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Nerd Rage...
So I finally was able to see some of the new ROC figures at Wal-Mart. One thing that caught my was the "Action Battlers". For those who haven't seen, they are stylized, cartoon versions of some of the characters. They are very basic, but look like smaller versions of the late 8" sigma six series.
If you didn't have an opportunity to check out the sigma 6 figures, you were really missing out, imo. Not only were they articulated much like a Marvel legends figure, they were also very detailed and each had a butt load of accessories. They even dropped the Sigma 6 name and focused on classic characters at the end there.
Unfortunately, as things often do, the line was prematurely canceled with a few figures outstanding. Many fans of the series were extremely disappointed with Hasbro's decision to put the figures on hiatus, but were forced to move on with the 25th anniversary figures.
So now on to the nerd rage...Why didn't Hasbro use this opportunity to release the 8" figures in to the market for the movie line? They would have had plenty of molds already to use and repaint (many of the limbs were interchangeable and would only require the remold of the head) and then they could have released the figures that were limbo at the end of the series. But NOOOOOO, they had to create a whole new stupid size class with essentially the same freaken look. ARG!!!!!
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