Managed to run into the rest of the Kingpin wave today at Walgreens, so with that said, here's some thoughts on the remaining figures. I've already covered Black Cat, so she won't be featured in these musings.

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Night Thrasher: I'm gonna get this out of the way...this guy is the weakest figure in the wave in my opinion. The lack of paint, the fact that two VERY DIFFERENT plastics are used for the legs, and a body mold I was not very fond of to begin with (Udon Taskmaster) really hurt this guy. The bandana doesn't stay where it should, the shoulder joints were loose (a common problem with this mold) and the lack of "roll of the dice" wrist swivels don't do it any favors as well. The ASM2 skateboard making it's comeback is a nice touch, but some paint or sculpted stickers there (like the patches we got on Spider-Punk) would have gone a long way. Granted, I know there's not a whole lot to the character design wise, but the fact that a design so simple was done so poorly really hurts the figure and it falls flat with me.

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Symbiote Spider-Man: Hard to really say much about a figure that's basically a slight re-deco of the Sandman wave Symbiote Spider-Man, except that this one has goofy looking eyes (looking like Spidey decided to don some Vegas showgirl peacock glasses), some clawed hands, and monster feet (which is a theme with this wave...we got three characters with monster feet!!!) I hate the feet for this guy, as they look way too big, and upon comparing it to images from the comic that this costume appeared, it's also inaccurate. I swapped mine out with a fodder pair I had lying around. The good news is the spider-logo was very clean on mine, the pattern itself looks good, and the heads from both the Back in Black Deadpool and the Sandman wave Spider-Man fit on him, meaning that I don't need to settle for those goofy looking lenses on the main headsculpt. The BiB: DP clawed hands also work with him, so that's an option, but you might want to save those hands for the next guy I'm gonna talk about....

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Red Goblin: Truthfully, I didn't expect much out of this guy, but after making a couple of minor tweaks to him...he's easily my favorite character in the wave outside of Kingpin. I dig the color pattern, and the good use of the Carnage parts. I also really like the headsculpt...although I did think it was a bit goofy looking out of the box. The cat eyes look silly, and the bottom teeth on his underbite not being painted give him the appearance of having a huge handlebar mustache from certain angles. I actually touched mine up with some paint, adding some black to the bottom row of teeth, connecting the black to the jawline and painting over iris to give him solid gold eyes. I swapped out the hands for the BiB: DP clawed hands I mentioned earlier, and now, he just feels much more menacing than he did. My only gripes (besides those paint design choices I fixed) is that he doesn't come with a glider (which seems silly to me that he would have one...wouldn't the noise off of glider engine scare off the symbiote...not to mention the fire the glider is covered in?) as well as a lack of bendy wire in the tail. Thankfully, I have a bunch of Toybiz gliders to spare, and if you give this guy the Classics Hobgoblin/Demogoblin glider, he looks like a hoss on it. Very cool figure, and one that caught me by surprise.

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Puma: This is a character I've actually wanted for a while, and Hasbro did an excellent job with him. I love all of the new bits (such as the necklace and the fur on his legs,) and even though he shops from the same store as Night Thrasher (he's wearing the same belt) the color choice and logo on it cleverly hides that. The headsculpt on Puma is amazing...Hasbro knocked it out of the park, right down to his kitty cat nose. He's nearly perfect...except for the fact that they went with some sort of weird engineering choice for the joint connecting his arms. They have great articulation, but the joint on the top part of bicep is way too small for it...leaving a really ugly gap in it. I'm not sure if this was a design choice on purpose, or by accident...but what I am sure of is that it's really unsightly.

Silver Sable: Like others have said, finally, a new Silver Sable, and she's pretty darn good. The silver plastics and paints used here are excellent, and the headsculpt is a really good one, showing off Sable's femininity and beauty while having some powerful, masculine features like her strong cheekbones and jawline. The holsters and pouches are all good choices, and the Nerf gun accessories work well with her hi-tech, mercenary character, although I ditched them for some simple SMGs shortly after getting her out of the box. A very good figure, and one of the better comic based female Legends to have come out over the past year.

Kingpin: Once again, what's to say about this guy that hasn't been said already? The mass is great, the sculpt is AWESOME, and his one lone accessory is done so well, it's hard to find fault. It's actually quite possible he's the best BAF we've received over the past two years. Honestly, the only other thing that I want out of this Kingpin is some interchangeable hands...notably some chopping or open palmed hands so I could simulate Kingpin's sumo fighting style with some palm thrusts. Shame you'll have to get two if you want a separate Shadow King, but at the very least, we finally have the Kingpin we need, and I can retire my old Face-Off figure.

Overall...I've seen a lot of nitpicking at this wave, with people griping about the character selection, but honestly, as questionable as some of the character choices were (another Symbiote Spidey...with another coming soon in the Kraven two pack?) nearly all of the figures were pretty well done outside of Night Thrasher, and are worth picking up depending on your preference.

Oh....and monster feet. Lots of monster feet.

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Any thoughts on a background here....thinking more of a forest setting for wakanda.

Nudie bar! ;)

I found this 24”x35” forest poster on Amazon for around $6.

https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Art-Po...n&sr=1-10&th=1

I also looked on Walgreens. They can print custom posters starting at $11 for their smallest size. Their are also plenty of Bob Ross videos on Youtube if you wanted to try your hand at painting a background.

The lower legs are supposed to be a different type of plastic though as they're his boots. It would be weird if they weren't.

I think you mean Beetle for the body. The arms are from that Taskmaster though.

I agree with you on the leg bandanna though. It's way too big for the leg.

i feel ya bruh...

side note: i found that Fury you showed me and copped for 10.00.


i went in my barren walmart and there was 1 of each of the new
BP wave.

because i have nothing better to do at 4am..
a quick and dirty mashup

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@Dark

Cool, that's an easy buy at the right price. What do you think?

Technically, it’s Iron Man and Captain America: Heroes United Taskmaster rather than the Udon version:

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It’s still a nicer costume than his “classic” outfit, though. :thumbs

God lord,you guys are awesome. Love it! Thanks so much!

Great work!

Heading out to test this tomorrow for myself, but I’ve heard that some Wal-Marts are clearing out the second “Black Panther” for five dollars each. BrickSeek shows one of my local stores as having ten of them. Couple of folks on Reddit found the whole wave at that price. Hoping my luck is that good. Happy hunting, arkers.

M'Baku wave full price at my Wal-Mart.

Think with Tigra getting a series on Hulu we'll be more likely to see her in the line now?

Maybe with an 80s jumpsuit Dazzler.

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I'm pretty sure we'll get a new Tigra as a result of the Hulu show, I just hope it isn't the design from the toon. I'm not so sure about aerobic-action Dazzler, maybe she'll come in a 'sweating with the oldies' 2pack along with Richard Simmons.

If it meant id get an outback dazzler id be okay with that. Anything beats Xanadu Dazzler.

Not a fan of Newton-John?

The missing glider is a shame, especially since it wasn't your typical glider.

Also interesting note: while bonded with Norman, the Carnage symbiote gained immunity to sonics and fire, so riding on a fiery glider from hell wasn't an issue.

I totally agree about the missing glider. That would have been nice. Now watch they show or off as a legendary rider pack at toy fair with an additional little Normie Carnage.

Oh no...i had a major crush on her in my youth. I just hate that look for dazzler. Im more of a fan of her outback look.

Just messing with you, man. You've mentioned Xanadu enough for me to figure out you're a fan of her. ;)

I'm pretty ambivalent to Dazzler. The outback outfit was a bit too 80's centric, for me. It was literally an aerobics get-up complete with leggings (at times) and a headband, a classically cliched trope from the period. Her powers were pretty goofy as well, and, apparently, run of the mill considering both Dagger and Jubilee were given very similar abilities. Don't even get me started on her potentially being an omega level mutant. I was happy enough to add her to the collection, but I don't need another one before say a Blue Marvel or almost any other character that hasn't been made by either Toy Biz or Hasbro.

I could see the (garbage sounding- sorry- other than Hitmonkey they all sound terrible- 2 "WOKE" heroes, MODOK with Family Problems, and Howard the Duck... I have developed such a deep frickin hate for Loeb ever since he took over Marvel Animation) ...sorry... I could see these shows at least putting the characters on the radar for figures but most likely their regular looks- a 2pack with Tigra and 80's Dazzler and a box set of Howard (3poa) a HitMonkey re-pack, and possibly a new MODOK... If it results in a new Tigra at the very least then I'm all for it.

That is like saying psychic powers or "animalistic" powers are goofy and run of the mill.

Dazzler is severely underrated.

Jubilee's powers suck and aren't really like Dazzler's.
Jubillee is more like a VERY low powered Boom Boom. Jubilee's powers are at a constant low level strength. Basically, Jubilee was better off as a vampire.
Dagger can make "lightforce" daggers and can shine like a lightbulb. Dagger naturally produces "lightforce" at a set rate and must discharge it.
Dazzler can make a lightshow, fire lasers from her fingers, and even make holograms. Dazzler has to convert sound energy to light and can use loud/excessive noise to amp up her powers.

I just finished my kitbash on a custom outback Dazzler. I need to dye the body blue and do a little painting, but I will eventually post some pics here.

And a whizzer. Dont forget the whizzer.

Yeah, I've read comics for roughly 40 years and I'm quite aware of how Dazzler's powers work. Reread my comment and you will see that I said “similar” not the ‘same’. Their light based powers manifest as visual glamours and, yes, you can throw Boom Boom into the mix to buttress even further my point that they’re all a bit generic. I’ll also add that most super powers are ‘run of the mill’, but that realization doesn’t make my observation any less valid. You like Dazzler, I’m indifferent to her – the world still turns. Had you said that Blue Marvel’s abilities were cookie cutter to Superman-types, I would have read it and thought – yeah, they are – and not missed a beat.

Psychic powers are also pretty routine....

Yes...and the Whizzer. lol I thought I was a broken record...