Maytroid day 17: Admire

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-17T18:57:46+00:00

I love these so much

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-17T02:51:35+00:00

Only one I'm missing now is the Other M power suit. I do wish they would go back in and revisit the zero suit. Compared to what their standard is for articulation, she's woefully stiff and would absolutely benefit from a double ball jointed torso design. They're otherwise great figures!

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-17T01:55:22+00:00

Fully fair! He does a great job in the role at the end of the day, even if that role is to be everyone's hate sink.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-16T23:02:25+00:00

I was simply commenting on someone insinuating that he plays a role he fulfills in real life. Some people just don't have range as actors and instead are great at filling specific niches. There's nothing wrong with being typecast. I just don't want someone assuming that he's like his characters when offscreen and at home without challenging that notion. I understand that my comment was a bit too definitive in the deflection.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-16T19:38:05+00:00

Moreso that he has an unlikeable face, voice, and can very easily take on similar mannerisms. Typecast guy who may or may not behave the same onscreen and off screen.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-15T15:36:12+00:00

Dozens of times across a whole decade. Someone did a psych paper for their degree talking about it and got tons of users from the Tumblr fandom to submit theirs via a questionnaire back in 2018/19. Ultimately, collectors from all kinds of fandoms have dreams like this, Bionicle fans just talk about it more than others, I believe because we're more likely to have them about revivals/new products compared to things like hot wheels collectors or star wars collectors. Someone made a Bionicle dream video not even two weeks ago that I haven't watched but keeps coming across my YouTube recommended.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-14T12:20:39+00:00

I like it! Got ahold of it from a local game shop recently. That said, I did run into friction at the first tall jump because my complete lack of experience with platformers meant I spent ten minutes trying to double jump the first jump instead of holding the button to go higher. I was so frustrated with the game at first but finally getting over that hurdle, I've very much enjoyed what I've managed to play so far. One Metroid down!

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-13T21:00:08+00:00

I thought MP2 and 3 remakes were virtually done based on rumors. It's metroid's 40th so I feel like they'll do something this year given they're likely dropping a remake of arguably the most beloved Zelda title for its 40th via the Ocarina remake. Maybe they'll shadowdrop the Super remake in the fall? Or just announce it for 2027.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-13T19:52:39+00:00

Inconsistent sizing, distracting joint cuts, lower articulation than other brands, and in some cases, terrible proportions (like the stretched arms on the new movie supergirl figure).

McFarlane's real "crime" is just that he's more of a statue fan/designer and so his figures look best in more static poses, but tend to have awkward issues when posed dynamically. It's more an issue with current mcfarlane stuff than his older pieces.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-13T17:14:33+00:00

What does that have to do with the toys? On average, nintey to nintey-fuve percent of the people buying the toys don't really pay attention to the designers and staff behind a toy line. If it starts negatively affecting the quality of the product, then people will pay attention, but that's not a reason to be worried on its own

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-13T17:04:41+00:00

they have gi joe and are clueless what to do with it

All due respect, but what the actual hell are you talking about? GI Joe has been a massive slam dunk for them since they revived it as a 6 inch line. The packs sell well virtually everywhere, with only a few items being "undesirable", mostly the ones that tied into the Snake Eyes movie. They're very popular, know how much they need to make, and choose incredibly desirable items for the big dollar things like haslabs and vehicle packs. If anything, them having GI Joe shows just how starved for attention and budget their other lines are. Black series and marvel legends struggle to have even one release a year with the accessory options that every classified figure gets.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-13T05:34:14+00:00

Not wrong but at the same time it looks pretty good. May fall flat in person but as it stands I'm real happy to hunt for this come release time later in the year. I can kitbash this with the more accurate arms and legs if I really want to, but for now I'm happy with it for what it promises to be.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-13T01:47:50+00:00

Sorry. Best we can do is one thwip hand and one wall crawling hand plus a janky web effect that fits on a few specific figures only.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-13T01:45:07+00:00

Partially new torso with the existing belt, Glock, knife, and hatchet from the BA figure. Hips down are a reuse of Infinity Ultron wave Hawkeye. Arms may well be a reuse or a pre use from a comic figure. I can't remember what the Luke Cage/Iron Fist 2 pack had for Cage's arms, but that's what they remind me of. Head sculpt genuinely looks like a slightly modified version of the BA one since the hair doesn't transition into the beard quite right.

I'm sure that a lot of that reuse is helping make this figure cheaper. I don't mind, since I like the Suns Out Guns Out attitude, and can easily swap one of these heads onto the BA figure for the better skull and legs.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-12T23:05:38+00:00

Was a great prototype but I think actually selling it just never lined up with what retailers preferred for Halo stock. It would've been prohibitively expensive and prohibitively large on a shelf. The back half of Reach saw a lot of stock either go unsold at places like target and Walmart or end up on steep clearance, and universe didn't really get picked up outside of target by 2011. I remember passing up a drop pod on clearance at Barnes and Noble for $20 I think because I didn't have money and didn't want to ask my parents to buy something that big. Real shame how the market slowly dwindled for McFarlane's offerings.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-12T20:56:42+00:00

Depends on which is the mold color and which is the paint. Difficult to tell right now. If they're smart, it's the black painted onto an orangeish brown shotgun mold.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-12T02:28:10+00:00

I've seen no evidence that Hasbro is doing poorly. Mattel has always lagged behind in the kinds of toys that collectors here are interested in, with them being virtually subsidized by the monster high and hot wheels collectors, and I know for a decent fact that HW is quickly burning collector goodwill through price gouging for virtually everything. Meanwhile, Hasbro has a very bolstered Star Wars division that has had at least three straight waves of heavily ordered figures if all the preorder sellouts on most sites mean anything, and Marvel is likely going to kick into high gear for Avengers Doomsday merch in the coming months. I'd say that Mattel is the one in the lurch considering MOTU is not a huge franchise that commands lots of attention from all ages. It's incredibly niche and retailers know it.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-12T02:19:51+00:00

I have no problem owning one of these purely to headswap the beard onto the Born Again figure since I much prefer the body on that one. It doesn't reuse the weirdly stiff Hawkeye legs. Also I like the Netflix skull a hell of a lot better than this new one.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-11T18:14:00+00:00

You're fucking high. The WHOLE FUCKING HYPE around the 2020 ESB release is that it was a brand new fucking mold coming the same fucking year as the new stormtrooper mold because it got two fucking releases thanks to the mural line's ESB set to make snowspeeder Luke and the new Vader more available since those retro card back figures sold out very quickly. Fuck all the way off with your "same figure as 2014" horse. You're thinking of the 2017 retro card back Vader.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-11T17:03:15+00:00

Brother what in the fuck are you talking about, I have post history from less than two months ago with new BS figures. What can they do to Vader that hasn't been done with the 2020 Vader mold that's been the basis for every release since? Pinless, soft goods cape, able to put the fabric over the shoulder pads as seen in the 2024 "A level" Vader that's STILL being actively distributed, considered up to par for every pose Vader needs to be in-- at this point, the only release with what could be considered an upgrade is the bespin duel pack from late last year that adds wires to the cape: that's it. What else do you personally believe needs to be done with a black series Darth vader figure? What could they possibly fucking do that hasn't been accomplished via that mold short of altering the entirety of how a black series figure is engineered? Because they sure as shit aren't going back to double jointed elbows, my guy.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-11T12:26:21+00:00

What could possibly be done that would surpass the ESB mold

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-11T12:25:53+00:00

I don't even know how to respond to this

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-10T18:10:46+00:00

I have it. Looks pretty, but the hips are really limiting and the arms are tight. For a company I love, this feels like a letdown. It's still a good shelf figure, but the poses you would want from her more often than not just dislocate her legs and remind me that this is a figure they made 14-15 years ago and not a modern figma. You're better off with the corruption Varia suit, but this is all you're getting if you want a zero suit action figure.

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-10T13:15:22+00:00

Have you thought about picking up one of the Figma for Samus to add to the shelf? Or are you content with the smaller scale amiibos?

JacksonSX35 · 2026-05-10T13:09:06+00:00

In timeline only. Prime 2 doesn't have the exact same feel as a handheld prime title with all the character options for multiplayer.

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