Another board posted pics of The Force Awakens Black series (fully articulated) 6" figures:
http://jediinsider.com/index.php?catid=8&itemid=16696I'm a casual Star Wars collector, but I have to mention something that was said by another collector. There was a toy podcast a while back that pointed out how Hasbro is trying to herd collectors into the 6" figure scale. I discussed this on another board and got this response. It applies to Mavel Legends vs. Marvel Universe figures, but it applies to Star wars as well:
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...I just can't see anyone being foolish enough to think that a mass migration could be stirred directly, let alone indirectly and without any proof of that being their mission statement. I mean without anything actually being said to that affect, you havta base those assumption on the MU line as being made so unattractive anymore, that it is not only driving people away from it but also into the arms of the LEGENDS scaled format - which...personally, as much as I'd want to defend either line, I find both presumptuous and insulting to the 1/18 scale community.
I mean if this line is faltering in quality, which it seems to be (I don't feel like its ever had the presence that it could've had), then that doesn't mean that defeated fans are just going to go...'Oh well, I'll buy Legends then, I guess'. That's too much of a presumption, its insulting and only half of the outcome is likely to be true - the half where fans say...'!@#$ this', and just quit the line. That's it. They're not gonna all succumb to some to mass-delusion where they all give in and allow Hasbro some consolation prize of their continued consumer loyalty for something they don't really want. WTF is that? They're just gonna blow off the line they wanted and..it'll die. Happens all the time...
I agree and so do a lot of people. Most of my collection is 1/6 or 1/18 (12" or 4") so why buy items that don't fit in with the majority of my collection? I'm not suddenly going to start buying Marvel Legends or Star Wars Black because there's nothing else.
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