Shanester Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I know where you're coming from Zach and I feel quite certain you are a better judge when it comes to business decisions, but my point might better be described in this way... Magneto is a good guy sometimes and a bad guy others (good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun). He has been mostly on the good side for a while now (granted skirting the boundaries). Marvel decides, lets claim he is bad so we can make a zombie version of him. Couldn't you just do the same thing with Hawkeye? I mean, he was a bad guy once, too. That is hypocritical to me. That said, I don't blame them for picking and choosing who gets the Z treatment. I already alluded that I would never have done the zombie thing even from the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 My opinion: people need to stop being p*****s about this kind of stuff, when did everyone become so sensitive? 1979. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I know where you're coming from Zach and I feel quite certain you are a better judge when it comes to business decisions, but my point might better be described in this way... Magneto is a good guy sometimes and a bad guy others (good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun). He has been mostly on the good side for a while now (granted skirting the boundaries). Marvel decides, lets claim he is bad so we can make a zombie version of him. Couldn't you just do the same thing with Hawkeye? I mean, he was a bad guy once, too. That is hypocritical to me. That said, I don't blame them for picking and choosing who gets the Z treatment. I already alluded that I would never have done the zombie thing even from the beginning. You make a good point about Magneto. Primarily good or primarily bad, I forgot he has been one of the X-Men for quite some time now. But yeah, Marvel characters do seem to walk a more winding line than DC characters. Juggernaut and Sabretooth have been X-Men, and I'm pretty sure they're both on the villains list, and Cyclops is still considered a hero, as well in spite of recent events. Not sure where Emma Frost falls on the marketing spectrum (probably nowhere). I honestly don't think there's a worry it will turn kids into Hitler. I think they just want all of their Cap/Spidey/Wolverine imagery to be the same, to prevent confusion and encourage the crossover to comics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 When I first heard about "Marvel Zombies," I pictured a book about Marvel's most rabid fans, certainly not undead versions of their most venerable characters. Maybe Marvel was trying to undermine and redefine the (derogatory?) nickname given to unclean, out-of-shape, Marvel-sweatshirt-clad, mouth-breathers pressing themselves up against comic shop windows shortly before the stores open every Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I always took the nickname as a complimentary one, people who were rabidly and singlemindedly passionate about Marvel comics. I've enjoyed DC books, but I was pure Marvel for a long time, and would have called myself such. When the book first came out, I thought it was a clever twist on the phrase, but I rarely make the connection any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyd Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Stop dodging Shane's question, Zach. When are we going to get a Man-Thing Minimate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Stop dodging Shane's question, Zach. When are we going to get a Man-Thing Minimate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Ask DST? I'd like one, but talk about one-use tooling. Maybe we could modify Sasquatch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyd Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) One-use? You could always scale it up to bank-size. Who wouldn't want a Giant-Size Man-Thing?... Edited October 22, 2013 by boyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Seems like a Man-Thing Minimate could be, at least in part, repurposed for use in the Battle Beasts line. (Or vice versa.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Yeah, I agree. You guys are the modern day Mego Corp of parts reuse. You'll figure it out. Plus, there is the standard green Man-thing, the glow-in-the-dark Man-thing, the convention exclusive gold Man-thing, assorted promo translucent Man-things, and of course, Battle Damaged Man-thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 ... Battle Damaged Man-thing. Do NOT Google that! [shudder] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkerbean Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Glow in the dark man-thing......... not going anywhere near that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Cyclops is still considered a hero, as well in spite of recent events. CYCLOPS WAS RIGHT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freaqualizer Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Yeah, I agree. You guys are the modern day Mego Corp of parts reuse. You'll figure it out. Plus, there is the standard green Man-thing, the glow-in-the-dark Man-thing, the convention exclusive gold Man-thing, assorted promo translucent Man-things, and of course, Battle Damaged Man-thing. If he got bitten by Werewolf by Night, would he be a Hairy Man-Thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Yeah, I agree. You guys are the modern day Mego Corp of parts reuse. You'll figure it out. Plus, there is the standard green Man-thing, the glow-in-the-dark Man-thing, the convention exclusive gold Man-thing, assorted promo translucent Man-things, and of course, Battle Damaged Man-thing. If he got bitten by Werewolf by Night, would he be a Hairy Man-Thing? Oh my! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Seems like a Man-Thing Minimate could be, at least in part, repurposed for use in the Battle Beasts line. (Or vice versa.) If you know of a Beast that looks like a Man-Thing, let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zexion_Armando Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Cyclops is still considered a hero, as well in spite of recent events. CYCLOPS WAS RIGHT You kill one old guy, suddenly youre the most hated person in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyd Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT! Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 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... Zombie Battle Beasts.... Boyd Wins... T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 If he got bitten by Werewolf by Night, would he be a Hairy Man-Thing? Man-Thing by Night! That could be the first flocked Minimate! (And probably a better seller than a Scratch & Sniff Man-Thing.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Are the comic shops going to get these sets in time for Halloween Comic Fest? According to the shipping list from ToyChestNews, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwoosheyman Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Release date on artasylum now says 10/30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 You mean this estimate posted a week ago? Just saying the list from ToyChestNews is more recent. The accompanying sign at NYCC had the set coming out in December so who knows? I'll get it when I get it but I hope the AA estimate turns out to be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valo487 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Cyclops is still considered a hero, as well in spite of recent events. CYCLOPS WAS RIGHT You kill one old guy, suddenly youre the most hated person in the world. Like he's going to stay dead anyway. But I want to add my voice to the support for Man-Thing!! I insist that we all get a Man-Thing!! Who doesn't want a Man-Thing? Everybody loves a good Man-Thing!! And now, while I wait for the inevitable comments on that, I was going to say the restriction on heroes for Marvel Zombies may be a blessing in disguise. We got Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Wolverine and Daredevil last time as well as Giant Man, if they could make heroes too I think we'd end up getting most of those guys again before we ever got to Magneto or Red Skull, we get to go straight to new stuff instead of getting the original box set over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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