Things you absolutely hate on action figures
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Action Figure ChatterThis are the things I most hate about figure:
Scale, like they make Rey Mysterio size of Undertaker, or Wolverine size of Sabretooth, there's no scale, there should be a norm about figure sizes, a 1 to 10 scale from figures to real persons, like 2 inches (5 cm) would match 20 inches (50 cm), that would so much better.
action buttons, like big large stuff on the back that you push to activate some stupid action like lifting one arm, that not only ruins the beauty of the figure, it also screws up the whole articulation points set up, plus it makes it more difficult to play with the figure, if you want it to do anything besides that particular action, and to top it all, after a while the action doesn't even work that well
Stupid articulation spots, like in joe fixit
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the wrist articulation, they could be just a little lower and it would be between arm and glove, smooth, but instead they break the arm, and it's not even a simple arm, it's all filled with muscle and veins, totally ruins the figure, when I bought the figure the coat was on, other wise I would have thought twice.
hidden detail in a stupid way, like most undertaker figures, that have Sarah written on the neck, then have the head in such manner you can barely read it.
that's all for now, tell me what you hate, and what you think about my hate list
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Posted by
MrGore on Friday, December 5, 2008
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-Nate-
Oh and those dumb "action" gimmick things. Which are lame.
-Nate-
NOT awesome.
Lack of articulation.
Bad body proportions.
Molded on accessories.
And by that I mean a big ugly piece of LUMP sticking out of an otherwise great figure.
-Nate-
Yay I saw some of them and they were very nice loocking.
-Nate-
2.Bad sculpt-looks bad
3.Hideous Marvel legends balljoint hips-there are ways to hide articulation and still keep the joint moving
4.Equally hideous balljoint shoulders-see above
5. Action features-The buttons are unsightly,they limit articulation and actually make a figure less fun.
6. Fabric on any figure smaller than 1/6-just looks odd
7. Grotesque female headsculpts-even Neca and Mcfarlane suffer from this occasionally. Male characters are generally better sculpted.
So concludes my pointless rant.
-Nate-
ML figures don't have any that should! Punisher, 1 or 2 guns, come on?!
-Nate-
I hate how my guns are all warped COMING OUT OF THE PACKAGE!!!!!!!!
I also hate on baf that the parts don't lock into place - you shouldnt have to drop some super glue in for it to lock in place and take the chance that it will ruin it and be stuck for ever
and you say mattel I say to hasbro also
I hate finding all but 2 pieces of a fff set or rulk
make all the pieces even ship to make even sets don't short pack spiral that is the one that everyone wants
who cares about absorbing man or docsamson
quit stocking the shelves with cheap undersized movie figures of the hulk - I would be ashamed to put that out hoping kids buy that I don't see a single kid looking at that crap
across the board all brands dc, marvel lcbh
make em all and imean all movie or not 6" base being the average of 6 foot
make the baf true - don't waste our time with ares who was the same size of crossbones or ronan
god I hated spending that kinda money for a figures I didn't want for one I could of made with a wrestler
start making some cosmic beings or inhumans or something else that is worthy of bad status
Warped or stuck joints.
Bad proportions.
Dumb accessories.
But at the same time they target different views of the same hero at different age groups, which makes sense but can still be a bit offensive taking all the characters back to their campy early days, it was fun but realistic isn't all that bad
Quite frankly I rly thought it was good for Superman to drop the "Up Up and Away" thing. AS well a certain some ones VERY campy catchphrase "Great Hera" but I'm not even gonna go there lmao
I don't care for stylized but no cartoony please! Anime and Manga are another story though
Figures WITH articulation but SCULPTED in a pose, it just really defeats the whole purpose of having action figures and statues seperate....
Poor articulation or dumb nuff said
Bulkychunkycruddy pieces that ruin a whole figure
Hard or dang near impossible to find.....
I could go on but dinners almost done
9. Deformations...gouges, warped spots, and the ever dreaded misplaced limbs/two left hands/two right hands/left hand on right arm/right hand on left arm, etc...(pick any combination).
8. Badly engineered or usless articlation. (sticky joints that break when you try to move them, articulation in stupid places, and articulation that alters the look of the character)
7. Ridiculous prices.
6. Cartoonish/unrealistic sculpts.
5. Having to buy a gazillion figures that you don't like or want to make a BAF, there should be a limit (5).
4. Lack of availible distribution, Yeah I'm talkin to you MATTEL! Get your act together!
3. Unskilled sculpts.
2. Lack of articulation. (I hate it when a figure is unposeable, or will not fit an accompanying vehicle or accessory, have to poop standing up, etc...)
1. Stupid 'action features'. (especially ones that alter the look of the character).