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it occurs to me that Marvel missed a chance to tie into pop culture. Imagine - a world-renowned professional cyclist, Tour De France winner and head of a successful charity. Though semi-retired, allegations of doping have dogged him for years, culminating into a witch hunt that destroys his reputation. Finally taking that stand in his own defense at the racing tribunal, the cyclist explains that they never found any evidence of doping, and never will - because he sold his soul to the devil to win. Then his face melts, leaving a familiar flaming skull.

Ghost Rider - just on a precision ten-speed bicycle. Maybe an optional yellow jersey.

Random Thoughts:

- Is anyone else looking at Ultron's torso and thinking about ways to modify it for a gnarly Doc Ock?

I am now. Hmmm.....

A-ha! Mystery solved!

Thanks, jcastick!

As long as they turn up, it's cool. I have this fear that somewhere there's one TRU that received the entire shipment, and is wondering how they're going to display hundreds of Tomb Raider two-packs...

Love all the photos you're posting, Jeff. Looks like a great display!

Interesting. I assumed that TRU was clearing out the unsold inventory from their web site, and somewhere out there was a TRU with a complementary 12 Ryu & Yoshimitsu packs.

Good News: My local TRU finally got a box of Wave 2!

Bad News: It was nothing but 12 packs of Abel vs. Kazuya.

Happy birthday guys!

C'mon - would you really buy an 88-pack of figures?

New Q&A is up.

You and me both. The Storm Guard figures are downright brilliant in their sculpts and execution.

I'm perfectly fine with Miz teaming up with Punk & Bryan for Survivor Series, provided that the match consists of members of both teams tagging in and out to beat up the Miz.

I think Cena's happy in a secondary role right now. Plus he's got the added character development of having an injured arm. I figure they'll milk his injury for the next few weeks / months, trying to create suspense that Cena is not 100% and could lose (Spolier: He will not. He is Cena.)

Big Show vs. Orton, with added McMahon drama, looks inevitable.(Big Show feuds with Kane after Orton, maybe?) And I can see Punk / Bryan teaming up against Bray Wyatt & the Family for Survivor Series, because I don't think they have stories for any of them right now. Unless he goes for the title later, Punk especially seems directionless right now.

Personally I look forward to continuing to see the Miz beaten up for just being the Miz. Maybe he can become the new leader of 3MB?

If you know of a Beast that looks like a Man-Thing, let me know.

Road kill?

Wait, that would just lead to Zombie Battle Beasts. Forget I said anything...

One-use? You could always scale it up to bank-size. Who wouldn't want a Giant-Size Man-Thing?...

Stop dodging Shane's question, Zach. When are we going to get a Man-Thing Minimate?

I'm still waiting for that translucent "Fused Into Glass" variant for Sandman.

I hadn't noticed that. Nice touch.

Both my local stores have plenty of Wave 14. They did not receive Wave 15, and haven't gotten Wave 16 yet either.

I dunno. The colors and shading look great, but the strange lines of perspective bother me. Also, the white lines of the cube are inconsistent with each other, making it feel like a box that wasn't taped shut properly to me. But that's just me.

I'd be interested as well.

Wow, I wonder what makes it so damned expensive. I've bought cheaper polystone statues.

It's made from actual ghosts. Drives the costs through the roof, but the quality is worth it.

Really want to make a little silver surfboard toothpick for Zombie Galactus.

Found the Munsters Koach on clearance today for $5.90. Also a single Walking Dead pack for $3.90.

Mrs. Boyd coming?

Hopefully. It's been a great little vacation for us in the past.