Mirymate Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 See, I'm not clueless! Well, let's not be hasty here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Well, I just experienced a first for me: Not that I was chomping at the bit to get "Extreme" Iron Man and Titanium Man, but I sure as heck didn't want an extra Liefeld Cable and X-23 Of all the sets in that wave to get doubles of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Oh man, what a bummer! I'm so sorry you got stuck with a double of that pack! I'd be upset if I got that instead, too. Titanium Man is one of the best accurate and awesome lookin' mates out there. If I had a TRU near me I'd totally get you a set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Ouch That hurts to see. So who did you call to fix it, the retailer or DST directly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Ouch That hurts to see. So who did you call to fix it, the retailer or DST directly? I'd call a professional assassin and let them sort it out for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 I got it through BBTS. So, I've contacted them about it. Not a big deal, just a wacky packaging error that I wanted to share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 That's one of my favorite sets in the wave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cramer Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Does anyone know, or notice a difference with the Black Bolt from the TRU wave, and the one from Series 31? Just wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtd20_2000 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Does anyone know, or notice a difference with the Black Bolt from the TRU wave, and the one from Series 31? Just wondering. I have the TRU and regular wave black bolt and didn't notice a difference between the two. No difference between the two Captain Marvel's, Iron Man, or Titanium man either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cramer Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Does anyone know, or notice a difference with the Black Bolt from the TRU wave, and the one from Series 31? Just wondering. I have the TRU and regular wave black bolt and didn't notice a difference between the two. No difference between the two Captain Marvel's, Iron Man, or Titanium man either. Thanks. That means my TRU BB & CM are going back to the store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastmaximal Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Little late to the party, but I am kind of weirded out that Yellowjacket's nose shading seems to be on his forehead. In fact, looking at the boxart, it seems that the entire detailing layout for his mask has moved up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 The Avengers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 (edited) Excellent picture! That's how I've displayed mine before as well, and I love that we've got all these great characters. A suggestion... if you don't like that Thor face (I didn't), I've found that the Cap. America from the Nick Fury set looks really good with it. So does the original Cap face from series 5, but you have to drill a hole in the head. All in all, great set up! Here's hoping we get an original Wonder Man, Mantis, Swordsman, Falcon, Black Knight and a few others soon! Other thoughts on this wave since I just got 'em: - Neat that they included the original symbol for Multiple Man, but it's too bad they didn't include a mask and legs as well so those of us with more classic sensibilities could've created that version. This is the same "almost so close but not quite" that I experienced with Radioactive Man and even Nova. Ah well. - Did anybody else change out the Kree soldiers' face for a Captain Marvel? The latest Black Spider-Man face looks good under the mask. And if you're also so clasically inclined, remove the gunbelt and add the Jogger Ghost's wristwatch to create his portable Unibeam (see Captain Marvel in Marvel Super-Heroes #13, 1968). -Still a bummer that Goliath didn't come with a big chest piece. I'm sure I'm not the first one to post about this but it sure does stink. -Yeah, Yellowjacket's mask is a shame... otherwise, such a great looking figure. -Black Bolt sure does need some more Inhumans to go with him. Has anybody found a way to non-paint a custom of Medusa? All we need is a fuschia body and a masked female face and some long red hair from earlier figures. Man... I wish they made 'em. All in all, a great couple of sets, even with the flaws. Edited January 23, 2010 by Mystery Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Thanks. I agree that we need more--Black Knight, Falcon, Mockingbird, Tigra, Quasar, Hellcat, Jack of Hearts (who I don't know much about as a character, but who could make for a fantastic looking Minimate)! But it is pretty great that we have so many classic Avengers team members at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I'm really hoping for an Avengers sedt this year or, dare I say, another Avengers wave. There's just so many cool looking characters that haven't been done yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 (edited) Absolutly agree we need another Avengers centered wave/set. If I were picking, I'd put the Black Knight, Falcon, Mockingbird and Moondragon in there. And the Grim Reaper, who would look awsome as a minimate. I'd say Kang too, but I believe Chuck's made it clear they heard us, but they don't plan to do anything about it right now. Rick Jones deserves a minimate. Yeah I know he's technically a civilian, and civillians don't traditionally sell well. But he's the most important civilian in the 616 and deserves a minimate. On Goliath, for most of his time in that costume, he was stuck at 10ft. Couldn't get any bigger, couldn't get smaller. Cause Hank didn't have anything to feel glum about and he needed some angst. For me, the lack of PH chest sort of well represents this not that big phase of Pym's powers. Now you make Goliath in red and blue, and he needs the PH chest. My gripe with Yellowjacket, in addition to the odd paint, is simply with their choice of mask. Purely personal choice, but I prefer the YJ mask with the goggles than without. Otherwise I'm just tickled to have a YJ minimate. (now we need the blue white Goliath, the Gi-Ant Man look from Avengers v3 #1, Dr. Pym, the Gathers era Giant Man, a Barton Gloiath...) I'm pretty sure I've done a quick bio on Jack of Hearts once before, but as 'of' is below 4 charaters, it makes searching for it difficut. Edited January 23, 2010 by Mirymate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthRaider Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Okay, these waves finally showed up at our LCS, managed to get all of them except the Goliath pack and (surprise surprise!) Silver-Age Angel. I ended up paying the variant price for blue Angel, but managed to convince the store to set aside Silver for me when they restock AND charge me regular for it. On that note, I absolutely love the army builders for these waves. It's a travesty that my Skrulls still outnumber my Kree, and I've really warmed up to the new-and-improved Multiple Man And frankly I find the boot-top sculpts used for Capt Britain and Cable a bit unwieldy, I still prefer them in the style used on Gambit and Thunderbolts Norman Osborn. I'm pretty sure I've done a quick bio on Jack of Hearts once before, but as 'of' is below 4 charaters, it makes searching for it difficut. Let me help you out there buddy... In short, he was one of those minor characters with a cool costume, but who never really caught on despite chance after chance. Jack's got one of those multiple retconned origns that's hard to sum up, but I'll give it a go: Jack may or may not have been an alien human hybrid, but in any case, his father was a scientist, Jack got caught in one of his experiments, turned have his body black and gave him energy powers that Jack could not completely control. So a he got a computer brain implant, and a suit of containment armor, niether of which ever completely helped. Jack did a stint as Iron Man's sidekick, before deciding he was too dangerous to stay on earth and wandered the universe having adventures. He saved some worlds, buddied with the Surfer, spent some time as the Stranger's lab rat, and all the other things that semi-cosmic tyes without a book of their own do. Eventually he wandered his way back to Earth and assisted the Avengers on a case. As they were want to do in the good ol' days, they invited Jack to join after he proved moderately useful. Unfortunatly Jack's powers continued to grow unstable, and he eventually went boom in near space. Wanda zombiefied him and brought him back to the mansion to explode again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I do believe two Avengers series in a row would be the best idea ever. Rick Jones/Kang Mockingbird/Black Knight Moondragon/Quasar variant: original Wonder Man/Kang Swordsman/Mantis Falcon/Grim Reaper (Falc would have parts for the classic white/red as well as the modern version) Tigra/Jack of Hearts variant: green/orange 1st appearance Falcon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 (edited) One problem, MM, no army builders. What army buidlers fit into an Avengers wave that haven't already been done? Easy- Mandroids and Lava Men. Yes, I said Lava Men. The problem is I like all of your sets, and have no idea who I'd cut to make room. So clearly we need another wave and maybe a couple of bigger names. Rick Jones / Kang Mockingbird / Black Knight Falcon classic / Lava Man Falcon green / Lava Man Swordsman/Mantis Heros Return armor Iron Man / Jack of Hearts Grim Reaper / Mandroid Zombie Grim Reaper / Mandroid Moondragon / Quasar Tigra / Starfox Battle Armor Thor / Atlantean Frog Thor / Atlantean And thx, NR. You Da Ma... er... Woman! Edited January 23, 2010 by Mirymate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrobotC Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 i dont know if its just me but has anyone noticed the the kree soldier unmasked looks somewhat like keanu reeves?or is it just me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 You could also do generic Shi'ar troops, which could look cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 That's true... I didn't include any army builders. Or... did I? Check out the Army of Kangs from Avengers Forever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 You could also do generic Shi'ar troops, which could look cool. Figured we could save those for a future X-themed wave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgnrbrn316 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Odds are that we're going to run out of army builder ideas before we run out of Marvel waves (we damn well better, anyway). Probably too soon to start now, but I hope we see revisits of old army builders in new waves. It gives us a chance to build a good size army. It could actually work, since a lot of the random peon characters have undergone wardrobe changes over the years. Plus, we get girl versions of some of our Krees and Skrulls, etc. This would also solve the problem of "we've used all the random villains that would ordinarily fight the Avengers, so what do we do now?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 (edited) i dont know if its just me but has anyone noticed the the kree soldier unmasked looks somewhat like keanu reeves?or is it just me The Kree Soldier looks wooden and out of place in period costume dramas? Edited January 24, 2010 by Nessex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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