New Marvel Legends/6" Appreciation Thread

TheBlueMarvel · 06-29-2016, 06:13 PM

@Von
Nope, that was the original story. The tripe to which I'm referring was written in 2001/2002...and yes, it was a total chore. I didn't even do justice to how terrible it was. Death spoke. Death. Speech bubbles and all. Was this momentous event afforded the gravitas one would expect? Take a wild guess...

Augustus_Cole · 06-29-2016, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Panther

Entertainment Earth just sent me an email telling me that the Civil War 3-Pack has shipped.

YES!!!!!!

cool.....AND ..they are still in stock!!!
HERE

but yeah....nooo...i don't think i'm going to buy that..

and...Army Building Fun...
i wish they would make a Jamie Madrox...i'd go nuts

Boy Blunder · 06-29-2016, 10:55 PM

...I really hate how much better the Dirk Anger head looks on the Hydra body than on the SHIELD Agent body.

Seriously, if I could get a Hydra Agent body and a Dirk head, I wouldn't need to try and get a 616 Nick Fury.

richaveli83 · 06-29-2016, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Veronica Mars

Entertainment Earth has started shipping the Juggernaut wave preorders

I wonder how long it will take for dorkside to start shipping.

Veronica Mars · 06-30-2016, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by richaveli83

I wonder how long it will take for dorkside to start shipping.

I'm not sure where they ship from. EE is in Cali, so most likely they got their shipments from China first. I'm going to optimistically say most places should be preparing to ship around the 15th or sooner

warmachine6 · 06-30-2016, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Veronica Mars

I'm not sure where they ship from. EE is in Cali, so most likely they got their shipments from China first. I'm going to optimistically say most places should be preparing to ship around the 15th or sooner

I hope its sooner , so they can arrive here sooner , though might ask the store i bought them off this time next week , scheduled to be here either June or July , i dunno.
Cant wait for the x-men set i ordered

Veronica Mars · 06-30-2016, 03:23 AM

I'm looking forward to the set myself. I preordered mine from BBTS

richaveli83 · 06-30-2016, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Veronica Mars

I'm not sure where they ship from. EE is in Cali, so most likely they got their shipments from China first. I'm going to optimistically say most places should be preparing to ship around the 15th or sooner

I notice that preorders for the entire wave are still available on the site compared to BBTS, Dorkside, and Amazon either have a couple of figures available but not the entire wave. I wonder if I place a preorder now will I possibly get these next week or so like you guys or will I be at the back of the line. I still have my preorder with Dorkside as well as Amazon so I don't want to cancel them but if there is a chance to get these figures a lot sooner I would gladly order with Entertainment Earth.

Also it's kind of weird that EE is shipping orders out now but Amazon still lists these to be released on August 1st.

Captain Nash · 06-30-2016, 07:24 AM

Backing up a few posts, I had the (mis)fortune of reading the Celestial Quest as well, I agree with TBM, it was awful. It was also my second introduction to Mantis because while I had heard of the Celestial Madonna storyline, I had not collected the back issues that far back to that point (I think I had gotten overwhelmed with the amount of Avengers issues and was trying to take it slow, had only collected back to around issue 250 or so with a few spotty issues.)

What that means of course is that my actual introduction of Mantis was during The Crossing storyline. Enough said, I think. Adding in both CQ and The Crossing as what I knew about the character it's easy to see why I'd be put off by her. However the CM storyline is not that bad, despite what the intentions may have been for her originally, and redeemed her somewhat in my eyes. Not enough to follow her further but at least I didn't loathe the character anymore.

So yeah, just skip Celestial Quest. If it had not had Scarlet Witch in it, who was being REALLY well written by Busiek by that time, I likely wouldn't have even cared. So I advise..just don't care LOL!

Oh I also did a small store run last night....TRU once again disappoints completely on their exclusives and I think the very same figures were still hanging on the pegs at Walmart and Target. Glutted with the Absorbing Man wave (no Spider-Gwen or Venom), the freaking Odin wave, and Captain America wave 1. One store DID have the Captain America wave 2 or most of it, no Nick Fury or Panther, which if I had seen Panther at very least I would have picked up for an arker. Oh well, such is life.

TheBlueMarvel · 06-30-2016, 08:46 AM

All this Avengers talk got me in a mood.

Random Avenger appreciation...

BAD MOON · 06-30-2016, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

All this Avengers talk got me in a mood.

Random Avenger appreciation...

Great pics BM!!! Love the Hydra goons stacked on Cap's shield.

Captain Nash · 06-30-2016, 09:05 AM

It's pictures like that that make me consider army building. XD

Harbinger · 06-30-2016, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

Backing up a few posts, I had the (mis)fortune of reading the Celestial Quest as well, I agree with TBM, it was awful. It was also my second introduction to Mantis because while I had heard of the Celestial Madonna storyline, I had not collected the back issues that far back to that point (I think I had gotten overwhelmed with the amount of Avengers issues and was trying to take it slow, had only collected back to around issue 250 or so with a few spotty issues.)

What that means of course is that my actual introduction of Mantis was during The Crossing storyline. Enough said, I think. Adding in both CQ and The Crossing as what I knew about the character it's easy to see why I'd be put off by her. However the CM storyline is not that bad, despite what the intentions may have been for her originally, and redeemed her somewhat in my eyes. Not enough to follow her further but at least I didn't loathe the character anymore.

So yeah, just skip Celestial Quest. If it had not had Scarlet Witch in it, who was being REALLY well written by Busiek by that time, I likely wouldn't have even cared. So I advise..just don't care LOL!

Oh I also did a small store run last night....TRU once again disappoints completely on their exclusives and I think the very same figures were still hanging on the pegs at Walmart and Target. Glutted with the Absorbing Man wave (no Spider-Gwen or Venom), the freaking Odin wave, and Captain America wave 1. One store DID have the Captain America wave 2 or most of it, no Nick Fury or Panther, which if I had seen Panther at very least I would have picked up for an arker. Oh well, such is life.

I just like mantis design and look. I quit giving a crap about origins since the ladt decade or so marvel has cocked EVERYONE up so now its very simple for me do i like the asthetic.
By cap wave 1 do you mean mandroid wave? Cause i need mndroid parts and id kill for a hydra soldier or two.

Captain Nash · 06-30-2016, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

I just like mantis design and look. I quit giving a crap about origins since the ladt decade or so marvel has cocked EVERYONE up so now its very simple for me do i like the asthetic.
By cap wave 1 do you mean mandroid wave? Cause i need mndroid parts and id kill for a hydra soldier or two.

Nah, sorry I meant the Red Onslaught wave. I fear we're still going to see that wave a year from now, it will be the new Odin wave.

On a side funny note I did mention to my toy hunting friend I was with, just think, in a year from now I could be saying "If I see another Dazzler or Polaris on the shelves I'm going to puke!" He just laughed in my face because of my 9 years of moaning about no Polaris.

Augustus_Cole · 06-30-2016, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

...I really hate how much better the Dirk Anger head looks on the Hydra body than on the SHIELD Agent body.

Seriously, if I could get a Hydra Agent body and a Dirk head, I wouldn't need to try and get a 616 Nick Fury.

i dislike both the Anger and Nick Fury (Caucasian) heads on the Shield body..so much so that I don't use them like that. I'm going to use that Nick Fury head on the MU Nick Fury body...

..and I have SEVERAL extra Anger heads if you want one..

BAD MOON · 06-30-2016, 10:04 AM

Inspired by Blue Marvel's pics this morning to post these two. Picked up 2 Mythic Legions Skeletons from BBTS to use as Death's guard.

Captain Nash · 06-30-2016, 10:07 AM

That looks pretty Cool Bad Moon! It fits really well!

TheBlueMarvel · 06-30-2016, 10:16 AM

@Bad Moon

Thanks, man...I love Mythic Legions figs. I have Azhar and Zazhar..they'll be showing up in pics at some point.

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I neglected to mention that I like the nod to Thanos Quest. In particular, when he seeks counsel with Death and her undead minions bar his path. Nice!...at least, that's what I think you were channeling...

Captain Nash · 06-30-2016, 10:26 AM

Wow that Mythic Legions stuff is amazing! Want to buy! Really cannot afford! Want to buy! Four Horsemen put out some great stuff. This these for some reason reminds me of the McFarlane Warriors of the Zodiac series, which was cancelled after one set of 4, but looked like it was going to be outstanding. Gah. I really want to pump up my lines with in scale figures from other lines but they tend to be so much more expensive...

Harbinger · 06-30-2016, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

Nah, sorry I meant the Red Onslaught wave. I fear we're still going to see that wave a year from now, it will be the new Odin wave.

On a side funny note I did mention to my toy hunting friend I was with, just think, in a year from now I could be saying "If I see another Dazzler or Polaris on the shelves I'm going to puke!" He just laughed in my face because of my 9 years of moaning about no Polaris.

Mandroid parts tease.

( that didnt sound too right did it. Haha )

BAD MOON · 06-30-2016, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

That looks pretty Cool Bad Moon! It fits really well!

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

@Bad Moon

Thanks, man...I love Mythic Legions figs. I have Azhar and Zazhar..they'll be showing up in pics at some point.

Edit:

I neglected to mention that I like the nod to Thanos Quest. In particular, when he seeks counsel with Death and her undead minions bar his path. Nice!...at least, that's what I think you were channeling...

Thank Nash!

Totally BM! That's exactly what I was getting at.

Boy Blunder · 06-30-2016, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkToyLord

i dislike both the Anger and Nick Fury (Caucasian) heads on the Shield body..so much so that I don't use them like that. I'm going to use that Nick Fury head on the MU Nick Fury body...

..and I have SEVERAL extra Anger heads if you want one..

Very tempting, but I still think I want to track down the whole figure if possible. But I'll keep it in mind (also considering repainting the neck on one of my MCU Nicks and giving him the Comics!Nick head). The Hydra Soldier is the more costly part of the equation.

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

Mandroid parts tease.

( that didnt sound too right did it. Haha )

Check your PMs about some Mandroid parts!

Veronica Mars · 06-30-2016, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by richaveli83

I notice that preorders for the entire wave are still available on the site compared to BBTS, Dorkside, and Amazon either have a couple of figures available but not the entire wave. I wonder if I place a preorder now will I possibly get these next week or so like you guys or will I be at the back of the line. I still have my preorder with Dorkside as well as Amazon so I don't want to cancel them but if there is a chance to get these figures a lot sooner I would gladly order with Entertainment Earth.

Also it's kind of weird that EE is shipping orders out now but Amazon still lists these to be released on August 1st.

I'm not sure how any of these companies handle priority. I would say put in the order, even if you have to wait it saves you the time and frustration of tracking them down in the wild. I don't now about the Amazon listings, but EE and BBTS have always said July

UrsaMagnus · 06-30-2016, 01:09 PM

These are a couple of older pics that I don't think I've ever shared here.

The Annihilators (with Terrax standing in for Ronan, who I don't have)...

The (movie) Guardians of the Galaxy. I've ordered the 5-pack comic versions, and once they're here I'll need to recreate this with them...

I've always liked the way these pictures turned out.

Veronica Mars · 06-30-2016, 01:19 PM

Awesome. I really want to get that Nova at some point

06-29-2016, 08:35 PM	#16752
Augustus_Cole DarkToyLord Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: It's Dark and Hell is Hot... Posts: 4,959	Quote: Originally Posted by Panther Entertainment Earth just sent me an email telling me that the Civil War 3-Pack has shipped. YES!!!!!! cool.....AND ..they are still in stock!!! HERE but yeah....nooo...i don't think i'm going to buy that.. and...Army Building Fun... i wish they would make a Jamie Madrox...i'd go nuts __________________ The DarkToyLord Last edited by Augustus_Cole; 06-29-2016 at 08:46 PM..

06-29-2016, 10:55 PM	#16753
Boy Blunder Kirby Crackle Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: San Diego County, CA Posts: 2,846	...I really hate how much better the Dirk Anger head looks on the Hydra body than on the SHIELD Agent body. Seriously, if I could get a Hydra Agent body and a Dirk head, I wouldn't need to try and get a 616 Nick Fury. __________________ Collect how you want. Just enjoy. Feedback/IF SELLING YOUR PRIME SENTINELS, PLEASE PM ME Last edited by Boy Blunder; 06-29-2016 at 11:41 PM..

06-30-2016, 02:37 AM	#16755
Veronica Mars G33k & G@m3r Grrl Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 3,502	Quote: Originally Posted by richaveli83 I wonder how long it will take for dorkside to start shipping. I'm not sure where they ship from. EE is in Cali, so most likely they got their shipments from China first. I'm going to optimistically say most places should be preparing to ship around the 15th or sooner __________________ Listen up threes, a ten is speaking

06-30-2016, 03:23 AM	#16757
Veronica Mars G33k & G@m3r Grrl Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 3,502	I'm looking forward to the set myself. I preordered mine from BBTS __________________ Listen up threes, a ten is speaking

06-30-2016, 07:24 AM	#16759
Captain Nash Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 5,464	Backing up a few posts, I had the (mis)fortune of reading the Celestial Quest as well, I agree with TBM, it was awful. It was also my second introduction to Mantis because while I had heard of the Celestial Madonna storyline, I had not collected the back issues that far back to that point (I think I had gotten overwhelmed with the amount of Avengers issues and was trying to take it slow, had only collected back to around issue 250 or so with a few spotty issues.) What that means of course is that my actual introduction of Mantis was during The Crossing storyline. Enough said, I think. Adding in both CQ and The Crossing as what I knew about the character it's easy to see why I'd be put off by her. However the CM storyline is not that bad, despite what the intentions may have been for her originally, and redeemed her somewhat in my eyes. Not enough to follow her further but at least I didn't loathe the character anymore. So yeah, just skip Celestial Quest. If it had not had Scarlet Witch in it, who was being REALLY well written by Busiek by that time, I likely wouldn't have even cared. So I advise..just don't care LOL! Oh I also did a small store run last night....TRU once again disappoints completely on their exclusives and I think the very same figures were still hanging on the pegs at Walmart and Target. Glutted with the Absorbing Man wave (no Spider-Gwen or Venom), the freaking Odin wave, and Captain America wave 1. One store DID have the Captain America wave 2 or most of it, no Nick Fury or Panther, which if I had seen Panther at very least I would have picked up for an arker. Oh well, such is life. Last edited by Captain Nash; 06-30-2016 at 07:29 AM..