Recent gets and Scale comparisons

I appreciate Mattel getting it right more often than not. At least there's a discernible difference between Heenan and his Family members. :-)
And I'm very happy Sasha Banks isn't the same height as Charlotte.

Did Mattel actually ever say we make correct scale products? Maybe they did, I really am legit asking.

They generally do approximate scale well. This isn't perfect, but less than ten years ago we had a Paul Bearer figure that was as tall as an Undertaker. Comparing Mattel to Hasbro might be a stretch, but Mattel to Jakks isn't. Truth is that Jakks was way behind the curve of what an average action figure looked like ten years ago. See Toybiz Marvel Legends, SOTA Street Fighter, Mattel DC Superheroes/DCUC, and others to see how far off-model they were from industry standard.

I think the scaling is just fine especially for a $20ish line. they wont ever be perfect but they are close enough. if they were higher end figures that were $50+ then id prob think maybe they should be perfect

We aren't talking cars we are talking about action figures. I see what youre saying but my point is that they are $20 figures MAYBE budget has to do something with a lot of decisions. maybe they would need to tool new parts that would drive the price up (that's what I assume anyway)

Haha yeah a little bit

Hasbros were the best.

I get the argument from all sides, I really do. When we were children and we clubbed each other with LJNs or played with Hasbro or Jakks or whomever used to make wrestling toys, we didn't care about scale. As adults, we approach things analytically. Its what we do in most aspects of life at our age. It doesn't necessarily benefit us to worry so much about toys, but we can't help it. Cheap or not, we know deep down in our adult brains that have become attuned to our spending, just how much a figure actually costs. How much time did we clock at work to afford these figures? His much time did we invest seeking this toy? How much time do we spend in these forums researching the toy? These are merely adult things to think when we have this hobby. And this is why we critique. Again, is it beneficial? Not necessarily, but it is perfectly natural.

Also, a display tip in regards to scale. Over the years I've found that figs look taller than they really are when placed on the left hand side. So figs that should be taller but aren't go on the left. Figs that are too tall & shouldn't be go on the right.

Yes, Mattel said that their figures were all going to be correct scale, one inch per foot on their WWE figures, in Toyfare magazine a few months before the first figures were released.

They stated that their WWE figures were going to be the most realistic wrestling figures ever made, paying close attention to likenesses, scale, costume designs, tattoos, etc.

I believe the issue came out about 2 months before the actual product first hit shelves.