Why would you compare $17 Legends figure to a $100 Mezco? You get what you pay for... Ok now you should make another comment trying to compare a Mezco to a Hot Toy??? There’s always going to be levels to collecting.
Mezco One:12 Collective - (1:12 scale) Marvel Comics Figures
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Why would you compare $17 Legends figure to a $100 Mezco? You get what you pay for... Ok now you should make another comment trying to compare a Mezco to a Hot Toy??? There’s always going to be levels to collecting.
Someone was comparing with Marvel Legends so I responded to that.
$20 is still $20. Paying $20 for a Marvel Legend, for me, is throwing $20 by the window. It's just not worth it, neither financially or visually. I don't enjoy those figures.
I have collected figures ever since I was a kid, I have gone through various stuff. I loved poor action figures like Marvel Legends when I was a kid.
There was a time when I was into Hasbro, then McFarlane, then Neca, then Revoltech, Figma and even Figuarts. Then I discovered Hot Toys and my vision of toys changed. Those figures were so well done that I thought to myself "why invest $20 or $30 or even $50-$70 in figures that feel cheap compared to Hot Toys? Let's save all the money and space for Hot Toys figures".
Then came Mezco One:12 figures, and at first, I wasn't sure if it was totally worth it. I am still to this day comparing Hot Toys and Mezco figures. Hot Toys are the most realistic figures (by saying Hot Toys I also talk about Blitzway, ThreeZero and other brands doing incredible 1/6 figures) but the scale, in the long-term collecting, has become a problem for me. It takes too much space, I'm very worried about manipulating them too much and almost never toy with them (in that once I find the perfect pose, I almost never touch my Hot Toys again, I just stare at them).
Mezco are really liked Hot Toys but smaller. Of course you lose detail with such a small scale but in the end, I'm happier with Mezco figures. You often have an additional head with the figures, which Hot Toys hasn't done for a very long time. It just gives you more options. And they are more poseable globally, and I'm less stressed about posing them, they are very solid figures. And it makes you save a lot of space. But of course Hot Toys are still the best looking figs on the market.
So it's not really a matter of price in the end. It's a matter of what you prefer. Marvel Legends really does nothing for me. I respect those who still like and collect those figures but for me it's just not worth it.
Wow I googled Comicave and I had never heard of them. Thank you! 75% Diecast and light-up features, awesome. Their Hulkbuster looks incredible, how come had I not heard of this company! Do you own one of their Iron Man? I would love to see a pic of a Comicave Iron Man and a Mezco figure to compare the scale.
$20 is still $20. Paying $20 for a Marvel Legend, for me, is throwing $20 by the window. It's just not worth it, neither financially or visually. I don't enjoy those figures.
I have collected figures ever since I was a kid, I have gone through various stuff. I loved poor action figures like Marvel Legends when I was a kid.
There was a time when I was into Hasbro, then McFarlane, then Neca, then Revoltech, Figma and even Figuarts. Then I discovered Hot Toys and my vision of toys changed. Those figures were so well done that I thought to myself "why invest $20 or $30 or even $50-$70 in figures that feel cheap compared to Hot Toys? Let's save all the money and space for Hot Toys figures".
Then came Mezco One:12 figures, and at first, I wasn't sure if it was totally worth it. I am still to this day comparing Hot Toys and Mezco figures. Hot Toys are the most realistic figures (by saying Hot Toys I also talk about Blitzway, ThreeZero and other brands doing incredible 1/6 figures) but the scale, in the long-term collecting, has become a problem for me. It takes too much space, I'm very worried about manipulating them too much and almost never toy with them (in that once I find the perfect pose, I almost never touch my Hot Toys again, I just stare at them).
Mezco are really liked Hot Toys but smaller. Of course you lose detail with such a small scale but in the end, I'm happier with Mezco figures. You often have an additional head with the figures, which Hot Toys hasn't done for a very long time. It just gives you more options. And they are more poseable globally, and I'm less stressed about posing them, they are very solid figures. And it makes you save a lot of space. But of course Hot Toys are still the best looking figs on the market.
So it's not really a matter of price in the end. It's a matter of what you prefer. Marvel Legends really does nothing for me. I respect those who still like and collect those figures but for me it's just not worth it.
Wow I googled Comicave and I had never heard of them. Thank you! 75% Diecast and light-up features, awesome. Their Hulkbuster looks incredible, how come had I not heard of this company! Do you own one of their Iron Man? I would love to see a pic of a Comicave Iron Man and a Mezco figure to compare the scale.
Toonstrack
Freaked Out
Iron Man is up for $90 and surprisingly is slated for release this summer.
Also features die cast metal and light up reactor. Gonna wait til EE gets it.
Also features die cast metal and light up reactor. Gonna wait til EE gets it.
Toonstrack
Freaked Out
Yea its looking very solid, seems they adjusted the head and proportions and changed the base design too. Im gonna wait til I can get one for less than 90 but yea its looking very solid.
BurningRage
Super Freak
Up at BBTS.
Hellion
Super Freak
Man, Doc Strange just got bumped from January all the way to May wtf.
Makes sense think of the timing..IW releasing
agreed! don't get the Marvel Legends comparison when those are just $20 hasblow junk anyway
NosferatuBill36
Super Freak
Unless you were born in 2001, there is no way in hell you had action figures like "Marvel Legends" when you were a kid.
And while I like Hot Toys, too. Marvel Legends gives collectors a chance to get characters like Gladiator, the Prowler, Jim Lee Cyclops, etc. in plastic form; something will will NEVER happen with Hot Toys.
I didn't have "Marvel Legends" but figures that were close to them in quality, in the 90's. Batman figures from Kenner, Spider-Man figures... sure they didn't have as much articulations and joints but they were about the same level of mediocrity.
I understand your point on the variety of characters though, I understand this. But I prefer never having a character than having an ugly version. I'm pretty sure Mezco will give us many side characters in the future. They have access to a lot of Marvel and DC stuff, they could do a lot of X-men figures.
Me neither, selling cheap figures doesn't excuse anything : p
I understand your point on the variety of characters though, I understand this. But I prefer never having a character than having an ugly version. I'm pretty sure Mezco will give us many side characters in the future. They have access to a lot of Marvel and DC stuff, they could do a lot of X-men figures.
Me neither, selling cheap figures doesn't excuse anything : p
Just like Comicave, you’re not aware of what Hasbro is producing today. Comparing what was being produced today to what came out in the 90’s is like comparing Hot Toys to Hasbro 12” Figures.
The ML line is on fire right now. No way in he|| Mezco does the type of outliner deep dive figures they do. Just not physically possible.
The Mezco IM has very limited diecast:
Looks good but let’s not overstate it.
The ML line is on fire right now. No way in he|| Mezco does the type of outliner deep dive figures they do. Just not physically possible.
The Mezco IM has very limited diecast:
Looks good but let’s not overstate it.
SoGS
Super Freak
Super excited for this. Even with all the HT IM figures I'll be getting in this year, I think this will be the most fun of them all!
First Mezco figure. I plan for it to be my only one as I don't plan to collect HT and Mezco at the same time. But man... if I enjoy this too much I could be in trouble
First Mezco figure. I plan for it to be my only one as I don't plan to collect HT and Mezco at the same time. But man... if I enjoy this too much I could be in trouble
Well that's a lot of diecast parts in my book, very happy about this.
As for Hasbro/Marvel Legends, thank you but I know what they are doing : p I didn't know about Comicave but Marvel Legends is way more distributed and promoted, so many youtubers make reviews... I have a shop that I visit every week that stocks almost every single Marvel Legend that gets a release. I always have a look at them just for the fun of seeing what character they have released but I always tell myself it's not worth it. It's just low level quality. It's not that much better than what we had in the 90's on some figures except that there are more articulations and joints. But the paint job is poor and the older I get, the more I can't stand figures that are all plastic. I need cloth material on figures. Good cloth material of course.
I'm pretty confident that Mezco will go for some deep cuts of the Marvel and DC universes in the future. They already have released some semi-obscure characters, the line as it is right now is incredible.
I will say something nice about Hasbro: I'm very happy about the Jaina Solo figure. That's the only low quality figure I've bought in years. If I'm really objective, it's not that good, but it's almost as good as some SW Figuarts, for a very low price range. I always look at the latest releases from the Black Series which are most of the time absolute garbage, but when I saw Jaina in my toy shop, I was very surprised. She's really a much better figure than most of the recent Black Series releases (all of the SW 7 & 8 figures are garbage). I didn't think we'd ever get another Jaina Solo figure. Of course I would prefer Mezco to have the rights and do her full justice, but as it stands, I'm happy. I hope Hot Toys could give it a shot as they own the licence.
But really as for Marvel Legends, the line is terrible to me. I appreciate the roster but that's about it. There's not a single figure that got me into buying it, even Wolverine. It's like the most overestimated toy line out there, I'm always surprised by the great reviews they have online. I still watch some youtubers that review them for the fun of it, I love Toy Galaxy for example who does a wonderful job at it, I understand why he buys those figures and it's nice to see he's stuck with 100% plastic figures.
As for me, I've aged and I don't appreciate those cheap figures as I used to when I was a kid. I expect top quality.
snakeeyes171
Super Freak
Super excited for this. Even with all the HT IM figures I'll be getting in this year, I think this will be the most fun of them all!
First Mezco figure. I plan for it to be my only one as I don't plan to collect HT and Mezco at the same time. But man... if I enjoy this too much I could be in trouble
You will be in trouble, I love these better than hot toys as far as posing and playing. It fills less guilty, but hot toys is better
Jeez this might be a heavy piece to pose
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