Yeah, Tobey-Man doesn't look many scales above the third party stuff. It's better, sure, but I'm getting more Mezco One:12 vibes than "high end collectible" ones. I felt the same went for their Goblin. I don't know, maybe they don't care for the Raimi stuff or the materials used aren't easy to replicate. But for 300$ this is definitely not giving me the same vibes as my Kylo Ren or whatever else. Even Thanos, an entirely plastic figure, came out more realistic than this one. I'll still get it though. I don't think they'll ever get it entirely right, and with the way prices are going I'm not sure I'd bite again. Maybe if InArt gets the Raimi license (unlikely) in 6 years I'll put him with my InArt Batmen or something. I bought a Thanos not because I loved the MCU look or adaptation, but because I needed one for my Infinity Gauntlet/War/Crusade/Starlin Saga display and to pair him with Adam Warlock. I got him for around 400€ after taxes and everything, and the price over at ToysWonderland was around 250 which I brought down to 180 with some coupons. If they make another in the future, with these prices, I'll be looking at 600, easy. And I'm not spending that on a toy.
Sure, which is why we all got excited by InArt. I'll pay the 500$ for a jaw-dropping Paul with rooted hair, but it's hard to justify spending 300$ for this Tobey-Man.
Today's rumour, from a rather reliable source, is that the Gus Fring guy met with Marvel for multiple roles, including Doom. I still think he's most likely to be Xavier, but if they cast a 60 YO American black guy as a Balkan/European Dictator, expect to see my entire collection up for sale here and my account deleted. It's all I'll say. I can barely take the Kang miscast, but if they ruin Doom I'm done. I'm rooting for Bardem, but the MCU has been in absolute freefall for a while now, so I'm dreading the announcement...
My problem with statues is that the paint is often too lifeless. And as I've said before, I buy figures to sort of fill that hole from when I was a child and couldn't find any around my parts. Statues don't have the same effect on me. I could go for some. The Prime 1 Paul for example is very tempting. But they'd have to be characters that are in my Top 10. I'd pay the insane prices for a Doom on his throne, a comic accurate Kang megapiece with him on a throne with Immortus, Rama-Tut, Scarlet Centurion and Immortus all around him, a Mads Hannibal, a Vertigo Lucifer, stuff like that. Like I said, very few characters would warrant those prices for me. My Top 10 basically. And that'd be way after I'd be done with figures.