[Baltan II]

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Originally Posted by timothyR

certain characters and body types aren't going to afford you the articulation you'd want.. take godzilla or the kaiju, they've got thick, large, heavy bodies.. you're not going to get super articulation with them.. elbows aren't going to bend all the way and they're certainly not going to achieve any spider-man type poses.. nor should they though. if you watch the movies, these creatures are rarely/never in dynamic positions. they're big bruiting beasts that lumber along. i don't expect the figures to be any different.

I think I've seen more than enough monster shows and movies to know that these creatures don't move the same way Spider-Man would, but it doesn't mean the toys have to always 100% be slavish to that detail either. I like having the option to do the impossible, fun and silly things as I do replicating scenes from the movies. Different toylines all have their degrees of favoring either articulation or sculpture over the other, with nerd Hummels like the Mezco Walter White on one end of the spectrum and modular toys like Stikfas on the other that embrace a simplified aesthetic and put everything else into freedom of movement.

It also works in favor of a franchise like Godzilla, where figures of all kinds have existed for decades, that a couple lines out there take a few extra chances with articulation. We've had little to no movement since the days of Bullmark and Aurora model kits in the '60s and 70s, so there's room for making some changes now. Not all franchises have that luxury.

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Originally Posted by timothyR

and after watching pixel dans interview with the neca guy, he knows that the first waves weren't very good, that's why they've come up with a new and improved mold for gypsy danger coming out in the future, and it's also why the kaiju since wave one, have gotten larger.

Yeah, I would expect someone from NECA would know when their figures particularly suck and when they're improving. I don't think I understand the point you're getting at here. The Walmart fiasco compounded issues and is common knowledge now (of course... not before Series 1 came out).

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Originally Posted by timothyR

i don't see any problems with neca figures that almost every other company has with their own. so i'm not sure how neca can be singled out on this.

NECA is being discussed in a NECA toy thread, not singled out. There is most certainly a discussion to be had about MonsterArts or Revoltech kaiju in a similar manner. All three have room for improvement and have grown from experiences.