How many unused action figure hands do you guys have? Do you change them often?
>>11671154Got btfo in the DC thread so you needed to make your own huh?
>>11671154I keep all accessories in a designated accessory box
>>11671173I'm actually NOT one of the people arguing there. :) This thread is greatly inspired by that though.
I have probably a dozen ziploc bags full of heads and hands and accessories. I label the bags in case I ever need to find something, but I almost never do. It's not an elegant system but I digure it's better than nothing.
Let's see....I own ~30 One:12 figures. ~4 pairs of hands per figure = ~120 pairs of hands or ~240 hands in a single toyline.That's an insane amount of hands and wasted molds that could have been used for useful accessories, because i use 1 pair 99.99999999999% of the time after the first week/month of ownership.I also have 20+ figuarts10+ Figmas~5 Robot Spirits5+ Mafex30+ Joytoys40+ NECA30+ Hiya20+ 3a100+ GunplaPlus hundreds of random ML, DC, GI Joes, Mafex, and other oddball lines that came with extra hands.Literally housands of hands. Pobably weigh 2 pounds of wasted plastic if you put them together.Would be better if they molded an extra gun, crowbar, or diorama piece instead of a 2st/3nd/4rd/5nd/6nd pair of hands.
>>11671175I have like over 200 extra hands for figures. They basically sit in a bag never getting used. I would rather they do articulated fingers like toybiz only modernized to not be ugly
>>11671173Looks like you're the one who got btfo with this thread given the people here saying they don't use these extra hands
Why did it take so long for swappable hands to become common? Almost all of the figures I had when I was little were stuck with some combination of fist hand + C-shaped hand.
>>11671321Swappable hands are a collector thing. Kids tend to have this thing called an imagination so to them they would just take a gripping hand and punch other figures with it, imagining it as a fist.
Extra hands are there to give an illusion of getting more value. Not my pic, but I bought this Motaro. The pack in green skeleton came with 6 extra green skeleton hands. Why? Just why?
>>11671931Indeed. You only really need one hand to be able to hold something and the other a fist maybe. I don't need a peace sign or whatever.
>>11671175>>11671268My extra hands aren't that many and that's because I'm stuck with a butt load of Todd Slop where he never gave us extra hands.Or the hands he gave us are gun grips.Why do my superman/superboy/supergirl figures need guns?I need hands for the kitbash Clark Kent and kitbash Bruce Wayne I am making. Why would I use flight hands or gun holding hands on them? Or even fucking punching hands?That's the problem with excess hands.
>>11671957>Why do my superman/superboy/supergirl figures need guns?See, I can flip that around and say "Why doesn't Grifter or this bad guy come with a gun?" At least Todd got around that by selling those gun packs and the mandate seems to be lifted.
>>11671940Nah. Certain characters need more hands. Look at Spiderman. A proper Spidey needs to have fists, wall crawling hands, thwipping hands, and grabby hands. For certain characters you can certainly get away with one set of grabbers, but certain characters do need options. I hate it when they don't include clawless hands for Wolverine.
>>11671987Same for stuff like Street Fighter where you want to recreate iconic moves snd poses.
>>11671969Don't come here with your DC Patio arguments and derail what could b a good discussion about accessories. I purchased two of Todd's three shitty weapons accessory pack so your reply is pointless and stupid towards me. And no one else in this thread is probably going to read your shit.Accessories should be appropriate to the toy. But that's not what we're talking about here. We're talking about what to do with accessories. I now have a bunch of guns I don't need or want or can use, for the few figures I have that should or need guns. I wanted one for my ML Bucky Cap that I bought second hand and the stupid ebay seller either sold or separated his accessory so I had to replace it. I now have one that works. But I also have 20 other guns and most of them don't look good with this Bucky Cap or I don't have any interest in posing him with a Joker machine gun.So, like OP asked, what do you with yours? Do you even toys?
>>11672011These shitty recolored Fortnite guns trigger me so much. The proportions are completely wrong for most of them. I'm glad I already have plenty of options for guns already. I don't need something like this.
>>11672064>must have realism with his flying men
>>11672074I also collect actual firearms. So whenever something gets them wrong, it bothers me. I can't help but really appreciate companies that go out of their way to make their guns realistic. Mexico comes to mind with their removable magazines and movable slides.
>>11672074NTABut where are the accessories and toys you are so happy about sonPost toys or stop coming here just to spew garbage.
>>11672011i easily have a few thousand guns in 1:18 scale and i still buy more, because there's different moods and looks for different characters and there's many different situations for them to be used.like, i want a submachine gun if my figures are "inside" a room instead of holding a 3 foot long sniper rifleAnd this is why alt hands are generally not used, because you tend to want your figures to interact with one another, including holding accessories while playing. So you use C hand meant for holding to double as fist. A figure can easily drop a gun in mid-play after it runs out of ammo and then picks up a crowbar that's lying on a nearby table, but who stops playing just to swap a hand out for a fist?Also, any Fortnite gun can be used by goons and henchmen for sillier villains like Toyman. Joker uses toy guns all the time too.Kinda sucks that you bought a weapons accessory pack and will never own figures that will use them, but i've bought Mezco figures just for their gun accessories. I've bought MCfarlane's military figures from the 00s just for a SINGLE realistic MG or rifle too and that only cost me $20-35 per figure. how much did your accessry pack cost?pic is from Marauder Gun Runners, where I've spent a couple hundred bucks buying guns from them, despite my GI Joes and other military figures coming with 2-8 guns already.
>>11672064>>11672095Not the people are talking too, but I have a passing interest in guns and a history. I am sure you know this (or maybe you don't), but the guns aren't correct for licensing issues. Gun manufacturers want royalties for using their trademark designs. This is also why video games change them up and give them different names.
>>11672191Yeah I'm aware. That was one of the things that bugged me about MGSV, especially when the rest of the series went out of its way to be super realistic with guns. Gun companies didn't always do that. In fact, CoD MWII had a deal with some gun companies to feature their weapons as a method of trying to recruit players into the military. Now the companies realize they can make money off of licensing their designs.
>>11672206public shit like that can't be copyrighted, hence people making Trump, Bush, and Obama tshirt/toys/stickers/etc without any licensing when they were president.Same shit applies to the guns, hence call of duty having AK47s, M16s, FAMAS, M60s, M240, etc in their games until like 2020.What happened in 2020? Asshole lawsuits blaming guns for kids deaths and a bunch of gun companies no longer wanted to be associated with video games. Gun makers asked video game makers to stop using their guns and video game makers needed to be more careful about what guns they can use. So they started using fake names and modifying the designs.It's like the Batman:TAS logic where only 1930s gangster guns could be used in the show, because those guns were all but impossible to get by kids in the 1990s. So in Call of Duty today, a future child shooter's favorite gun to use is the Buffin 13, instead of the Assault Rifle 16 that shoots baby killing hollow point grenades.
>>11672254I mean, you're partially right. They do it to avoid bad publicity. But the main reason they do it is because of licensing and fees. They need to get permission from specific manufacturers to use their names/designs. I understand from a laymen, who doesn't know much about firearms how you'd think some of them are just generic designs, but that's not the case. Colt actually owns the original AR-15 parents (Armalight sold them to Colt in the late 50s), although they're expired so anyone can use a generic AR-15 design. But companies make little alterations, changes and customizations, an HK416, a popular gun used in many games, is quite distinct from your standard M4A1 to the point H&K owns that design, and license it out. In these games they're not using some generic AR-15 design, they use specific firearms, or used to anyway. But, you aren't wrong either. See the Remington lawsuit where Remington had a deal with Infinity Ward to heavily feature their Bushmaster ACR rifle in the game and were sued by the Sandy Hook families. It's why you started out with it more than any other gun in the MW2 campaign, they wanted to build brand loyalty with future customers by featuring their products in game. That shit works. I own a H&K USP9 because Solid Snake used one in MGS2 (the MK23 from MGS1 is expensive).
>>11671154I own over a hundred figmas, 40+ figuarts and many revoltech and Bandai gokin robots so I guess I must have way over 1000 extra hands.
>>11672296>But the main reason they do it is because of licensing and fees.Nah, because again, you can't copyright that shit, because it's used by the US government. Its public use, hence nearly everyone calling the guns M16s, M240s, M14s, AK94s, FAMAS, etc for decades without any legal fuss in hundreds/thousands of video games. I doubt any company was paying any fees either.Only a few companies actually went out of their way to advertise their shit directly, hence the company name also being used with the gun. The company name IS copyrighted/trademarked/allrightswhatever, hence shit like pic related being just called the P90 instead of the FN P90. Same shit with the MP6 not being called the H&K MP6. No logos for these companies are visible on the guns either.... buuuuuuut i think they could get away with talking about the history in dialogue though, thus allowing them to bring up a company/creator names.Anyway, your details about the lawsuit sounds correct. I just remember the gist of the rulings and why we suddenly stopped seeing exact designs and names like we used to before.I mean, why else can MGR get his guns closer to the actual thing than the newer CoD games can? MGR doesn't care about his public image like Activision does. Even the WW2 shit looks like the real thing, whereas all Call of Duty guns since 2021 might as well be Fortnite shit with how stylized they've become.
>>11672171I appreciate guns and I've seen unconventional toy photography, so that's why I went ahead and bought them. And like I said, I have a few figures that need them. I have some plastic red guns that go with a Red Hood but I'm planning to paint one of the machine guns and a few other things red to go with him. I want a bazooka and can't remember if I grabbed one or not. But I don't have much use for MANY guns. I would like some swords and stuff like that.Hands - that aren't punching or gun holding, or flight, I could definitely use more. I wouldn't mind other accessories, however, like hats or masks, sunglasses, etc.
>>11671154Only when i take them out of my ass
>>11672380Well, there's definitely a big market for guns and other accessories. Lots of companies produce them or 3d print them.Whereas hands are a rarity and don't sell much even in the 3d market.You're more likely to find custom heads and shoulder pads than hands.
>>11672352>Nah, because again, you can't copyright that shitThey literally do though. I explained it to you. Technically, Colt or the military owns the M16 and it's variants. The reason gun manufacturers didn't care before the 2010s is because they didn't realize they could make money that way. They saw with CoD they could print money from just licensing out their firearms. It's why MGSV uses it's Frankenguns and that came out in 2015. >Only a few companies actually went out of their way to advertise their shit directly, hence the company name also being used with the gun.What are you talking about? Every firearm is owned by a company. All were named variants and specific models. There isn't a generic M16 or M4 in CoD games. They were specific models like M16A1 and the M4A1. I even gave the HK416 variant of the AR as an example that many games, including CoD use. >The company name IS copyrighted/trademarked/allrightswhatever, hence shit like pic related being just called the P90 instead of the FN P90.It doesn't matter if you put the FN in front of P90 or not. H&K owns that design. Other manufacturers who clone it don't call it a P90. I understand to a laymen who isn't into guns, thinking that they're just generic terms, but they're not. >Same shit with the MP6 not being called the H&K MP6.See above. The company designation doesn't matter. The companies just didn't make money or get into weird lawsuits until the mid 2010s so they didn't care, or in the case of Remington, outright used video games as a marketing strategy. >buuuuuuut i think they could get away with talking about the history in dialogue though, thus allowing them to bring up a company/creator names.Sure, they can mention the named models in passing or whatever without licensing. But we're talking about them using named models in the game. I don't know why you think CoD is using just generic names like M16 since even the generic M16 in the game is specifically the M16A1 model.
>>11672254See, I wouldn't mind an accessory pack for about $10-20 of guns for 6"-8" figures that looks like the glock images on the right side. I don't have a lot of military or army characters or much interest in that for these: >>11672171 or need for these: >>11672409And I suspect these sells and the market supports it because of Joes, other military stuff, video games, Star Wars, etc. But some laser guns or space/alien guns, that I would also want some. Not many, one pack of 10-25 would suit me.
>>11672458You don't know what you're talking about. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/05/no-ea-wont-license-guns-in-its-2013-games-but-it-never-has/lots of quotes, many examples, and it makes sense that they don't pay for licenses, because how else does a company like MGR make guns like this despite being a nobody company?BTW, if they don't fight for their rights, they lose them. Guess why they didn't fight for their rights for decades? because they couldn't. Only certain things are protected, like the actual manufacturing and workings of the guns, and their logos/company names.BTW BTW, here's that bit i was talking about earlier on how they can bring up trademarkedl names through dialogue> EA considers the use of authentic weaponry to be a fair use of gun makers’ trademarks. “We’re telling a story and we have a point of view,” EA President of Labels Frank Gibeau told Reuters. “A book doesn’t pay for saying the word ‘Colt,’ for example.”>>11672541>And I suspect these sells and the market supports it because of Joes, other military stuff, video games, Star Wars, etc.There's been pent up demand in 1:12 scale for a very long time, hence McFarlane's military weapon packs from the 00s going for insane prices.Granted, i dont think it's a lot, but neither is there a lot in 1:18 scale. Hence companies like MGR still being tiny despite being around since the 1:18 boom.... mgr makes custom hands, btw. probably the biggest maker of hands in the world too, but thats mostly because they sell custom figures
>>11672714Youre just wrong dude.
>>11672714I'm glad I got my Todd guns from a Chinese scalper on eBay, pre-tarrif even so I got bargain basement de minimus shipping on their fucking fifty billion tankers that head to our ports every day with mostly worthless junk. These were probably either stolen from the actual factory, over production, or factory rejects - but I just don't believe they practice QC based on what you read here or see online about actual retail and e-commerce products that make it to consumers.I did buy some Mythic Legion accessory packs as a holiday gift for someone and while I don't need ogre heads or medieval shields, I would like a pack of swords. I never looked at accessory packs before last year, now I can see at least wasting some time every time I am searching new plastic crack, spent seeing if there are new accessory packs.In fact, an Accessory Gen at least once every few months wouldn't be a bad idea.
>>11672972>In fact, an Accessory Gen at least once every few months wouldn't be a bad idea.I fully support this idea. I want to talk about Super Action Stuff.
>>11673122We could also use some more customizer and even kitbash photography but this entire board seems to go ballistic with non-stock photos of toys or clear eBay and anything that is not another publicly available image of a toy, particularly a screen grab.
>>11672972>I did buy some Mythic Legion accessory packstragic. their weapons can break from falling a few inches onto carpet, but i guess they're pretty much the only way to get mass produced weapon sets.These past 5 years have been pretty shit.Before COVID, lots of companies were making accessory packs.... but not really for 1:12. While there's pent up demand, it seems like most companies shy away from making shit for that scale. Too expensive, i guess.Whereas with 1:18, they were a dime a dozen companies out there making weapons and accessories of all sorts.Personally, if i wanted to get something in 1:12, i'd just buy an entire figure. I bought McFarlane's Diablo and Warcraft statueshits just for their fantasy weapons. And like i previous mentioned, i bought Mezco and McFarlane Military figures just for nicely painted modern guns.
>>11673233I guess I never transferred the picture from my phone but that was for the /toy/ secret santa they do every year on this board, I bought those for an Anon that listed Mythic Legions amongst their request and mostly because as I've mentioned here, I think accessory packs can be fun to have and I had no idea what to buy - almost all his asks for for imports and lines I had never even considered. If their quality is bad, that's news to me. And what I got him was the Ogre pack, that included some weapons but also included heads. This is the one I would have bought for myself but it was sold out when I looked and is still sold out today:https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/23692Once Todd loses the DC license, I plan to never look at his crap again if I can avoid it. If I see it remaindered or on clearance, maybe. I'll keep waiting for some customizers to list a bunch of random fodder that includes a bunch of weapons on eBay for swords and again, it's a low priority thing. I have a few now, I just would like a few more.
>>11673249>If their quality is bad, that's news to me.i guess you weren't here from 2015 to 2020 when the line was new and popular. Lots of complaints.The last time we had a MYthic Legion General was in 2024, because an entire wave came out defective and 4H shat on everyone who publicly complained. It then merged with the fantasy general due to how few fans were left.I think you're better off buying Chinese weapons sets, because they can't be any worse than 4H's and will be cheaper. If you wanted heads though? you'd be fine, as there's nothing that can really break.here's a pic of a Mythic Legion shield breaking. The figure has loose ankles, so he fell onto the desk, his hand immediately popped off (loose joints everywhere) and the peg for the shield snapped off. A 3 inch fall onto Ikea cardboard broke my toy.And I'm not sure why you hate McFarlane so much. What you see is what you get and their plastic is about as good as Hasbro's. This is why i bought their Blizzard statueshits, because they increased the amount of paint apps on their toys from missing articulation and now i have some really fucking nice fantasy weapons.
>>11673275>2015 to 2020I've been on 4chan way longer than that but didn't know we had a toy only board until probably 2022, post lockdown. We had a Mythic Legions Gen during the holidays. Although it may have been the prior of that Fantasy Gen that's up now, I know that's not the gen I went and asked for advice. >why you hate McFarlaneI don't think most companies necessarily have end-consumers at heart. "The Customer Is Always Right" is a 1950s/1960s mentality that no one really operates with, and at most they gave platitudes towards. But companies like Target and Best Buy, once you get past the AI chat bots, provide actual customer service and at least go through the motions. McFarlane has been shitting on the DC consumer for almost six years and worse, has awful customer service. It's not worth getting into a back and forth about it. I'm not going to buy stuff that re-used Fortnite weapons or reuses Spawn fantasy gothic parts.Also, you are interested in different things. I don't have any staction figures. I do own statues but they are actual porcelain, not PVC that's being priced as if it wasn't plastic. Besides the DC stuff I own, my other interests are not fantasy but things like robot and space. And not Star Wars or the kinds of vidya game space stuff (Halo) that some companies push out as 'space toys' but more things that are the non-camp 1950s aesthetic (look at some of the stuff on that tin toy thread of a few weeks back). We just need to agree to disagree on this stuff. But I do appreciate your opinions and feedback on the things I don't know about, like Mythic Legions, but again, I bought that for an anon that specifically requested, I bought none of it for myself.
