BuffaloDelorean Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 29 minutes ago, MisterPL said: I was hoping to use Christine Palmer as a Claire Temple QC but Claire doesn't wear a lab coat. I was hoping to do that too, but even if she didn't have the lab coat the skin tone would still be off. As it is, I think I'll be skipping that pack. I'm in for the rest, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I'm pretty confident I've got the right Prismacolor markers to match that skin tone but, yeah, that was another concern. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I got my Astral Doctor Strange today at TRU and he rung up for $5.25. That was a pleasant surprise. I also noticed that there's a lot less text on the back of the packaging. I'm wondering if DST is getting rid of the character bios altogether or if there simply wasn't enough editorial info from Marvel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmeaux Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 On 12/1/2016 at 3:07 PM, MisterPL said: I was hoping to use Christine Palmer as a Claire Temple QC but Claire doesn't wear a lab coat. So take the lab coat off and use the extra set of arms that comes with Palmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedTiger95 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 DST always gives us the main love interest of the hero so I wouldn't say it's an unessential minimate, but I see what you mean. I think it would have been better if the regular Stephen Strange was wearing his doctor scrubs with an alternate surgical mask head. I think that would be a cooler display with Palmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Spider Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Very much wish we got a surgery strange as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 2 hours ago, RedTiger95 said: DST always gives us the main love interest of the hero so I wouldn't say it's an unessential minimate, but I see what you mean. I think it would have been better if the regular Stephen Strange was wearing his doctor scrubs with an alternate surgical mask head. I think that would be a cooler display with Palmer. That would be my choice as well, if only because then we'd have a nice unbearded Benedict Cumberbach head, and you don't need to be the world's greatest detective to figure out my plans for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 On 12/3/2016 at 4:03 PM, hellpop said: That would be my choice as well, if only because then we'd have a nice unbearded Benedict Cumberbach head, and you don't need to be the world's greatest detective to figure out my plans for that. Khan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedTiger95 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I think he's leaning toward Sherlock Holmes, but Khan would be cool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 10 hours ago, RedTiger95 said: I think he's leaning toward Sherlock Holmes, but Khan would be cool too. I... I know... it's a joke bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostisfire Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 To be honest, a Cumberbatch head has tons of uses. Sherlock, Khan, Hawking, Turing, Van Gogh, Assange. It's truly a shame they went for hobo-Stephen and not surgeon or even dapper Stephen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 33 minutes ago, Trekker 42 said: I... I know... it's a joke bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 15 hours ago, Trekker 42 said: Khan? I'd make a Mirror Universe Khan since he's got the VanDyke. Not sure if that'd make him good because he's in the Mirror Universe or more evil because of the facial hair. Then there's the whole alternate alternate timeline thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPC Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 So did anyone pick these up? Hoping for some photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 My LCS is still waiting for theirs. Might be in this Wednesday. No idea what happened, they just know they paid for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloDelorean Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 1 hour ago, MisterPL said: My LCS is still waiting for theirs. Might be in this Wednesday. No idea what happened, they just know they paid for them. I think my LCS might be in the same boat. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuisporQuake Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Found these at the TRU Jantzen Beach Portland today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 A week late but I have them now! These are the best. They're outstanding. Nobody does block figures like Art Asylum. Just a tremendous effort. Terrific product, really. I'll tell you what I miss though. I miss the bios. I like the larger images on the back. Love 'em. The product is stunning and deserves to be seen but, were it up to me, I'd find a way to bring the bios back. Consumers deserve to know who they're dealing with. When Marvel sells its characters, they’re not selling their best. They’re selling characters that have lots of problems. They’re bringing powers. They’re bringing crime. They’re mutants. And some, I assume, are good characters. But consumers deserve to know who these characters are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) Edited December 7, 2016 by hellpop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwoosheyman Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 1 hour ago, MisterPL said: A week late but I have them now! These are the best. They're outstanding. Nobody does block figures like Art Asylum. Just a tremendous effort. Terrific product, really. I'll tell you what I miss though. I miss the bios. I like the larger images on the back. Love 'em. The product is stunning and deserves to be seen but, were it up to me, I'd find a way to bring the bios back. Consumers deserve to know who they're dealing with. When Marvel sells its characters, they’re not selling their best. They’re selling characters that have lots of problems. They’re bringing powers. They’re bringing crime. They’re mutants. And some, I assume, are good characters. But consumers deserve to know who these characters are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I didn't write bios because we didn't have official bios for all of the characters, we hadn't seen the film so we didn't know the details, and getting new, largely uninformed descriptions of studio characters approved is not always instantaneous, or even a sure thing. So in the interests of time on everyone's part, we used the official summary. Marvel similarly prefers an official write-up for the Netflix stuff. But comic lines will always have bios. I just finished Series 72! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious Stranger Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 8 minutes ago, DSTZach said: But comic lines will always have bios. I just finished Series 72! Battle-damaged Wolverine bio: "This is Wolverine. He gets hurt. A lot." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I've read bios for Strange, Mordo, Ancient One, and Kaecilius. The rest are easy. I write great bios – and nobody writes bios better than me, believe me – and I’ll write them very inexpensively: Wong: So good at being a magical librarian your head will spin. Christine Palmer: Such a nasty woman. A person who is very flat-chested is very hard to be a 10. Strange could do better. Zealot: Puppets of Kaecilus and some very bad hombres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedTiger95 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Picked up one set today at TRU. I just noticed they painted Dr Strange's scars on his hands, nice touch! I will go back for the other two sets soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloDelorean Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 This wave still hasn't shown up at my LCS. Fingers crossed for this week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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