Medicom figures are only 10.5-11 inches in height.
and if you're saying that's 1/6 scale, then you're wrong.
1/8 scale is 9 inches.
1/6 scale is 12 inches.
10.5 MUST be 1/7 scale.
And not that I'm arguing that Medicom meant the fiugures to be 1.7,
Because I'm sure they just tried to make the scale a little more realistic than placing every figure at 6 foot tall. But then they got "lazy" and decided not to have different body versions in relation to height....
however I'm mainly disagreeing screaming metal's comment about Medicom starting the 1.6 craze.
it was actually the traditional vintage GI JOES that started the 1:6 craze...or mainly for adults.
They were nostaligic of the old GI JOE toys they had played with and they got back into it, like the fans of Star wars, etc.
21st Century toys was after GI Joe toys (i think) and then the better companies like DML(Dragon), BBI, and more, came out with better quality figures with better bodies, costumes, weapons, etc.
newline miniatures makes one of the best 1/6 scale realistic boots and footwear.
Then, I guess other companies like MEGO, Hasbro, and Mattel made some other celebrity or movie based 1/6 figures and Medicom picked it up to a greater quality like DML and BBI.
and sideshowcollectibles, should indeed have been up there.
I agree with that
I'm guessing the writer of that article was more entitled and knowledgable about the original 1/6 modeling history regarding military figures, and sideshow slipped by, even though sideshow does make a good deal of military figures as well.
