[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by AFU

Sorry, let me rephrase my wish...That MCU Antman was a weak attempt of a BAF by Hasbro, even though I have that one!...I would like to see an Antman or Giantman the size of Toybiz’s Giantman BAF...

Okay I gotcha. If the 12" line were still running they could have given us Ant-Man from Ant-Man and Wasp and that would have served nicely as an actually big Ant-Man. The Toybiz Giant-Man would still be a bit bigger but such an offer from Hasbro would have been a one-off purchase as opposed to a BAF and it would've been better articulated than any BAF Hasbro would give us.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by Bo Ttef

Hmmmm...
Hmmm by lowanbing, on Flickr

“Wheres Reed Richards when I need him?”

[Black Arbor]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Okay I gotcha. If the 12" line were still running they could have given us Ant-Man from Ant-Man and Wasp and that would have served nicely as an actually big Ant-Man. The Toybiz Giant-Man would still be a bit bigger but such an offer from Hasbro would have been a one-off purchase as opposed to a BAF and it would've been better articulated than any BAF Hasbro would give us.

I still think NECA missed out on some easy money by not making an 18 inch Ant Man haha

[Marine73]

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

“Wheres Reed Richards when I need him?”

Now I wish I got this Spider-Man when I had the chance!!! Could use 2-3 of them.

[Trivial Psychic]

So China went and made a 1/6 scale figure of movie Venom. It looks like a weird Playarts Kai retool of some sort,...but I dig the movie accurate headsculpt, tendril weapon accessories and the shiny plastic they used. Kinda weird they opted to place the spider on the chest and back, but they also did the veins as well.



https://www.ebay.com/itm/HC-TOY-1-6-...5c27%7Ciid%3A1

Too bad Hasbro opted to skip the movie version for the Venom wave, or even this upcoming Kingpin wave. I would have much preferred that over that horrid looking Black Suit Spidey they have coming up.

[VashTS]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Okay I gotcha. If the 12" line were still running they could have given us Ant-Man from Ant-Man and Wasp and that would have served nicely as an actually big Ant-Man. The Toybiz Giant-Man would still be a bit bigger but such an offer from Hasbro would have been a one-off purchase as opposed to a BAF and it would've been better articulated than any BAF Hasbro would give us.

I think the line is still running. Although from the lack of releases on 2018 says otherwise, I recall the questions being asked about the 12" inch line at comic con, and Hasbro's official response was the line is still running.

I am not sure what is going on because the line has had no releases in a year.....so there is a contradiction.

[AFU]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Okay I gotcha. If the 12" line were still running they could have given us Ant-Man from Ant-Man and Wasp and that would have served nicely as an actually big Ant-Man. The Toybiz Giant-Man would still be a bit bigger but such an offer from Hasbro would have been a one-off purchase as opposed to a BAF and it would've been better articulated than any BAF Hasbro would give us.

I know wishful thinking, maybe he can put on the ‘Cons’ fan poll and it can be done already.

Note: What do you think is wave of 2018? My pick would be the Sp//dr wave...Too me, every figure in that wave is solid, Electra being the sleeper pick, she is very well done..The worst figure in that wave is the BAF, but too me, one of my favorites BAF’s of this year!

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by AFU

Note: What do you think is wave of 2018?

Honest to goodness...it's a toss-up between the Sasquatch wave and the SPI\>DRP?! wave for me. Both waves had strong line-ups and contained only one figure in each I wasn't too thrilled about, though Sasquatch was the superior BAF in that respect by far.

The worst wave was easily the MCU Thanos one. Ugly figures and an ugly BAF that was replaced just 3 or 4 months later by the Studios 10th version. When TaskMaster and King Cobra are the shining stars of the wave...something is off.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Honest to goodness...it's a toss-up between the Sasquatch wave and the SPI\>DRP?! wave for me. Both waves had strong line-ups and contained only one figure in each I wasn't too thrilled about, though Sasquatch was the superior BAF in that respect by far.

The worst wave was easily the MCU Thanos one. Ugly figures and an ugly BAF that was replaced just 3 or 4 months later by the Studios 10th version. When TaskMaster and King Cobra are the shining stars of the wave...something is off.

Songbird was a good fig. And proxima was a really cool looking fig as well.

[AFU]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Honest to goodness...it's a toss-up between the Sasquatch wave and the SPI\>DRP?! wave for me. Both waves had strong line-ups and contained only one figure in each I wasn't too thrilled about, though Sasquatch was the superior BAF in that respect by far.

The worst wave was easily the MCU Thanos one. Ugly figures and an ugly BAF that was replaced just 3 or 4 months later by the Studios 10th version. When TaskMaster and King Cobra are the shining stars of the wave...something is off.

I would have to be in agreement with you there...A tie, have every figure except for Paladin, which I will get eventually...But, Sasquatch is an amazing BAF...Paladin is well made, though, but the obscurity of the character was his downfall from me picking him up immediately...

[Bo Ttef]

Sometimes when heroes and villains meet it isn't always about the super-suits...
Norman and Tony by lowanbing, on Flickr

[Bo Ttef]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

So China went and made a 1/6 scale figure of movie Venom. It looks like a weird Playarts Kai retool of some sort,...but I dig the movie accurate headsculpt, tendril weapon accessories and the shiny plastic they used. Kinda weird they opted to place the spider on the chest and back, but they also did the veins as well.



https://www.ebay.com/itm/HC-TOY-1-6-...5c27%7Ciid%3A1

Too bad Hasbro opted to skip the movie version for the Venom wave, or even this upcoming Kingpin wave. I would have much preferred that over that horrid looking Black Suit Spidey they have coming up.

totally want that in 1:12

[Tim]

If anyone’s been waiting. The Ross/Killmonger two pack is $28 at Target until Dec 24th.

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by AFU

Note: What do you think is wave of 2018? My pick would be the Sp//dr wave..

Off the top of my head I'd probably agree with this. The House of M spidey is the weakest individual of the wave and that's really just because he's another lazy pizza spidey repaint. The rest of the wave came out really well and the character selection was solid. The only figure I even actually got from the wave was Doc Ock but I'm still singing praise for the others based on having seen them in person and through other people's pictures.

[Captain Nash]

Wave of the year the Apocalyse wave, IMO. Though as good as he was he wasn’t the BAF of the year. But the Sauron wave was overall less impressive.

[Harbinger]

Finally figured out a use for undies deadpool. Headpool finally has a body.....again.

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

Wave of the year the Apocalyse wave, IMO. Though as good as he was he wasn’t the BAF of the year. But the Sauron wave was overall less impressive.

Really the sauron wave was a hit to me....the only two misses were the undies dp and xmen dp. They shoulda used the xmen blue and orange outfit for wade and included copycat over undies dp.

[tierneygreen]

Man, choosing "Wave of the Year" is tough. So much great product this year, and so many factors to weigh (e.g., character selection, QC execution, BAF choice, etc). Taking all that into account I'd still have to say the Apocalypse wave is my choice. The BAF is one I've wanted since I started collecting ML 2 years ago. I adore punk Storm to no end and was ecstatic to add Sabretooth, Psylocke, Multiple Man, Gladiator, and a Magneto to my collection.

My choice for best overall BAF, though, has to go to Lizard. And my best single fig is probably Mysterio.

[Boy Blunder]

While I'll have to make a separate post for my Top Ten, I'll agree that the Apocalypse wave is probably my overall favorite of the year. Great selection of characters and a fantastic BAF. The only other wave to come close, in its entirety, would be the SP//dr wave.

[SymbiSpidey]

The X-Men wave, for the 3rd year in a row, is my top Marvel Legends wave. I'm likely biased though because I want more X-Men stuff than anything else.

[kylactus]

Apocalypse wave for best wave, but probably Sauron for best BAF.

[Dr Kain]

Sp//dr was hands down one of the worst BAFs ever, and as such, if the BAF sucks, it can't be the best wave of the year in my book.

Sauron is a great BAF, but the wave sucked ass with only two figures worth buying.

Never picked up either Avengers wave and didn't give a damn about the BP BAF either.

As such, the defacto winner is the Apocalypse wave. Apocalypse was just down right amazing and the wave was full of great figures with Storm, Wolverine, Psylocke, Gladiator, and Sabertooth.

The only thing I'd say Hasbro needs to do is fix their distribution shit. There is no reason I should be seeing figures in stores 2 months before the websites I preorder from get them instock and there is no excuse for why the Spider-Man waves are rarely showing up in stores, if at all. It's bullshit. Hell, the Wolverine with the motorcycle has yet to show up in stores and I had to go to another state just to get the Walmart Thanos. I've still yet to see another Pyslocke around here so I can try to get one that doesn't have a paint issue, but my Targets and Walmarts recently restocked the Warlock wave. Does this mean this time next year they'll start to restock to the Apocalypse wave?

The only figures that were easy to obtain were the Walgreens ones (well, the Marvel ones, still waiting for the Empire general dudes to show up for Star Wars).

[JerpJerp]

Nailed it

[AFU]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Sp//dr was hands down one of the worst BAFs ever, and as such, if the BAF sucks, it can't be the best wave of the year in my book.

Sauron is a great BAF, but the wave sucked ass with only two figures worth buying.

Never picked up either Avengers wave and didn't give a damn about the BP BAF either.

As such, the defacto winner is the Apocalypse wave. Apocalypse was just down right amazing and the wave was full of great figures with Storm, Wolverine, Psylocke, Gladiator, and Sabertooth.

The only thing I'd say Hasbro needs to do is fix their distribution shit. There is no reason I should be seeing figures in stores 2 months before the websites I preorder from get them instock and there is no excuse for why the Spider-Man waves are rarely showing up in stores, if at all. It's bullshit. Hell, the Wolverine with the motorcycle has yet to show up in stores and I had to go to another state just to get the Walmart Thanos. I've still yet to see another Pyslocke around here so I can try to get one that doesn't have a paint issue, but my Targets and Walmarts recently restocked the Warlock wave. Does this mean this time next year they'll start to restock to the Apocalypse wave?

The only figures that were easy to obtain were the Walgreens ones (well, the Marvel ones, still waiting for the Empire general dudes to show up for Star Wars).

I like the Apocalypse wave, but IMO they could have done a better job with Psylocke, and the Multi-Man with that ten year old jacket was kind effortless on Hasbro’s part, and giving us another Gladiator was great, but no creativity on Hasbro part to put in a new figure even with using the same body mold, and while Apocalypse is a great BAF, his articulation could have been better...But to each us own, Storm and Wolverine were the standout this wave, like Mags, but that color scheme is funky to me,

[maczero]

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Originally Posted by Tim

If anyone’s been waiting. The Ross/Killmonger two pack is $28 at Target until Dec 24th.

Still not ready to bite at the price. I wonder if it'll get as low as the Starlord/Ego 2 pack. That thing went down to $12 at one time.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by AFU

they could have done a better job with Psylocke

Other than giving her the proper blue for her outfit, what could they have done better?

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and the Multi-Man with that ten year old jacket was kind effortless on Hasbro’s part

Eh, it's Multiple Man, not that big of a deal. Plus, giving him the old jacket helped get us the new Wolverine arms.

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and giving us another Gladiator was great, but no creativity on Hasbro part to put in a new figure even with using the same body mold,

It's Gladiator, what more could they have done other than not be so damn sloppy on his paint job? Besides, I don't own the first one so I have no issue with this.

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and while Apocalypse is a great BAF, his articulation could have been better...

Other than the waist swivel, there's nothing wrong with his articulation. The wires are so much better than I had anticipated since the old toys I had growing up could barely move in the arms due to the wires, especially the first one where they were permenantly attached. At least the one with the interchangeable arms allowed them to be removed.