[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by ultraman zoffy

Surprised this photo didn't end up looking like a Jackson Pollock painting with that black light... =P

While I really enjoy Chris Pratt's Star-Lord, he was very unlike the comic version in one major aspect. While both portrayals show him to be a smart ass he was so much more serious about actually saving the galaxy in the comics while in the movie he was much more self-serving. I'm curious to see how GotG2 will have him evolved if at all.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

I've also only seen the first two so far. Technically putting him in purple spandex would be wrong because this isn't that Cottonmouth, it's Cornell Cottonmouth from Luke Cage's old comics. I guess they could fuse the two down the line but so far this is just Cornell Cottonmouth we've gotten. I was also initially under the assumption that we were getting the Serpent Society Cottonmouth but I guess not (so far).

So I have been told, which is kind of lame, especially when they mentioned someone named Diamondback. Why are there multiple characters with the same name that have nothing to do with each other? I don't see there being a Magneto who fights the X-Men and then some random gangster off the steet being called Magneto. When you hear the name Rupert Thorne in DC, you know exactly who you are getting because there is no random meta human named Rupert Thorn.

Anyway, Episodes 3-5 were really really good, especially the last two. I'm still not a Luke Cage fan by any means, but I'm really enjoying how this show is put together as after the second episode the pacing seems to have evened out. The lighting is still top notch and despite some of the rap music, the music is extremely well executed. Can't wait to get another 3 episodes watched tomorrow.

[Kernel]

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Originally Posted by ultraman zoffy

Surprised this photo didn't end up looking like a Jackson Pollock painting with that black light... =P

Sticky star-lord ha ha

[En Sabah Nerd]

Found the Strange wave at Wal-Mart earlier tonight



The only one I picked up was Enchantress and much like Star-Lord I found a really cool and really strong blacklight effect with her magic accessories.

[JokerArkham]

finally found an enchantress love it

[donmeca2020]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Found the Strange wave at Wal-Mart earlier tonight



The only one I picked up was Enchantress and much like Star-Lord I found a really cool and really strong blacklight effect with her magic accessories.

How did you find the entire box of them ? did they have them on the top shelf or you just happen to get there when they were restocking?

[Harbinger]

Found almost all the hulkbuster wave at big lots. Picked up what i needed but no vision...thats the last piece i need, just...... ONE VISION ( que the song by queen )

[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by redfox

Nice!

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

While I really enjoy Chris Pratt's Star-Lord, he was very unlike the comic version in one major aspect. While both portrayals show him to be a smart ass he was so much more serious about actually saving the galaxy in the comics while in the movie he was much more self-serving. I'm curious to see how GotG2 will have him evolved if at all.

MCU's Starlord scripting was derivative of Han Solo (one with 2014 sensibilities and colloquialisms). Why? Obviously, because all the kiddies (young and old) love Han Solo and the character makes for a winning rubric to follow when crafting a space epic. *Yawn*...I'm not a Han solo guy (gasp), but I enjoyed Pratt in GotG.

Initially, comic Starlord was not as personable as his movie incarnation. He definitely was a smart-ass and had a sense of humor. However, his delivery was much more dead-pan, cryptic, and callous (almost cruel); not a likeable guy from the perspective of most personality types. In the Samaritan story, Giffen shares that Peter is still transitioning from having all of his cybernetic parts removed after imprisonment in the Kyln and the guilt/grief of being responsible for the loss of countless lives. Giffen, for the most part, carries this Quill-personality over into Annihilation. Starlord softens into a more charming, and, as you alluded to, altruistic persona as time wore on and his character developed under DnA.

We will likely see a similar transformation with Pratt's onscreen performance. In GotG 2, Starlord will likely become more mature/dedicated and demonstrate less of the puerile behavior that made him popular to audiences in GotG. They don't need him for laughs. Show-stealer Bradley Cooper/Rocket can handle that along with straight-man Vin Diesel/Groot...Bautista, was also surprisingly funny, but I'd rather see them tone that down too...

Happy belated by-the-way!!lol

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by redfox

Gods above.....i want that figure bad!

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by donmeca2020

How did you find the entire box of them ? did they have them on the top shelf or you just happen to get there when they were restocking?

Every Saturday night at my local Walmart they cart out the palettes stacked with boxes for each department and since I get groceries every Saturday night I have an opportunity to look over the unopened boxes, the employees in that section know I'm not gonna steal anything so they don't care. It's usually pretty easy to spot something like "mvl lgnds" and know that it's new Marvel Legends. It tends to be more successful around fall and winter because that's when they more routinely get new product, spring and summer are typically less fruitful.

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

Happy belated by-the-way!!lol

Thanks breh

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

the employees in that section know I'm not gonna steal anything so they don't care.

I don't think it's that the employees know you aren't going to steal anything, they just don't care because they just don't care. They're Walmart employees.

Hell, you could probably walk right into their stockroom and on one would even say a thing to you while you searched for what you wanted.

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

I don't think it's that the employees know you aren't going to steal anything, they just don't care because they just don't care. They're Walmart employees.

Hell, you could probably walk right into their stockroom and on one would even say a thing to you while you searched for what you wanted.

Well one of the people who works there is a pal of mine from back in high school but I'm sure that most of them don't give a shit too. One time when I was keying a box open some other guy came up and asked me if that was okay since he wanted to do the same with some new box for models and I was like "I've been doing this for years and nobody has ever stopped me or anything."
Clearly if I were to walk into their stockroom I would just flash around my OSHA license and claim I'm doing workplace safety inspections because apparently nobody remembers what OSHA is any more.


Something weird I just noticed on my receipt though from last night is that the Enchantress is listed as "DRS ANCT ONE." I guess maybe at some point there was gonna be an Ancient One figure in this wave. Or maybe Wal-Mart is just being weird again like calling Black Panther "Battler Red" in the system.

[donmeca2020]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

I don't think it's that the employees know you aren't going to steal anything, they just don't care because they just don't care. They're Walmart employees.

Hell, you could probably walk right into their stockroom and on one would even say a thing to you while you searched for what you wanted.

i agree with that.... knowing and seeing how these people are here at least in south florida. they just don't give a rat's ass, that's why i find it funny when people on our forum start claiming the people literally "run out to them with a fresh case of legends for them to go and pillage through". im usually very hesitant on asking the workers for any help on them. im sure i'd get the usal "what ever is on the shelf is all we got" speal...

Anyways good for Sabah, i wish i had a hook up with these damn things locally to me.

[AFU]

Recent pickups...seems like my area got the X and Strange Wave at the same time...and, no Deadpool, Wolverine, Rouge, and Enchantress...Saw only one Comic Strange figure, and grabbed him...really awesome figure...nice addition of the cape...glad I held out for this one instead of the Hulk Buster Wave Strange...nice little paint change to head and forearms...nice little paint change on his chest so to be more accurate with his Sourcerer Supreme outfit in comics...really cool figure...

[TheLegendMarvel]

went to Walgreens today and picked up MCU Strange both painted and Astral version



so i have a question, whats with this Astral version of Doctor Strange? like is he a ghost? is he supposed to be invisible? I don't know a whole lot about DS so if anyone can explain what his "astral form" is supposed to be or do, that'd be appreciated


both are great figures. especially the painted one with the cloak and the shield-thing. the likeness to BC is spot-on

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by TheLegendMarvel

went to Walgreens today and picked up MCU Strange both painted and Astral version



so i have a question, whats with this Astral version of Doctor Strange? like is he a ghost? is he supposed to be invisible? I don't know a whole lot about DS so if anyone can explain what his "astral form" is supposed to be or do, that'd be appreciated


both are great figures. especially the painted one with the cloak and the shield-thing. the likeness to BC is spot-on

Its his astral projection form, like when he goes to the astral plane.

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

Its his astral projection form, like when he goes to the astral plane.

In case this doesn't make sense since you just professed not knowing a lot about Strange: Through basically meditation and magic Stephen Strange's mind/spirit can leave his body and traverse the astral plane (a level of existence wherein all magical parts of the world connect). It's a separate non-physical manifestation of himself. I seem to remember back in the day whenever he did this it leaves his physical body exposed to danger since his mind is elsewhere but if his body is harmed or destroyed it still affects him. He might have figured out a workaround to that somewhere.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

In case this doesn't make sense since you just professed not knowing a lot about Strange: Through basically meditation and magic Stephen Strange's mind/spirit can leave his body and traverse the astral plane (a level of existence wherein all magical parts of the world connect). It's a separate non-physical manifestation of himself. I seem to remember back in the day whenever he did this it leaves his physical body exposed to danger since his mind is elsewhere but if his body is harmed or destroyed it still affects him. He might have figured out a workaround to that somewhere.

His Wang, his assistant, protects him in this state at times.

[Erland]

I work over nights and go to walmart all the time for supper. While I"m there I always check the toy section and if they ever have the stuff I'm looking for I'll open a box without hesitation. I've had one person say something to me along the lines of, "you can't open that yet you have to wait until they are on the shelf". I said "OK" and opened it anyways. They told me they are going to get the manager, to which I said go ahead. They left and I never saw them again. I got what I wanted and left. (They tell you this because of liability. They don't want you to cut your self while opening the box. Some times they will even open the box for you because of this).

The only time you have to "worry" is if they have a "street date" sticker on the box. If they do have the sticker, then it won't ring up until the date listed on the sticker. Which means you'll have a hard time when you get to the front.

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

His Wang, his assistant, protects him in this state at times.

Har dee har har. But his assistant/guard/butler's name is Wong.

I don't know why but I think it's funny that in the movie Benedict Cumberbatch is Strange and Benedict Wong will be Wong. Benedicts assemble!

A two pack of Jarvis and Wong would be kinda neat. That or they could be swap off variant figures called the "assistants of good doers!" They could come with accessories like a feather-duster for Jarvis, a broom for Wong, then both could have a tea pot on a serving tray with some cups and assorted cooking wear. Our heroes need a supporting character to help them out.

[kenm2474]

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Originally Posted by redfox

Just Bad Ass.

[Frank Richards]

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

Found almost all the hulkbuster wave at big lots. Picked up what i needed but no vision...thats the last piece i need, just...... ONE VISION ( que the song by queen )

Lol !

Out of curiosity, how much were they at Big Lots ?

I need an MCU War Machine for my collection, as well as a modern comic-based Iron Man, and for a decent price, I might finally pick them up.

[kenm2474]

Hammers of Power

[redfox]

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

Nice!

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

Gods above.....i want that figure bad!

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Just Bad Ass.

Thanks, guys! I've been anticipating the arrival of this figure for awhile now. Had a blast posing and setting up the shots.

[Dr Kain]

Luke Cage just keeps getting better and better. We watched episodes 6-9 tonight and this show has exceeded the first season of DareDevil, making it my second favorite of the series right now. The stuff that went down these last few episodes was pretty badass. My only nitpick is I want to see some regular costume super villains for a change, which all of these shows have been lacking. Nevertheless, we're most likely just going to finish it tomorrow because I don't want to wait any longer to see how it ends.