Yeah, I agree. Sure there were some silly looking figures back then, but those figures were the best. I dont' know if it's the fond memories or what, but I defnitly like them a lot. I've never been a huge fan of the large amount of articulation that they give the new figures, but I buy them becuase they look really cool and are huge compared to the old ones. I think over articulation kind of kills new figures because I'm either distracted by all of the cuts and weird balls or I can't ever get them to stand in more than a few poses. Like Bishop, I cannot get that figure to stand or look right. The old one though I have to no problem with.
One of my favorite figures in the old Xforce line was Cannonball. I used that guy when I was a kid for everything and he never broke. That's why I was so happy to see that a new figure was coming out. But now that I picked up the two pack there's so many freaking issues about the guy because of his over use of articulation. First the damn peg keeping on his hand is sticking half way out so if I move his hand at all it begins to pop out of his arm. And second his one shoulder ball is stuck so I can't move his arm more than 45degrees. There's something else to, but I cna't remember right now.
Other favorite figures - Scorpion, Hobgoblin, Carnage, from Spiderman the Animated Series, Cable 2 and 3, Apocalypse 2, Venom (the tongue licking one from the 3rd Marvel series), Wolverine in that black spy gear costume with all of the knifes, a whole lot more. Even the Secret Wars figures were cool and they were the first figures. (was there something before?)
Venom Planet of the Symbiotes was a great line.
Although there are some bad looking guys like the old Mojo. The new one's great.
I agree that the over abundance of them was great because if you wanted something you'd get it. Now if a kid asks his grandparents to look for a certain toy he'll be lucky if he gets it. Distribution sucks now.