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I'm sad to admit I haven't read a ton of actual Alpha Flight books. Can a connoisseur tell me which of Vindicator's visors is "more" accurate? That they included both tells me she wore both for a fair amount of time, but I seem to recall the Toybiz figure wearing the blue one. Is that the iconic look?

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I don't recall any significance to the color of the visor over the years, but it has been 20 years since I read these stories.

Going through the covers, the first true appearance and cover with Heather appearing in this costume was #32, and it was a red visor.

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Issue #33 and 34's covers had the wrong mask entirely! Damn Mignola, that guy will never amount to anything! :)

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Issue #39 features a blue visor on the cover.

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As did #40, with the classic 25th Anniversary border!

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Whoever did the coloring for Jim Lee's covers used a red visor for his covers:

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It looks to me that the blue visor was commonly drawn earlier, with the red visor becoming the standard that was eventually adopted for the rest of the first volume.

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Volume 2, she had an entirely new green costume:

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But she went back to the classic costume with red visor for the Fear Itself tie-in.

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I'm gonna go with the Blue visor i think. Not for any continuity reasons, but just because i like my minimates to be bright & colourful, and this will add a bit more diversity to the AlphaFlight crew.

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I'm gonna go with the Blue visor i think. Not for any continuity reasons, but just because i like my minimates to be bright & colourful, and this will add a bit more diversity to the AlphaFlight crew.

I agree.

Just ordered the NYCC set, now just need to find the TRU ones in store.

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Has anyone figured out why Heather and Box come with the Nova flight stand from the Galactus box? I cant figure it out...

I think its just a blast off stand for Box, but like with Magma it doesn't work that well.

It doesn't work at all... Unless I'm missing something...

Wheres Zach?

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  • 2 weeks later...

ordered both sets from Luke (waiting on the box set 2 to get in stock) but looking forward to it.

was never a big fan of alpha flight, but to be able to complete a team quickly (along with the tru 2 pack) is pretty awesome.

now if only I could find the x-factor angel at a reasonable price to finish my original x-factor group :(

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In all my decades of comic reading, I never really read much Alpha Flight. Since the introduction of these minimates set, I've went back and started reading from the beginning. Really good stuff, starting with the Byrne run.

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I just can't get over how ecstatic I am that I have my second favorite team in Minimate form!!

Still waiting on Number One, though, DST...

Bah.

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(plus Blob)

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and don't forget all those awesome, neglected Defenders.

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*ahem*

I just can't get over how ecstatic I am that I have MY second favorite team in Minimate form!!

Still waiting on Number One, though, DST...

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:happy:

Neither of what you posted is MY number one favorite team.

I don't even know who that awful team in that nice Alex Ross painting are supposed to be.

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