Super 7 Ultimates Thread

I managed to snag the Thunder kittens during one of the BBTS S7 sales, and grabbed the deluxe Cheetara and Tigra, so I have the main Cats, and I have all of the main 'Hawks, so I'd like to round out the "universe" so to speak with the Tigersharks crew. That said, I am NOT paying full price for them.
That said, I wouldn't mind the leader, Mako, I think it was.
Orca and Dolphin dudes, old Walrus man, fish girl and fish boy, and Octopus woman aren't required at those prices.
 
SalemCrow said:
I managed to snag the Thunder kittens during one of the BBTS S7 sales, and grabbed the deluxe Cheetara and Tigra, so I have the main Cats, and I have all of the main 'Hawks, so I'd like to round out the "universe" so to speak with the Tigersharks crew. That said, I am NOT paying full price for them.
That said, I wouldn't mind the leader, Mako, I think it was.
Orca and Dolphin dudes, old Walrus man, fish girl and fish boy, and Octopus woman aren't required at those prices.
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I'm hoping the Thunder kids go on discount. I was able to get the core four at like 45% off during a big sale, and all I really want are the two kittens and a cheap Snarf. Probably should get a Mum-Ra too just because.

Oh, I did get Bengali in the same super deep discount sale but I always loved his character design as a kid.

It's rough that the MOTU / TCats mashup have better ROM though.
 
Fletch and I are on the same page.

I fully understand the complaints and criticisms being made and it doesn't matter to me at all. I absolutely love MOTUC and so I love Ultimates sticking to that style whether or not its archaic.

I will continue to buy Ultimates as long as they continue to make characters I want... I have long said the Tiger Sharks top that list. If they can then offer Blackstar, Thundarr, Herculoids, etc I would continue to buy as long as they made them.
 
PantherCult said:
Fletch and I are on the same page.

I fully understand the complaints and criticisms being made and it doesn't matter to me at all. I absolutely love MOTUC and so I love Ultimates sticking to that style whether or not its archaic.

I will continue to buy Ultimates as long as they continue to make characters I want... I have long said the Tiger Sharks top that list. If they can then offer Blackstar, Thundarr, Herculoids, etc I would continue to buy as long as they made them.
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I was thinking about this and I wonder how much of it has to do with Super7 themselves?

I mean as a Joe collector myself I see lots of collectors chomping at the bit for O-ring figures, or SW fans seemingly loving the new "Retro" figures. Both are old, outdated figure forms, and overpriced for what they are in today's market. However they still get lots of love so why does the Ultimates design (as you mentioned based off the MOTUC design) garner so much more vitriol?

Again it is more of a rhetorical question because I have read the post/comments, and I mostly understand the sentiments.
 
I know it's rhetorical but for me it's been (aside from Thundercats and Silverhawks, so maybe that bodes well for Tigersharks) their inability to seal the deal on teams of characters, and the price point. I don't want to spent $65 a figure and be left with an incomplete roster. A lot of my beef would go away if they were priced closer to NECA and hadn't left us hanging on teams. Their animated D&D figures are actually better than what Hasbro itself put out, but it's a bummer to get two of a very small crew of characters and not have the full cast. And who knows, I've wanted Tigersharks since I was like, nine years old, they may very well get me with these anyway.

And to be fair, I'm just as annoyed at McFarlane for abandoning casts of characters (Witcher! Vox Machina!) but those figures were half the price and at least in the Witcher stuff, twice as articulated. (I won't get myself started on the Jake Skelington arms and legs on the VM stuff.)

I actually do like the lil 5POA ReAction figures but I don't know that they were ever worth $20 a pop. I went NUTS and bought a ton of them like 75% off last year when Target and BBTS had fire sales though.
 
It's that O-ring and reAction stle is a throwback to 40 year old technology that people justify as bringing them back to childhood simplicity, whereas Ultimates are a style that has been consistently released for the last 17 years without innovation or change, so it doesn't qualify for a nostalgia pass.
 
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