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04-10-2021, 02:17 PM
Steevy Maximus
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That’s what I wanted, too...but I have to believe their research arm thinks that kids want 6”, not 4”. Hard to say if that’s really true or not, because the market is saturated with 6” and hardly any 4”, aside from Fortnite. If kids don’t have much of a choice, of course they’ll choose 6”.
It’s why 60s/70s kids chose 12”, and 80s/90s kids chose 4”.
In the absence of options, kids will get what is available. I wanted my superhero figures in the 90s to be the same size and articulation as GI Joe. They weren’t. But that didn’t stop me from getting numerous Batman and Marvel figures (who were, themselves, distinctly different in style and function).
I’m INCLINED to say at least part of the reason for the 6” preference is because it allows the “kid line” to be complementary to the “collector line”. I doubt Akiko will get a “kids version”, so being in scale allows the few kids that get into the line hard to compliment each segment with characters from the other. And to be honest, I dig the two kids line Storm Shadows a LOT more than the “proper” movie version in Classified.
But scale is cyclical in the toy industry. 4” is making an impact thanks to Fortnite, Batman/DC, and Halo. 6” holds almost all the collector lines, plus kid compliments like WWE, Power Rangers, Marvel and now GI Joe.
Who knows, though. Maybe we’ll get some new 4” Joe line next year once the brand re-establishes itself. Maybe Classified will just putter along with the kids lines being little spurts here and there. We’ll just have to wait and see.
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Has anyone else noticed how the Scarlett head from the 6" kids movie line looks a lot like the Retro Scarlett head. Did they just shrink that head down for the retro head? Weren't the movie figs supposed to come out before the W2 Retro line?
In all reality, Hasbro largely makes universal CAD files and adjusts them as needed. The AMAZING new Boba Fett figures (both Black and Vintage Collection) are both based on the same sculpt files.
Hasbro likely just made a “Classic Scarlett” headsculpt, and then reused the file for both the Retro figure and Ninja Core figure.
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