elhonez

#1 SINISTER FOES OF SPIDERMAN (aka Sinister Six) - Electro, Lizard, Vulture and Scorpion

#2 EXCALIBUR - Captain Britain, Phoenix, Shadowcat and Meggan

#3 WRECKING CREW - Wrecker, Bulldozer, Pile Driver and Thunderball

#3 AVENGERS -Falcon, Black Panther, Mockingbird and Yellowjacket

#5 INHUMANS - Black Bolt, Medusa, Karnak and Gorgon

Interesting that from this list, many have been made or are coming out. Exceptions:

Lizard

Meggan

Wrecking Crew

Falcon, Mockingbird

Medusa, Karnak, Gorgon

Dude. Stilt-Man! Who cares if he's only a tangent to true IM villainy? Daredevil can't hold his own wave, so I'm happy they were able to sneak him in an IM wave.

But yes, I can think of a dozen more IM villains I still really want...

Blacklash, Beetle, Blizzard, Constrictor, Ghost, Ultimo, Fin Fang Foom (somehow?), Madame Masque, Unicorn, MODOK (also somehow?), Dreadknight and Arsenal all come to mind.

It is about time we got an Iron Man comic wave. I'm guessing the strategy here will be similar to the one when wave 28 (Wolverine comic wave) was released around the time of the Wolverine Origins film (and the film Minimates) for maximum exposure.

Probably true... so I'm looking forward to next year's THOR wave and boxed set(s)!

Holy crap. Coolness. I KNEW a Dreadnought might be around the corner. And I'm PSYCHED for an old school Mandarin, Crimson Dynamo, and updated Silver Centurion! Stilt-Man is just beyond... don't know how they slid that past the height restriction, but sign me up for this wave!

http://www.cooltoyreview.com/TF2010/DST/image12.asp

I love being right :-)

STILT-MAN FTW!!!

And, apropos of nothing, another cover re-creation:

Although... the layout is pretty similar, isn't it? Why do villains love the bottom-left corner so much?

Geat comic cover replica elhonez. Do I win a prize for guessing the issue cover?

You win a fabulous Marvel No-Prize! (but seriously - good job!)

A little X-Men 1 love for you.

Nice pics!

...and DRAT. Was hoping for red buckles under the belt pieces for alt looks.

I don't even need a picture, but I'd be much obliged if someone could describe to me what the Silver Age X-Men crotches/belts look like under the T-covering.

Cheers!

El Honez

And in case you missed the above post: Can you snap one of the SA belts without the T-piece?

What's under the T-piece (belt) on the SA X-Men? A red buckle, perchance?

Guessing would be fun if there were any sort of hint. Otherwise my "guesses" would just look like a wish list. There's no rhyme or reason to their wave/character distribution, other than the fact that we can count on movie tie-ins, which 35 already accomplished.

27 - Ultimates

28 - Wolverine (comic-based movie tie-in)

29 - Mixed

30 - Spider-Man

31 - Mixed

32 - Mixed

33 - Mixed

34 - X-Men

35 - Iron Man Movie

If I had to take a stab, I might say "Iron Man Comic" wave. In which case my wish list... er, I mean guess would be:

Stealth Iron Man (updated) / Crimson Dynamo

Silver Centurion Iron Man (updated) / Comic Blacklash

Mandarin (modern robed) / Mandroid or Dreadnought (army builder)

Mandarin variant (classic purple mask) / Mandroid or Dreadnought (army builder)

Lest we stray too far from the earth-shattering suggestion of some cyborg badassery:

MANDROIDS

and

DREADNOUGHTS

'nuff said!

These guys made it into Heroclix for cryin' out loud... let's have some Minimate love!

I just finished reading the comic with the first appearance of the Mandroids. They didn't fare very well against the Avengers.

Supposedly they would have been able to take out even Thor, but Tony Stark, having created them, knew their weaknesses, and apparently communicated these weaknesses to Iron man.

I'd welcome the chance to let my Avengers Minimates have a re-match...

Surefire Army Hits:

1) Hand Ninjas

2) Mandroids

3) SHIELD Agents (616)

4) Dreadnoughts

5) Brood (somehow)

6) Moloids

I'd also like to see:

1) a Classic Madrox.

2) U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M. Soldiers (Flag Smasher's outfit)

3) The Stone Men from Saturn ("Kronans" - from Thor's first appearance, and several subsequent)

4) Dire Wraiths

5) Badoon

6) Mindless Ones

OR, if someone did guess it, the only guess containing BQ Jean and Selene:

90s Jean, Selene

So I'm still hopeful for a JL Jean.

Boom.

Ha. OK so it was after a couple of wrong guesses...

Huh. I usually define both "alternates" as variants -- one being the variant of the other and vice-versa. Learn something new every day. SO... who's left? Given the Jim Lee theme so far, it could be any of the heroes needing an update:

Brown Wolverine

JL Jean Grey (why not?)

Jubilee

Colossus

...or villains:

Sinister

Juggernaut

Sebastian Shaw

Omega Red

OR, if someone did guess it, the only guess containing BQ Jean and Selene:

90s Jean, Selene

So I'm still hopeful for a JL Jean.

They closed the guessing, so someone got it right. The right answer's on their Facebook page somewhere.

If Jean isn't a variant, then it stands to reason that's the only Jean we're getting in the wave. So if there's a Jim Lee Jean, it'll be a TRU companion exclusive. Which means: Dark Beast. OR... the as-yet unrevealed character will have a variant.

Unless as noted above, they're fudging the truth, or shipping waves differently starting with 34.

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?

I'm hoping, but the feeling that that ship has sailed is starting to set in. I'm getting the sinking sensation that they're about to kick us all in the balls with an updated Wolverine in his brown costume.

This wave really feels like a kind of companion/sequel to the previous '90s X-Men (plus Deadpool) wave, where we already got Wolverine, plus we only just got Daken in that outfit -- so I'd actually be really surprised to see him in this wave...

Is it assumed that 90s Jean Grey would be the variant? Or might it be Black Queen Selene?

The other could be:

Juggernaut (big chest), Colossus (big chest), Jubilee, Brown Wolverine, Omega Red

They say on Twitter that guessing's done, which would suggest that one of the lineups posited on Facebook was the correct one. So just look at all the guesses that included Black Queen Jean, and narrow down from there. Possibilities as posted:

90s Jean, Jubilee

90s Jean, Omega Red

90s Jean, Selene

90s Jean, Blink

90s Jean, Juggernaut

90s Jean, Colossus

90s Jean, Brown Wolverine

90s Jean, Mr. Sinister

...so I guess that locks in Jim Lee Jean. The other seems likely to be:

Jubilee, Brown Wolverine, or Colossus

Smart money is on Wolverine.

And we can totally make a Mrs. Garrett custom with that hairpiece! Giiiirrrrrlls!

I must confess that I was thinking the same thing.

I'm turning Rogue into Jo.

Art asylum's FACEBOOK page has posted a status where if you guess the next three figures in wave 34 correctly you will win zombies. (marvel zombies I'm asuming)

Dont miss your chance to guess and win!

Seems like Jim Lee Jean Grey is almost a given. What about the other two? Possibilities:

* Hoverchair Professor X

* Jubilee

* a new Colossus

* Brown Wolverine

* First App Rogue variant (wishful thinking on my part)

* Goblin Queen variant

...???

I'm sure it has been mentioned before, but I'm too lazy to comb this thread:

Masters of the Universe.

Pair with Mattel, offer them for $8 a two-pack at MattyCollector. Lots of parts re-use possibilities. Yeah, they should be cheaper but I'm basing this on a realistic projection given their standard pricing for other online figures.

Speaking of Russians, how about the Soviet Super Soliders?

Vanguard

Darkstar

Crimson Dynamo

Ursa Major

That has about a snowball's chance in hades...

It is frustrating, and I get that. I definitely feel it, as there is no Toys R' Us to speak of at all in my neck of the woods. So I'm stuck trading and going secondary market, paying inflated prices.

...but only for those figures "exclusive" to TRU. I get the bulk of my 'mates cheap as sets of 8 from the likes of CSC and AFX.

Ultimately, I don't mind the pain of the hunt if it means I can get more obscure selections.

That said, I dig the new Surfer but it's a bit "meh." And I'm still holding out for a classic Swordsman.