McFarlane Toys General Video Games (Fallout, Diablo, etc.)

Reminds me I need to buy that Crash Bandicoot figure that's out there by whomever. I'm in for Twisted Metal, though I hope it's the game and not the show. Honestly, I feel like 1/18th scale figures AND vehicles would be right up JoyToy's alley. I'm in for at least Sweettooth in whatever form he takes so long as it doesn't suck. I have no idea how Todd's going to do Axel, the guy trapped between two giant monster truck tires. Thankfully most of these games are newer so I don't need much of anything from them. I'd forgotten that Todd was doing Diablo, as they seems like a property he's uniquely attuned for.

I just wish someone would finally make some d@mned Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 figures. Although my wallet hopes no one ever does. Dino Crisis figures could be fun as well.
 
You could, and we can talk about how the majority of NECA discussions are about unfinished lines or half hearted attempts or missing some critical detail that upsets fans because nostalgia isn't always enough. But I'll beat you to the counter with my own, in that Super 7 gets a lot of complaints and then the second they pull some obscure license that you have for remember from a commercial that one time you were in a hotel in a different time zone and discovered a cartoon you'd never heard of, everyone's on board to buy a complete wave fully knowing you're getting hosed on quality and price.

So it could go either way.

Sony has a weird curated nostalgia driven by their acknowledged internal checklist for single player narratives across their workhorse first party studios. I love Sly Cooper and I think it's really stupid they haven't remastered any of it or repackaged it to make it accessible.

Put your own point was that Spin Master probably had their arms tied if this is Sony's decision, and I was just saying yes, Sony doesn't like to acknowledge a lot of those older franchises. They are like the anti Nintendo, while at the same time, both companies make arcane decisions about what we're supposed to want.

So the short version is I agree with you in the desire, but it's just not a thing I would expend any of my manifestation mutant powers on.
 
If McFarlane utilise their megafig scale to do some of the bigger characters in God Of War, or even stuff like a bloater for Last of Us and enemy bugs for Helldivers, I could see there being merit in them taking a whack. I'm mostly only interested in GOW so I damn well hope they'd be doing the full saga and not just Norse. All these years and we've really only had variations of Kratos and a few poorly articulated adversaries - it's time we saw properly articulated satyrs, gorgons, harpies, all of it.
 
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Ugh, I guess a McFarlane Nathan Frake can’t be worse than the half assed Neca one. I wish Spinmanster had been able to get that second wave out!
 
Okay, that Arthas looks pretty cool. Blizzard properties like Warcraft, Diablo, and Starcraft play to McFarlane's strong suits, which are the more detailed and gritty fantasy figures. And I'm not as concerned about articulation with a big suit of armor like that.

I'd say I'm a big enough fan of that design to get him as a standalone figure and not have to worry about a whole line. Although I could not resist an Illidan.
 
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Oh man, that Neca Drake was a partial disappointment for sure. With how small he was next to other figures, the neutral head sculpt being a miss in hand, and the TOTAL whiplash between prototype and final paint jobs. Yuck.
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After seeing the Lich King I had to do some size comparisons.

Then, after I left the locker room, I went to look at my toys.

*Beat*

Putting my death knight and Sylvanas up against the Doom Slayer Medieval Edition, that would be too small. Kickstarter medieval Spawn, I could do business with it but it's not ideal. The Fallout power armor would also work, and is the much fatter bigger brother of the three goats here.

But maybe he'll surprise me and it will be a different height and bulk. I don't recall seeing any photos that gave any good comparisons with existing figures.
 
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Oh man, that Neca Drake was a partial disappointment for sure. With how small he was next to other figures, the neutral head sculpt being a miss in hand, and the TOTAL whiplash between prototype and final paint jobs. Yuck.
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Not to mention the rubber shirt, rubber crotch overlay, and the thick chunky legs. I remember waiting so long. For that figure to come out and then it couldn’t hit any convincing poses.
 
It is not accurate, but close enough of a kit bash with the Sole Survivor armor. I will weather it and take a Gundam pen to all the grommets and buttons and bullets.

The boots and shin guards on the Sole Survivor are new and molded, which I did not expect from the shin guard. Unfortunately, the blues are different and it jumps out at me, otherwise I would have just done a leg swap.

I also thought it was interesting that the sole Survivor is a unique head sculpt that does not have the faceplate system and the hair is entirely glued down. I wanted to meet halfway with Lucy's ponytail and try to swap, but that sucker is glued down more than I care to exert effort.

I'm looking at my Ciri and wondering if I could pop that hair off and paint it. But it's rubber and that never really paints well. And it's not accurate anyway.

I would really love a ponytail solution. I don't know if we will get one, but just as Spawn was missing accessories and Zatanna has two portraits and possibly swappable hair at some point because she also has that peg, I Want to Believe that there is a cheap Elite reissue coming with Lucy with a ponytail possibly in the tank top or open jacket.

There's no reason for the swappable hair with the way the face plates work. Surely they were going to do two hair options.

Does anyone know of a McFarlane character with a holster? I might just grab something off a Joe since she's smaller and thinner, but I'm curious.
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