Comments on: Poe’s Point > An Appreciation of the Ball Jointed Neck http://www.poeghostal.com/2007/12/poes-point-an-appreciation-of-the-ball-jointed-neck.html A blog about action figures and the toy industry in general by writer and collector Poe Ghostal. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:24:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Poe http://www.poeghostal.com/2007/12/poes-point-an-appreciation-of-the-ball-jointed-neck.html#comment-89 Poe Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:20:50 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/2007/12/poes-point-an-appreciation-of-the-ball-jointed-neck.html#comment-89 @FM--That's very true. Japan has always been way ahead of us in toy design. Back in the early 1980s I had <a href="http://www.clubtokyo.org/listings/itemListingRpt.php?catID=1&subCatID=1&contentID=569" rel="nofollow">imported vinyl Bandai Godzilla figures</a> with levels of detail that weren't seen in the American market until about ten years ago. They were certainly light years ahead of contemporary American offerings, like the <a href="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/toyspace72/AFA/Gojiboot.jpg" rel="nofollow">Imperial Godzilla</a> (which I also have a soft spot for). @FM–That's very true. Japan has always been way ahead of us in toy design. Back in the early 1980s I had imported vinyl Bandai Godzilla figures with levels of detail that weren't seen in the American market until about ten years ago. They were certainly light years ahead of contemporary American offerings, like the Imperial Godzilla (which I also have a soft spot for).

]]> By: Fanmode http://www.poeghostal.com/2007/12/poes-point-an-appreciation-of-the-ball-jointed-neck.html#comment-87 Fanmode Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:03:44 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/2007/12/poes-point-an-appreciation-of-the-ball-jointed-neck.html#comment-87 It's worth pointing out Takara's influential Microman line had 10cm-tall action figures with ball-jointed necks back in the Seventies. (Not only that but they had ball-jointed <i>wrist</i> joints as well.) It's worth pointing out Takara's influential Microman line had 10cm-tall action figures with ball-jointed necks back in the Seventies.

(Not only that but they had ball-jointed wrist joints as well.)

]]> By: Esbat http://www.poeghostal.com/2007/12/poes-point-an-appreciation-of-the-ball-jointed-neck.html#comment-85 Esbat Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:55:27 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/2007/12/poes-point-an-appreciation-of-the-ball-jointed-neck.html#comment-85 I still lament not getting Raphael as a kid, but by the time I found one at Wal-Mart the figures were over 3 dollars and my parents were not gonna buy me anything over 3 dollars 'cause I lost some expensive Transformer (beachcomber) at K-Mart shortly before finding Raph. I still lament not getting Raphael as a kid, but by the time I found one at Wal-Mart the figures were over 3 dollars and my parents were not gonna buy me anything over 3 dollars 'cause I lost some expensive Transformer (beachcomber) at K-Mart shortly before finding Raph.

]]> By: Poe http://www.poeghostal.com/2007/12/poes-point-an-appreciation-of-the-ball-jointed-neck.html#comment-75 Poe Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:55:33 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/2007/12/poes-point-an-appreciation-of-the-ball-jointed-neck.html#comment-75 I'll talk about articulation a bit more in the giant DC Universe Classics review I have coming up. But like you, as a kid I loved getting more articulation on toys. It warms my heart that NECA's TMNT will have decent articulation (certainly better than the old--and current--Playmates figures). I'll talk about articulation a bit more in the giant DC Universe Classics review I have coming up. But like you, as a kid I loved getting more articulation on toys. It warms my heart that NECA's TMNT will have decent articulation (certainly better than the old–and current–Playmates figures).

]]> By: Esbat http://www.poeghostal.com/2007/12/poes-point-an-appreciation-of-the-ball-jointed-neck.html#comment-73 Esbat Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:44:22 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/2007/12/poes-point-an-appreciation-of-the-ball-jointed-neck.html#comment-73 I'm just a fan of super poseability. I remember playing with my Ninja Turtles and Aliens figures and wish for the GI Joe articulation but on a larger scale. Then the Spider-man and X-men animated series debuted and I wanted a fricken Super Poseable spidey. Sadly the most "extra articulation" I got was from my favorite Spidey figure the first Spider-Man 2099 figure. He had that keen ankle articulation that just made him the "bomb diggity"... also the web cape was also another fine little bit of detail that won me over. Alas it wasn't until I had hit college that figures started sporting the articulation that would have kept me from moving on to Video Games and the internet as my new obsessions. I remember my first MLs were Blade, Thor Series III, and Iron Man Series I. The Iron Man one was just the absolute greatest figure I've ever owned because he can take every pose I've seen him in from various posters, pin ups, and splash pages. I'm just a fan of super poseability. I remember playing with my Ninja Turtles and Aliens figures and wish for the GI Joe articulation but on a larger scale. Then the Spider-man and X-men animated series debuted and I wanted a fricken Super Poseable spidey. Sadly the most "extra articulation" I got was from my favorite Spidey figure the first Spider-Man 2099 figure. He had that keen ankle articulation that just made him the "bomb diggity"… also the web cape was also another fine little bit of detail that won me over.

Alas it wasn't until I had hit college that figures started sporting the articulation that would have kept me from moving on to Video Games and the internet as my new obsessions. I remember my first MLs were Blade, Thor Series III, and Iron Man Series I. The Iron Man one was just the absolute greatest figure I've ever owned because he can take every pose I've seen him in from various posters, pin ups, and splash pages.

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