>>11157004The thing is, it felt from the start like they could have cut costs without making the toys look like shit. This was their first try at making action figures, and you can tell by how much extraneous baggage they have. Possibly the most wasteful multi-layered funky-shaped box I have ever seen for a single action figure, with multiple vacuformed trays taped into an inner cardboard tray, embossing, gloss spot coating, and a pointless slipcover (just an environmental nightmare). Dupes of accessories, both painted and unpainted, one set on a big-ass sprue just to mimic the 80s gimmick. Overly large scale that nobody asked for, and ensured that beefier designs like Wingnut would go even FURTHER above the already high price point. Slash is a nice toy, but he feels like a fucking brick in my hand, and Rocksteady is as tall as two of the Playmates figures stacked up. It just wasn't necessary to do this. This same large scale would make for ludicrously priced vehicles and playsets to match. It's just a mess. And I say this as an owner of most of the TMNT line. I won't be getting rid of mine or anything, I like them enough, but man did S7 screw up in so many ways.
I've been with them since they were a tiny sofubi shop nobody had heard of. When they suddenly announced out of nowhere that they were going to try making action figures, with zero prior experience, I was astonished how many huge companies were willing to take a chance on them.
