2024 NYCC Recap - X-Men 97 Sentinel And Secret Wars Wave In-Hand Looks

Shown below is the new McFarlane Toys Marvel 1:6th Wave 3 Posed Collectibles featuring Thor and Spider-man are available to pre-order from our sponsors BigBadToyStore.com and Entertainment Earth! with a suggested retail price of $49.99 each.

The McFarlane stuff is........dumb, imo.One key thing is the "inking" on the figures.......and how badly thought out that is. Characters on a flat page are inked and rendered to lend them a 3D quality and definition because there's no other way to delineate form on a flat surface. But the figures are 3-dimensional sculpt anyway, so the "inking" is both unnecessary and ugly/garish. It can be conveyed with a understated touch via a bit of shaded colour on the part being rendered. They did this with the DC Direct Jack Kirby New Gods figures from about.........16 years ago(?)......and it worked well enough capturing Kirby's signature squiggle -style rendering.With the black, and ( unfortunately) McFarlane's inking approach, the whole look changes one you start rotating the figure to any degree, in any direction.These would have, imo, worked far better as 3D placards, with a bit of relief molding on the facade and the inks done in the appropriate spots.As is, it comes across to me as slap-dash, and kind of pointless.

Re: McFarlane statues

I know these are just statues, I mean "posed figures". Give me a F break. But every time I see a new post and it involves the words Marvel and McFarlane I seriously have a mini heart attack for half a second. Like one day it's going to say McFarlane has taken the ML license. But he's really churning these things out as fast as he can think of them. I'll give him credit for that much.

As seen on THE MCFARLANE TOYS SHOW - Thor 1:6th scale collectible with scene inspired by The Mighty Thor #177 cover along with the rest of Marvel Wave 3 launches for pre-order on JANUARY 15th at select retailers like our sponsors BigBadToyStore.com and Entertainment Earth.The other Marvel figures shown during the Toy Show which we will likely see new preview images for include:1:6 Symbiote Spider-Man From Secret Wars #81:10 X-Men #1 Cyclops which pairs with Wolverine and Magneto.1:10 Daredevil #600 Daredevil1:10 Sam Wilson Captain American From All-New Captain America #11:10 Storm Marvel Tales Todd McFarlane Cover

On 10/25/2024 at 2:21 AM, leokearon said:

Well Kenner was bought out by Hasbro in the late 90's, so that's where the confusion might have come from. Still in the 80's Kenner were making the DC Superpowers line and Mattel were making the Secret Wars linee

Aaaaaahhh. That is probably what it was. And by probably I mean most likely 100 percent. I do very vividly remember that for a time when I wore a younger girls clothes I did think the Big Two comic companies were actually one and the same. I'm sure there was that crossover contributed to my confusion. Great deduction. GET OUT OF MY HEAD! LOL.

On 10/25/2024 at 3:21 AM, leokearon said:

Well Kenner was bought out by Hasbro in the late 90's,

You're close*puts on wicked thick glasses and one of those sport coats with elbow patches for a brief nerdy history lesson*Kenner was purchased by Tonka in 1987, and then became a division of Tonka. In 1991, Hasbro purchased Tonka, and both Tonka and Kenner became divisions of Hasbro, with Kenner continuing to operate from their offices in Cincinnatti, OH, where the company was founded. In 2000, Hasbro closed Kenner's offices and absorbed their product lines.

On 10/24/2024 at 8:33 PM, AndyL said:

Learn something new every day. I always thought Kenner had made the toys. I never checked on it I just assumed it was so for some reason.

Well Kenner was bought out by Hasbro in the late 90's, so that's where the confusion might have come from. Still in the 80's Kenner were making the DC Superpowers line and Mattel were making the Secret Wars linee

Ive got 3 sentinels on order. Im not sure if Im going with 1 or 2 or maybe all 3. I think Im going to need to cancel my Dragon Man preorder to justify a purchase of multiples. Think these sentinels may join my Mafex display tho

On 10/24/2024 at 2:28 PM, leokearon said:

I'm guessing the public at large only knew Tony Stark as Iron Man, so Mattel kept it that way so not to confuse kids.

Learn something new every day. I always thought Kenner had made the toys. I never checked on it I just assumed it was so for some reason.

On 10/24/2024 at 8:22 PM, AndyL said:

So forgive me for my ignorance. Keep in mind it's been many many years since I've read the story. And TBH it was just a bit before my time. I actually read my cousin's comics a few years after it actually happened. And I never even knew there were toys of the thing well into my adult years. But is anyone familiar with the story behind IM's shield? Why did the toy show Stark? Was it a mistake by Kenner or did Beyonder actually abduct Rhodie thinking it was Stark in the suit. I want to go back and read the books again but I'm certain they're tucked away somewhere that will be very hard for me to access right now. Guess I'll buy a digital copy.

I'm guessing the public at large only knew Tony Stark as Iron Man, so Mattel kept it that way so not to confuse kids.