The 3A Thread

[dedguy]

It wouldn't surprise me if they do sometime do lace ups in 1/12 but I wouldn't expect to see it before the 1/6 lace-up stuff is through production.

 

[gunm]

It's 1/6.

But whoa, what a mess with the new online storefront launch.

I hope the 17th goes a lot smoother than this...

 

[minivader]

I suppose if anyone wants to push for that atm it would be 3A since they are pretty much the only game in 1/12. But I have a hard enough time doing a proper lace up on 1/6, I imagine a 1/12 lace up would exist just to drive someone insane.

 

[Monger]

I suppose if anyone wants to push for that atm it would be 3A since they are pretty much the only game in 1/12. But I have a hard enough time doing a proper lace up on 1/6, I imagine a 1/12 lace up would exist just to drive someone insane.

The only game in 1/12? Do you realize the Japanese figure market is completely dominated by 1/12 (five to six inch tall) figures? It has become a revolution there so much so that they have robot figures go at that size now too. It's affordable, poseable, and people love them.

 

[dedguy]

I think he means 1/12 in the same context as 1/6. In other words cloth clothed in-scale dolls. A lot of the Japanese stuff you mention is actually non-scale. I know there's an old line of figures I want to say from the 80s that are 1/12 scale humans with cloth clothing… I cannot remember the name of them though.

I'm not aware of much more in terms of the scale. Are MEGO style figures 1/12 or are they bigger? I thought they where more like 1/10 maybe?

 

[blue devil]

Mego is bigger, more like 8" I think.

 

[RagingBull]

I'm addicted to 1/12 scale. Everyone's talking about 1/4 in the figure world right now but it's all about 1/12 for me. I'm loving it, the fact that 3A make ultra cool figures helps a lot to though lol

 

[dedguy]

I don't get the 1/4 thing. For me past 12" tall even with statues or going back to the old McFarlane days, there's diminishing returns. I'm not sure if I said it here or somewhere else but if you say… look at the 1/6 scale Hot Toys Batman and the 1/4 scale version you'd be hard pressed to tell the two apart. Which means the 1/6 scale version is going to be more impressive due to the detail to scale ratio.

Same reason the 1/12 scale 3A stuff is so damn impressive. It looks better than some 1/6 scale clothing and sculpting.

I guess some people are just size queens though.

 

[gunm]

1/4 takes up too much valuable real estate for me.

Maybe if I was very wealthy and had a lot of space to display stuff...

 

[dedguy]

Or if you just wanted a few things, still though I'd opt for 1/6 scale. I have really never gotten the appeal at all for the 1/4 scale Sideshow stuff. At that size all the imperfections really come into focus and from all the photos I have seen of a variety of those statues they have a lot of imperfections.

I am continually tempted by the Vampirella PF but it's just so stupid big and the outfit lacks the gold bat which is kind of important to the look and there seems to be an almost 100% occurrence of derpy eyes. I think I looked through the entire thread on here and while some aren't as walleyed or derpy as some, they all are to some extent.

 

[minivader]

I think he means 1/12 in the same context as 1/6. In other words cloth clothed in-scale dolls. A lot of the Japanese stuff you mention is actually non-scale. I know there's an old line of figures I want to say from the 80s that are 1/12 scale humans with cloth clothing… I cannot remember the name of them though.

I'm not aware of much more in terms of the scale. Are MEGO style figures 1/12 or are they bigger? I thought they where more like 1/10 maybe?

spiral zone maybe? I am not sure, it might be a little bigger than 1/12 but they were awesome. I wish I had bought them back then, now the prices are pretty high. (well...not compare to todays toys anyway)

 

[minivader]

The only game in 1/12? Do you realize the Japanese figure market is completely dominated by 1/12 (five to six inch tall) figures? It has become a revolution there so much so that they have robot figures go at that size now too. It's affordable, poseable, and people love them.

I was refering to 1/12 scale, not just figures that are 5-6 inches tall. But yeah, the robot damashii figures are awesome, I got dunbine PO at BBTS ATM.

 

[dedguy]

Yeah Spiral Zone is what I was thinking of. They're pretty crazy looking for being from the 80s.

https://www.collectiondx.com/node/3219

 

[minivader]

I don't get the 1/4 thing. For me past 12" tall even with statues or going back to the old McFarlane days, there's diminishing returns. I'm not sure if I said it here or somewhere else but if you say… look at the 1/6 scale Hot Toys Batman and the 1/4 scale version you'd be hard pressed to tell the two apart. Which means the 1/6 scale version is going to be more impressive due to the detail to scale ratio.

Same reason the 1/12 scale 3A stuff is so damn impressive. It looks better than some 1/6 scale clothing and sculpting.

I guess some people are just size queens though.

Yeah. I think 1/6 is about the perfect size for me. Small enough to manage and big enough to have the details I want. If I go for any 1/4 figure it might just be that there are no 1/6 available.

 

[minivader]

Yeah Spiral Zone is what I was thinking of. They're pretty crazy looking for being from the 80s.

https://www.collectiondx.com/node/3219

Totally! Monoseed is one of my favorite motorcycle design. I can still remember seeing it for the first time in pony toy store in LA. Really wish I had the $60 to buy it back then.

 

[Artoo]

Saw it on the Legion board--looks great Artoo. The robot hands work well on the humanoids.

Thanks guys. Thought I'd post it over here too to get the most exposure. I was pretty surprised at how well the #6 10 Finger Gang hands matched. These hands are so badass to pose, so much better than the standard non-poseable hands!

I'm addicted to 1/12 scale. Everyone's talking about 1/4 in the figure world right now but it's all about 1/12 for me. I'm loving it, the fact that 3A make ultra cool figures helps a lot to though lol

These AP figs really have me questioning my collecting. 1/6 is all I've collected my entire life, but these 1/12 are just too amazing that I feel the need to own them all. Why would anyone want 1/4?

 

[blue devil]

1/4's way too big for me. I like 1/6 and 1/12.

 

[Mqhuynh]

Anyone really liking the new 3A store layout?

 

[gunm]

I think it's a good advancement over bambaland. Hopefully a lot of the issues that people don't like (cartjacking, order tracking, etc etc) are addressed properly.

Also, I hope it can handle the traffic when it's time to order toys...

 

[dedguy]

Order tracking would be great. I really don't like how hit and miss that is. Very occasionally they'll email you tracking info but it's rare.