>>8662841Black Series will never have the sheer fun factor that the 3.75 has. You have a catalogue of compatible figures dating back to like, 1995. 1977 to 95 is a bit different, with diff pegholes and the old kenner style, but in 1995 to like, what, 2011? there was a figure made of pretty much every motherfucker in star wars. that's what made it fun. you could buy the cantina guy that no one wanted and give him the coolest backstory you could think of, because in the movies, he was just a cantina background guy. you get to enter the world a bit more, with the vehicles, playsets, etc. it's something black series will never achieve because they're stuck in this "collector scale". vehicles like the BMF, the at-at, the slave 1, the upcoming razor crest, are sights to behold and landmarks in the toy industry. even the little shit, like the $20-$40 ships of old (granted, they now go for like, $80 retail), were insanely detailed for kids toys and very high quality.
with the tvc line just now becoming Unfucked by hasbro (besides their piss poor distribution which plagues most of their products), there is not a better time than right now to get into this line. you can get the TVC clone wars obi wan and anakin for like, $15 a pop and these figures used to command hundreds. Black series will always play catchup while if some motherfucker who was in the background of episode 2 appears in the mandalorian you can just go get the episode 2 release of the figure for your display. 3.75 star wars defined the toy industry for a long ass time, to a point where other lines were scaling their stuff so kids would be inclined to buy it, because they went together. you can see how this kinda goes with the whole "everything is 6 inch" plague in the industry today, but 3.75 has so much character to it that it just felt different. it's just not the same. you won't get perfect articulation with like ankle rockers and fuckin butterfly joints but you're going to get a fun figure.
