pappymojo

i've got to say that this wave, along with Cap 2, are probably the best film waves we've seen to date.

Agreed.

it's hard to think of one top most wanted obscure character, but I have to go with classic swordsman. Cool accessories and he was a member of the Avengers.

My runners-up are kid Franklin in his red power pack suit with the moon boots and Leech. For some reason that I can't explain, I love Leech. I think he is hugely underused in the comics.

In my mind as I day dream up my own story lines, the Mutant Massacre was all about Mister Sinister wanting to kill Leech. He would also get a story line where he is either a horseman of Apocalypse or a hound from the Days of Futures Past timeline. I also assume that his time in the Future Foundation was mainly spent syphoning Franklin's power and that in the future Franklin and Leech's friendship becomes strained (although both remain heroes). Finally, I would give Leech the ability to crawl walls like Spiderman and Nightcrawler.

Is Mickey not a male?

If the goofy looking Phoenix Buster IM won a slot last time you almost have to assume he's one of the four this go round.

I think that had more to do with the fact that it was bulked up figure more than it was Iron Man.

Ronan please!

DST should hire you.

Two box sets one classic with Magneto and one modern with Mystique.

Think back to the Fantastic Four themed wave and all the great accessories it came with... the force field shield, the human torch flame bases, the puppets, the bust of Ben.

I dont want build a figure parts if it means we have to give up on those accessories.

In most cases rather than a build a figure part I would rather have a secondary part that compliments a figure in the set such as the Steve Rogers head in the Nick Fury Jr. 2 pack.

I had that winnebego as a kid. I wonder if my parents still have it in the basement somewhere.

I really enjoyed The Lookouts by Penny Arcade but haven't seen a new issue in ages.

Gladstone's School for World Conquerors was also great while it lasted.

Dedham, MA still has nothing new - not even ASM2.

Crappy comic. Great minimates!

Careful, they could be regularly discussing how much the Brotherhood sucks and why they would make an awful boxset.

"how about Toad?" everyone laughs

"okay, on to the next topic."

They made Stilt-Man. (Who I like by the way.) They can shut their dirty mouths.

Not to get too off topic, but if we can get Stilt-Man, we should be able to get classic Machine Man.

Jason X

I think these look good, but know nothing of the property. That being said, this doesn't seem to fit Zack's description of the blind bags.

It's blind bags.
But we are not blind-bagging Marvel. Not now, anyway, and if we ever
did, it would probably be well-known characters, for the most part. No,
the line we're blind-bagging is going to be blind-bagged from the start,
it will be in far more outlets, and each case will contain a full set
plus multiples of the main characters. There will be one-per-case figures, but they will be variants on main characters
who are already in the assortment. So they'll be hard to detect, and we
are looking into how to further disguise each pack's contents to prevent
cherry-picking.

Not really sure I see them offering variants of any of these figures.

Careful, they could be regularly discussing how much the Brotherhood sucks and why they would make an awful boxset.

"how about Toad?" everyone laughs

"okay, on to the next topic."

For me, I have no idea who Thane is beyond that he is the son of Thanos.

Cap, Ronan, Thanos, & Thane.

I'm kinda shocked so many people are voting for Cap, Hulk, & IM over a villian.

I don't get it either, the A-list characters in this poll are virtually guaranteed to get made in some form or another one day, I'm always puzzled when people choose characters we already have over new ones when we have the opportunity.

I'll speak for myself ... just because its a new character, doesn't mean I like him (Thane) or feel the need to vote for him just to get a new character. I voted for the ones I thought looked the coolest. To me, that Cap and Hulk look fantastic, and different enough from any other versions we have. Ronan and Thanos look great too. Iron Man doesn't do anything for me, and my least favorite looking one in the group is Thane.

That was exactly how I felt. Ronan and Thanos are my two biggest wants from all the selections, but Cap and Hulk look great as well.

I'm okay with blind bags. Very curious on the license. Can you tease the medium that it represents? Film? Comics? TV? All of the above?

Cap, Hulk, Ronan, Thanos.

I wish these came with alternate non-zombie heads for each. For the most part the bodies could just be battle damaged. I want the villains but am not into the Marvel zombies.

True, true... I was just spitballing what COULD work from a collector standpoint. How about...

2x Captain America

2x Classic Falcon

1x AIM Scientist Supreme

1x Spider MODOK

3x Female SHIELD Agent

3x Male SHIELD Agent

6x Mandroids

6x AIM Soldier

With troop builders like that, they could even forego multiple looks in a single bag in favor of three "different" figures. Agents a,b, and c could all be rocking different faces/hair pieces meaning that true completists would need a whole case worth of troop builders to be 100% but casual troop builders/shoppers would be perfectly happy with their random look agents

For those who never saw the TRU Tomb Raider sets, did your stores receive Marvel Wave 18? I never saw either and i'm wondering if they are linked.

I guess a better way to ask would be did anyone who hasn't seen the TRU Tomb Raider sets found Marvel Wave 18 in their stores?

Thanks guys!

Here are some comparison pics:

The new Lizard is a different shade of green than both the original Lizard and Sauron/Reaper.

I love that the old Doc Ock looks so forlorn to have been replaced.

Is anyone watching Person of Interest? I love it so much. It started as something that could have aired opposite of Knight Rider where this nerdy guy built a computer program for the US government that hacks video feeds to track criminals only he didnt trust the government so he built a back door where the computer identifies a person each week who is either going to kill someone or is in danger. This drives the weekly episodes where the nerd and his crew of reformed ex-CIA toughs save people.

Only the show has turned into something much more clever and at times dark where the computer system is becoming sentient and its motives are not always so clear cut.

Pretty sure Tomb Raider never showed up in the north east either.

Archangel of some sort strikes me as an obvious 'best of' figure.