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Little Red's bag and jacket all look like one piece to me. Still really want this set though.

That's weird, I could've sworn X2 Deathstrike had longer hair

I'm guessing that T-800 was from before it got hijacked and reprogrammed by the Resistance? :tongue:

Am really enjoying the 12 Days of Christmas series, MINI-MYTE! The little graphics in the title card are a fun touch too.

You're welcome.

Am I the only one here who reads SCP Foundation? Because if those stories are any indication, [REDACTED] could refer to pure nightmare fuel. (Also, grossness.)

Good to be back! When I saw this year's Minimate Hunt I seriously wanted to join in again, a pity that work had to get in the way.

*goes off to the Hunt discussion thread to check out this year's shenanigans*

I'm back, boys!

Okay, I've mostly relegated myself back to lurker status for now. Things got a little crazy since I just finished my first job a few days ago. Yesterday I bought my first Minimates in months (the X-Men First Class Magneto/Mystique set, long story), otherwise I've been out of the loop both comics- and mates-wise since Wave 37(!!!) Good grief, that's a lot of Avengers minimates.

Sooooo... do we have a Kang Falcon yet? :tongue:

Photoshop as you see fit.

As if that wasn't enough, these also look like they're ripping off the body structure of the Dunny. *facepalm*

Oh hai thar. Still not dead, just got some other stuff going on, that's all.

The irony is that I just managed to get a hold of Back To Black this week, but didn't get to play it in full until after I heard she died. Too tragic timing.

Say what you will about her, but Amy Winehouse was a damn talented lady. And now the 27 Club has a new member. Rest in Peace, madam.

DST shirts

The Greetings From San Diego one was previewed before, but I didn't know about the other Minimate T-shirts. Pretty cool. Wonder if they'll ever make a Marvel version.

I was never really much of a T-shirt person, but I WANT THAT SHIRT.

You gotta give them credit, that's a pretty cool idea for an SDCC exclusive.

Welcome back, Miry! The family update is much appreciated, here's wishing you and yours all the best.

*sigh* Must every Marvel hero be flanked by a row of matching backup dancers? :biggrin:

That is a fun poster, and it tells us a surprisingly large amount of information about the movie. First and most obvious is that Hawkeye is clearly about to launch an arrow through Captain America's head. Is this simply a nod to the early rivalry or something more sinister? Next of course is the fact that Captain America, Black Widow, and Hawkeye all seem to have developed the power of flight. (Black Widow's looks the coolest. Flying Ninja Kick! Nyah!) But look a little closer and the plot spoiler is obvious. Iron Man is using his thrusters to go down, an act that typically occurs without any technological assist. Clearly someone has reversed gravity. Those other characters aren't flying... they're falling up, and Iron Man is using his thrusters to get back down. So just looking at this poster, we know that Loki has reversed the gravity of Earth and that Clint is either the spy on the team or a skrull in disguise. Hulk might either be flaying his arms in fear or about to smash Thor. Who's to say? The only thing this poster is missing is a giant, ominous head in the background.

It's a good thing I wasn't drinking coffee while reading this post, else I would've needed a new laptop

This makes me wonder... Does DST have something against making a Banshee minimate in any form? They didn't make one of him for this series, or for the Giant Size X-Men set... He always seems to be the odd man out.

I guess we can never tell for sure... for all we know this could be a Human Torch/H.E.R.B.I.E.-type situation.

*holds breath for a future specialty wave with Banshee, possibly with Siryn as the variant*

I tried to fix something and I broke something else

Understatement of the century.

Still not quite sure how I feel about the Multiverse in short-lived edgy Aquaman makeover colors white and blue. I guess I can get used to it. Will miss the halloween colors though.

"I bring you peace... I bring you love!"

Great movie. Did not regret seeing this, though comic/movie continuity is being stretched to its limits yet again. (Mostly it appears people are still torn on whether this is a prequel or a straight-up reboot, seems not even Matthew Vaughn and Bryan Singer agreed on which was which.)

On that note, it's cool how First Class kept itself (mostly) in trilogy continuity whilst being very much its own movie. People had been angsting for months over how the hell they were gonna do a First Class movie without Jean, Cyclops, etc. but I liked how they skated around that with the whole "government project" set-up. The sequel hook wasn't too shabby either, now I'm dying to know whatever the hell happened to all the other mutants we don't see in the later movies

Nessex, I think one cameo you missed was

Granted, this a very subtly-done cameo but a welcome nod to the previous movies nonetheless.

I have to admit I really like the look of those Ultimatum Troopers (maybe it's 'cause I'm a sucker for berets) but assuming they hail from the same Ultimatum I'm thinking of, it'll be a snowball's chance in hell we'll get another wave devoted to that universe.

While we're throwing around other Multiple Man variations for army-building:

The move, according to their press release, it to update the characters and make everything "more accessible" for kids and people who just met the characters through the movies, etc.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ContinuityLockout

Pardon the mild rant mode, but the way I see it both Marvel and DC these days are really reaching for a comics audience (kids in particular) outside of their longtime fan base. This has been going on for a while now, and until now I still haven't actually seen it work. As someone who frequents book stores, toy stores and LCSs, I have yet to actually see a little kid pick up any official Marvel/DC merchandise outside of maybe the odd Spider-Man T-shirt their parents got for them or something. And even the graphic novels and comic omnibuses don't really seem to attract anyone outside of comic completists and the odd mildly curious new reader who got a glowing recommendation from said comic completists.

Obviously the years and years of continuity both companies have going is a double-edged sword. On the one hand the rich history of both universes is fascinating to watch unfold from a narrative standpoint, on the other hand the whole thing also both takes massive commitment and is prone to its share of glaring facepalm moments. The only good way I can really think of for Marvel/DC to get the new audience they really want is to really put their backs into an animated series and pray it becomes a wild runaway success like Ben 10 or My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic ( :tongue: )... which is confusing because both companies already have their own animated shows out right now and I still can't tell if they're all that successful.

Your mileage may vary, I'm just sharing my own observations from a Philippines-based milieu.

ROFL! Somehow this installment was crazy as ever. Panel 9 was just hysterical all around, especially the size restraints crack and "I have no idea what is going on"

Deathstrike.

Applejack is made of dark matter! It all makes perfect sense!

Hey, I'm a girl. I get a free pass on watching a show about ponies.

I knew this thread was going to end well the moment I read "O'Hura" :biggrin:

Also, as much as I love Mystique, I'm a little concerned. Is she a kid in this movie? Isn't she supposed to be older than magneto? It would have been nice if they'd brought back Rebecca Romijn. But whatever.

I'm mildly concerned about this too, though more about her being written like a kid rather than looking like one. Bear in mind that canonically Mystique isn't just old, she's old enough to remember her slave days* (and in the comics she lived through a time when lesbianism was still openly frowned upon, which implies... yeah). Fortunately her shape-shifting mutation pretty much gives her a free pass on the "ageless youth" thing, so I don't mind her still looking like a pre-teen at whatever-age-she's-supposed-to-be-in-movie-continuity.

Her acting and thinking like your average teen mutant though? That has me worried. Though I can still imagine this working as long as they don't take things at face value:

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* X-Men 3, when she's been depowered and questioned by the government agents and they call her Raven, she says "Don't call me by my slave name" or something like that.

I have to admit, the MARRRRvel pirates made me snort in amusement.

And now the webcomic in my head is imagining what Deadpool's other seafaring ancestors looked like...