With the introduction of 1:10 scale, toylines were forever changed. Now 1:12 looks extremely wimpy and some of the stuff can be ridiculously tiny. This gets worse when dealing with Japanese 1:12 vs American 1:12. Which makes hunting for diorama props a HUGE pain in the ass... Well, here comes 1:10 to throw a giant wrench to your plans.
Aside some NECA, Mattel's former MOTUC line, SOME WWE stuff, some Diamond Select stuff, and Super7's Ultimates, getting 1:10 stuff is an even bigger pain in the ass.
If you had issues trying to get, say, food items for your Marvel Legends, well, your movie NECA Turtles or any of your Super 7 TMNT we'll have a hard time getting properly scaled soda to wash down their pizzas. So you saw a barrel for your fantasy figures like Conan or Masters of the Universe... it CAN WORK as a smaller barrel. So you saw some Nifty furniture on Ebay for the sewer lair... that might be useful with the NECA cartoon line... but not for the movie. And if you want a Time Machine... Prepare to spend a shit ton of money to build one yourself... especially since you have to 3d print most of it! Just to display your NECAs!
With the Thundertank being $450 plus shipping I decided to look for alternatives for the TMNT Party Wagon. Well, There is NOTHING in 1/10 scale... BUT I can get a DIECAST VW Kombi in 1/12 scale to repaint and modify for the same price...Hell, even when I bought a bunch of dildos for my action figures, they were either undersized or oversized for MOTUC. The smallest Massage wand is OK for Origins . With 1/10, unless you can 3D print AND cast stuff, more often than not you'll be SOL.
Add more lines go to this scale we still haven't gotten enough accessories for it to thrive like 1/12 scale... it's been nearly 20 years since the 1/10 scale became somewhat mainstream. Even the more mainstream 1/12, which became popular in the late 90s-early 00s Still has issues with accessories.
Sure NOW we're getting dioramas, but without props, dioramas aren't enough to spice up a scene.
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