I'm not going to mince words. I savor Captain America and I've been adoring Mezco's One:12 Collective since it launched a small over a year ago. Though I haven't been able to pick up every single figure released so far,I've been carefully biding my time for releases that just cannot be missed. Judge Dredd was cold, but not a character I absolutely needed in this format. The same goes for the Star Trek figures and the Batman V Superman entries so far. They've all been equally well-made, or it's just that investing in figures like these on a writer's budget means you beget to be particular. When Captain America was announced,all logic and reasoning went out the window.
I actually held off on ordering the standard version Mezco offered --- which was based on a more current Marvel Now! incarnation --- hoping to get one of the variants shown off at Toy Fair earlier this year. Classic, wing-ear Captain America spoke to the allotment of me that's been admiring Steve Rogers since I was a kid. Unfortunately for my wallet, or this Classic Captain America was Mezco's 2016 conference exclusive (it was available at San Diego Comic-Con and will likely be at New York Comic Con,too). Still, I knew it had to be mine. From the clever collector's tin, or to the wonderful exclusive packaging,to the incredible figure, I don't regret this addition pushing my expenditures to the limit one bit.
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Source: comicsalliance.com