DSTZach

Stop sayin'. Wish I had one for you. As a consolation, consider this the playset we will never be able to give you. BUy the 1/24 scale model kit and go to town. http://www.starshipmodeler.com/other/pl_ecto1.htm

SPIGOT ON! Take the variant rule as being more of a guideline, like the pirate's code. Otherwise, the variant theme in Wave 43 would be "senior citizens", because the actual assortment breakdown is: Spidey & Jean DeWolff Daredevil and Sin Eater SHIELD Agent and J. Jonah Jameson SHIELD Agent and Aunt May (chase) SUIT JACKETS FOR EVERYBODY! SPIGOT OFF!

To prove I am not lying, here's a shot of a translucent Stay-Puft. This one has no face, but don't panic -- it's not another variant, just a prototype. And have you guys seen this? http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=7080&e=product&pid=45293

That is correct. UM box sets and Curse of the Mutants hit 10/12. Hearing now that Marvel vs. Capcom Series 1 has been pushed back significantly, to December. Hope that frees up some wallets for UM.

Hopefully panel dates will be accurate. We work fast, and on multiple things at once, but that means that if there's a setback on one, multiple things get rescheduled. So the dates should be as accurate as they can be. The cards in the case are usually the most accurate, probably more accurate than my slides. And I accept any type of jerky. Must be sealed in the bag. I don't want you guys jerking your own meat at home. Also, I'm hoping that the giveaway will not have lines, since all line managing will be done by the NYCC staff at the front door, and we don't expect to be everybody's first stop. We'll see how it goes.

You seem to know a lot about Flash Thompson Venom...Hmmmmm.... Any chance you are also a big Marvel Select fan?.... You're kidding, right? Have you been to our Facebook page? It's like Flash Thompson central over there. It's been beaten into me.

By doing the giveaway at opening, we're hoping to eliminate some unpleasantness. Mostly mine.

Not really a civilian any more, since he's now military personnel AND the new Venom.

While I have my own counter-arguments to everything that was said here, it's not my job to argue, so I'll just say that every line plan is meticulously crafted, and endlessly thought out.

I really want to, but honestly, what's the point? You guys know it, Chuck and Zach aren't listening, and I've already resigned myself to buy the whole wave as usual, so really I can't seem to muster up the energy the fight off corruption stupidity lazy whatever. \ :sad:

Thanks for pointing out the packaging error, Minifiend. That Cap bio is actually correct, but the Kirby Thor is certainly mislabeled, and I'm nervous to look at the rest of the boxes now. And before you guys dismiss Civil War Cap, I'd just like to say that he comes with the standard mask, the WWII-style helmet with mask and an extra pair of non-leather-jacket arms. And, unfortunately, I don't think we'll have them at NYCC. I was totally misreading a ship date when I said September. I believe November is the most recent ship date.

1. I was joking about the five Spider-Men. 2. I MIGHT be joking abut a Spider-Man in a dress. 3. This is NOT the Miles Morales wave. He's in a TRU wave. Also, no matter what storyline this set is from, the Death of Jean DeWolff is definitely a great read. Any Spidey fan should read it. It's collected in Wizard's Spider-Man Masterpiece Edition, among others.

I refuse to divulge any additional information, because I've been waiting for this reveal for months and I've been setting up this countdown for days. (Okay, days isn't as impressive as months, but still, there was planning involved.) Regardless of whether the answers are RIGHT, I've been enjoying seeing the widely disparate reactions to what the wave appears to be. As a forum noob, it's fascinating. I knew there were different likes and dislikes, but everyone here has their own unique vision of how the line should be laid out. I thought this wave would be a homerun or a bomb, but reactions may end up perfectly split. I wonder what everyone would say if I told them that TRU Wave 13 shares zero figures with this wave? Oh, and four of those blacked-out figures are Spider-Men. One is wearing a dress.

I haven't seen it yet, but the four-pack Stay-Puft will be translucent. Not sure if they'll all be angry, or if the same error will happen, but I'm assuming the former for now. I will post photos as soon as I have a factory sample in hand.

Hrm. Looks like we might have a very widespread factory error on our hands... There were never supposed to be angry Stay Pufts at TRU. Just happy. Keep reporting in, if you don't mind. Curious of the extent of it. Also curious how the four-pack will end up looking.

Between the movie Ghostbusters line, the Pirate Raiders line (skeleton on the way!) and the upcoming zombie line, I think we've got most of that wish list covered already.

Cyclops unmasked:

Wanted to make sure you guys saw this pic I took of Morg. He's kind of my favorite character in the set now. And I've never read a comic with him in it.

Please, I certainly don't want people bowing and scraping when I say something. Sure, Butthead's comment was a shot at our quality control while I was in the virtual room, but he has every right to say it. Sorry if there have been some casting mismatches in the past. When you're mass-producing pieces in multiple tools, you sometimes don't get the chance to spot something like that before the full run is underway, or even finished.

[Zach Oat deflates noticeably, pierced by barb, and leaves thread.]

I think they just wanted to make the team, and when he was on the team, Champion dressed like Deadpool, simple as that. One thing it is is a mediocre Dirty Harry sequel. I saw it a couple weeks ago for the first time. You ask yourself, "Clint and Liam Neeson going at it? Jim Carrey lip-syncing and gyrating to a Guns N Roses classic? What could go wrong?" Well, if you waste your time with that POS movie, you'll find out. Hey, The Dead Pool is a great movie. Murder by R/C car!

I wrote a Headpool bio at the last minute, but I guess they didn't have time to add it. Here's the text, and I think it's pretty accurate. (And I'll let the "inaccurate" dis slide, since I wasn't writing the packaging copy until a few months ago -- although Marvel has ALWAYS approved our text, as far as I know; they certainly took me to task on my lack of Age of X knowledge): Deadpool Wade Wilson, the merc with a mouth, is good at three things: violence, not dying and being a bit funny in the head. So when he was found to be the only one immune to the consciousness-destroying Awareness, he had to team up with his alternate-reality counterparts to form... The Deadpool Corps! Lady Deadpool An alternate-reality Deadpool from Earth-3010, Wanda was a rebel, fighting against a fascist American government spearheaded by General America. In addition to Deadpool's slippery brain, she also possesses his deadly abilities with pretty much any weapon known to man. Championpool Born shortly after the Big Bang, the Champion has fought thousands of aliens on thousands of worlds, mastering every form of combat in the galaxy, and has become virtually unbeatable. So when he found out the comically ragtag Deadpool Corps was going to save the universe, he wanted in. Kidpool On Earth-10330, young Wade Wilson was a student at the Xavier Orphange for troubled boys along with young versions of Cyclops and Wolverine. Recruited by our Deadpool to save the universe, he brought along a pair of energy swords he stole from his reality's Danger Room. Headpool
 Headpool is Deadpool's disembodied head from an alternate universe where everyone is a zombie. 'Nuff said.


Not surprised to hear disappointment about Galactus and indifference about Morg, but I'm really, really surprised to hear that there are people here who not only don't CARE about Terrax and Nova -- two pretty major characters from Marvel lore -- but don't even know who they ARE. Granted, I didn't realize until now that Nova was killed shortly after I read about her adventures in Silver Surfer, but she has a direct connection to the Fantastic Four, and Terrax has fought EVERYBODY and still pops up pretty frequently. Plus, they have great costumes. I hope the set does well at TRU. And while I'm actually not an Airwalker or Firelord fan, those will be some good-looking 'mates when we inevitably get to them.

Has my two-post 'Make Grizzly!' campaign finally paid off? I'm surprised DSTChuck hasn't slated more goofy Spidey villains before now. The only reason I can think of is that Grizzly would need a fully-sculpted, bulked-up body. But where's the Kangaroo?

Two things: 1. I never said that the wave Miles Morales was in was a "Spider-Man wave," or that the corresponding specialty wave was also Spider-Man-themed. If Miles and his pack-mate are a TRU exclusive, then those figures are very often unrelated to the rest of the wave. ...That said, there IS that wave Chuck mentioned that has a mix of new versions of major characters (which people DO want, and which the line DOES need, both for sales and to match what's come since) and all-new characters -- some of which people have asked for, and some of which you would have never thought you'd see. Very, very curious to see what you guys think of it. Waiting to hear if it will be shown at NYCC. 2. AREN'T we the biggest representation of the Marvel Universe? Has Marvel Universe overtaken us already in terms of the number of different characters? I don't think Legends has, and I'm not counting Heroclix, that's for sure. I should probably do this research myself, but if someone's already done it, let me know.