AllNewSuperRobot wrote:First off, we're not going to quibble over heights of fictional characters. That's silly.
You literally were the one that started it.
Secondly, I don't forget details about the comics I've been reading for ...30+ years now.
And yet you were lauding the accuracy of a pair of figures that were ridiculously out of scale with each other.
Now, as Blastback said, it is artistic license used in that mini series and that Sabretooth design. For example, the scale and/or perspective of that Sinister cover being all wrong. Considering it is supposed to be depicting a 6'5 character holding a 6'6 character by the throat.
Yes, artistic license is a thing in comics, but the comic consistently showed him as being shorter than 6'6" when drawn wearing that costume which the new figure seems to accurately depict.
Here's another Marvel Legends iteration, from the "Face-Off" line:
AKA Toy Biz understood it, Hasbro doesn't.
Do they? Do we have a matching comic panel?
It's not just about height but proportions. The image with Psylocke above is to demonstrate his physicality over someone of normal size. That's where the figure objectively falls flat.
Comparing him against a woman isn't much of a comparison. At best he looks 6' and his physique isn't exaggerated like his later design, it's a very realistic body type.
Look, I'm not here to split hairs, you get a dozen different artists and you'll have a dozen different takes on him. I do think your expectations are too high for a figure based on a design that has definitely been seen in the comics before.
It would be nice if they'd use yellow hair more often, though...
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