If it was about the bigger picture and 3.75 in general, the TVC crowd wouldn't have chanted 5poa is not ok until the basic 3.75 collection died out and all that was left was TVC after they refused to support anything else.
Which is a shame. A lot of those 5 POA figures they released were awesome. I liked the force link Fett, Vader, RO Stormtrooper, Tie Pilot, AT-AT Driver, etc. way more than the super articulated ones.
That’s another problem, most collectors in this community have a really jaded and narrow view of what a toy/figure should be. It’s like, if it isn’t specifically a super articulated “vintage collection” style figure, then it shouldn’t be made. In their eyes, every figure needs to be like this,
So now because of this, there is only ONE line for that scale and that is TVC. TVC is synonymous with 3.75 and there is no going back.
I actually miss the days where Kenner/Hasbro experimented a bit with the format. I know collectors don’t like “gimmicks” but I loved things like the GUNNER STATIONS where you had an all new figure and they came with a cockpit section like the Falcon cannons or Darth Vader’s TIE. The figures were cool, the action feature made sense and you were getting a piece of a vehicle that couldn’t really be incorporated into the actual vehicle feasibly. I’d love to see more of that, especially for things like Mandolorian.
While I love articulation, I don’t think it’s end all be all. Hammerhead doesn’t need balljointed elbows and Ephont Man doesn’t need knees and softgood clothes. I know I’m in the minority but some of these “premium TVC” figures are pretty ghastly looking to me. Like take Jango Fett or Boba Fett for instance. I have NOT been impressed with any of their recent offering for them where they make them super articulated with soft goods, ball joints, removable helmets, etc. They look ugly to me. Their proportions are weird, especially the legs and any human that has a balljointed neck.
To me, something like that 5 POA forcelink Boba Fett with it’s superior sculpt or the 300th POTJ Boba Fett in that cool rifle proposed rifle stance are much nicer and more aesthetically pleasing representations of Fett than TVC Fett. Same for Jango. Those Saga versions of Jango are awesome. Back in the day they nailed the paint applications perfectly. The silver armor, the grey/blue look then the accompanying gimmick for whatever scene he was in. There were three in particular that always stood out. The one, I think it was called Kamino escape, where he had the removable helmet and rocket firing jet pack, was a great toy. The Slave 1 Pilot where he was in a neutral stance and had the cool headset and quick draw feature was awesome. Then of course there was that Final Battle one that had that cool flamethrowing pose (with launching flame) and the magnetic head that could be lobbed off by Mace Windu. Each one had great sculpts and proportions, representing a key scene from or action from the movie. All without a button or an obtrusive lever in their back. If you had those three, you were pretty much set for that character.
Now, people just want everything to adhere to this ball jointed, neutral stanced ideal, on a vintage throw back card
Then anything different that isn’t that specifically is considered “going backwards” and not up to par. It’s far too restrictive.
Everyone’s favorite Farmboy Luke seems to be that Resurgence pack version
because it super articulated. To me, those Farmboy Lukes that were coming out in the early 2000s like “playing with model T-16” Luke or “searching for R2” Luke or “training on the Falcon” Luke are much better.
There is a clear cut difference between liking more and what these people are doing. Star Wars collectors have been getting their ?Parker? and ?Brett? moments for well over 30 years now.
