) degree, while others will tolerate no such difference. It doesn't mean one of us cares and the other doesn't, it just means we weigh the criteria one would generally evaluate to make a very subjective decision such as this differently.

So in short, this entirely subjective, opinions differ, and we fundamentally disagree on the nature of the question, but (IMO) that is ok.
 
What you're describing is not subjective. If two characters are 6' tall, but one figure is 8" and one figure is 5" - those are not compatible products. They're just NOT. So again, it comes back to what's subjective being whether you care if they're compatible, not whether they -are- compatible.
 
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