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Old 01-10-2007, 10:36 AM #2
Sonneilon
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I go w/ the nu skulpts for other reasons, of course. But the way I see it, when the nu skulpts are right-on, they're better than anything the ARAH did. Yet, when you get the baddest of the baddest of the baddest, well... I like the nu skulpts simply because they are new takes on characters and usually have tighter sculpting involved. I look at the old arah & comic figures and they remind me of little sausages. They have no form, no muscle; everything's tubular. I mean, look at Barrage compared to the v1 Roadblock. Advances in technology, sure, but Barrage is a great example of what Hasbro did right. Crosshair and Bludd too. (I'd use Blackout but he has a weird arm.)

For those who love their ARAH sculpts, more power to them. Those are things that belong in the past for me. I have no desire to revisit the past and the biggest fear is that I'd probably go to BT's and buy everything MOC. Gotta catch 'em all!

While I'm a nu skulpt fan and I do what I can with them, the old era had far more iconic figures, designs, colors and let's face it, a lot of those old designs can't be touched. I have yet to see a decent Tunnel Rat and Falcon yet. I wouldn't say you are converted all the way. I'm willing to bet that if you need a Tunnel Rat or Hawk or Repeater or Falcon or Muskrat, there's only 1 way to go.
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