Hasbro appreciation thread.

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Yeah, bar the shrunken heads, the little Ree Yees & Doallyn are great.

As far as those Black series figures go, once you get familiar with what's on the way, it's navigable. Besides, while the motifs are pretty uniform, the 6" figures are in more of a collector style box, whereas the 4" basic line is just the standard blister card with J hook deal. The 5POA ones or 'Mission Series', are 4" dude.

I'll admit, I've been less concerned with posting over at RS, because I simply don't enjoy the discussion over there anymore. It used to be great when we had Toonimator, Since1978, yourself, Difabio & a few others mixing it up over there.. but it's not the same anymore.

 

[Pixelpiper]

On a Rebelscum-related note… Does the Wedge Collection thing still exist? In 1999 I had my entire collection entered there and I'd love to be able to grab that data. Though I don't know if I'd be able to find my login info.

 

[a-dev]

Laughably small headsculpts. First thing I and seemingly everyone else noticed. Makes you wonder how they actually reached Toyfair like this.

 

[Matt S]

Ok, this picture kills me...View attachment 99501

Anyone remembers the EU version of Anakin with his shirt off? They handled the arms excellently back in the day. This speaks volumes as to the lack of quality that is Hasbro currently

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Yeah, the golden era of nicely sculpted / articulated 3.75" SW figures is slipping away, sadly.

That new Dagobah Luke could've been a stellar figure. As you say Matt, there are existing parts that show how when Hasbro execute something nicely, they do it well. They're muddying the waters now; forcing Marvel universe / G.I Joe articulation into a line that was perfectly fine without it.

The good thing though, is that we can still kitbash a nice Dagobah Luke with older parts - & maybe a couple bits from this figure.

 

[FLOSI]

Have you guys seen the horrible new Yoda figure? WTF is that?? It's a OT Yoda with the PT cane... weird and sloppy.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Was there a recent redefinition of the word "appreciation" that I wasn't made aware of?

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Yeah, the thread title should reflect our love / hate relationship with Hasbro.

 

[FLOSI]

It's a little tough to appreciate this:

Unless that's part of the new ET action figure line.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

With that huge carry bag - he looks like Wal-Mart Yoda.

 

[Matt S]

Yeah, their quality is low now; kinda glad, cause the line was getting expensive........I haven't bought a 3 3/4" since the super stellar Gammorean Guard wave...hard to believe that was the same company

 

[The Chev]

A few of the Black Series figures look pretty good. Other than that, quality is low I agree.

 

[icruise]

I really only collect Hasbro in conjunction with my Jabba collection anymore (and I was never a huge Hasbro collector to begin with). But I'll have to say that I'm pretty excited for the 6" scale Black Series Jabba that's going to be coming out. It sure looks like their best Jabba ever (by a considerable margin). Rumor has it that the SDCC version will include the throne and salacious crumb.

 

[a-dev]

My god that Dagobah Luke is staggeringly bad. Mind you they always were pretty inconsistent at blending joints in their figures. Some could be great, others in the same space of time could be awful. But that Luke has to be a new low. Thankfully their OTC version is still good and didn't need to be remade in the first place. Headsculpts weren't amazing but then at this scale they typically wouldn't be.

Hoping they increase the head size on Doallyn and Ree Yees. Those are almost the only 2 new figures I have any interest in.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

My god that Dagobah Luke is staggeringly bad. Mind you they always were pretty inconsistent at blending joints in their figures. Some could be great, others at the same space of time could be awful. But that Luke has to be a new low. Thankfully their OTC version is still good and didn't need to be remade in the first place. Headsculpts weren't amazing but then at this scale they typically wouldn't be.

Hoping they increase the head size on Doallyn and Ree Yees. Those are almost the only 2 new figures I have any interest in.

Well said - agreed.

 

[TheFiend]

It's a little tough to appreciate this:

Unless that's part of the new ET action figure line.

Yeah, that thing is horrendous. He has a tiny head too. The PT cane is weird.

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[VintijDroidGutzz]

Looks more like Pat Morita than anything.

 

[K07]

PotF2 may have been ugly and the Kenner Collection dated, but at least they were least consistent in style and quality in their respective lines. These newer lines have been all over the place. It's amazing to me that the OTC (12 years old?!) had a way better Luke and Yoda to offer than this crap. Why even bother making this stuff if it's not an improvement?

Anyone know the best way to sell off a huge collection of toys? I'm helping my dad sell our collections off. I want all the PotF2 and handful of figures from later lines for my kids and display purposes, but most of it has to go. It doesn't seem like it'd sell. Everyone that wants it has it. Everyone that doesn't have it can get newer, more detailed, and more accurate versions of the same characters.

 

[Pixelpiper]

I want a few figures from the 2000's but primarily Snowtroopers and Hoth Rebel Troopers for my diorama. I stopped collecting maybe around late 1999, or 2000 and at that time I was missing very little of the 3.25" line. Unfortunately the only record I have of everything is stuck somewhere on the Wedge Collection Engine. I'd really hate to do a new inventory now. I'd love to get rid of duplicates to thin out the store requirements.

 

[a-dev]

Yeah, that thing is horrendous. He has a tiny head too.

That seems to be a thing with Hasbro right now. I thought they'd put that POTF2 attribute behind them.

And the softgoods look stupid as usual.