>>9732399McFarlane has been making reasonably good joint decisions lately. Most of his figures hit all the bare minimum checkmarks to count as super articulated, and some even have better than expected joints (read: better range and/or design than Marvel Legends, which I think of as the baseline watermark to meet when it comes to US toys). You kind of sound like you're not familiar with his recent figures and are just parroting criticisms from back when he made staction figures or his shitty "babby's first step" phase while he was making the Walking Dead line. This is a bad pic but just look at his recent Genestealer for example. Range of motion is so good it can curl way up into itself like a shrimp. Real working digitigrade legs, none of that cheating shit with one permanently bent leg segment. All four arms fully jointed and working. This thing's joints are so nutso I can literally make it lick the ground while still standing flat on its feet. That's a rare feat.
Being that he's making smart joint decisions lately for the most part, yes, I could see him starting to try to innovate within that realm. Right now he's kind of doing well for himself, making large, well-articulated figures with relatively complex paintjobs and washes, for cheaper than Hasbro's 6 inch offerings. If he can improve his joint engineering and pick up some more appealing licenses, he just might give Bandai a run for their money. McFarlane once brought the US toy industry to its knees in the 90s, he could potentially do it again if he really works hard at it.
