Where's Wolverine?
Yeah,,,, Add Red Son and Black Adam to the list. Released but nowhere to be found
Where's Wolverine?
Well I have the normal version with Headpool, is there a difference between them that I need to get both? I kinda like the X-Force version too. I'll definitely keep an eye out for a good deal on the Tiger Stripe suit.You are welcome Rkirby, glad you enjoyed it and congratulations on your first Mezco! The exclusive Deadpool is pretty neat and unusual. If you can, you should get the standard version too, imo it's one of the best of the line and the two Deadpool are a perfect match when displayed together.
I highly recommend this Tiger Stripe Wolverine too, bear in mind it will be shipped soon from the Mezco website so the prices will drop a bit on ebay, that will be the best time to buy it. I may buy another one if the price is reasonable, especially since I think it's the only Wolverine variant to have the young Logan head, I may customize it with a cigar.
About TDKR figure, I still regret passing on the black & white variant. I wasn't sure about it back then, I thought the price wasn't really justified but it still was easy to find on ebay and I could have paid for it easily. And now I'm ******* hehe.
Now I will be very careful with the upcoming releases, especially Michael Myers, it's like my most wanted figure ever right now. I hope they do Jason and Freddy as well.
I finally received Tiger Stripe Wolverine in the mail, unboxed it, and I have to say, I'm amazed by its simplicity. It's simple and at the same time, it's gorgeous and classy. It's one of those Mezco figures that look a lot better in person than in video. In fact, when you place this Wolverine in the middle of your Mezco collection, he's the first one that grabs your attention, yet he's the smallest one (in my collection anyway).
Still... As I do with each release, I compared Wolverine to TDKR Batman. It is worthy, I may even go as far as to say it surpasses TDKR Batman in style and beauty. But the major problem is that they used a vinyl material for the speedo instead of stitching it (like they did on TDKR Batman) and guess what, I just noticed Superman suffers the same problem. And I'm just too afraid it will tear if I go for the dramatic poses I went for with TDKR Batman which didn't worry me and still doesn't show any sign of wear after all this time.
Sewing leather jackets in 1/12 format is pretty hard, you need specific machines to do this, it's not done by hand. The hardest thing is to put details like buttons or even a functional zipper, it all has to be produced specifically. ThreeA also do this kind of stuff but imo they're not really doing it as well as Mezco. I don't have the Red Skull regular figure yet, but the Punisher leather jacket is incredible. Don't get me wrong, ThreeA are doing a great job, but it's not as precise as what Mezco is doing with this One:12 line. I'm criticizing the One:12 line a lot but it's because I'm very passionate about it, I still think they can improve, but they're doing something that's never been done this good before.
I'm going to put more of my thoughts on that subject.
I finally received Tiger Stripe Wolverine in the mail, unboxed it, and I have to say, I'm amazed by its simplicity. It's simple and at the same time, it's gorgeous and classy. It's one of those Mezco figures that look a lot better in person than in video. In fact, when you place this Wolverine in the middle of your Mezco collection, he's the first one that grabs your attention, yet he's the smallest one (in my collection anyway).
Still... As I do with each release, I compared Wolverine to TDKR Batman. It is worthy, I may even go as far as to say it surpasses TDKR Batman in style and beauty. But the major problem is that they used a vinyl material for the speedo instead of stitching it (like they did on TDKR Batman) and guess what, I just noticed Superman suffers the same problem. And I'm just too afraid it will tear if I go for the dramatic poses I went for with TDKR Batman which didn't worry me and still doesn't show any sign of wear after all this time.
It didn't strike me at first but I had to check with some early pro-shots of Superman, I swear he had a stitched speedo when he was first revealed, and indeed, it was stitched. Why did they change this?
I didn't even notice when I got Superman, but it feels like they did this because it was cheaper to make. And sadly it does limit the articulations and the poses I would do.
It could also be that the vinyl material offers a better color and perfectly match the boots and shoulder pads.
But I'm not going to ***** about the price tag since this Tiger Stripe Wolverine comes with three head sculpts, and the Logan head looks absolutely fantastic. You do get your money worth on that one, the stitching on the suit is just perfect, the exclusive Red Skull jumpsuit was cheap but this Wolverine... they went all out. They didn't go for a cheap thing. Maybe just for the speedo, but maybe it's an artistic choice, I don't know.
Only thing missing is a cigar, but I wonder if they can put smoking accessories with Marvel figures? I know Neca was able to do it with Predator, but that's Predator. Figma also put some cigarettes here and there with particular characters but that's Japan... My wild guess is that they can't make some characters smoke. I doubt Marvel would allow that. Could be wrong, but if I was designing a Wolverine figure, the first thing I would have thought of as an additional accessory would be a cigar, surely they must have thought about it but couldn't.
Overall it's a fantastic piece, really classy, one of the best figures from the One:12 line, in fact it has instantly become my favorite with TDKR Batman. Then Deadpool.
The major complain will be if this figure remains so hard to get. Really, how many of this exclusive were produced?
If the creators behind this line were normal people wanting to make big profits, this particular Wolverine figure should be a standard in the One:12 line, like it should be available at any time on their website, I believe there'd be a huge demand for it. Same thing with Classic Punisher, especially considering the success of the Netflix series, it should have been a standard, and not just 400 figures.
You know, I'm suspecting the creators of this line to not be standard people wanting to make big bucks. In fact I think they make some figures hard to get on purpose to make this line special. But if that's their intention, I wish I'd have known sooner so I'd have bought 2 of each figure instead of one. Not to make a business out of this but just in case one figure breaks or wears in the future. I'd love to keep most of this line in pristine condition as I grow old and if some figures are impossible to buy again the future, that's a bummer.
Hopefully Mezco will re-release popular figures once they have finished most of what they are doing. I guess making this particular line is complicated since it's so detailed and particular, but I wish there were more of these figures produced.
I swear, every time you post I just find myself agreeing with all of it. I sold both my striped Wolverines for that reason. I have my doubts about the durability of the vinyl shorts, but to be honest, I just hate the look of them as well. Sure, you avoid the seam which made DKR's underpants look a little big and blocky, but the abrupt change in texture is awful. They need a solution that keeps the same texture as the cloth suit, or at least doesn't reflect light so much!
Awesome pics guyver! Can you show a pic of where the harness separated from the holster? I just want to make sure it doesn't happen to mine. Of course I still haven't unboxed mine yet
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