To those saying “hasbros worse” that wasn’t the point of the video. It was why I don’t like how Todd mcfarlane is running his line. I plan on making a hasbro video as well. Just know it’s not as bad as mcfarlanes. (Also yes I know micheal messed up with the halo figure😭)

Todd’s saying that the kid would be disappointed for getting a female figure? And then imagine being a kid and getting an unmasked Batman.

I live in Tokyo, I have a pretty big collection. NFT action figures? Yeah nah, I don’t think that’ll fly here. Japan isn’t as ‘technologically’ accepting as some may think. What a video though mate, thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it!

As a Doom fan, I'm thankful that Good Smile has stepped in to stop McFarlane's monopoly on Doom figures.

Regarding his stance on the “girl figures”, I really think he’s just an old dude living in the 70s/early 80s. I’m pretty sure when I was a kid, I’ve always made sure my parents knew which character i was after when buying me a toy

I find the female figure thing the worst indictment. I love female heroes and hate the lack of females in Todd's toys.

The female figures are just as good in my opinion. You can't have just females and just males. They both compliment each other. Imagine just having an action figure collection with just male characters, that sucks. As long as you do the female figures right, I have no issue with them.

I remember I bought a Fortnite figure from Mcfarlane and it was absolute dogshit, every time I try to pose him, his leg pops off

I have family in Japan and spend about one month a year there. I can confirm that apartments are tiny (600 sq ft is not out of the ordinary) and big collections are difficult. For those who do have bigger collections, things like boxes and packaging are usually sacrificed. I can also confirm that McFarlane Toys used to be next to impossible to find there, but have recently become much more common with the DC Multiverse line. However, I don't think many people are buying them, as they're frequently the only figures I see on discount.

What’s crazy is that there are really good figures in the line, which is actually more infuriating because it shows that they do know how to make them, they just don’t most of the time. Look at the MK spawn, Violator, Raven Spawn, etc. Noob Siabot is practically in 6in scale and has proportions that look like they would actually belong to a human with decent articulation. It’s like they only put in the effort when they feel like it. It’s also surprising how great the details were in the early 2000s but I guess most of the talent left for Neca.

TODD’S NFT TANGENT WAS SO EMBARRASSING

A friend of mine would always act appalled when I say I bought One hot toys batman or a Mezco figure. But over the course of a month, they would show me 7-8 mcfarlane or Hasboro toys they bought. Some people are generally all about the instant gratification instead of using patience and appreciating high quality. Nice video my man

You got to give this man credit, because all the issues he talked about were spot on with McFarlane figures. Batman has the most figures out of any other character. I know I know he loves Batman but it shouldn't be about what Todd likes more than what buyers want. If he was just making the figures for himself to show off then fine make a billion different Batman figures. However, Todd is making them for sale to a customer base. I have seen many comments in figure release posts by Todd or other KZfaq collectors asking for characters such as Zatanna, Red Tornado, Star Girl, Vandal Savage, Lagoon Boy, or a good Wonder Woman. Then you see another Batman Two Face figure instead LMAO. Seriously he put out Blue Beetle and Booster Gold in a two pack with no hands and then put out a classic Blue Beetle with hands and calls it a Gold Label. For me its the lack of articulation of the figures. Yes, I rather pay the $100+ dollars for the Mafex or Mezco figures because they come with cloth material capes and more accessories than a $30 Platinum figure with no hands and a simple card. Marvel Legend figures are better than McFarlane figures. Not only do you get more accessories but many of them are also cheaper.

That's not a McFarlane Master Chief. That's the Jazwares series 3 release that was notorious for having bad knees. McFarlane made halo figures but that was back in like 2012.

When he talked about female figures in toylines he might of had a point when it comes to toy lines aimed for young boys (6-10 years) like females some times don't sell well compared to the males or in some case take forever to be in the line, but DC Multiverse is aimed for older teens to young adults. So He's treating the line just like the batman TAS toy line (shit tons of batmen & little to no other characters).

This video made me realize how much my father is getting robbed. He's a collector and a big DC guy, he would never understand the things explained in this video but I can. McFarlane should be ashamed of himself

I met Todd once years ago. He was incredibly rude, and totally full of himself. Incredibly arrogant. His argument about female figures is just dumb. The few kids who still collect figures will want the male characters first, but that doesn’t mean they don’t want females at all! My son had quite a Justice League animated figure collection, and he had Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Zatana, etc alongside all the male heroes. Why? Because he wanted as many Justice League characters as possible, regardless of their sex. Also, no one is asking for full waves of females…just to have more in the release schedule. Instead of 87 different Batman figures, maybe throw in some ladies like Black Canary, Zatana, Huntress, and…oh yeah….a classic comic Wonder Woman???!!!!

I’ve always wanted female figures. In the 80’s I bought some of the She-Ra line to go with my He-Man figures because of the lack of females.

I used to not like these McFarlane DC figures mostly because they were too big and out of scale with the more common DC 6 inch figures. I do like the sculpts and paint on them and I do agree that we need some good Wonder Woman figures. I also agree that the variants, gold label and platinum label really aren’t that desirable. I work in a collectible shop and I think I’ve only sold 1 platinum label since this line has been in existence. The other thing I noticed recently is that the legs are too long for the torsos and that really bothers me. My favorite ones so far are the Swamp Thing, Red Hood and Batman Beyond. So, I guess I do agree that they have discrepancies but in recent days the figures have grown on me.

After re-watching this video and Todd talking about how kids don’t want female action figures does he not remember that this line is for a collectors 15 and up. Kids may not want those female action figures but us adult collectors do.

Shartimus prime during that interview is any of us politely gritting our teeth through our uncle's lifestory through the entire birthday party

I've only bought 4 of his figures so far and I think they're decent quality (maybe I got lucky) I'll admit the dissapointment of lack of accessories. Also, lack of females. I don't mind the 7 inch scale but we could cut back the amount of batmen.

Either tod doesnt remember being a kid or he grew up before any modern ip lines cuz that justification for not having female toy is not only ass but doesnt make sense, and if he is worried for poor collectors that dont have space for a big ass colection of random batman they should be high quality or people would straight up go upscale and buy a better more expensive line

Ok. I own a Wonder Woman in the golden armor and it's still in the package because I want it to be a display piece. But HOLY SHIT. After seeing this video, that Wonder Woman is staying in its original packaging forever.

Japan here, what he said is nonsense, ain’t that hard to have a shelf of figures in the corner lol, NFTs can suck it. Also I wish Mcfarlane would more often, let other companies take a crack at Spawn characters.

His current figures aren't perfect. However, he was smart in releasing his line of DC figures that people would want. I collected his earlier figures back in the 90s and '00s. I prefer those much better.

Dude is so far out of line. As a 9 year old boy, the one thing I dreamed of as a kid was having a Rogue figure to finish my X-Men line. There was never good Rogue figures. He’s SORELY misunderstanding and misrepresenting the fan base. I would give anything to have a good Starfire and Raven or a good Wonder Woman or Black Canary. He just seems sexist 💀

We don’t have a Doomsday but we have a Doomsday Batman 💀💀💀💀💀😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀😂😂😂😂😂💀💀😭😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣💀

Swamp Thing is amazing tho, fits in everywhere, sculpt paint and proportions are A+. But it's among the few that aren't spwan related that stand out.

Thank goodness I'm collecting the Mattel JLU line again. That line is atleast diverse and hits me hard in the nostalgia spot. Also, DC Icons was god tier. Still sad that it ended. Because it's a great toyline. Also,consistent sculpts. And yes,I collect female figs. And want a Buffy The Vampire Slayer toyline.

The crazy part about the "well it's only $20 argument is that for just 35 dollars you can get an insane neca figure, like the jungle hunter predator that's just insane, came with extra hands, an extra head sculpt with helmet off and accessories not to mention great proportions and it looks amazing. Talk about value

Fun Fact: I actually met Todd at a local convention, and well i'm guessing he was in a bad mood, because when I went to go see him he saw me and said some REALLY RACIST things to me, as i'm an Asian.

In my personal opinion, every action figure ,ie: hasbro,mcfarlane ,mafex, Mezco and , Neca should COME WITH interchangeable hands . No interchangeable hands made the multiverse unchained superman disappointing for me .

He’s got an army of fanboys and reviewers praising every thing he does, so no wonder he won’t change anything. He was only forced to add articulation because they all wanted it. If enough people demand change he may do it, but not currently with so many fanboys kissing his ass

"Whos gonna buy female figures?" Whos gonna buy buffed wonder woman with a mohawk todd? Fucking aquaman?

When Todd said that peoples in japan can’t have a big collection, that made me think of displaying model behavior who live in Japan and have a big collection (with no McFarlanes figures what so ever)

When he went in on female figures - I was like jeez man. Hawkgirl, Poison Ivy, and a Wonder Woman would easily be bought by any guy. Ridiculous. The serial killer thing was despicable.

I recently bought their Lobo figure. Because I'm a big Lobo fan and try to collect anything I can. And I think my biggest gripe, despite the awkward proportions make the articulation all weird, not being the biggest fan of the sculpt they went with, and the torso being a different pale than the head. Is there are elements that are sculpted in that very clearly look like they should be painted, that just aren't. It's like a proper paint job is the bare minimum you can do to keep your figure from looking flat, and they couldn't even do that. This probably wouldn't frustrate me as much. If I didn't just see their new Black Adam movie figure... And it has the same goddamned problem!!

in Mexico we have a huge price increase, marvel went from 20 bucks to 25 bucks but DC multiverse went fro 20 bucks...TO 30 WHOLE BUCKS

LMAO!!! I was drinking water and almost got choked when the whole " Serial Killer Theory " came up!!!🤣

I know Hasbro isn’t perfect but at least the quality for the most part is pretty good, they reuse sculpts but at least they are good sculpts, articulation is decent, and personally I just really like how they feel in my hand

I agree with a lot of things you've said, like the quality control, lack of hands, 7 inch scale, etc. I get how it's very frustrating to out of box collectors. It doesn't bother me too much, though, because I don't open the figures. So, I don't have to worry about the arm breaking, lack of hands, whatever. McFarlane has flaws, like those grey variants. If Todd wants to do chase variants, he should atleast do chase variants that are actually cool. For example, like how the Toybiz ML x men Cyclops had a chase figure with the x factor costume. Something like that was cool. I do want Todd to do more figures than just Batman, I'd die for characters like Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Blue Beetle, Scarecrow, etc. I still like his figures, well, most. But you did make valid points, and I respect them

Ive never seen a single person buy a dc figure, every time I go to the local target there are always dc figures they never leave

Nah dead ass i bought a superman and shit came with a broken leg 2 times💀 And now the legends figures are dealing with a similar problem where the pain is just ass💀

when the retro card gwen stacy came out my grandma bought it for my bday and l was extremely happy, I didnt ask ohh any electros any green gobins i didnt ask for anything. i have no clue what bull crap todd was talking about. (its just better to have varieties of different characters)

The only McF figures I own -- not many -- are from the '90s and still on card. It was always obvious to me that what Todd considered "cool" got preferential treatment. As far as his Batman fetish, what he could/should do is produce figures based on the many legendary artists who drew the character: Neal Adams, Marshall Rogers, Michael Golden, Jim Aparo, and so on. AND include supporting characters and villains.

24:57 For the record, this ain't a Mcfarlane Master Chief, this was Jazzwares.

Fact is Todd puts most of his heart into the Spawn figures. Everything else in an afterthought. Some of the worst paint, sculpts and faces amongst the DC characters. The side eye and the weird hands and no accessories besides the card and stand. I really miss the DC collectibles line

I find it so ironic that Todd doesnt like too much articulation bc it looks ugly, when his style of Spiderman is in such extreme ass poses. So like if he ever made a Spiderman figure, it prolly wouldn't have enough articulation to get it accurate to his artworks lmaoo Mad respect for Todd tho, even if those claims in the Shartimus Prime interview was questionable af. Gud vid Criminal

McFarlane is an L but I love the Fnaf lego.

Trying being a Superman fan, we have it worse when it comes to McFarlane.

Bros biggest opp is mcfarlane

the problem you mentioned with the batman figure having a varient that has an unmasked head has been done a couple times outside of the dc line. the closest example is the mirio figure from the mha line which mirio has 2 figures and they are the exact same same Accessories except one has an angry face 😐

As a person who bought some of the DC Multiverse figures, this video really changed my opinion on McFarlane toys. I may be hard on Hasbro sometimes for the shit they put out, but every single Marvel legends and Transformers generations figures are super solid and have great QC and accessories. Todd’s Dc line gets on my nerves a lot of times because I want so many iconic DC characters like Mr. Freeze, classic Wonder Woman, and yet the focus is on super niche appearances like Dark Knight returns Joker, and… McFarlane Wonder Woman? I don’t see these figures selling as much as something like the Snyder cut figures because it’s like…who cares…that and the lack of accessories. Love this video breakdown.

Remember Color Tops? Where on the same line we had Rick Grimes, Naruto, Michonne, Sasuke, Titanfall and Spawn? Yeah, the man has no clue about the business

I'd rather pay $80 for MAFEX which is high quality, greatly articulated and sculpted, and overall just looks badass, than pay $20 from something that looks and feels like it came from a flee market. Also love the content bro, keep it up!

I just went to the full interview video and I’m in awe of the denial that these people are in. Absolutely zero objectivity. It was almost cult like. I can understand SP not really going in on him because he doesn’t want to lose access, but the way he was simping was embarrassing.

WTF did he say about female superhero figures?? WHAT? Also, my mom got me April O'Neil, Storm, Pink Ranger, Catwoman etc. to go with all the male figures too. I liked having everyone. Also, no one said they wanted an entire line of female figures. What was that bit about the serial killer? WTF

Can anyone tell mr whats the name of the city in Japan dedicated to action figures?

My dad (before he left me) bought me the classic doomguy mcfarlane figure and it was a decent figure. My only problem with the mcfarlane figures is their articulation and their size, they're just too big to fit with my marvel figures, doomguy is fine he's always bigger but the rest of dc figures we're too gigantic. I wish the doomguy figure has more articulation thats all I want.

I'm not t he biggest DC fan, I prefer Marvel myself, that being said I was really excited as a collector for the McFarlane DC line ...... Right out of the gate I got an Animated Batman and Animated Superman as I loved those cartoons from the 90's ...... at this point, 2 years later, these figures have never been able to stand on their own and I had to paint in one of Batman's eyes because it came unpainted. I picked up a Wonder Woman standard and the later the Gold suited WW from the second movie, both came brand new with loose joints and requires special stands to sit on a shelf. After that I got Black Mantis, the only one out of all 5 figures that had no issues ..... I made the decision well over a year ago that the 5 I have will be the only 5 I will have ...... The QC just isn't there and quite honestly, whenever I see new figures at retail, none of them impress me ..... All that being said, I have noticed much better QC and better looking figures from McFarlane's Spawn line

From my point of view, i do like the few mcfarlane figures that i have, and theres a very good reason for why i dont pick up many, i think a lot of the best aspects from the mcfarlane line comes in some the sculpt work, while paint, articulation, and accessories seem to always be lacking, though sometimes even the sculpts arent right. Regardless the ones i do have, im very happy with the looks, but they definitely wont be doing much other than just stand there

Nft figures??? Please tell me I missed heard I don't want to live in this Universe anymore💀

As a Asian north American, Wtf guys if this is true that he was the “best” toy line of the year or smth, you guys are crazy

I kinda agree with you, deffinetly this dc line has a lot of issues but at the end most of the figures on this line are worth buying, but what I really hate about mcfarlane dc figures is the fact that we barelly get new characters out of batman, I really wish an arkham City cat woman or an injustice 1 green arrow.

I a 19 year old, Just got me a Silk action figure. So yeah Mcfarlane is MID.

Can't believe a normal Wonder Woman McFarlane figure only came out just now

I collect McFarlane figures but I agree with you on every point I have a big problem with the feet being bent in my collection and paint issues I'm a huge DC fan but McFarlane definitely needs to do better

Ok after watching the video, I want to say that I respect your opinions and the points you bring up. The video was entertaining too. To be honest I only buy some of McFarlane because it's just figures I really want that no other company put out yet. I do hate a lot of the practices he does and holy shit the amount of Batman. I only buy his figures when it's something I really want because of the budget I work on. Anyways, I really enjoyed the video again and I'm glad you went so thorough with it.

If female figures will dissapoint your son With that same rule your son would be dissapointed with a goddam McDonald's batman or biker Bruce wayne

I miss DC Direct…

Dude loved the video keep up the good work (I just subscribed). I completely agree with everyone of the points you make.For myself I am really enjoying the line I don’t pickup more than 1 in 10 but the figures I do pick up I have been really happy with. Just the sheer amount of really cool looking sculpts and gets me hyped to pick them up and pose them.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH 9 YEAR OLD BOYS GETTING A FUCKIN' FEMALE ACTION FIGURE??? Dude, I seriously don't understand the reason why female figs should not be made bcuz of kids wanting'em. There are dozens of 9 yr old kids that don't want fmle figures, well at least 90percent of 'em doesn't. With this much this line should be canned by now. And the variant thing ended like 15 years ago, ever since Toybiz ML went bankrupt. That thing is even too outdated by this point. Great video, Spidey.

I’ve been collecting superhero figures for years and in that time I’ve maybe bought 10 McFarlane figures. I’ve made it a rule of thumb to not buy multiple versions of the same character though. I buy a figure for every new character he does, and sometimes they’re good! Notable examples are the new Wally West and John Stewart. I just want someone to get the license and not do 30 Batman figures. I drew the line at them throwing Batman in on the new green lantern wave. It’s ridiculous that there’s no doomsaday when he made a Earth 1 Batman, and no Hawkman when he made those giant wings with the Batman Who Laughs

40:35 Todd McFarlane: "You can't have a big collection" Good Smile Company/Bandai/Takara Tomy/Medicom Toys and other Japanese toy/collectible companies: Did we stutter?

I have a flash that I bought at target because there was no more marvels legends that I did not have, anyway me and my friend tries to do some poses and photos with him but his leg broke when we tried to make him run.

I love them. The sculpts. The scale. The oddball choices. It’s a fun line. Especially if you like doing repaints because there’s so much detail on the sculpts.

I loved dc icons. They didn't have the best articulation, but had awesome accesories, nice scupts and pait for the most part. I miss that line a lot.

Sculpting and looks are amazing in Mcfarlane. Todd is well-known for loving statues and sculptures, so no wonder his figures look very good and big. But his figures' quality and reliability are horrible, especially the DC multiverse.

Wow! I wasn’t aware. I just don’t like DC characters didn’t pay attention to the toys by McFarlane. Truly a poop line of toys. 🤢🤮

While most is valid, argument definitely started to fall apart when u compared the line to dc essentials.. McFarlane multiverse Is 3 tiers better than that shit line, of no accessories, terrible paint apps, w figures that can’t stand up or pose, and don’t even have peg holes. Dc Icons would’ve worked better.

As much as I like his Spawn figures, the DC line needs improving. I'm lucky enough that the only bad QC issue I have is the arm on Cyborg popping out.

When I got my batman figure,it had this weird sideways hunch. Whenever I tried to correct his posture, he just popped in half and I had to put him together again. Also my batman was missing the collar piece OUT OF BOX like I opened him in the store parking lot and his collar was missing arleady.

Btw i heard they're JUST NOE MAKING A COMIC CLASSIC SUPERMAN and STILL NO OTHER SUPERMEN? Like I get My Adventures with Superman is new but still like no brandon routh or anything!

As someone who has bought figures from this line, I agree with a vast majority of your points from an adult collector’s perspective. I get that Batman sells well and make figures specifically sell better than female ones with boys. But the point is-maybe there’s a happy medium there? Like cut 1 or 2 of the Batman figures (I work at Target and there’s a ton of peg warmers of Hazmat Batman and a couple others) and I think there’s room for some female figures, or even some others like the rest of the Teen Titans. Also as someone who was a 9 year old boy 13 years ago, I didn’t care if I got an action figure of a female character-in fact I remember getting hyped that my mom bought me Invisible Woman, Wonder Woman, and Black Widow for one of my birthdays. If i had a son who wanted to collect-I’d for sure ask him what he wanted and then sprinkle in some figures I thought were good to go along with his lineup (say he wanted Rebirth versions of Batman and Superman-I’d probs buy them and then try to get him a Rebirth Wonder Woman (if they had her) to round it out). I think the worst thing about most of the figures is the headsculpts. Rebirth Batman looks like he has chocolate on his face and almost of them have something….off about them. To anyone who cares I’ve got: DC 1000 Batman, AC 1000 Superman, John Stewart (Rebirth), Flash (Rebirth), Nightwing/Red Hood (New 52 2-pack), Batgirl (Rebirth), Batman (TAS), Batman (White Knight), Joker (White Knight), Batman (ZSJL), Superman (ZSJL), and Wonder Woman (1984). I plan on attempting to round out both Justice League teams (the comic team including the newest Aquaman and Martian Manhunter-I’m hoping to get a Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman eventually).

I agree. There's pretty much lack of paint job and wash to them, not like back in the day where mcfarland figures had phenomenal paint and details even though it didn't have articulation.

so weird seeing Mcfarlane figures in this state, i remember in the mid 2000s his spawn lines were unmatched (granted they were more statue'y) wish he'd pull whatever vodo he had at that time back to this era. edit jesus christ that serial comment killed all respect i had for him holy shit

Commenting again after I finished the video. That Riddler bit at the end was very well done! I've seen a lot of people try to redo that performance and it comes off as cringey and crap. Was that actually you doing it Spider-Criminal? The performance was great and the composition and camera work was fantastic too. Well done! Was not expecting such a competent performance at the end! 👌

Idk why Mattel lost the dc license, I do know though that I wish they didn’t. They were getting pretty good at the end there. Plus they were in the process of making teen Titans. Mafex and mezco are both really expensive and even they don’t have a huge selection. Dc fans just kinda get the shaft unfortunately

I buy McFarlane to customize 'em. LOL. It doesn't hurt when you accidentally fuck up a $20 figure... not to mention that 75% of them can't even stand properly. 😑

I completely agree. Only because I’m a big Batman fan I buy dc multiverse figures. I guess I’m part of the 1% of people that only buy batman figures lol

5:01 NAH WHO'S RAISING THIS KID MY ASS WAS LUCKY TO GET A 20$ NINTENDO CARD FOR EASTER 💀

Nicely done bro! That ending was perfect lmao

Thank you for making this video. I've been wanting to make one myself but just couldn't. Mcfartland has been a problem for years upon years. Never have I seen such fame stretch out from just 15 minutes of fame. Anyways Todd's issue is he looks at these figures as though nothing but adults are going to buy them which isn't completely off but he forgets about kids. All these figures for him are to be looked at and not played with.

That master chief figure isn’t even McFarlane but it’s still got bad articulation

the head on my batman figure broke, my bizzaro's leg broke, my 1000's superman's head is about to break and the paint on his hair chipped after he fell off my shelf literally half the size of a 5yo child

I've been waiting 87 years for this video.

#midfarlane

I buy McFarlane toys and products. I like his artwork and he is the creator of one of my favorite superheroes, Spawn. All of that being said, I agree with every single point in this video. Whether you support McFarlane toys or not, you can't deny there's objectively bad flaws in the DC Multiverse line from quality control issues, bad proportions, inaccuracies, lack of female characters, and Todd's Batman bias. I am saying this as someone who collects McFarlane DC Multiverse (although a more fitting name would be Batman Multiverse with other DC characters on the side).

Not bad but what are your thoughts on the spawn line?