Yeah overall they look like giant toys because of the plastic bodies etc but most of Enterbay 1/4 scale head sculpts look really life like. I think it is more like they feel like big toys rather than what they look like as their size looks more impressive if they can be put in realistic poses.
I think the key word here is "giant" toys, since you are right both are toys no matter what scale they are at.
I would say when you handle them you feel like your handling something a child would handle because they are so big, thus they feel more like kids toys due to their size, if that makes sense?
Yeah that is how I felt to, they are difficult to get into realistic poses IMO. I found it much easier to get 1/6th figures in more realistic poses than 1/4 scale ones. They just feel very weird to handle IMO, however, I am not trying to persuade any one else, I can just see where shadowfla is coming from.
You will probably understand what both shadowfla and I mean when you own one if you do not own one already.