Are there any companies or toylines you use to love but absolutely refuse to buy from now?
>>11731891neca
>>11731891Transformers. They're too over-priced. And when they did anniversary reissues that removed the vac-metallizing and stickers while costing more than a (somehow) more-authentic Chinese KO, I was done.
>>11731904You do seem like a miserable troll
>>11731891Mega Construx, or Mattel Brickshop, as they're now called. I just hate Mattel.
>>11732151Yeah, TF has lost a lot of its allure even since I got back into collecting with the wfc stuff. It's either a decent alt mode or a decent bot mode but it's rare you get both at the same time. All the panels and back pack crap just bleh.
>>11731891Hasbro because I'm tired of dealing with Transformers shit and I tried collecting their Power Rangers shit. Then they announced Tron and that's probably not even happening now
>>11732253Their GI Joe stuff has gotten over-priced, good vehicles are few and far in between, and they do far too much "BUY THE SHIT YOU DON'T WANT IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THE LINE AVAILABLE AT YOUR LOCAL WALMART IF YOU WANT THE SHIT YOU DO WANT TO BE AVAILABLE."
>>11731891McFarlane. The DCMV line was chugging along nicely until he started making a shitload of desirable characters gold label, collector's editions, or worse platinum editions. The paint and sculpts took a sharp drop while prices went up. His other lines I was interested in like ATLA, Witcher, and Vox Machina all ended up glaringly incomplete, too, so I just don't really trust him in general nowadays. Last figure I bought from him was the Page Punchers Ocean Master in 2023, I think.
>>11732168Why are you even in this thread?
>>11731891heh, there's a couple of companies where i like the products but the owner seems like such a pretentious cunt that i just can't support them
>>11732275The guy is a magic NECA leprechaun that shows up and immediately goes into battle mode whenever anyone mentions NECA.
>>11732267Same. I was into their 40K line as the Space Marines and xenos were honestly pretty good, and the custom-friendly design was great, but between Todd's inability to comprehend scale meaning the human-sized characters were barely any smaller than the Astartes and the decline in quality of paint (not a huge deal as I was customizing all of mine anyway), sculpt and engineering, I just kinda got bored of 'em. They were decent value for money but when I got the Chaos Marines in, which I'd actually been hyped for, I was really disappointed; the paintjobs were incredibly minimal and the articulation was weirdly limited for seemingly no reason. Especially the ankles, which barely have any range; kind of ironic given they introduced toe joints, which were one of the few things the initial Marines (which I liked) were missing.IDK. I wanna finish the customs I already started but I don't think I'll buy anymore. JoyToy has me covered for 40K figures anyway.
>>11732280yeah I feel that way about bobby vala too
>>11731891Marvel legends and mcfarlane as a whole They are actively ripping customers off with inflated prices just because they know adults are buying them for themselves. I exclusively by Mattel and Jakks now.
>>11731891Revoltech, too many QC issues for a figure that's $80 plus shipping, I don't feel like beta testing their releases.
>>11732275Maybe you should leave this board
>>11732442I get that he wanted his own version of GI Joe, but naming it after himself is a bit of a douchebag move.
>>11732518Are there any companies or toylines you use to love but absolutely refuse to buy from now?
>>11731891Mafex is getting thereDC and X-men are why I buy them but god damn they love letting me down with QC shit
>>11732663You should stop trolling the board.
>>11731891Not that i can think of, but that's probably because i buy random toys i think look cool regardless of the company making it
>>11732695You entered a thread with an OP question you aren't willing to answer. Why are you trolling this thread?
>>11731891>you use to loveI never loved Todd Slop but I do refuse to buy it
>>11731891>Beast Deities/Mythos Anime Not loved but I liked how their products look. They scammed many buyers on Gundamit by sending some subpar copies of their original Broly, sold as a release. They defend themselves saying that those were done by some new factory of their. Fuck them, that rerelease is pure trash.
>>11732511I really like a lot of their old figures with simple ball joints that you could remove that let you adjust your figure's pose with ease. Deadpool was one of the first new types of figures I got, and he was so different and very difficult to pose and swap out parts that I really don't have the patience to change his pose again. Mine was a reissue, which they reissued a 3rd time with new parts, so thanks for beta testing indeed. Also I think they had an exclusive shop part. Toga was the next one I got, and she has glue and paint on her right thigh, and one of her attached left hand is missing with another right hand. I did get in contact with the seller who was able to get replacement parts, but they won't ship it out because Japan Post, or if I order something else and they will include it with that order.
>>11733489From what I read Toga was a mess of QC issues, the same with their SF line as of now.
Lego. Crazy to think about a company with their history completely phasing out anything original or creatively first party over the course of about 15 years, 25 if you want to be generous. Give it 10 more years and they'll no longer have anything but licenses or replica sets. Kids growing up today will never think of Lego as being anything more than a Disney toy company.
>>11733520>As Douglas “da Dawg” DeMuro would say: THISSSSOld LEGO had creativity and ingenuity on their designs, even old UCS had a lot of playfulness added. Nowadays it seems like its a default place for bad brainrot IPs to dump overpriced merch for autistic z00mgoys to spend their 401k. I wouldn’t even be surprised if they start a subscription service for that. Some idiot in Denmark probably thinks that MOCs are popular and not a way in which a very specific user brags about having the correct amount of pieces or some shit.
Mafex. I just hate how them never update their molds and the qc just fell off over the last years.
>>11733520As a legofag I don't really collect anything post 2000s for this reason, once SW was adapted it was more or less the end. Even on the rare occasion something from an IP I like is adapted it doesn't even matter since I don't wanted to pay like $300+ for IP shit ever.
>>11733520You know, it's funny, I used to think that it was just Lego's increasingly exorbitant prices putting me off of the hobby, but it was probably this as well. Especially since both things come together in those big black box Collector's Item-ass sets for X license prop to appeal to adult collectors. The worst one definitely being 'pay a premium price to make the fucking Star Wars logo font'. The biggest middle finger of CONSUME BRAND. Eat a dick.
Except for a few people, some of whom are likely pretending they are old enough to have been around to truly love LEGO (at least pre-2000 era LEGO, since they would need to admit to being at least 35 years old, if not far older, given even 2000 era LEGO prices) to hate it now. Most of this thread has devolved into "I HATE XXYYZZ TOYS" with nothing else added, no added value, very little 'they never update their molds' or other actual reasons for any 'hatred.'It's the same boring ass shitposting you see in GENS all the time and why people stop interacting with this fucking board in the first place.
>>11734885I'm a zoomer and don't like modern lego, I just like the blocky and angular aesthetic of older models compared to modern models and can't support their ridiculous prices they expect of consumers nowadays. Age has nothing to do with it.
>>11734887My point is that the question was what "DID you LOVE" not what do you currently hate 24/7. And I used LEGO since the people who brought it up are the only ones that seem to make reference to being OG lovers of the line, and the age is only a reference to how old they would be to have LOVED it when they are claiming it was pure.You're right, you could be 18 and love pre-2000 LEGO but have you loved it for years and years (since you were at least 16?) or did you merely HATE LEGO but looked for something in the past that you could like.They aren't the same thing. Is it that OP asked the right question, the wrong way? Either way, the answers being given aren't the correct ones.Just the lazy ones we saw in each and every gen on this board.
>>11731891Build a bear. Made their $12 animals smaller with thinner fur and made their new prices $30. Raised prices on all of the animals like that. I had over 1k. Their brainless, traumatized, obsessed, abdl queer fans try to defend them for this and firing unionizing employees. Please send them hate. They don't get enough.Btw if that isnt enough for you, they made gay, trans, lesbian and drag queen animals (yes really) and plushie lingerie and leather outfits for valentines day but told companies like Paw Patrol, MLP, TMNT, Spongebob (YOU KNOW, SHIT FOR REAL KIDS) actually we dont need you anymore lol
>>11734885I hate lego as a company and the zoomer+söy shit they produce today, but it doesn't stop me from getting new stuff from them that looks nice.lego for me has always been about making custom builds, not the products. I'm simply not interested in lego's offerings. I don't want electric cars, disabled people, women replacing men, black coded minifigures, the current odd city building style, ninjago was never cool, dreamzz and hidden side were zoomer trash, ip garbage just deters me, and that's before looking at the prices.
>>11735096why not just say you prefer their nazi racist past, anon?
>>11731891Mcfarlane
I really don't buy from GSC anymore unless it's something really cool. Nendoroids just aren't worth it since the price goes up and everything that isn't a marvel character gets maybe one or two shitty accessories if any at all. I've mostly shifted to 1:12 scale figures and modpla of no particular brand loyalty. Figuarts are pretty good at least. Better than I expected.
>>11735092This but also they have cool designs online that can only be purchased pre-stuffed when the whole point is to go into the store and do it yourself to make the toys special. >>11736328Say what you want but the Lego Holocoaster from 1997 was inspired in a way modern lego could never understand.
