Worst people are those who would blindly praise anything these companies throw at them instead of pointing out the mistakes that made the bad figures actually bad.
To be honest, I am fine that reviewers are being "negative", they have their own genuine opinion on products and inform their viewers about the issues. So I don't really understand why people are pissing at Anthony's Customs, it's supposed to be a "Review".
I like Anthony's Customs because he's honest about his reviews. He's stated that if he wanted to make more money he should be overly positive so that companies would send him stuff, but that's disingenuous.
That's the reason I enjoy Anthony's reviews. He doesn't sugarcoat anything and is honest. A lot of times I disagree with him but there are times I agree and that one of his reviews saved me money. He reviewed the Mafex Cyclops and basically said it was a bad figure and I agreed with him. I had it preordered but canceled it because of his review.
I think the problem here is that McFarlane, being a comic book artist, takes into consideration the details that a character has and when it comes to making a figure, he wants to make sure certain details aren't cut off. Hence why we get the soft parts and no thigh cuts. But as a collector, I seriously don't mind visible cuts. I mean come on, Hasbro does it for their Marvel Legends, GI Joe, and Star Wars Black Series and I've never seen anybody complain about it. If anything it's quite well received. So if Todd took that into consideration, then he would not be afraid to cut torsos and legs. Also the limited amount of accessories is just stupid. I mean if Todd wants to make more accessories then he should package them into ONE figure. Not make variant after variant after variant of the same figure with different weapons.
So many negative things about this figure that i wonder if they'r really trying at all. McFarlane is just bad at engineering articulation. They'r so focus on making the sculpt look good but then they forgot it's an "action figure". If i want better sculpt i'd just buy a statue. And 1 big negative for me is the size . 7 inches.
I don't think they need to stick to statues, they just need to make every figure articulate like Grim Knight. Take that articulation scheme and make it consistent on every figure. If it has armor, put articulation between the segments. If the legs are chubby, cut some plastic on the hips. Overall, I think they are just releasing figures too fast, that's the problem.
A review like this is the main reason why reviewers like you, D-Amazing, and Robo are my favorite toy guys on youtube. You go out of your way, you =make an effort=, to NOT be negative and pile on complaints when you look at stuff. So when you point out something that's wrong or you don't like or when the RARE toy comes up that makes you do a review that's more negative than positive, we the audience can trust that it's because you've got legitimate gripes about a figure. Nothing but respect for y'all.
@@christianvalle4188 tune into his live videos. Tuesdays and Fridays at night. We talk about toys, stuff that happened during the week, toy news, watch him open/play with figures, talk about music, movies and on Fridays he invites some folks from the toy community as guests. You will also learn some Unparalleled slang. These lives are pure love and respect.
My thing is, a figure should be functional right out of the package to be a good figure. No need for modding or customs to make it "usable". It's unfortunate how consistency in quality can differ so much, especially you collect and know what works and what doesn't when it come to a figure like this. I know when it comes to Mcfarlane toys, they will often choose presentation or playability and vice versa for other cases. Here the chose the former, and it depends on what you look for as a collector. Some prefer articulation, some don't. I wish the community would just accept everyone has different expectations and shouldn't get mad at each other because they like/dislike stuff they do. This Deathstroke *looks* cool, but from this review I can just feel the frustration with the hips.
Yeah I had it, he has no real articulation. It sucks cuz in the game he was doing some crazy awesome ninja stuff, so of course you would want to replicate that in a toy. But he can’t do any poses with his legs, they don’t rotate and they are shaped weird, and he’s too heavy for his feet. Sad cuz I’ve wanted an Arkham origins death stroke figure for years.
The figure looks awesome! Damn shame about the articulation. They should really fix their hip engineering.... I was laughing when you mentioned Bruce Lee 😂😂😂
I was about to concede that your review was "fair" even with you grudgingly giving the figure some credit for it's sculpt work which is many times better than any marvel legend and cheaper too. And also the upper body articulation. (The lower body articulation can be adjusted with just a few cuts.) I was willing to ignore it until you said "if we want a company to do better we should not buy them". Where is this level-headedness for marvel legends bro? Hasbro has been giving you (not me. I actually practice what you just said, and have stopped buying them) the same figure over and over and over with the same dull sculpt and hardcandy-looking plastic, and anatomical abominations, and you still buy them and promote them. I think you're just going with the tagline for collectors who started im the last 5 years or so, which is "Mcfarlane is ass", "they make statues" etc. You're old enough to know better. Hell I just bought a toybiz weapon x wolverine and the thing looks like a frigging Mezco compared to my tiger stripe Hasbro legend. Sure the articulation model is unrefined and obvious, but that's to be expected. They bloddy invented "ultra articulation". Some refinement was a natural consequence of the passage of time. You're not thinking for yourself wade. Mcfarlane's figures retain almost the same level of detail and effort that toybiz did. And when summing up the Line, you realise that in the positives you actually described most of it. You somehow even liked the animated figures which I hated and hell I'm a Mcfarlane fan. I'm disappointed, especially since you have good enough taste to recognize the strong virtues of diamond select.
Yea, I see what you mean about ML, to me they are rather boring. For the most part it's the same figure and hardly any sculpted details to the figures compared to the McFarlane DC Multiverse line.
@@chrisalan457 thing is man, it's not like I don't see Mcfarlane's shortcomings. But it is amazing to me that, when people like Wade and even Anthony murmur a complaint about marvel legends, they're for the same qualities Mcfarlane positively excells at. And yet they still trash him overall. You always get accessories, and painted at that with Mcfarlane. The scuplts are almost always very good. AND they're on average 3-4 dollars cheaper than Hasbros. Sure Mcfarlane's articulation is non-standard. But I always ask, which is cheaper or easier? To do a custom paintjob on AN ENTIRE figure and buy a $30 custom head because the sculpts look like fisher price? Or to make a few cuts on a figure that is impressive but somewhat limited in poseability? Which is easier? Or cheaper?
I appreciate your honesty man but I do practice that (for the most part) with Legends and Mezco too. If I don't like it or feel it's too cheap of an approach to the figure.... I don't buy it. That's why I have so many incomplete BAFS. I don't conform to any type of hive mind thinking in regards to mcfarlane. I want to like them and that's why I have purchased so many of them. Its hard to compare Hasbro and McFarlane, they are different things. Hasbro uses reuses to give us obscure ass characters and on top of that continue to put out uniquely sculpted figures with functional articulation. McFarlane has pretty much given us only Batman and even with that he has reuses.
@@UnparalleledUniverse well I don't agree with that last point in particular, since these things cost money, and so to me there's a direct correlation between production value and the cost to my pocket. But I appreciate that you responded. You were the guy to get me into DST in the first place. A few years ago, as dissatisfied as I was with Hasbro, Legends were the only marvel figs I bought, apart from some high-end ones. So thanks. I've got almost everything from DST now, even some of the older, wonkier releases.
That half sheath thing us perplexing. Sword sheaths have been a thing with action figures for a while now. Why half ass it? McFarlane really needs to do better with articulation. Some of these figures are so close to being perfect, they just have garbage articulation. Like that Flash figure they did.
they’ve absolutely earned a lot of praise. If anything, you guys always complain about anthonyscustoms roasting marvel legends when you guys won’t give them any flack. At least mcfarlane does unique sculpts for every figure with pretty exceptional articulation for the most part. I didn’t think deathstroke looked that good, but i definitely think they’ve earned a lot of praise
Ivan Frias more recent releases always have a better showing for the future, why would you hold their older stuff at just as much value? I’m sure you love marvel legends but do you always include their early stuff back when hasbro first got it and it was dogshit? No, you look at the recent stuff, because that’s what matters
I decided right when he was announced to past on him cause I have the DC collectibles version and he came with way more accessories ( not to say his artic is better than this one) and I just didn't feel the need for two of the same figure. Nice honest review I respect honesty no matter which way it falls on the spectrum.
It’s so difficult to get him to stand up… and the sword does suck… those are actually my only issues with it, I like the figure and looks really cool next to the Arkham Knight Batman
@@UnparalleledUniverse Hey, just wanted to show my support, i love Anthony and you. You're both my top 2 youtube figure reviewers so don't let people tell you shit man. You keep saying what you mean and i'll keep watching :)
Negative sentiment always gets more comments, so I support trashing a figure now and then, but I do feel McFarlane deserves more credit. IMHO these are the best 7” DC figures, and for $20 - you almost get what you paid for. Lack of accessories is the issue for me, this character uses a stick and guns in that game, so yeah - that sucks. The rest is to be expected if you ask me. So I’m still getting this Deathstroke for sure. I hope Todd wont do a diss song about you Wade, you’re still the best reviewer out there. Thank you!
Hahaha I think I'm safe from a Todd diss song. He doesn't know me. But I feel like Diamond does what McFarlane is trying to do for pretty much the same price.
I understand the issues you pointed out on this figure but I really do like this figure, the sculpted details are great here, the articulation does seem limited but for me that's ok. Nice review Unparalleled.
I don't think he's so bad, curious to get him in hand see how the legs work. I think they've come out with some fantastic figures overall this year, their AA Joker and Batman are great , and the articulation is fantastic on them overall. Some haven't been so great but overall
And its not only "die hards" that like these. You guys have been unfair towards McFarlane since he got the license. We all need to accept the fact neca didnt get the license and move on its not McFarlanes fault.
Bro I want McFarlane Toys to do good. I think Neca would have done better but I'm with you, that didn't happen so McFarlane is what we got and that's cool, I just wish they would do better..... The new Infected Superman is proof they can make good figures but this Deathstroke is just not a good figure.
Money, I get it I would want more hands but marvel legends are smaller they didn't have hands a short while ago and they are more expensive and they look like plastic with not too much sculpt
you know I think it's fine to get mad at a company or figure. If you do that though, commit to it. Take a page out of Anthonyscustoms book, that man can rip a figure to shreds. Just go for it man. Also don't listen to these haters, you're doing great, and only getting better!
I’d say take a page from Anthony’s book, but not too many pages. Anthony’sCustoms can be a reaaaaal negative Nancy when it comes to $20 dollar figures.
Damn, I still wanna get him cause he looks pretty good but it sucks that it has all these issues. The CW Deathstroke looks better but might have less articulation. Hopefully McFarlane does a classic wave with classic looks for villains and heroes with better movement one of these days.
Im glad i watched this review before buying this, because i was considering it. However now, idk. probably not and thats a shame cause i really like this look of DS. I have his full new 52 run and its dope plus grew up watching Teen Titans sooooo yeah love Deathstroke. Guess i cant really get the figure justifiably.
i always say if mcfarlane care so much about sculpting over articulation, just go freaking make statue instead i mean , he can make good and articulated figure like Spawn and Space Marine , but it's always his sculpting that render articulation useless. and then his fanboys start attacking for disliking mcfarlane figure. I'm starting to custom the heck out of Doom Slayer because it's the only Doom slayer figure. But if anyone else do , that figure can go straight to garbage bin
Don’t understand why everyone is complaining about the review besides the figure having a good sculpt the articulation is practically non existent sure it’s has more detail and sculpt than a ML but not the articulation of one
I get not liking the figure or the line for that matter but to say the articulation is nonexistent isn't true. There's head, shoulder rotation, double jointed elbows, wrist, double jointed knees, toe hinge, waist, upper torso and hip articulation. Now you may not like it or it may be poorly executed and that's fine but to say it doesn't exist isn't true. Can you twist it into a pretzel? No, and that's a deal breaker for some.
Thanks for reviewing this figure. After seeing you mess with this figure and your opnions on it, I decided to pass on it and cancel my order. Thanks saving me some money that I can put into something else.
I FEEL YOU BRO 😤 I just wish I saw this review before I ordered it 😩 Already contacted the seller telling them that I'll be returning it for a refund. Can't say I didn't give McFarlane a shot, they dropped the ball yet again 😒 Still, thanks for the honest review ✌
Honestly, I'm not at all surprised. Todd McFarlane has been very open about the fact that he hates articulation, so it only makes sense that they'd half-ass it in favour of sculpt, which is what the creator prefers. They've been RELUCTANTLY and SLOWLY moving in the right direction recently, but I still don't think they're listening to the consumer in the way that they should if they want to remain profitable. Just my opinion, though; if you like poorly-engineered statues basically designed to stand vanilla and do nothing else, then maybe these are for you. I don't judge.
Yes i agree with your opinion, this figure probably the worst from Mcfarlane's DC, lack of articulation, lack of accessories, lack of paint and detail. I hope they fix the problem with the variant, maybe
I've said this since the first reveal,, the legs on this Deathstroke for this design are to damn skinny you can see it from the trading card it comes with, and the thigh armor comes up to high on his leg it should be sculpted with more of an open space on the inner thigh
Really hope Tye is taking notes. Why is it so hard for them to make the thigh rotates? If they want to preserve the sculpt, you can still make thigh swivel like how Neca does it. No one’s asking you to cut the thigh like Hasbro. Tye made fun of mattel for having sculpted guns and look what we’re having with their deathstroke... Tye is a nice guy and he seems to be the only one at McFarlane Toys who are listening to the fans, but I really hope that he is taking notes to fix the stupid hip system and the ridiculous accessory distribution that they figures are having right now.
Yeah he spends so much time on the sculpting and paint that he sacrifices so much else I don’t know if it’s worth it. I wouldn’t even mind if it was an extra 5 to get more accessories and and better details on the accessories.
Unfortunately they sacrificed articulation for a nice sculpt. I still like it, but won't be posed in anything dynamic. The lack of leg movement kills it for me.
This Deathstroke is trash I feel bad for all the butthurt Mcfarlane fanboys that literally can't handle the truth! Some of these salty comments on here are just to funny gunna need some popcorn soon😂✌
Deathstroke. Is a professional hit -man that has very unique weapons ... all this one has is a sword ? I had to use some Ultamate soldier assault rifles to make him look more equipped now he’s got a Hk sub machine gun and an AR -15 assault rifle with a scope . Never throw away spare parts . They become useful later on . He’s still a likable action figure.
This is prolly the best review. If it’s a bad fig it’s a bad fig ... I wanted 2 pick this guy up but hopefully they learned from their mistakes and we get a classic deathstroke. We jus need new sculpts and more new characters with a macfarlane twist
They did this to their Fortnite Cuddle joint (pink teddy bear). Legs can’t move well at the thighs - a double mechanism instead of a ball joint. Annoys the shit outta me BUT it still looks good... ugh
im planning on ordering him this friday but why in the heck did they make his sword like that, my god my god. thanks for making this video G IM NEW to your channel
Again I don't understand your criticism. when you got the PS4 version of Spider-Man you gave it a pass on the articulation. even though you had to mod it. you said it wasn't a deal-breaker and then it was a okay figure. On these figures you're saying that it's bad? An that Marvel selects PS4 Spider-Man cost more than these and you gave that a pass.. You even did a follow-up video showing the modification on that Spider-Man? I'm not saying you have to like it but you've given figures passes before for the same complaints that you're giving these figures. I dont understand how these are bad but those are good.
That PS4 Spidey had way more going for it. The minimal torso movement was a flaw but it was one I was able to fix with little effort. This figure would have required way too much work to make it enjoyable for me. And aside from the torso the rest of spidey had great articulation and a nice sculpt and a bunch of accessories. This figure has none of those thing. It has an OK sculpt , no accessories and bad articulation. Spidey and the recent McFarlane Flash are similar in that way. They are cool out of the box but little mods can improve them. Deathstroke was trash out of the box.
I think I’m gonna give it a silver dry brush to make it more game accurate. The accessories on this guy like most McFarlane figures is lacking hella bad. Hell I would’ve taken extra hands. Really hope someone tells Todd about the accessory drought going on over there.
This Deathstroke looks impressive if you would just display him standing with the sword in his hand. But seriously lacking in accessories, not acceptable.
This figure is trash for a lot of the reasons you pointed out. I was really looking forward to this design of Deathstoke in figure form. He's supposed to be a agile character, so I don't understand why they were trying to make him like a pre-posed plastic statue that's really only going to look good standing up straight. Very underwhelming and I hope they don't do this again to another character people like.
It looks good but as soon i saw the sheath i was like wtf?, the accessories is the problem for me sculpted gun and a half baked sheath. Whoever designed that sheath should be fired.
Jordan Sutton Articulation is far more important than sculpt when it comes to this hobby (ACBA and photography), but ideally you’d want a good mix of both of course. I’m not going to lie: yes, the sculpt on this figure is great! But what else does it having going for it? If all it can do is just stand there or achieve really mediocre poses, then I might as well get a statue at this scale that will have an even better sculpt and be presculpted into a pose more dynamic than this figure can achieve.
I don't understand why people get upset when a review is critical or harsh just because they like the product. First off, if you like the product and it meets your standards, then carry on enjoying it, good for you. Secondly, critical reviews can give you extra perspective to reflect on that could help you watch out for things that that might prevent you from regretting a purchase in the future The man has his own standards that are simply reflections of his personal critical expectations as a consumer. He's just sharing that. If all you wanna hear is positive feedback to validate your own perspective, go find reviewers who share critical and consumer expectations more in line with your own.
I say go check out DC icons. They are some what limited becuase they don't have thigh swivel but they are still really nice figures and are pretty posable
Having this be the 6th review I've seen on this figure, my conclusion is, I'm definitely still buying it. I have seen enough to know that this review isn't entirely accurate. Like, maybe it's a QC thing, but then there's some sculpt complaints and whatnot, I disagree with. No harm in disagreements right? But I don't see anything in this review that turns me off, so for those who are willing to sleep on it, fine, you do that. I'm not.
If you trimmed a bit off of the thigh area would it fix the problem? Great review btw, I prefer honesty over hyping up something even you don't like. Keep it up!
This is the reviewer‘s opinion, some of you need to lighten up. I happen to like the figure, but that’s also just my opinion. I think the review makes some very valid points, I think the McFarlane DC line has been doing really well, but in the accessories area is where this figure gets a C grade. The non-removable pistol from the holster is a big negative, as well as not supplying the staff and making the sword sheath hollow. Otherwise, I think this is a very nice figure, but overall compared to some of the other DC offerings it falls a little short.
Well that sucks about the figure but I need a deathstroke and I'm not worried too much as I've seen others with the poses I can get. Can't wait to read the three jokers comic...check it out if you like dc.
Best thing to do with this figure is leave it in the box, because once it's out, you realize how many really crappy elements it has. This review is the first I saw that called it like it is with this fig. Should have just been a statue. Then they could have been more true to the artwork, given better paint apps, etc.
I don't think people like negative reviews but this one was straight honest from the beginning that the figure is trash despite the beautiful sculpted details. Aesthetic isn't everything!!
Worst review ever
Daaaaaaamn.
@@UnparalleledUniverse hahahahahah
Worst people are those who would blindly praise anything these companies throw at them instead of pointing out the mistakes that made the bad figures actually bad.
Classic McFarlane zombie, bet you own all those 42 Batmen we've gotten so far huh
@@farhanfahim27 kinda like this youtuber did in his last 3 Marvel Legends reviews.
Also this is unrelated, but I love the size comparisons you do in these videos. They really satisfy me for some reason. Please don't stop doing them.
No plans on stopping them brotha. I'm glad you enjoy them!
I definitely agree! I think yours are super helpful
@@UnparalleledUniverse yes man! Also thanks for actually interacting with your fans
Dang... no intro, thats when you know somethings wrong
To be honest, I am fine that reviewers are being "negative", they have their own genuine opinion on products and inform their viewers about the issues. So I don't really understand why people are pissing at Anthony's Customs, it's supposed to be a "Review".
I agree, I quite enjoy anthonys vids
I like Anthony's Customs because he's honest about his reviews. He's stated that if he wanted to make more money he should be overly positive so that companies would send him stuff, but that's disingenuous.
@@simplyhoodie me too he just seem very genuine about his opinions and he's a really good customiser
That's the reason I enjoy Anthony's reviews. He doesn't sugarcoat anything and is honest. A lot of times I disagree with him but there are times I agree and that one of his reviews saved me money. He reviewed the Mafex Cyclops and basically said it was a bad figure and I agreed with him. I had it preordered but canceled it because of his review.
@@blackcomicnerd3657 yup he's definitely helped out with my decisions before
I think the problem here is that McFarlane, being a comic book artist, takes into consideration the details that a character has and when it comes to making a figure, he wants to make sure certain details aren't cut off. Hence why we get the soft parts and no thigh cuts. But as a collector, I seriously don't mind visible cuts. I mean come on, Hasbro does it for their Marvel Legends, GI Joe, and Star Wars Black Series and I've never seen anybody complain about it. If anything it's quite well received. So if Todd took that into consideration, then he would not be afraid to cut torsos and legs. Also the limited amount of accessories is just stupid. I mean if Todd wants to make more accessories then he should package them into ONE figure. Not make variant after variant after variant of the same figure with different weapons.
So many negative things about this figure that i wonder if they'r really trying at all. McFarlane is just bad at engineering articulation. They'r so focus on making the sculpt look good but then they forgot it's an "action figure". If i want better sculpt i'd just buy a statue. And 1 big negative for me is the size . 7 inches.
I don't think they need to stick to statues, they just need to make every figure articulate like Grim Knight. Take that articulation scheme and make it consistent on every figure. If it has armor, put articulation between the segments. If the legs are chubby, cut some plastic on the hips.
Overall, I think they are just releasing figures too fast, that's the problem.
yea also like the azrael batman armor figure or just the azrael figure, they are huge with armor but the articulation is actually pretty good
Definitely too fast. Everything seems too be going quite fast lately. Harder and harder too keep up w/o being scalped!
A review like this is the main reason why reviewers like you, D-Amazing, and Robo are my favorite toy guys on youtube. You go out of your way, you =make an effort=, to NOT be negative and pile on complaints when you look at stuff. So when you point out something that's wrong or you don't like or when the RARE toy comes up that makes you do a review that's more negative than positive, we the audience can trust that it's because you've got legitimate gripes about a figure. Nothing but respect for y'all.
Much respect to you too sir! Yeah that's something the 3 of us have in common, we like toys and want to be excited about them.
Kind of goes against the point of a review to not point out negative features don't you think
This one was kinda hilarious. But ok, this one goes into the Goku list.
What does that mean? Lol
Is super Goku!
You have to tune in for the Livestreams to get the lingo man haha.
@@christianvalle4188 tune into his live videos. Tuesdays and Fridays at night. We talk about toys, stuff that happened during the week, toy news, watch him open/play with figures, talk about music, movies and on Fridays he invites some folks from the toy community as guests. You will also learn some Unparalleled slang. These lives are pure love and respect.
My thing is, a figure should be functional right out of the package to be a good figure. No need for modding or customs to make it "usable". It's unfortunate how consistency in quality can differ so much, especially you collect and know what works and what doesn't when it come to a figure like this. I know when it comes to Mcfarlane toys, they will often choose presentation or playability and vice versa for other cases. Here the chose the former, and it depends on what you look for as a collector. Some prefer articulation, some don't. I wish the community would just accept everyone has different expectations and shouldn't get mad at each other because they like/dislike stuff they do. This Deathstroke *looks* cool, but from this review I can just feel the frustration with the hips.
Yeah I had it, he has no real articulation. It sucks cuz in the game he was doing some crazy awesome ninja stuff, so of course you would want to replicate that in a toy. But he can’t do any poses with his legs, they don’t rotate and they are shaped weird, and he’s too heavy for his feet. Sad cuz I’ve wanted an Arkham origins death stroke figure for years.
The figure looks awesome! Damn shame about the articulation. They should really fix their hip engineering.... I was laughing when you mentioned Bruce Lee 😂😂😂
I was about to concede that your review was "fair" even with you grudgingly giving the figure some credit for it's sculpt work which is many times better than any marvel legend and cheaper too. And also the upper body articulation. (The lower body articulation can be adjusted with just a few cuts.) I was willing to ignore it until you said "if we want a company to do better we should not buy them". Where is this level-headedness for marvel legends bro? Hasbro has been giving you (not me. I actually practice what you just said, and have stopped buying them) the same figure over and over and over with the same dull sculpt and hardcandy-looking plastic, and anatomical abominations, and you still buy them and promote them. I think you're just going with the tagline for collectors who started im the last 5 years or so, which is "Mcfarlane is ass", "they make statues" etc. You're old enough to know better. Hell I just bought a toybiz weapon x wolverine and the thing looks like a frigging Mezco compared to my tiger stripe Hasbro legend. Sure the articulation model is unrefined and obvious, but that's to be expected. They bloddy invented "ultra articulation". Some refinement was a natural consequence of the passage of time. You're not thinking for yourself wade. Mcfarlane's figures retain almost the same level of detail and effort that toybiz did. And when summing up the Line, you realise that in the positives you actually described most of it. You somehow even liked the animated figures which I hated and hell I'm a Mcfarlane fan. I'm disappointed, especially since you have good enough taste to recognize the strong virtues of diamond select.
Lol
Yea, I see what you mean about ML, to me they are rather boring. For the most part it's the same figure and hardly any sculpted details to the figures compared to the McFarlane DC Multiverse line.
@@chrisalan457 thing is man, it's not like I don't see Mcfarlane's shortcomings. But it is amazing to me that, when people like Wade and even Anthony murmur a complaint about marvel legends, they're for the same qualities Mcfarlane positively excells at. And yet they still trash him overall. You always get accessories, and painted at that with Mcfarlane. The scuplts are almost always very good. AND they're on average 3-4 dollars cheaper than Hasbros. Sure Mcfarlane's articulation is non-standard. But I always ask, which is cheaper or easier? To do a custom paintjob on AN ENTIRE figure and buy a $30 custom head because the sculpts look like fisher price? Or to make a few cuts on a figure that is impressive but somewhat limited in poseability? Which is easier? Or cheaper?
I appreciate your honesty man but I do practice that (for the most part) with Legends and Mezco too. If I don't like it or feel it's too cheap of an approach to the figure.... I don't buy it. That's why I have so many incomplete BAFS. I don't conform to any type of hive mind thinking in regards to mcfarlane. I want to like them and that's why I have purchased so many of them.
Its hard to compare Hasbro and McFarlane, they are different things. Hasbro uses reuses to give us obscure ass characters and on top of that continue to put out uniquely sculpted figures with functional articulation. McFarlane has pretty much given us only Batman and even with that he has reuses.
@@UnparalleledUniverse well I don't agree with that last point in particular, since these things cost money, and so to me there's a direct correlation between production value and the cost to my pocket. But I appreciate that you responded. You were the guy to get me into DST in the first place. A few years ago, as dissatisfied as I was with Hasbro, Legends were the only marvel figs I bought, apart from some high-end ones. So thanks. I've got almost everything from DST now, even some of the older, wonkier releases.
That half sheath thing us perplexing. Sword sheaths have been a thing with action figures for a while now. Why half ass it?
McFarlane really needs to do better with articulation. Some of these figures are so close to being perfect, they just have garbage articulation. Like that Flash figure they did.
I'm glad someone calling it like it is with McFarlane, they're receiving a lot of unearned praise.
They do hits and misses, mostly misses
Ivan Frias no they’ve been hitting a lot recently
they’ve absolutely earned a lot of praise. If anything, you guys always complain about anthonyscustoms roasting marvel legends when you guys won’t give them any flack. At least mcfarlane does unique sculpts for every figure with pretty exceptional articulation for the most part. I didn’t think deathstroke looked that good, but i definitely think they’ve earned a lot of praise
@@pigeonboy7696 recently doesn't mean more, there are still more misses, that was dumb lol
Ivan Frias more recent releases always have a better showing for the future, why would you hold their older stuff at just as much value? I’m sure you love marvel legends but do you always include their early stuff back when hasbro first got it and it was dogshit? No, you look at the recent stuff, because that’s what matters
I really like the McFarlane dc figures but the hips are over engineered and don’t work as well as I want them to sometimes.
I decided right when he was announced to past on him cause I have the DC collectibles version and he came with way more accessories ( not to say his artic is better than this one) and I just didn't feel the need for two of the same figure. Nice honest review I respect honesty no matter which way it falls on the spectrum.
I have the figure and enjoy it but I can see why some people dislike it.
It’s so difficult to get him to stand up… and the sword does suck… those are actually my only issues with it, I like the figure and looks really cool next to the Arkham Knight Batman
So funny reading some comments.
Suddenly you are the new Anthony custom... 😂
Hahaha dude after the crazy ass comments on this video, I was gonna hit Anthony up and just say he's got my respect haha.
@@UnparalleledUniverse Hey, just wanted to show my support, i love Anthony and you. You're both my top 2 youtube figure reviewers so don't let people tell you shit man. You keep saying what you mean and i'll keep watching :)
Much appreciated dude!
Why don’t some people like Anthony’s customs
@@Kigemie he complains about everything and is hardly ever satisfied
Negative sentiment always gets more comments, so I support trashing a figure now and then, but I do feel McFarlane deserves more credit. IMHO these are the best 7” DC figures, and for $20 - you almost get what you paid for. Lack of accessories is the issue for me, this character uses a stick and guns in that game, so yeah - that sucks. The rest is to be expected if you ask me. So I’m still getting this Deathstroke for sure. I hope Todd wont do a diss song about you Wade, you’re still the best reviewer out there. Thank you!
Hahaha I think I'm safe from a Todd diss song. He doesn't know me.
But I feel like Diamond does what McFarlane is trying to do for pretty much the same price.
Uh oh the title tells me this is an instant skip
I understand the issues you pointed out on this figure but I really do like this figure, the sculpted details are great here, the articulation does seem limited but for me that's ok. Nice review Unparalleled.
I don't think he's so bad, curious to get him in hand see how the legs work. I think they've come out with some fantastic figures overall this year, their AA Joker and Batman are great , and the articulation is fantastic on them overall. Some haven't been so great but overall
And its not only "die hards" that like these. You guys have been unfair towards McFarlane since he got the license. We all need to accept the fact neca didnt get the license and move on its not McFarlanes fault.
Bro I want McFarlane Toys to do good. I think Neca would have done better but I'm with you, that didn't happen so McFarlane is what we got and that's cool, I just wish they would do better..... The new Infected Superman is proof they can make good figures but this Deathstroke is just not a good figure.
I don’t get why McFarlane won’t include different hands...
“Too expensive” 😂😂😂it’ll cost them like 10 cents
@amostlynottoxic dude Todd will prolly release this again with more stuff🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️😂to piss us off
Todd would rather invest in useless photo cards than interchangeable hands
@@mctapper6172 10cents adds up over thousands of figures to become, thousands of dollars in profit or loss for them
Money, I get it I would want more hands but marvel legends are smaller they didn't have hands a short while ago and they are more expensive and they look like plastic with not too much sculpt
I like it.
Nice!
you know I think it's fine to get mad at a company or figure. If you do that though, commit to it. Take a page out of Anthonyscustoms book, that man can rip a figure to shreds. Just go for it man. Also don't listen to these haters, you're doing great, and only getting better!
I’d say take a page from Anthony’s book, but not too many pages. Anthony’sCustoms can be a reaaaaal negative Nancy when it comes to $20 dollar figures.
Yo this figure has no leg day in his life, and he is even using an armor😂😂
Thank you for the time saved my bro
Damn, I still wanna get him cause he looks pretty good but it sucks that it has all these issues. The CW Deathstroke looks better but might have less articulation. Hopefully McFarlane does a classic wave with classic looks for villains and heroes with better movement one of these days.
I ALWAYS appreciate a great review. Who wants a commercial? If a figure sucks it's ok to say why. You do tons of positive reviews.
Im glad i watched this review before buying this, because i was considering it. However now, idk. probably not and thats a shame cause i really like this look of DS. I have his full new 52 run and its dope plus grew up watching Teen Titans sooooo yeah love Deathstroke. Guess i cant really get the figure justifiably.
DC Icons death stroke is the only death stroke for myself :) would love to see that line come back
i always say if mcfarlane care so much about sculpting over articulation, just go freaking make statue instead
i mean , he can make good and articulated figure like Spawn and Space Marine , but it's always his sculpting that render articulation useless.
and then his fanboys start attacking for disliking mcfarlane figure.
I'm starting to custom the heck out of Doom Slayer because it's the only Doom slayer figure. But if anyone else do , that figure can go straight to garbage bin
Don’t understand why everyone is complaining about the review besides the figure having a good sculpt the articulation is practically non existent sure it’s has more detail and sculpt than a ML but not the articulation of one
And honestly I would argue that he doesn't even have that good of a sculpt.
I get not liking the figure or the line for that matter but to say the articulation is nonexistent isn't true. There's head, shoulder rotation, double jointed elbows, wrist, double jointed knees, toe hinge, waist, upper torso and hip articulation. Now you may not like it or it may be poorly executed and that's fine but to say it doesn't exist isn't true. Can you twist it into a pretzel? No, and that's a deal breaker for some.
Well, appreciate the honesty. I was gonna buy this but I changed my mind, I’m going to go for the Yamaguchi model
I'm not understanding your criticism. Youve complained about alot of what youve given selects and legends passes on.
Yeaaaa... I think I'm gonna cancel my pre-order on Amazon for this one.
yo this has to be the funniest review.. felt like i was watching your live and you were talking about donatello vs raph.
What a mess. Good ol' Todd.
The sheath literally fits the sword perfectly. Having issues their bud?
Thanks for reviewing this figure. After seeing you mess with this figure and your opnions on it, I decided to pass on it and cancel my order. Thanks saving me some money that I can put into something else.
Thanks for being honest! Let the haters hate. These are your opinions, you can't be wrong! Also, if it's Goku, it's Goku!
This review is like an episode of kitchen nightmares 🤣
🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Not sure what that is but sounds amazing.
@@UnparalleledUniverse it’s basically Gordon Ramsay going to trashy restaurants and roasting the shit outta them 😂
Hahahaha I have to start a segment called Figure Fears or some shit haha.
@@UnparalleledUniverse yeah put that Bruce Lee in there 😆
@@mp3frostbyte 😡😡😡😡😡
I FEEL YOU BRO 😤 I just wish I saw this review before I ordered it 😩 Already contacted the seller telling them that I'll be returning it for a refund. Can't say I didn't give McFarlane a shot, they dropped the ball yet again 😒 Still, thanks for the honest review ✌
The sculpt looks cool but the figure might as well not have any articulation points
I feel immense discomfort just looking at this figure
lol
problem with mcf is they are using all soft rubber, it worked on spawn but that's it.
That is a big problem!
“ might lead you to believe it’s posable” 🤣🤣
McFarlane really do make great statues lol
Damn, as a huge Deathstroke fan I was hoping this figure was gonna be good
Honestly, I'm not at all surprised. Todd McFarlane has been very open about the fact that he hates articulation, so it only makes sense that they'd half-ass it in favour of sculpt, which is what the creator prefers. They've been RELUCTANTLY and SLOWLY moving in the right direction recently, but I still don't think they're listening to the consumer in the way that they should if they want to remain profitable. Just my opinion, though; if you like poorly-engineered statues basically designed to stand vanilla and do nothing else, then maybe these are for you. I don't judge.
i'm sure you can mod it top improve the hips. Take it apart, and dremel out the lower portion of the torso and cut away at some of the leg sculpt.
Yeah but you shouldn't really have to do all that just to get it to do what it needs to do..
You probably can mod is but I don't like the figure enough to try to salvage it.
I would enjoy a video with you interviewing McFarlin about this death stroke and see what he says to justify it. Hahahaha.
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to do that. I need to know how this happened.
Yes i agree with your opinion, this figure probably the worst from Mcfarlane's DC, lack of articulation, lack of accessories, lack of paint and detail. I hope they fix the problem with the variant, maybe
I've said this since the first reveal,, the legs on this Deathstroke for this design are to damn skinny you can see it from the trading card it comes with, and the thigh armor comes up to high on his leg it should be sculpted with more of an open space on the inner thigh
Wow he wasn't kidding about the pictures at the end 🤣
I wasn't trying to spend any more time with this figure than I had to man 😂😂😂
Really hope Tye is taking notes. Why is it so hard for them to make the thigh rotates? If they want to preserve the sculpt, you can still make thigh swivel like how Neca does it. No one’s asking you to cut the thigh like Hasbro.
Tye made fun of mattel for having sculpted guns and look what we’re having with their deathstroke...
Tye is a nice guy and he seems to be the only one at McFarlane Toys who are listening to the fans, but I really hope that he is taking notes to fix the stupid hip system and the ridiculous accessory distribution that they figures are having right now.
Yeah he spends so much time on the sculpting and paint that he sacrifices so much else I don’t know if it’s worth it. I wouldn’t even mind if it was an extra 5 to get more accessories and and better details on the accessories.
Same here! I often see McFarlane defenders say "but it's only 20 bucks!!!!" it's like who care charge me 30 bucks and make it dope!
“Damn it I got hate!”
Hahaha this shit is crippled!
You could Dremel the leg a bit so it gets more articulation. then sand it off then pain the part you dremeled down. Just a thought.
I have a torey if Slade has a two sided mask and two face has to faces could Slade possible be too faces son or Slade just got that scar from Robin
I came here just to read the comment section!
Unfortunately they sacrificed articulation for a nice sculpt. I still like it, but won't be posed in anything dynamic. The lack of leg movement kills it for me.
This Deathstroke is trash I feel bad for all the butthurt Mcfarlane fanboys that literally can't handle the truth! Some of these salty comments on here are just to funny gunna need some popcorn soon😂✌
Deathstroke. Is a professional hit -man that has very unique weapons ... all this one has is a sword ? I had to use some Ultamate soldier assault rifles to make him look more equipped now he’s got a Hk sub machine gun and an AR -15 assault rifle with a scope . Never throw away spare parts . They become useful later on . He’s still a likable action figure.
This is prolly the best review. If it’s a bad fig it’s a bad fig ... I wanted 2 pick this guy up but hopefully they learned from their mistakes and we get a classic deathstroke. We jus need new sculpts and more new characters with a macfarlane twist
They did this to their Fortnite Cuddle joint (pink teddy bear). Legs can’t move well at the thighs - a double mechanism instead of a ball joint. Annoys the shit outta me BUT it still looks good... ugh
Mcfarlane really need to step up their game. It's 2020, not 2000's style figure articulations.
im planning on ordering him this friday but why in the heck did they make his sword like that, my god my god. thanks for making this video G IM NEW to your channel
The animated John Stewart fig is super underrated IMO
Thanks for this review, I was about to buy this figure ... but not anymore.
Some toy companies are slacking now a days and now that their bumping up the price on $20 figs it's gonna be useless buying their products lmao.
Thank you for being honest, I appreciate it!
I was considering picking this up so I didnt have to open my original Arkham Origins Deathstroke, but now Im not so sure...
Good looking pose. Just treat it like a statue rather than an action figure.
This figure is frkn cool!
Again I don't understand your criticism. when you got the PS4 version of Spider-Man you gave it a pass on the articulation. even though you had to mod it. you said it wasn't a deal-breaker and then it was a okay figure. On these figures you're saying that it's bad? An that Marvel selects PS4 Spider-Man cost more than these and you gave that a pass.. You even did a follow-up video showing the modification on that Spider-Man? I'm not saying you have to like it but you've given figures passes before for the same complaints that you're giving these figures. I dont understand how these are bad but those are good.
That PS4 Spidey had way more going for it. The minimal torso movement was a flaw but it was one I was able to fix with little effort. This figure would have required way too much work to make it enjoyable for me.
And aside from the torso the rest of spidey had great articulation and a nice sculpt and a bunch of accessories. This figure has none of those thing. It has an OK sculpt , no accessories and bad articulation.
Spidey and the recent McFarlane Flash are similar in that way. They are cool out of the box but little mods can improve them. Deathstroke was trash out of the box.
@@UnparalleledUniverse fair. Its accessories were better.
I think I’m gonna give it a silver dry brush to make it more game accurate. The accessories on this guy like most McFarlane figures is lacking hella bad. Hell I would’ve taken extra hands. Really hope someone tells Todd about the accessory drought going on over there.
This Deathstroke looks impressive if you would just display him standing with the sword in his hand. But seriously lacking in accessories, not acceptable.
That figure is awesome! Love it!
I love this figure
Shoot i wanted to like it. But thanx man iam glad i didnt purchase it yet
Articulation is a big reason I don’t buy these semi articulate statues. Don’t be bummed about the negativity, new follower coming over from Instagram!
Your honesty is appreciated. Just subbed because of that
Unparalleled... FEEDBACK! Those Toddy Mac boys are out and about. You do you, Wade. It’s fine.
Hahahhaha I'm using Toddy Mac for now on.
@@UnparalleledUniverse I stole it from @preternia! 😆
This figure is trash for a lot of the reasons you pointed out. I was really looking forward to this design of Deathstoke in figure form. He's supposed to be a agile character, so I don't understand why they were trying to make him like a pre-posed plastic statue that's really only going to look good standing up straight. Very underwhelming and I hope they don't do this again to another character people like.
Is that a sword or a whip? 😄
😂😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣
It looks good but as soon i saw the sheath i was like wtf?, the accessories is the problem for me sculpted gun and a half baked sheath. Whoever designed that sheath should be fired.
The sculp is amazing plus for a 20 dollar figure
But that’s all it has going for it! These are action figures, not statues. The articulation is trash, therefore the figure is trash IMO at least.
@@juansanchez209 I mean how much articulation do you need unless you’re a big ass kid playing with them.
Jordan Sutton Articulation is far more important than sculpt when it comes to this hobby (ACBA and photography), but ideally you’d want a good mix of both of course. I’m not going to lie: yes, the sculpt on this figure is great! But what else does it having going for it? If all it can do is just stand there or achieve really mediocre poses, then I might as well get a statue at this scale that will have an even better sculpt and be presculpted into a pose more dynamic than this figure can achieve.
I don't understand why people get upset when a review is critical or harsh just because they like the product.
First off, if you like the product and it meets your standards, then carry on enjoying it, good for you.
Secondly, critical reviews can give you extra perspective to reflect on that could help you watch out for things that that might prevent you from regretting a purchase in the future
The man has his own standards that are simply reflections of his personal critical expectations as a consumer.
He's just sharing that. If all you wanna hear is positive feedback to validate your own perspective, go find reviewers who share critical and consumer expectations more in line with your own.
I want DC figures but until Mcfarlane improves on their articulation I’m not buying anything.... A pose is all you get smh
I say go check out DC icons. They are some what limited becuase they don't have thigh swivel but they are still really nice figures and are pretty posable
Having this be the 6th review I've seen on this figure, my conclusion is, I'm definitely still buying it. I have seen enough to know that this review isn't entirely accurate. Like, maybe it's a QC thing, but then there's some sculpt complaints and whatnot, I disagree with. No harm in disagreements right? But I don't see anything in this review that turns me off, so for those who are willing to sleep on it, fine, you do that. I'm not.
If you trimmed a bit off of the thigh area would it fix the problem? Great review btw, I prefer honesty over hyping up something even you don't like. Keep it up!
This is the reviewer‘s opinion, some of you need to lighten up. I happen to like the figure, but that’s also just my opinion. I think the review makes some very valid points, I think the McFarlane DC line has been doing really well, but in the accessories area is where this figure gets a C grade. The non-removable pistol from the holster is a big negative, as well as not supplying the staff and making the sword sheath hollow. Otherwise, I think this is a very nice figure, but overall compared to some of the other DC offerings it falls a little short.
Well that sucks about the figure but I need a deathstroke and I'm not worried too much as I've seen others with the poses I can get. Can't wait to read the three jokers comic...check it out if you like dc.
Best thing to do with this figure is leave it in the box, because once it's out, you realize how many really crappy elements it has. This review is the first I saw that called it like it is with this fig. Should have just been a statue. Then they could have been more true to the artwork, given better paint apps, etc.
I don't think people like negative reviews but this one was straight honest from the beginning that the figure is trash despite the beautiful sculpted details. Aesthetic isn't everything!!
*Moves the leg all the way up*
"THIS SUCKS!"
Did you even pay attention to what he said? You have to move the entire torso to the side or backwards to do that.
But the leg does move up lol
@@estebanmontanez158 but you still have to move away the torso, which ends up limiting posing options way too much. It’s undeniably a horrible design
Funny to hear you so mad at this figure!!!! Mine is on the way now second guessing it
I bought that same figure at Walmart on Monday and he was the last one