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I'm not the audience for most of this stuff but Surtur looks AMAZING. Thank you! Is $9.99 a new thing or have I not been paying attention?

Last seen in 2009 (Ivan's dates), counting comic ONLY: Jessica Jones, Cloak, Dagger, Gamora, James Rupert Rhodes, Nova (Rider), Spymaster, Kraven (Sergei), Shocker, Tarantula (Rodriguez), Union Jack (Chapman), Wonder Man, Advanced Idea Mechanics, Skaar, Bullseye, Moonstone (Sofen), Johnny Blaze, Hercules, Daken, Ares, Sentry (Reynolds), Speedball, Radioactive Man, Ultimates, Skrulls, Molecule Man, Julia Carpenter, Adam Warlock, Mephisto, Beyonder, Monica Rambeau, T'Challa, Moon Knight, Electro, Mac Gargan, Spider-Girl/May, U Spider-Woman, Vault Guardsmen, OML Hawkeye, Andreas von Strucker, Iceman if ANXM and/or FC doesn't count

Movie characters that don't have a comic version, not counting generics: Harry Osborn, Iron Monger, Betty Ross/She-Hulk, Jigsaw, Zero/Maverick, Silver Fox, Justin Hammer, Whiplash, Happy Hogan, Laufey/Jotunheim Giants, Volstagg, Destroyer, Dum Dum Dugan, Gabe Jones, Azazel, Sebastian Shaw, Howard Stark, Peggy Carter, Chitauri, Uncle Ben, Capt. Stacy, Aldrich Killian, Maya Hansen, Lord Shingen, Yukio, Heimdall, Malekith/Elves of Svartalfheim, Alistair Smythe, Jasper Sitwell, Batroc, Yondu, Groot, Rocket Raccoon, Nebula, Sakaarans, Star-Lord (Quill), Darren Cross, Sharon Carter, Claire Temple, Foggy Nelson, Purple Man, Hellcat/Patsy, Ancient One/Yao, Night Nurse (Palmer), Kaecilius, Baron Mordo, Wong, Karen Page, Stick, Cottonmouth (Stokes), Black Mariah, Misty Knight, Her, EGO THE F'IN LIVING PLANET!, Mantis, Taserface, Tinkerer, Colleen Wing Have at it Edit: and whoever's in the Thor Ragnarok waves

There was a thread here years ago where someone found the Jean DeWolff wave. I don't have Ross stores in my area but that's still pretty cool!

Animated Goblin head works as parts re-use for Jackal.

The shared packs linger at TRU. If Iron Man 2020 was the exclusive, that would probably gone just like Gwen, I don't think it's necessarily who the character is. Comic shops don't order Minimates here so I can't speak to that. I'm assuming whoever's buying in my area are collectors who get them online. TRU exclusives, Walgreens exclusives, all of that stuff moves pretty well.

Actually, Ned was introduced in the Ditko run. Not sure if Peter graduated yet but he was there early.

Any chance the shared packs could go? The only Minimates at my TRU are the Ultron/2020 and Maestro/OML packs from ages ago. TONS. But no Gwen/Spidey. At 6.98 "clearance" they're not going anywhere. Until a couple weeks ago when we got the Wolverine wave. And the Magneto/Wolverine packs disappeared in a week. Not a single"shared pack" has sold. My TRU had no problem getting rid of TRU19 BTW. Coincidence?

It was stated it's cheaper to produce an extra head than trying to print two alternate faces on the same head piece. Rachel Summers and Secret Invasion are examples that come to mind. It was difficult to get the tampo to line up 360 degrees all of the way around which is why we get alternate heads instead now.

I had that happen to my thread here. Oh well, thankfully I can host images directly through the Multiverse. I don't use Photobucket for anything else.

Pretty sure that's Byrne's unused design for Caliban.

Is there a way they could "sneak" Valerie Cooper into a wave a la Mastermind? Realistically I think that's her best shot at getting made.

From Walgreens regional manager: James, We recently received a communication form from our Customer Relations Department regarding your concern for an out of stock product. We apologize on behalf of the company for not having this item in stock at our local stores. Unfortunately, these products re-order themselves through our system. When they are ordered, it is ordered as an assortment. This means that we have no control of which SKU's are included in the shipment we receive. We have no way of requesting certain SKU's as our vendor which sends them, is not able to process it this way. Hopefully, this explains our situation. We hope that eventually the SKU's in which you are looking for, do get shipped to our stores and are available for you to purchase. Thank you, Walgreens Management Thanks for nothing! Anyway, I responded: Hello, Thank you for your response. I believe I demonstrated understanding of the SKU process in my initial request so unfortunately your response is merely reiterating my question. Please direct me towards someone who can help me with this problem. Thank you!

Don't forget Jormungand and Fenris Wolf!

Lady Loki has them and you can still find her super cheap.

Master of Kung Fu Omnibus Vol. 1 Just finished Incredible Hulk Epic Collection Vol. 20, starting Avengers Vol. 2.

In all fairness, the Wolverine vs. Marrow issue is a very good comic that holds up today. It's one of the only memorable issues in a very long run of forgettable stuff.

So first Mastermind anywhere ever, right? Not exactly a guy who is easy to make into a toy. The Professor X swapping stuff is genius. That's why I love this line so much. The innovation is second to none. I've noticed Legends do a lot more alternate character part swapping now, I wouldn't need surprised to see them do the same thing.

Coloring is a weird thing. Early coloring really didn't have much thought put into it. White in particular wasn't used much because you could see through the newsprint paper. Everyone probably knows the story about how Dave Cockrum originally intended Phoenix to be white instead of green. Printers couldn't use that much white without the final product looking "cheap." When Cory and the crew restore stuff for Masterworks, Epics, etc, they use a "warts and all" approach to the coloring. So stuff like red and green Galactus or purple Dr Doom make it to the final product. But when these tales are revisited in later comics that's often what is considered canon. So when Galactus shows up in Marvels (in continuity!) he's the Big G we all recognize. Hope I made sense. So is green Quicksilver supposed to have white or green trim in canon? You could go either way. I haven't read Avengers: EMH in years. What did he look like there?

Yeah, not necessary at all. The "different" headgear can be attributed to artistic license.

The prehensile tongue version of Toad doesn't apply to this one. That's a common misconception due to his portrayal in other forms of media. They made the comics version identical to the movie version in X-Men Forever when they "corrected" his genome. Post-X-Men Forever-Toad has the green skin, prehensile tail and corrected posture just like the films. Nothing like this guy.

Very nice! Mastermind looks like it's more than just a head-swap. Separate chest block?

Found wave 5 today. Hint: keep an eye on the Walgreens website and watch for the "items in stock" count to change for your store. Only saw one case, left the Spider-Girl/Carnage pack on the shelf. Won't be needing Kang, Hulkbuster or Iron Man. Wave 4 never hit this area at all. Oh, and in reference to my earlier post, Customer Relations emailed me back with a case number. They said a regional manager will be calling me. We'll see if that happens.

https://www.walgreens.com/mktg/contactus/contact-us-forms.jsp?tier3Id=1230 There's a "request to carry product" page on Walgreens.com. Might be worth a shot. I'm sending one to all four stores in my area.

I'll need someone to hook me up with the entire wave. Minus the Spider-Girl/Carnage set if possible. Cost plus shipping. Also willing to help anyone here who needs older stock in hope that it triggers restock here. We have the Nighthawk set, Power Princess set, Power Man set, Thanos/Thor, a ton of Falcon/Ant-Man, some Hyperion, and Noir/Itsy-Bitsy Spidey.