New Toys!

Alrighty, then. So, Fantastic 4, The Movie, will suck or... has sucked, whichever tense is correct, but the toys are kinda cool.

I love picking up my toys in person. It's easier to judge if they're totally cool or incredibly lame. John Crichton and Farscape, et al figures, for instance. Not fun. Pretty to look at. Not fun to play with, not unless you're good at emoting by levering your arms up and down--without your hands falling off. Sad. But, pretty to look at. I'd probably gotten them anyway, but geez, would a few more points of articulation have hurt?

To date, the only worse toys I've picked up were the Smallville figs. True, I only coveted Lex, but had I known he had barely more than a single point of articulation (not counting the brain), I may not have purchased him. Although, he's all unbearably cute leaning up against John, with Flash leaning up against him. You'd think as stiff as he is, he could stand on his own, but his poor feet are too... elegant. Of the three of them, only John can stand on his own-- another point for John, I guess.

Now I have toybiz' latest. A couple of figs from the incredibly bad FF4 movie. I usually pick up the chicks from figure collections--they normally have the fewest number in the series, but--no luck--Invisible Woman, already out of stock! And she looked COOL *pout*

I snatched up Mr. Fantastic, because he had a 'subtitle' of all things; and Thing, who is totally brawny. Thing's foot is bigger than Reed's head, which looks horribly idiotic perched on top of an elogated neck. Seriously, it's practically obscene. I swear, this is the first action figure I've ever had to have because he looked SO lame! But, seriously. 42 points of articulation! hehe "With Snap-On Bendy Attachments"! hehe *snort*

Hm. I want to take Mr. Fantastic out of the box and bend his attachments, but being a 'serious' collector, I just can't--hehe--I wonder how tall he is with all the bendy torso bits snapped on. I keel me.

posted by Ally 5/29/2005 03:47:00 PM