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    Inhumans Minimates

    in Marvel Minimates

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    I have to say the rest of the royal family are definitely my biggest wants right now. I would love a Crystal/Gorgon, Karnak/Triton, and Medusa w/Alpha Primitve troop builder. I am thinking Frightful Four as the variant Medusa. With an Updated Black Bolt/Maximus although I find the Black Bolt we have to be perfect, I think it would be the only way we would get Maximus.

    What corner of the 616 Marvel Universe has been most neglected?

    in Marvel Minimates

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    In order to properly answer this question, we need to clearly define what "corner" means, so that we are all on the same page. I would say that a corner of the MU (or DCU) has to be one that has sustained a regular series for a considerable length of time, and that has a set of characters (villains and supporting) closely identified with the title. By this criteria, series like Dr. Strange, New Warriors, and Thunderbolts fall short on former status, and the Punisher and Deadpool on the latter. So I think you can safely identify the corners of the Marvel Universe as:

    -Spider-Man

    -The Hulk

    -Iron Man

    -Thor

    -Captain America

    -Daredevil

    -Wolverine

    -The Avengers

    -The X-Men

    I think it's safe to say that the two big teams aren't the answer. Yes, there are a lot of characters still missing from those corners... but that's not the question, is it? We're looking for neglect, and both teams have had several waves and box sets devoted to them. Ditto Spider-Man. I mean... come on. He's the only character that's gotten supporting characters made, for crying out loud. We may not be happy with every version of Spidey's friends and foes, but again, that's not the question.

    So, looking at the others, there's obviously a lot of overlap between the Avengers and their members; ditto Wolverine and the X-Men. I'm not sure that you can really separate Wolverine characters from X-Men characters (which does kind of contradict my rules), but I think there's enough separation. Anyway, if we're counting movie waves, I'm just going to go ahead and say Wolverine's not the answer.

    For a long time, I would have said Cap's the answer, but all of a sudden we're getting a lot of Cap love. Thor's an interesting case, because we've actually filled out his supporting cast pretty well (yes, I know, we don't have the Warriors Three), but the lack of Thor villains we've gotten is appalling. It's basically Loki, Absorbing Man, and movie Destroyer.

    Iron Man is another interesting case; we've gotten a TON of Iron Men, but not a lot villains or supporting cast members. Basically, the entirety of Iron Man's first 100 issues have been ignored (save for the Mandarin and the Guardsman), but that's not really unusual, as Marvel pretty much ignores everything from before Demon in a Bottle. So you can't say it's Iron Man, but there's plenty more room to explore.

    So that leaves us with the Hulk and Daredevil. Before the recent box set, Hulk might have been the choice; but that, combined with the movie wave (which provides perfectly acceptable Betty and Thunderbolt Rosses) puts him ahead of Daredevil. We've gotten, by my count, six DD characters: Elektra, Bullseye, Stilt-Man (first appeared in DD#8), Kingpin (who is just as much a Spidey guy), the Hand Ninja army builder, and DD himself. Basically, DST has ignored every Daredevil era outside of Frank Miller's work, with the exception of Stilt-Man, whom they seemed to think was an Iron Man villain. Daredevil, clearly, is the most neglected corner of the Marvel Universe. You may now lock the thread.:)

    . Hey where is the Fantastic Four in your list

    Kre-O

    in Building Block Figures

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    I just found Transformers Combiner Kreons at my local TRU. These are boxes that contain 4 of the Mico-Changer Kreons, plus you can combine them into one larger Transformer. Haven't put mine together yet, but it looks pretty cool.

    . I actually just picked up the Aerialbots and the Stunticons from my local Target on clearance for $3.28 ea. They are pretty cool but combined all though it looks cool the big guys are flimsy.

    What's Your Favorite Movie?

    in The Minimates' Arms

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    Mine is definitely Who framed Roger Rabbit, loved when I saw it at the theaters and actually own it on Betamax, VHS, LaserDisc, DVD, & most recently Blu-Ray. To me it fits so many different genres, and funny enough one of the few movies that is better then the book :)

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