Danny Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Black Queen Jean looks superb! Really surprised she's not the variant, as I would have thought Jim Lee Jean would be more recognisable to the average Minimate fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronotrigger Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 what the heck? I was sure Black Queen would be the variant for 90s Jean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Taken shamelessly from Art Asylum's Facebook page: "I can confirm that Black Queen Jean will NOT be the one-per-case variant. (And we're not doing anything sneaky like making it a two-per-case variant)" Interesting... I guess this must be 'none in the case' & the first 'Straight to ebay variant' Nothing much new there then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Dare we dream that... there won't be a short-packed chase? Maybe an even-split between two Jeans? That's too much to hope for, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamsm8 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Black Queen NOT the variant? Or maybe a new change in variant distribution? Maybe NO variant? Mostly I'm just trying to deny that we won't get a Jim Lee Jean Grey figure... That's just wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvelZombie Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 >>>And we can totally make a Mrs. Garrett custom with that hairpiece! Giiiirrrrrlls! >>>I'm turning Rogue into Jo. >>>I dont have Storm so Ill have to use War Machine for Tootie LOL! Facts of Life 'mates FTW. Blair could be made from Ms. Marvel... Don't know who you could use for Natalie... Kingpin?? Rachel Summers could sub for Molly Ringwald... Maybe it's time for that Diff'rent Strokes boxed set that we've all dreamed of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I am a bit surprised, frankly. We are getting two Jeans in the X-Factor/X-Men box sets, then no doubt Jim Lee Jean in this wave as the "common," so this makes 4 Jean Greys within the span of, what, 6-7 months of each other? Still only 2 Rogues will exist as of the release of this wave, with both apparently being variants of the same version. . .oh, well. Even if it was the Goblin Queen variant? Jennifer Connely? BAH AH HA! I LOVE that film. Although - i don't think she ever married David Bowie though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhonez Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Well that's crazy. Given that they've shut down the voting/guessing... I don't think there was a single guess including Black Queen that didn't also include 90's Jean. Unless they're counting generic "Jean Grey" guesses as equivalent to Black Queen. If Jean's not the variant, the most likely candidate is Beast. Guesses with Dark Beast and some form of Jean Grey: Jean Grey, Jubilee, Dark Beast SO... Jubilee fans rejoice? All two of you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlecat Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 Having never read the story she appears this way in, Bondage Jean seems a bit fan-servicey to me, but I wasn't too bothered since she was clearly the variant.... except now she's not? Really weird. Maybe her variant is a new Emma Frost, and we'll still get regular Jean on the side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Two-Face Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Having never read the story she appears this way in, Bondage Jean seems a bit fan-servicey to me, but I wasn't too bothered since she was clearly the variant.... except now she's not? Really weird. Maybe her variant is a new Emma Frost, and we'll still get regular Jean on the side? We still have 2 to go, so i beg to DST that this is the case. I'd be immensely happy to have Jeanie in her Jim Lee suit, AND NOT BE the variant (very dumb move!!!!!!!!!!), and i'd be overjoyed to get an updated Hellfire Emma to stand next to Black Queen. If anyone's actually been following my posts , that was my one gripe; old Emma not looking all-too-nice with new Black Queen. Styles are 100% different. Please DST. Look at our posts. I hope this is the case. Oh, and that would also coincide with some of our TRU guesses. I'm REALLY starting to think the two exclusives (IF this is a TRU-part wave, that is) are: 90s Wolverine/Omega Red Banshee/Sunfire OR Banshee/Jubilee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) Having never read the story she appears this way in, Bondage Jean seems a bit fan-servicey to me, but I wasn't too bothered since she was clearly the variant.... except now she's not? Really weird. Yeah, she was only that way for a few issues, when she was under the control of Mastermind. This, in part, contributed to her emergence as "Dark Phoenix". Personally, I think it is a pretty lame variant, but no more so than "Days of Future Past" Wolverine. At least this one is visually interesting. And the story was really great (the Claremont/Byrne X-Men period is one of the finest comic collaborations there has been--up there with Lee/Kirby and Wolfman/Perez). I'm pretty sure she is the variant, btw, even though she wasn't announced last. This would be a very strange choice for a "common" release, in my opinion. Certainly alongside 90s Jim Lee X-Men. --edit: I see now that this has been announced as not being the variant. I wonder who it could be, then? Maybe it will be Selene. . .or maybe a Wolverine variant to complement brown Wolverine-- Edited November 11, 2009 by karamazov80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMP Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I think there's going to be a riot now if we don't get Jim Lee Jean Grey somewhere in this wave. Having Black Queen Jean not be the variant seems like a very, very strange move to me... maybe the idea of Selene (or some other Hellfire Club member) as the variant will prove to be right, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwoosheyman Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 DST has a made a few odd choices of variants before (Rhodes War Machine and Symbiote Spider-man) so I wouldn't be surprised if Jim Lee Jean Grey was a variant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzerd Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 If Jean's not the variant, the most likely candidate is Beast. Guesses with Dark Beast and some form of Jean Grey: Jean will definitely be the variant. No way are they not going to package Hellfire Club Jean with the Hellfire Club Guard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 --edit: I see now that this has been announced as not being the variant. This is by in large one of the oddest choice of "main release" I've ever seen. She appeared in a single beat of a single (though highy memorable) arc. Like Bliz said, it'd be silly not to package her separate from the guards, but then... what? Selene as the varaint? The much more demanded Jim Lee Jean Grey as the varaint? Or include Jean with Scott, another Jean with the guard... and then a variant... who? Wolverine Brown as a variant of the Black Queen? This is making my head hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel America Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 If it weren't for the fact that Jean is a perfect packmate for the Hellfire Club guard, I'd say Dark Beast is a great choice for variant. As it stands, I'm just clueless now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Yeah, it seems like either an odd choice (multiple Jeans) or a really, really bad choice (variant or no Jim Lee Jean). Maybe we're making too many assumptions about this being a "Jim Lee" wave. Maybe it is just an X-men wave, and JL Jean is coming in later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Dark Beast would be killer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtd20_2000 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Nice looking minimate but I was still hoping it would be Sebastian Shaw. (#$%! we need some more villains!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny B Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) my guess would mirror blizzerd's comment that Hellfire Jean is a perfect match for Hellfire guard, and if that is indeed the official pack, then the established formula would mean a variation on Jean is the way they're going to go. And in keeping with the idea that this is a Jim Lee wave (has there been anything announced yet that doesn't fit somewhere that general era?) it would make perfect sense that the JL Jean would be the variant. what doesn't make sense is the fact that she's the variant instead of Hellfire Jean. that statement is the only reason why I might think that Dark Beast would be the variant for this wave. However, Dark Beast doesn't really fit with the rest of the wave (I missed the AoA storyline... but from what I understand, it isn't part of Jim Lee's mark on the X-World, correct?) so he would be the odd man out. And since we know that we're already getting parts for Beast that would work on Dark Beast, my wager is that we will be seeing Dark Beast in a future release. what exactly he will be tied with (an AoA boxset? a random TRU pack? a future themeless wave?) is the question. ... of course, all of that is based very strongly on the assumption that this wave is a Jim Lee wave. Lobsterman has a good point. Just because all the evidence points pretty difinitively at that, we won't know for sure till it's all announced... **edit just a random thought... we're still assuming that the next character is going to be a costume we havent seen. This wave is already giving us a new Rogue which is basically the same as the original release, just with the jacket (though personally, I love the new one and wouldn't even think of complaining about it) ... What's to say that they aren't going to give us another Dark Phoenix? I certainly hope not. We really don't need a remake of her... but with the addition of gold paint in recent releases (like the SI Jean), I wouldn't put it past them to do a remake. Edited November 11, 2009 by Donny B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reideen1313 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I'll eat whatever is left of Ady's hat if Jubilee makes it into this wave. I'm calling Wolverine. I'm pretty sure Ady ate the whole thing a couple years ago. There may even be photographic evidence somewhere here on the 'verse.... I wonder how skimpy the back of her will be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Nice looking minimate but I was still hoping it would be Sebastian Shaw. (#$%! we need some more villains!!) Black Queen Jean (sounds like a Southern Rock song) is a villain. . .sort of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtd20_2000 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) Nice looking minimate but I was still hoping it would be Sebastian Shaw. (#$%! we need some more villains!!) Black Queen Jean (sounds like a Southern Rock song) is a villain. . .sort of. I agree she is "sort of" a villain, but I just think the Hellfire Guards would be better along side a Sebastian Shaw (I guess I can always dream they will make a box set with Shaw, Pierce, Leland, etc...) On a side note when my wife saw a picture of the Black Queen, she said Jean looked like a tranny due to the middle crotch piece. Edited November 11, 2009 by mtd20_2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Is it possible that Black Queen is the variant, and that Regular Jean will also come with the Hellfire Goon. . . and that Cyclops will be packed with . . . Sinister? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronotrigger Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) Is it possible that Black Queen is the variant, and that Regular Jean will also come with the Hellfire Goon. . . and that Cyclops will be packed with . . . Sinister? That's what everyone thought until they said that Jean Black Queen wasn't the variant. Which is kind of weird because of the two versions, Black Queen should be the variant and Jim Lee Jean be the common. It may mean we won't get Jim Lee Jean at all, but Omega Red or Mr. Sinister as the final piece. The Black Queen's variant could be an updated White Queen or Tessa/Sage or even Selene. Edited November 11, 2009 by Chronotrigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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