by Gillbob316 » Sun May 15, 2016 4:57 pm
General Thoughts:
When I heard 12" Figures, I thought, "Oh cool... so we could get things like Giant Man, or Gantu or Marshmallow from Frozen" and my initial reaction was positive. Then I read further that they were just big versions of the characters we have, and I'm absolutely not on board for that. The last thing I want, as a collector, is a more expensive variant of something I already own (a variant that doesn't even fit well within the standard line, at that). Yet the fact that the would reportedly work differently and/or provide in-game differences, would make me feel compelled to collect them begrudgingly, as I'm something of a completionist. (This is basically the same problem I have with the Crystals and the Lightsaber Variants, except at $45 a pop it's even more compounded)
As far as the playset selection... I dunno. It doesn't really shock me. It's all Disney/Pixar/Marvel/Star Wars big upcoming movies. We could have assumed most of this already. I know some folks are scoffing at things like Cars 3 & Pirates 5 getting re-hashed releases... but honestly I don't mind it much. We're far enough removed from 1.0 that it doesn't feel super redundant, and I always like it when new Infinity Content gets released that gives me a reason to use my old figures. I'd be happy to have a new use for all these old 1.0 Characters. What I WOULDN'T be super happy about is a new Lightning, New Mater & New Jack Sparrow figure (and I'm sure all those things would be a given). Again... I like new content that gives me new uses for old figures... but I dislike arguably unnecessary variants and re-treads of characters we already have (I'm Looking at you Civil War Captain America).
I'm actually not all that excited about Rogue 1. The movie looks... real flat and joyless to me. I dunno. It doesn't look like it has the whimsical... fantasy... fun quality that I like to see in the Star Wars universe. It's all solemn stern faces, and the plight of the rebels (Kids, are you noticing all this plight?). That said... my lack of enthusiasm for the movie translates to a lack of enthusiasm to see the movie translated to fun cartoony plastic toys. I'd rather see more classic Star Wars characters that haven't been made yet than new ones I'm not yet acquainted with, who don't look super interesting.
As for the lack of classic Disney characters/playsets... eh, not altogether surprising. That said, I'm sure we still would have gotten some mixed in-between those sets. They may not ever be the main focus of an infinity release, but they at least release a good handful of supplemental characters, even if they didn't have names picked out yet.
Here's Hoping a new company picks up the license. Would love for this game to have a future again.
Hope the 12" idea stays dead.