Are you ready to be disappointed?

I posted about the awesomeness of Hasbro’s 3 3/4 inch Fury Files action figures a few weeks back, and I speculated that they looked as if they were destined to destroy the 6 inch line entirely. I opened up Marvelousnews today, and got the wind knocked right out of me.

All my excitement got flushed down the crapper, along with the hopes of ever seeing a new 6 inch line reach our shores. Seriously, if the 3 inchers are crap, and no one buys them, Hasbro might give up the ML line for good. And that, my friends, that’s not good.

We all know that in the toy collecting business that prototypes and initial shots will never be like the mass produced ones. For one thing, creating one figure could allow the sculptor to give the item more time and attention, the plastic used will be of better quality and shots were probably ’shopped. A little degradation of quality is to be expected. Just like I was taken aback when I saw that the Nemesis Wave Frank Castle looked like a mongoloid.

So if you’re ready to feel a little disappointed, read on.

To the left are the actual products, and the ones on the right are the initial prototype shots.


 

Black Panther- Look at that! HAPPYMEALIZED! Can you see how much shinier the prototype is, and how cheap-looking the actual product feels? The biggest disappointment would be his hands. The protype’s hands look viscious; the actual products’ hands feel like they’re getting ready to give a massage to someone’s testicles.
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Heads Up

Just a heads up, people. Iron Man DVD and Blu-ray comes out today! Well, in the US, it comes out today.

It’s supposed to be filled to the brim with goodies.

Here’s a list of Iron Man goodness within the DVDs-

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