Preferred 3.75" Action Figure Design

[ZICA]

For those of you who are a fan of this scale, I'm curious to know which 3.75" action figure design is most popular with my fellow Mego Museum members, Kenner vintage Star Wars or Hasbro vintage G.I. Joe? And by "design" I'm referring specifically to the articulation.

[Mego Milk]

I like Star Wars.
it allows for better sculpts too.
aw yeah likeness.

[Werewolf]

80s RAH GI JOE.

[DocDrako]

Vintage GI Joe.

[MLoudin]

80's Joe

[argent007]

Yo Joe!

I liked Star Wars as well. But, GI Joe was the best.

[Brown Bear]

I like the bent leg mego version.

[gman]

80's GI Joe....

[rche]

It really depends on the application to me.
If someone was going for a serious 70s vibe, I would like the 5 cut-joint look and would not be concerned about extreme character likeness.

I also enjoy the micronaut/black hole/etc. design that the 80s Joes utilized. If used correctly, these can have a good amount of character likeness and hold a few more poses than the 5cut body. Again, I would probably not choose that for a 60s or 70s franchise, tho.

What I really like to see is nice cloth good accessories, even at that scale.

[ZICA]

It really depends on the application to me.
If someone was going for a serious 70s vibe, I would like the 5 cut-joint look and would not be concerned about extreme character likeness.

I also enjoy the micronaut/black hole/etc. design that the 80s Joes utilized. If used correctly, these can have a good amount of character likeness and hold a few more poses than the 5cut body. Again, I would probably not choose that for a 60s or 70s franchise, tho.

What I really like to see is nice cloth good accessories, even at that scale.

This is exactly how I feel except I think cloth accessories would be very difficult to do at that scale. Even with the more modern figures the soft goods pieces tend to look oversized. The Star Wars VOTC by Hasbro is a good example of this.

[rche]

This is exactly how I feel except I think cloth accessories would be very difficult to do at that scale. Even with the more modern figures the soft goods pieces tend to look oversized. The Star Wars VOTC by Hasbro is a good example of this.

I think that depends on the character and application. The modern Hasbro has sort of gotten out of hand with the screen accuracy attempts, in my opinion. However, if you look at the original SW and PotF lines, there were some great cloth goods. General Lando's cape, the Pancho for Leia on endor, Emperors Royal Guard, the skiff guard fellows weird fur skirt front thing: All were awesome. If you want to think even smaller; Yoda's robe and even the Jawa robe were great at that scale.

I think the trap for cloth goods is in attempting to be too realistic with them. Actually, that is probable the case for that entire scale as an articulated figure. If you want to make a mini statue, modern sculpting and casting can get it done. If you want to make it move, you still have to deal with how the joints are hidden.

[Remco Monster]

Joes

Check out Mezco's 3.75 Cinema of Fear and Hellboy figures for hands down the nicest all around 3.75 figures to date.

[Teemu]

This is exactly how I feel except I think cloth accessories would be very difficult to do at that scale. Even with the more modern figures the soft goods pieces tend to look oversized. The Star Wars VOTC by Hasbro is a good example of this.

are you planning on doing a 3 3/4" Buck Rogers line like the VOTC Starwars figures??

BOUGHT!!!

[ZICA]

are you planning on doing a 3 3/4" Buck Rogers line like the VOTC Starwars figures??

BOUGHT!!!

Sorry to say but that's not gonna happen, at least not from me. I've only got the license until the end of the year and after that I'm moving on to other things.

[Type Two]

80's GI Joe for articulation. I actually prefer the "straight neck" design over the "ball neck." Also, gotta have the swivel arm battle grip. Strangely, there are only a handful of figures that have both straight necks and s.a.b.g.