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Anonymous Thu 26 Feb 2026 22:29:48 No.11723903 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>11723925 >>11723941 >>11723942 >>11724043 >>11724192 >>11724326 >>11724349

McFarlane Toys is reducing their points of articulation for new articulated figure lines like the NHL line. Your thoughts?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 26 Feb 2026 22:59:03 No.11723925 Report

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>>11723903
So, mcfarlane can do proportions right.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 26 Feb 2026 23:12:58 No.11723941 Report

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>>11723903
No company should be attempting to even sell figures to collectors if they don't have pinless joints and face printing. The likenesses are not there on any of their figures.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 26 Feb 2026 23:17:05 No.11723942 Report

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>>11723903
Even with all the joints in the world, McFarlane's stuff felt like crap to move. It's better for him at least to have less joints if it means better sculpt.

............but looking at that pic, it seems we're getting the worse of both options.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 00:52:50 No.11724015 Report

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>>11723942
The headsculpt looks especially garish. It seems like they just put out training sculpts for new sculptors as finished products.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 01:30:50 No.11724043 Report

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>>11723903
I don't think most of the people willing to buy these care about super articulation, I really don't think there is that much overlap between the action figure collector community and average sports memorabilia fans

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 01:39:39 No.11724061 Report

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Beyond the horrid headsculpts. No deco on sticks and skates, and no visor really holds these back. Their statues have them. I guess kids wouldn't care about those things.

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Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 02:32:01 No.11724098 Report

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I see why you're concerned, but relatively speaking these are actually more articulated than most his sports figures.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 03:36:01 No.11724185 Report

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>>11724098
I thought he only did statues before now of sports stuff, or maybe like a couple swivels at the arm to be a staction with a couple possible poses.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 03:39:05 No.11724192 Report

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>>11723903
Hockey has the smallest sport fanbase in North America so seeing it get actual articulated figures is just a strange choice to me

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 04:14:36 No.11724228 Report

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>>11724192
Because re-use is the easiest. Everyone is fully covered, no tattoos or any exposed skin to deal with, everyone looks like they have the same build under all those pads, etc.

But holy hell these look cheap. The sculpts look so damn soft and the paints on the faces is horrible.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 04:33:12 No.11724246 Report

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>>11724185
They will get like one or two cut joints that almost seem to be a result of construction, if anything.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 04:34:11 No.11724247 Report

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>>11724061
He looks like he's farting

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 06:12:34 No.11724319 Report

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don't know if its still the case, but years ago the sports stuff wasn't even made in-house by mcfarlane. they just brought it to market from some other company, like a hasbro/takara thing

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Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 06:15:39 No.11724325 Report

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>why doesn’t McFarlane make some NFL guys on his shitty DC buck?
lol this was just a few weeks ago. Todd lurks, confirmed.
baby steps I guess. I hate hockey but I’m not surprised a Canadian would choose that first. in all honesty, he could do exactly what I suggested—use his DC body for NFL players—and they would be the best sports figures ever made, that’s how low the bar is here

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Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 06:17:37 No.11724326 Report

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>>11723903
You mean they're finally giving their sports lines joints already? What took them so goddamn long?

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Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 06:33:01 No.11724336 Report

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>>11724326
he’s done it once before
went well

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 06:38:46 No.11724339 Report

Quoted By: >>11724349

lmao rn

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 06:51:48 No.11724349 Report

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>>11723903
>>11724336
>>11724339
>Subjectautist defends this

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