>>7315920>Subjectanonsince you brought it up, can you give me a tl;dr on this meme? I've seen people call each other that before (e.g in star wars threads). Where does the name "Subject" come from? Is this guy a tripfag? Not an expert on /toy/ culture
Anyway I see your point now that you've expanded upon it further, but wouldn't you say a line kind of needs a definitive replacement for it to be "dated"? Furthemore, I don't think there are any correct set of priorities when it comes to integrating articulation because it really varies from toyline to toyline or figure to figure. I mean, ok revoltech spider-man for example, you can go crazy with it because it's a skintight suit anyway, you already know you're going to damage the appearance one way or another, you KNOW the articulation will be clearly visible. But then, someone might prefer a hot toys Spider-man because they don't want to see the joints. Which one of them is supposed to set the standard? That's one problem, they're going for two different things at different pricepoints. Second, no one wants the old Revoltech Spiderman anymore, because like you said, there are better Spider-man figures on the market (and they're from the same manufacturer). Well what about decade old Halo figures? There's no market there. Third problem is, take an armored Halo guy for example, some collectors might prefer pic related because it can do more complex poses, but I don't like it because it comes at a cost to the appearance. It doesn't look like there's a human inside the suit anymore. I want the articulation to be hidden inside the armor as much as possible since it's possible to do, I don't care if it comes at a cost. Now, let's say a japanese company could achieve this even more intelligently in 2019 and do a better job than mcf? Great likeness with all the latest engineering tricks and no cost to the appearance? Great, but what are the odds of them getting the license for some old video game? None. Know what I mean?
