James Cameron seems to be prepared for an Avater 3 flop.

 He mentioned on an IGN article that if Avatar 3 flops, he'll write a book to complete the story.

That's not bueno. He's aware of the various factors against him, except the most obvious one: The movies just aren't that good. Then again, he's old AF... he's like 70... err 71. He's closer to becoming a past tense and Methinks that he's hoping for the movie to do well, so he can do 4 and 5. But Age is what worries me.  IF he wants to finish Avatar, the book is the best option. But then again... I don't give a fuck about these movies 

James Cameron is being a little bitch again

 This time he's whining about people complaining about his Remasters. Apparently, the Criticism is that the Renasters were an AI upscale made from the previous Blu-ray release.

So, Jimbo is now whining about people complaining about grain structure, colors, etc.... it's as if he forgot how meticulous he can be with movies. Did he forget that film is a visual medium? If the "enhancements" are having a negative impact on visuals, people have a right to complain.

Seems that with old Age, Cameron has become a little bitch that cries over everything. It's sad and pathetic.

Also, Avaturds 4 and 5 are supposedly already written. 

And I don't like both of them, though BR is the least awful of both... 

Toy Story 5 and other odds and ends

 Toy Story has overstayed its welcome. I kinda liked 4, but I felt it was an unnecessary cash grab squeezing the last bit of soul in the franchise.

Apparently it's going to be toys vs Electronics... in 2026... We're like 20+ years late to the party, Disney... I gotta be honest, I'm not gonna go to theaters to see this one.. This screens an even bigger soulless Crap that I'll watch on Disney+ than Toy Story 4 or Cars 3. That's assuming I still have D+ by then.

Speaking of soulless Crap that I'll watch on Disney+ Frozen 3. I barely remember Frozen 2 and to be honest, I don't feel like revisiting the frozen universe... Blame Haley Joel Osment, Donald, and Goofy for that. 2027 and hopefully Adelle Dazeem does not get another overplayed song...

Apparently Icy Soulless Cashgrab is going to be a two-parter... like I said, Cash grab...

Avatar Fire and Ass is coming in 2025, December 19th to be specific. Another better wait until Disney+, because Fuck James Cameron. Also, Avaturd 2 sucked ass! Nah, I'll watch it in 2026 if I'm feeling masochistic...

Netflix Live Action Avatar the rant and other stuff.

 I'm watching a documentary on Ric Flair... (Woooooooo!) Yes, Ric "I've never done cocaine, that's just how I normally am" Flair. Why the fuck am I watching a Ric Flair Documentary when this rant was supposed to be about Netflix's Avatar? Because Netflix's Avatar is Avatar on cocaine. The pacing is way too fast, but some of the direction is a bit cringy. Get me wrong, it's not Cowboy Bebop bad, but it's not bingeable. At best do just one episode a week.

I dislike the change they did to Sokka, because they killed his character growth. Let's see if the show improves in the next remaining six episodes. I will watch it but slowly. 

Aside from the cocaine joke... where does Ric Flair lead into this, other than I kicked the ass of a guy who claimed to be one of his former bodyguards?

Well, Disney+ promised me a documentary on Mr. 3 inches of doom and the making of Amazon Prime QWOP... They pushed it to Huku in the US. I ain't getting Hulu just to make fun of Kojima! So fuck that I'm watching the Documentary of Ric "All the cocaines Prescription drugs" Flair in hopes to see a pic of the guy whose ass I kicked many years ago to make fun of him in another rant.

Odds and ends June 29th 2023: Super7, Pepsi, forgetabble wet pussies.

 Get your mind off the gutter, because I'm talking about Dances with Furries 2: Wet Pussycat Boogaloo, aka I can't believe this crap made 2 Billion... aka Avaturd 2 Way of Water.

Now those are 3 hours I ain't getting back. It's literally the first movie but on the beach... I saw it, but one nap later, I forgot most of it. I remember Jake and Neytiri had kids, Sigourney Weaver's character gave "Virgin birth" to a girl Na'Vi adopted by Kale and Neytiri. Somehow Quarritch returned as an Avatar and had a son, raised by Jake. This forces jake and Neytiri to hide on one of the sea villages in Pandora. Sonething something one of Jake's kids bonds with a "legendary creature", then afterwards all became fuzzy. They fought Quarritch, but most of the Water tribe vanished, then the movie became Titanic but with blue wet pussies. End credits. I might have dozed off during the third act, but that's OK with James Cameron, since he said we can get up and pee at any part and not miss out much or something.

How can I describe this movie? It looks pretty, but it was so dull and boring that I'd rather watch the Snyder Trilogy.  I don't think I'll bother with part 3... coming in 2032-ish?

Power Rangers Ultimates is in Dire Straits... 

Wave 4, White Ranger, Tigerzord,  Madame Woe got hit with some bad news: only the White Ranger is getting made.

I'm going to say what has been said for years:

Super7 is spreading themselves too thin by dropping too much too fast, which means that CUSTOMERS ARE BEING SPREAD TOO THIN AS WELL. First it was Disney's Rescuers, now it's Power Rangers... Super7 might have to look for a way to maybe lower the price tag, or something to stop the hemorrhage of customers?

Pepsi is going to have a 4th of July Special Pepsichup... Pepsi infused ketchup served on Hot Dogs on certain Stadiums. People are claiming that this is a disaster. I am not one of those. The idea of mixing ketchup with Pepsi sounds kind of gross at first. But when you think about it barbecue sauce is nothing more than ketchup additional brown sugar, something acidic, and a few other ingredients. Pepsi has this caramel flavor in addition with citric notes which, are acidic. So I'm guessing that this sauce would have a barbecue adjacent flavor. But I won't be able to try this concoction, since it'll be a limited release for 4th of July uncertain baseball stadiums and Puerto Rico is not included.

Odds and ends January 13, 2023: Eddie Murphy just dissed the Fresh cuck...

 At the Golden Globes, Murphy made a speech that ended in mocking Will Smith and the infamous slap that made him look like a total assclown.

Damn... he also made a possible jab at Wesley Snipes too! I missed this Eddie Murphy.

I don't like Sarah Huckabee Sanders and disagree with most of her political views, but I kinda agree with her on this instance. Banning the dumbass term Latinx in her first day of office. My disdain for this term is because it's dumb and unnecessary. It sounds like it came from a White Person who doesn't understand Romance Languages. It's unnecessary and redundant because LATIN AMERICANS ALREADY HAVE A GENDER NEUTRAL TERM FOR LATIN AMERICAN. It's called: Latin American. Easily abbreviated to LatAm. It's even shorter than LatinX in both Spelling and pronunciation. Apparently, the official pronunciation in Latin-X as if it was an offshoot team of Latin American Mutants in Marvel.

I understand the GOP's idea behind this and I disagree with it. The whole doing it to pwn the libs and hopefully cater to the LatAm vote is not exactly the best reasons to do so. I'm only glad that the dumbass term is being killed somewhere. 

Vince McMahon is back as Charmain of the Board of the WWE. Stephanie McMahon quits and now Vince is selling WWE to Saudi Arabia... It totally sounds like a WWE Kayfabe angle, but apparently, it's real. I don't know what to expect from this. There are rumblings about various wrestlers walking away from the WWE if this sale to the Saudis is real. 

SUPER WHINY BITCH, James Cameron is at it again... man, instead of being a big Hollywood director, he whines like he has a blog with an audience of 20 and killed Mattycollector...

Now Jimbo is whining about streaming services. Grow up, man! 

“Enough of the streaming already. I’m tired of sitting on my ass.”

 James Cameron...

Really, Jimbo? I'm pretty sure that movie theaters have these things called seats, where one sits their ass in. But he means more people going to the theaters... I get it. I kinda agree with the sentiment, but here's the thing: Going to the movies has gotten way too expensive! I'm only going to the movies to see movies I REALLY WANT TO SEE in Theaters. But Ferngully knockoff 2: Furries got wet,  I'll wait it's on Disney+ and I'll watch it on my cellphone, because

Yes, the Terminator clip was on purpose. 

Also, while the SFX warrant to watch Ferngully knockoff 2: Furries got wet at the theaters, I am PURPOSELY AVOIDING AVATURD 2 BECAUSE IT IS AVATURD 2. Because it is YOU who needs my butt in the theater far more than I need to watch your 3 hour turd, Jimbo. Much less raise the ticket price to nearly $20 to have either the Imax3D or 4DX experience. I'd rather watch it at home, where I can watch it lying down, on the Porcelain throne, or I can watch it at my leisure. I can pause and stop at any time, I can rewind or fast forward it. Or better yet, wait until the DVD release and watch it for free at Walmart.

James Cameron is weird...

 He's been whining about Superhero films lacking substance and being sophomoric, unlike his Furry Ferngully movies... well, James Cameron has a new enemy in sight and his name is wait for it... James Cameron, the director of Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Yes, that'right, James Cameron, the director of the Avaturd movies is attacking James Cameron, the director of Terminator movies for being a gun fetishist. If James Cameron, director of Avaturd, had his chance at directing a Terminator movie, he would downplay the usage of guns or eliminate them altogether.

What the Hell? The Terminator movies don't fetishize the guns! In the first one, the main gunplay came from the villainous Android encased in decaying flesh. On the second one, most of the gunplay came from the Heroic Android encased in decaying flesh and its main purpose was to delay the evil robot made out of liquid metal. A Huge emphasis on Killing Humans is bad. This point is driven hard when we see Sarah Connor, the waitress from the first movie, turned into a cold-blooded would be murderer when she attempts to snipe Miles Dyson. Her demeanor and gun usage used to showcase how Sarah had lost her humanity. If James Cameron, director of Avaturd, should have a beef with someone, it should be with James Cameron, director of Titanic for being a little bitch. The ones that fetishized guns were the ones NOT directed by Cameron.

Yes, James Cameron, Director of Titanic, got butthurt that Mythbusters proved that it was plausible for Jack to survive in the door with Rose. After he had accepted that Jack had to die for plot reasons, he was mad that Mythbusters proved him wrong, so James Cameron's gotten his own crew to make a "scientific study" to prove that James Cameron was right all along. Completely unbiased and not sketchy at all... What's next, Avaturd 3 has their own Fire Nation of Evil Na'vi where the White Man pretending to be Na'vi has to prove his superiority over them?  But yeah, we have a Fire Nation of Evil Na'vi...

On a slightly related note, since we're talking Terminator, Earl Boen has passed away. Wait, he also was Señor Senior Sr. from Kim Possible!? I thought that was Ricardo Montalban... wait, he was Sergei Gurlukovich!? As in Olga Gurlukovich's father and grandfather to Sunny Gurlukovich!? As in the guy betrayed by Revolver Ocelot when they were trying to steal Metal Gear Ray down in the Hudson River on August 8, 2007!? So I HAVE heard him in stuff outside of Terminator... he apparently was in Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult.

As always, my condolences to friends and family.

Mr. Avaturd is now claiming that Terminator Dark Fate sucked because of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

 James "Overinflated Ego" Cameron is now blaming Arnold Schwarzenegger for the failure of Terminator Dark Fate. Not because the movie took a massive dump on the franchise by killing John Connor and replacing him with a Mexican Female. Kyle Reese is replaced by a Lesbian coded Cyborg, just to get T2 Sarah playing another Lesbian coded Kyle Reese. Then Arnold gets castrated and plays what Misandrists think the perfect male should be: an asexual creature that bends over backwards to a woman's whims. Also, the movie basically retreads what other "inferior movies" did before and somehow managed to do it better than the one with James Cameron's blessing.

Nope! It's because Arnold Schwarzenegger is old and looks like a grandpa what ruined Dark Fate. GTFOH with that Bullshit, Cameron... while it was sad seeing Old Man Schwarzenegger playing the empty shell of a Terminator, the whole taking a massive shit on T2 and replacing the main characters with female equivalents was far more harmful than the Geriatric  T-800.

But Jimbo's ego won't let him see that. He's too busy pimping his furry fetish movies.

Avaturd the way of diarrhea is dangerously close of becoming a flop.

 According to James Cameron, it needs 2 BILLION dollars to break even. This is a ridiculous amount of money for just "breaking even". Could James Cameron reach those numbers? Probably. We must remember that on its first release was from December 18, 2009 to August 8, 2010. 10 days shy of 8 months. Followed with a rerelease on the 27th of August, 2010 all the way to November 18. Then it had 2 international rereleases in 2020 and 2021 and a domestic rerelease in 2022.

In 13 years it has made Domestically $785,221,649 which is a big amount, but it took 3 domestic releases and 5 international releases to reach the $2,929,917,914 it made. 

Avengers Endgame was released on April 26, 2019 to September 12 of the same year. Only 4½ months and it made globally $2,797,501328... and $858,373,000 of the total was Domestic.

Let's look at numbers,shall we?

Avaturd's OG release had:

$749,766,139 which is less than Avengers Endgame and Avaturd had nearly TWICE the amount of time at the cinemas.

Globally, the nearly 8 month OG Release of Avaturd, had $2,743,577,587 which is less than the nearly half as long run at the cinemas of Avengers Endgame. 

Also, taking the Dosmestic numbers of the same amount of weeks as Endgame Avaturd gets 

$736,878,519 which is over 100 million LESS than Endgame. The reason I'm using Donestic as an example is becaise it's easier to calculate the sum of weekly earnings for the same period of time in order to have apples to apples comparisons. Avaturd did well, but Avengers Endgame did better.

After the Pandemic, the amount of people watching movies at the theater has decreased dramatically. Movies being too expensive, or them appearing rather swiftly on streaming services have been 2 of the main reasons for this reduction of audience. Hell, I'm waiting for Black Panther 2 to pop up on Disney+ to watch it. Same thing would apply for Avaturd 2 *IF* I bother to watch it. Like myself, thare are others who will wait for Disney+ because it's cheaper.

I don't think Disney will do an entire year of Avaturd at the theaters like Fox did, nor wait 13 years of rereleases to reach a profit.

It seems to me like James Cameron is either readying himself for failure or he's trying to hype the hell out of his fans to avoid the very likely failure. All I know is that the visuals will be amazing, but the storyline will be weak and forgettable.

James Cameron is waking up

 To the very real possibility that Avaturd 2 the way of diarrhea can flop. I'm not going to be the first one to say it, but it does need to flop... and flop harder than Waterworld! For one reason only: James Cameron needs to be knocked down a peg or 20. Ever since Titanic, his fame has gotten to his head hard, hence Avaturd.

Let's be honest here: What do you remember about the Original Avatar?

Aside the visuals, or generalizing the story to "Whote Savior innnnnnn spaaaaaaaaaace!"

I'LL PLAY FIRST:

I don't remember the exact quote but basically Pandora is Space Australia.

Jake becomes the bestest Na'Vi that has ever Hey'd,watched out, or Listened!

Also, the Na'Vi are hair fuckers.

If you remember anything else, you cheated and googled... because this movie is forgettable.

If Avaturd had been directed by anyone else, people wouldn't remember it, but since it was directed by the guy who gave us Aliens, The Abyss, the only 2 good Terminator movies, and Titanic, everyone fawns over him. James Cameron's name was the reason why Avaturd had some fleeting success.

James Cameron is bitching again...

 I USED to have a lot of respect for James Cameron. Now, not so much. Ever since Avengers Endgame beat Avaturd at the nox office and Cameron whined his way to another temporary rerelease to beat Avengers, I lost most of my respect for him. Not to mention his endorsements to shitty Terminator sequels. Well, in order to promote Avaturd 2: Aquatic Boogaloo, here's Jimbo calling Superhero movies sophomoric with characters who behave like college kids.

His logic is incredibly flawed, of course, but to me this smells more like sour grapes because he never got to do his Spider-Man movie where Leonardo DiCaprio has bondage sex with nikki Cox on the Brooklyn Bridge and Otto Gunther Octavius is played by a guy who loves ejaculating everywhere... especially in the maid!!

Yes, Jimbo wanted Ahnuld as Doc Ock... also Kevin Spacey as Norman Osborn...

The Cameron movie also butchered Sandman and Electro. I mean Joel Schumacher levels of bad but with a Zack Snyder edginess for Spider-Man of all people... 

Based on the leaked Scripts on the internet, it's obvious that James Cameron doesn't understand Spider-Man. Hell, I'd say he doesn't get Superheroes at all.

"When I look at these big, spectacular films — I’m looking at you, Marvel and DC — it doesn’t matter how old the characters are, they all act like they’re in college," Cameron said. "They have relationships, but they really don’t. They never hang up their spurs because of their kids. The things that really ground us and give us power, love, and a purpose? Those characters don’t experience it, and I think that’s not the way to make movies."

This is a ridiculously dumb take. Your life is over once you have kids? So, using James Cameron's "logic" Policemen, Paramedics, Soldiers, and Firemen stop being Policemen, Paramedics, Soldiers, and Firemen because of family? What kind of moronic logic is that!? 

Because that's what everybody wants to see a movoe where Bruce Wayne hangs up the cowl and decides to be a father to Damian... or Captain America giving up the shield to raise a fami... wait, he did that in Endgame... or how about Iron man giving up his life so his kid AND PRETTY MUCH HALF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE had a chance to live. A movie about Superheroes not being Superheroes is literally the first act of The Incredibles. Am emtire movie being like the first act of The incredibles might be an interesting story, but not one that would bring tons of people to the theaters...

Flashy special effects with an incredibly simplistic story that has been told millions of times in much better ways can fill up seats... look at Jimbo's own Avaturd. Fern Gully with Furries is literally the box office king (with 4 or 5 rereleases). I for one won't see Avaturd 2 on theaters... Maybe I'll watch it when we play it at the electronics section at Kmart... oh wait, there are no Kmarts left in Puerto Rico... guess I'll wait until a friend buys it and watch it at their place to mock it.

I'd rather watch Fern Gully than Avaturd... hell, I'd rather watch The Last Airbender (the M.Night Shyamlamadingdong bastardization of ATLAB) than watch avaturd again... Nah, I'd rather watch Noelle, sorry Nate Stevenson's bastardization of She-Ra AND Kevin Smith's bastardization of He-Man than watch Avaturd.

 

Avaturd 2 hasn't come out yet and James Cameron is already bitching about it.

 Pre-emptive attacks on the audience means one thing: The Way of the Water will suck donkey balls. When James Cameron attacks customers for mocking how forgettable the first movie was... you can deduce the sequel will be more of the same. When he mocks people complaining about the potentially long run time, the movie will be agonizingly long.

He should face the facts: Aside the pretty visuals, Avatar had very little going for it. The movie is Ferngully, Dances with Wolves, and Pocahontas for furries. I remember things, but Avatar isn't exactly one of them... and I don't feel like wanting to watch the first one ever again. Hell, I'd rather watch Zack Snyder rape the DC Universe once again, than watch avaturd. 

Here's the Nefty recap of Avaturd

Jake Sully is a white dude on a wheelchair sent to Space Australia to become a walking furry. Since Jake is secretly a catfucker, he accepted. He got a speech about Space Australia sucking before entering the Furry Mission. Then he was tasked to join Sagat's yiffing tribe in order to find a McGuffin. There he befriends Gamora and they yiff after he fucks a pterodactyl. The humans attack and Jake the furry defects to rhe yiffing crew. They fight the human army! The end.

The movie isn't that memorable. I won't bother with the sequel, Especially if the movie is over 3 hours long. The original Avatar was boring as hell, so why even bother with a bigger, longer, and uncut sequel? But really, why is James Cameron bitching if the movie hasn't even come out? It's almost as if he knows it's crap and he's deflecting and doing damage control. He's mad that it never became this huge tbing outside artificially getting the highest grossing film ever with an 8 month original release and multiple rereleases. Tommy Wiseau's The Room is technically a more  memorable movie than Avatar.

Advent Calendar 12: Can you dig it Sokka?

 Finally, the Final ATLAB figure of the year... it's Sokka, Katara's brother, and my SECOND favorite character in the series... Iroh is #3.

He's the normal guy surrounded by Superpowered beings, yet he manages to keep up with them DESPITE BEING OUTCLASSED. Despite being the Butt-Momkey, he often was the voice of reason. As a non-Bender, he had a different perspective on things that the rest of Team Avatar didn't.

Articulation

Virtually the same as previous figures from this line. Crap from the waist up and decent from the waist down. Due to this, some dynamic poses are unattainable due to the severely limited upper body articulation.

4.0

Paint and sculpt

Sokka, like his sister Katara, suffers from whitewashing. At least his sculpt is better than the McFarlane stuff... Todd got the colors right, but the toys look like ass... aside Appa.

4.0

Accessories 

This isn't the Walgreens Sokka... because he has:

4 extra hands

Boomerang 

Jaw knife

Standard black stand

Modular clear stand

2 Boomerang toss effects

5.0

Overall

This Sokka is a decent figure despite his limitations. I had a lot of fun photographing him and without the need of getting into my traditional immature humor. If he has been a bit better in the articulation Department he would have been a mind-blowing figure. But despite that he gets a 4.33 as his final score.

Advent Calendar 11: It's Azula...

 

If the phrase never stick your dick in crazy exists on the ATLAB universe, I'm pretty sure that would make Azula the most virginal virgin that has ever virgined. I'm not saying that she's crazy, but she cray cray...

Now to be fair, it's not like she was Naturally evil. It was Ozai who made her a monster. In her desire to be the best and earn Ozai's approval, she didn't see the monster she was becoming. When her friends abandoned her was the moment she cracked. Everyone ended up "betraying her" and abandoning her. Not being able to cope while trying to act as Ozai's right hand put way too much pressure into an unstable vessel. 

So, Azula, Princess of the Fire Nation and a much better villain than Ozai himself. Here's her figure...

Nefty: You should forget about those dumb bitches. Especially the one that has a crush on your pathetic brother... "Oh no, my honor!" Zuko... You kick so much ass! I mean did you see, of course you saw how you messed up the little bald turd...
Azula: Go on...
Nefty: Your voice reminds me of someone... Vicky!?
Azula: Vicky is short for Victoria... I like her already!
Nefty: Uh... she's actually Icky with a V...
Azula: EXCUSE ME!?

Articulation 

She has the same articulation past figures from this line. And the very same issues as the previous figures. Below the waist everything is great but above the waist everything is crap. Her head ball joint and her torso ball joint are really stiff and limit movement.

3.0

Azula: TASTE MY LIGHTNING FUCKER!!
Nefty: That's  more like a flame, but it doesn't hurt... want to know why? Because you can't hurt me Azula... I'm the master of this domain and I can bend something more than the Elements... I can bend REALITY ITSELF!! Now KNEEL BEFORE YOUR MASTER!! But with plenty of distance so they don't think anything perverted...
Azula: DIE!!
Nefty: You can't hurt me... I'll do you a solod and let you choose the shape of your destroyer...

Paint and sculpt

Here they did an excellent job in capturing the deranged look from later episodes, but at the same time she still looks determined. She's onw of the best face sculpts of the line. Sadly the engineering of the articulation had a slightly negative effect on her torso. From some angles it kind of looks robotic.

4.5

Nefty: Really? Your own brother? That's a bit kinky of you, Azula...  Then again, I thought you would've turned me into a visage of your father...
Azula: SHUT UP! IT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT POPPED INTO MY MIND THAT COULDN'T DESTROY ME!!
Nefty: If I take off my pants, what are the chances of me finding the word honor tattooed on my penis?
Azula: Don't make me think about my brother's dick!! 75% Alright!!
Nefty: Wait... So you DO THINK of your Brother's dick... Wait again!!! I'm Zuko now!!
My honor was dishonorably dishonored and I must honorably regain my honor through honorable ways lest I end up being dishonorable again!
Azula: *squirms in pent up sexual frustration with incestuous undertones* I. HATE. YOU. SO. MUCH!!

Accessories 

Badly painted and fragile firebending hand, a modular stand. I've read online that the fire bending hand being extremely heavy that it breaks. The modular stand feels like it's going to break any minute now.

2.0

Overall

She's the best of the figures she's the worst of the figures... A Tale of Two Cities reference not intended. This is a very problematic figure much like her character but my issue lies and how divisive it can be. From certain angles the figure looks super great but from others it looks like crap. It has some good articulation points but they cannot be used due to some bad articulation points.

3.17

Advent Calendar 09: The Fire Nation needs more HONOR!!

 

I am talking about Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation. He was an antagonist, but as he grows as a character becomes an ally of the Avatar... Mostly because of his honor. This has brought forth a bunch of memes about Zuko's honor...

Even the Voice Actor of Zuko has lent himself to poke fun at the Honor memes.

Yes, that is the voice of the American Dragon Jake Long and he was also Rufio in Hook. 

Splinter: Ah, Prince Zuko! Shall we have some tea?
Zuko: Rat, why do you sound like Uncle Iroh?
Splinter: We shall discuss this after Tea... Could you heat up the Kettle for the tea?

Articulation

From the waist down, Zuko has a decent range of articulation. From the waist up, his articulation is useless. Single pin "hasbro elbows" with poor range due to his baggy sleeves, useless torso articulation, and his head is VEEEEEEEERY Stiff.

3.5

Zuko: Using firebending to warm up tea feels dishonorable, Uncle Splinter...
Splinter: Ah, yes, Honor, Prince Zuko...  it is not something that can be taken or given to you... Honor is something that you have and only you can preserve it or throw it away by your actions.
Zuko: You mean that by my actions I can regain my honor?
Splinter: Yes. But only if said actions are honorable.

Paint and sculpt

It looks like a Book 4 Zuko, so no complaints there. I think that he and Azula (Review coming soon) are the best sculpts of the line. My only complaint is that Zuko's scar is just paint and there is no sculpted scarring.

4.5

Nefty: Wait a second! Splinter, a Pablo from Backyardigans, and HOLY ASSCRACKERS!! IT'S RUFIO!! RUFIO! RUFIO! RUU-FIII-OOOOOOOH!!! BANGARANG!!!
Aang: Did he just call me a Backyardigan?
Zuko: My honor prohibits me from killing this idiot... 
Splinter: Right you are, Jake Long!
Zuko: Not you too...

Accessories

This is the inferior Walgreens variation, so he only has a stand and an alternate Firebending hand. The "better" variation has a big flame effect that needs a modular clear stand.

So in this case there is no real better version.

2.0

Overall

This Zuko has not recovered his Honor...  especially with the dishonorable score of 3.33 his quest for honor will not end. I blamed a lack of accessories and the bad articulation for his lower score. But it's not all doom and gloom since Iroh is getting a figure. Sadly he has no Tea... I guess. Since you've seen the review, you know that I have the 2009S as an Iroh substitute, because both were voiced by Mako... Super7 gove me a Wizard Akiro... I'm starting to notice the issues with these figures being the bad articulation waist up. It's more noticeable with Zuko than it is with Aang.

Advent Calendar 07: It's time for the Avatar

 While I DID open Aang for the Appa review he was meant to go BEFORE Appa, but logistics. 

The show intro describes Aang perfectly... also, I don't want to fill a container big enough for Appa and Aang to freeze.

Articulation

His articulation is kinda like Toph's. Single elbows, but double knees. He has a decent range, but feels a bit too fragile. Also his "cape" blocks some articulation DESPITE it being segmented.

4.0

Paint and sculpt 

I lucked out on a not too sloppy Aang. I recall seeing one that was missing the arrow. None of the action figures of Aang are accurate enough to the character. Not Mattel, not Diamond Select not Bst Axn, and not McFarlane... McFarlane's looks like the PUEBES guy I have to gove him a 4.0

Accessories

I have the Walgreens variation which comes with lot less stuff than the deluxe version.

He only jas a stand and an airbending hand.

1.0

Overall

Aang gets a 3.0 as his final score. I mainly blame that awkwardness in the head sculpt and that since this is a cheaper version, he has less accessories than the deluxe version.  It's not a bad figure but it could have been better...

Advent Calendar 06: Appa Yip Yip!

The only McFarlane Avatar The Last Airbender toy that I will buy... Appa the Sky Bison... no, not that type of Bison..

He was basically a flying steed where Team Avatar could travel the world... well, Todd purposely made him undersized. An in scale appa for the 5 inch figures would be rather big.

This Appa would fit like figures smaller than a GI Joe... but enough talk about him being undersized. Let's get cracking!!

Articulation

Head, mouth, and tail... while technically the feet are kind of in a ball joint, the unmoving legs make the articulation useless.

2.5

That's using Aang and Toph, the two smallest DST Avatar figures... imagine if I had used Katara or Zuko...

Paint and sculpt

Todd rarely fails us here... aside being too small APPA looks really great! If we can ignore the scale issues for a second and just look at the scope we can recognize it as APPA. And fortunately for Todd, the sky bison is basically a lump of bone white plastic with some brown elements which the toy has and they look pretty accurate.

5.0

Accessories 

N/A

Overall

Appa gets a 3.75 as his final score. Honestly I wish she was either slightly bigger or that he would have better articulation. He works as a nice background prop, but he really is way too small.

Advent Calendar 03: It's Toph being Blind.

 

Toph Beifong, Earthbender and the best character from Avatar The Last Airbender. She helped Aang master the Element of Earth. She is also blind...

One of the show's running gags involves the team forgetting that Toph is blind. Now let's move on to the Diamond Select Toph Beifong review.

Articulation

In the past few years, Diamond Select has embraced Marvel Legends levels of Articulation. Toph has near Marvel Legends level of Articulation. She's only missing an ab crunch and a second point on her elbows. Other than that she can be put on some dynamic poses. Stand is required for some poses and it is not guaranteed to work.

4.0

Cena: YOU CAN'T SEE ME!!!
Toph: Yeah,cuz I'm blind!!
Cena:...

Paint and sculpt 

I can't say that it's a perfect rendition of Toph. It's functional enough, but nor perfect. No paint issues on my figure. 

4.5

Cena: OOMPH!!
Toph: My name is Toph!!

Accessories 

This is Diamond Select's weakest area. Usually it's just a stand, but Toph was lucky because she has Earthbending hands... basically opened hands with dirt stuck to them... I wish she had gotten a pair of plain open hands... or perhaps some crumbling Rock effects.

2.5

Toph: I didn't need to see you to kick your ass!!

Overall

I just can't see why Diamond Select went so half-assed on this figure. She's much smaller than the normal 7 inch fogures they do. They could've given her more extras. That's  why she got a 3.67 as her final score.

Update 

There are two versions of the Diamond Select Avatar The Last Airbender figures. The vanilla version (ie, the Walgreens version) and a deluxe version. The deluxe has her championship belt, 4 extra hands AND an Earthbending effect...

Knowing there are better versions floating about bugs me, because I would've bought those, had I known...

McFarlane's making Avatar: The Last Airbender Toys

 Right after I just bought Sokka and Zuko from a reseller, because I couldn't find the Diamond Select A:TLA figures of them in the wild. Not even the last Spec's, where I usually found DST stuff had them.

Not gonna lie, the reason I even bought the Diamond Select Avatar stuff was for Masterverse Evil Lyn. I was going to make a Waterbending joke... but if the DST stuff are in the same scale as McFarlane's then I'll definitely get Appa... "Yip Yip!"... and probably that Book 1 Zuko too... of course, once a Zuko comes out of the Toy Chest, Roofie-oh! References will be made. Jake Long, not so much...

Where the hell is my Mattel John Cena figure... need him for Toph obviously. And now I'm talking about diamond select stuff in McFarlane toy topic... To be honest, I'm not feeling these. They kinda look like the Mattel toys from all those years ago... and I don't mean that in a good way.

Avatar got yet anothet rerelease to beat Avengers Endgame

 I don't care if Disney owns both, but it's a load of bullshit. 

This is the 4th  Avatar was released... not to mention that it took 52 weeks between thw original release,the 2010 special edition, and the 2020 International release to reach the amount that Avengers endgame made. With the 2021 China release they managed to "beat Avengers Endgame"...

I GET why Dances with Space Cats was popular. But pretty visuals a good movie does not make.  The plot was bland, unoriginal, and some performances felt phoned in. It's pretty, but that's it! It's not worthy of getting The top spot in box office if it needed WAY OVER A YEAR AND 4 RELEASES TO EARN THAT SPOT. 

While Avengers Endgame wasn't the best Avengers movie, it deserves the spot for bringing people into theaters. BEING THE FINAL CHAPTER OF A 20+ MOVIE SAGA also deserves some acknowledgement. Not many movie series can consistently keep audiences captivated enough to break some records. Also, Endgame beat Avatar in a lot less time with 1.5 releases.

Now if we could get DC movies that don't suck in a consistent manner...