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The Asgardian is a troop builder: there were two of them walking down a hallway together and a bunch standing in a line later in the trailer These guys: EDIT: Also, the middle Frostie there looks to be the same one from wave 39

Hopefully boxsets give us Sif/Warriors Three/Heimdall

Let me predict this wave's content Spider-Man/Green Goblin Hulk/Abomination Wolverine/Sabretooth Yay?

Actually I'd almost guarantee the opposite. Iron Man may tweak his suit again and Cap may get a new look for the modern age but the rest will look identical.

Well, most of the characters in the Thor movie are wearing colorful costumes. Can't say the same for the Cap movie or First Class. Another thought crosses my mind... next year's Avengers line may be an almost complete retread. Movie Iron Man, movie Cap, movie Thor, movie Hulk, movie Black Widow, movie Nick Fury... we've already seen all of them as mates. So that leaves, what, movie Hawkeye as a new mate?

First Class minimates... wasn't expecting that. Thor waves at TRU and in specialty stores, probably means the same for at least CA movie mates, maybe First class too. For movie-mate haters, at least take heart that movie Destroyer looks identical to comics Destroyer. So there's at least one new character in it for you

http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=5826 This was the thread with the last poll. A TON of those various mates listed in the options have been made since it was made Looking through it: AGE OF APOCALYPSE - Jean Grey, Nate Grey, Weapon X, Cyclops, Holocaust, Sunfire ALPHA FLIGHT - Guardian, Sasquatch, Snowbird, Shaman, Aurora, Northstar AVENGERS - Falcon, Black Panther, Kang, Black Knight, Tigra, Super-Adaptoid, Mockingbird, Yellowjacket, Hellcat DARK AVENGERS - Norman Osborn/Iron Patriot, Moonstone/Ms Marvel, Noh-Varr, Ares EXCALIBUR - Captain Britain, Phoenix, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler, Meggan INHUMANS - Black Bolt, Medusa, Karnak, Gorgon, Crystal, Maximus, Triton, Lockjaw, Quicksilver (Green) MASTERS OF EVIL - Baron Zemo, Radioactive Man, Moonstone, Mr. Hyde, Black Knight, Enchantress SINISTER SIX - Electro, Lizard, Vulture, Doc Ock, Scorpion THUNDERBOLTS - Baron Zemo, Moonstone, Songbird, Mach IV NEW THUNDERBOLTS - Penance, Radioactive Man, Swordsman, Venom, Songbird, Green Goblin, Bullseye VILLAINS, IRON MAN - Titanium Man, Crimson Dynamo, Mandarin, the Ghost WRECKING CREW - Wrecker, Bulldozer, Piledriver, Thunderball X-MEN, 90's - Jean Grey, Storm, Cyclops, Omega Red X-MEN, FIRST APPEARANCE - Marvel Girl, Beast, Iceman, Angel, Cyclops YOUNG AVENGERS - Wiccan, Patriot, Hulkling, Hawkeye, Iron Lad, Stature, Speed, Kang, Vision 2.0 (Does the older one count?)

I think there would definite interest in running this again. And this time the Wrecking Crew will be number 1 Just replace Black Bolt with Triton and that's still a viable option, too

Hmmm... Thor/Jane Foster Loki/Destroyer Odin/Heimdall Sif/Frost Giant Some Thor Variant/Warriors 3 Boxset Yeah, a TRU wave and a boxset could probably cover all the core characters

So these are scheduled for April, right? And the Thor movie comes out in May. Might we not see Thor movie mates in the regular comic-shop series? TRU only, perhaps?

What I'd want Avalanche/Pyro Enchantress/Executioner Helmut Zemo / German Soldier Variant Heinrich Zemo What I'd except Captain America / Thor Iron Man / Hulk Spider-Man / Wolverine Variant Pantsless Spider-Man

Excavator, the temporary fifth member of the Crew, wielded an enchanted shovel I'd be surprised if we don't see the Crew soon, to be honest. Obviously the fans want to see them and they've shown up in two cartoons recently now, Super Hero Squad Show and Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

In terms of comic-accurate mates to tie in I'm hoping for some nice boxsets Thor's Bros: Balder/Fandral/Hogun/Volstagg Wrecking Crew: Wrecker/Piledriver/Thunderball/Bulldozer Cap's WWII Baddies: Red Skull (Mask Version)/Arnim Zola/Baron Zemo/Baron Strucker

Maybe but we didn't exactly get comic-accurate Iron Monger or Whiplash

What waves do you all think these are going to be? Not sure what it means in terms of DST's schedule (if anything), but Hasbro is going to be releasing their Thor line in March and their Cap line in May. With the recent trend of TRU getting entirely different waves from comic-shops, might we be seeing these only at TRU? Or completely unique waves, so they can pump more of these out (so we aren't left with a Final Battle Whiplash type situation )? Do you think they'll be more retrained in how many they pump out as these are relatively unproven properties compared to IM2, which was all but guaranteed to be a success based on the first one? These movies aren't exactly hurting in terms of potential mates: Thor (Armor) Thor (Human) Loki (Armor) Loki (Dress Robes) Odin Destroyer Fandral Hogun Volstagg Sif Heimdall Ymir Frost Giant Army Builder Frigga SHIELD Agent Coulson Jane Foster Jane Foster's friends (Kat Dennings/Stellan Skarsgard's characters) Steve Rogers (Pre-Serum) Steve Rogers (Post-Serum) Captain America (USO Outfit) Captain America (Battle-Ready Outfit) Johann Schmidt Red Skull Arnim Zola HYDRA Grunt Army Builder Bucky Peggy Carter General Chester Phillips Abraham Erskine Young Howard Stark Dum Dum Dugan Other Howling Commandos (we don't know who they'll be yet) Wow, I didn't realize quite how long that list'd be until I typed it out

Something to keep in mind.... Hasbro is releasing Thor movie toys in March and Captain America movie toys in May.

Not sure where they'd be # wise but next year we're all but guaranteed to get at least three movie-themed waves (one for Thor, one for X-Men: First Class, and one for Captain America: The First Avenger) And accompanying TRU waves

How about Balder / Volstagg / Hogun / Fandral

Wave 35: Mark IV / Whiplash Mark V / War Machine Pepper Potts / Hammer Drone Variant Happy Hogan / Hammer Drone TRU Wave: Mark IV / Whiplash (Same as Wave 35) Mark V / War Machine (Same as Wave 35) Mark I with Tuxedo Tony Stark inside / Senate Hearing Tony Stark Mark II with Jim Rhodes inside / Black Widow Army Builder Dump: Justin Hammer Battle Damaged Hammer Drone Tactical Assault Drone Sea Assault Drone Ground Assault Drone Air Assault Drone C2E2 Exclusive: Stark Expo Tony Stark / Stark Expo Black Widow Borders Exclusive: Mark IV with Sunglasses Tony Stark inside / Battle Damaged Whiplash AFX "Battle Tactics" Exclusive Boxset Racetrack Tony Stark / Nick Fury / Battle Damaged War Machine / Battle Damaged Mark VI And there will be, at some point, at least one more release with a non-Battle Damaged Mark VI included

Plus there's a huge budget THOR movie coming out next May so we should expect a glut of Thor-related product

Avengers: Updated Hawkeye Falcon Baron Zemo Whirlwind Brotherhood: Updated Scarlet Witch Green Quicksilver Toad Mastermind Brotherhood: Updated Mystique Pyro Avalanche Blob Iron Man: Updated Stealth Armor Iron Man Blacklash Blizzard Melter Spider-Man: Updated Mary Jane Updated Rhino Man-Spider Lizard Thor: Updated Classic Thor Balder Enchantress Executioner Thor: Odin Destroyer Ulik Sif Thor: Updated Classic Loki Fandral Hogun Volstagg Wrecking Crew: Wrecker Bulldozer Piledriver Thunderball X-Men: Updated Classic Colossus Updated Nightcrawler Sunfire Banshee

The TRU Mark _ / War Machine 2 pack wasn't marked with an "exclusive" stamp, so it stands to reason that it's the same Mark VI mate that come with War Machine in the specialty wave.

The breakdown of IM2 mates as we know it looks to be: Wave 35: Mark IV Iron Man / Whiplash Mark VI Iron Man / War Machine Pepper Potts / Hammer Drone Happy Hogan / Hammer Drone TRU Wave: Mark IV Iron Man / Whiplash Mark VI Iron Man / War Machine James Rhodes in Mark II Armor / Black Widow Mark I Iron Man / Senate Hearing Tony Stark Army Builder Dump: Justin Hammer Air Assault Drone Land Assault Drone Sea Assault Drone Tactical Assault Drone Battle Damaged Hammer Drone AFX Battle Tactics Exclusive: Battle Damaged Mark VI Iron Man / Battle Damaged War Machine / Nick Fury / Racecar Tony Stark C2E2 Stark Expo Exclusive: Stark Expo Tony Stark / Stark Expo Black Widow So now the question becomes... where/when/how are we getting a Mark V mate? No way are we simply not getting one of the three new featured armors Tony wears in the movie.

Mark IV comes w/ Whiplash in both the TRU wave and Wave 35 Either Mark V/Silver Centurion or Mark VI/Triangle Chest-Piece comes with War Machine. (Probably Mark VI, as that's the one that comes battle damaged with the battle damaged War Machine/Nick Fury/Racetrack Tony Stark box set) The other of the two will presumably come later

Mark IV is the one we know of in Wave 35. It's fairly similar to Mark III.