I have had similar experiences over the years with Target & Walmart. What really pissed me off was the fact that the store employees treated me as if I had done something wrong. I went to their store & chose products they had on the shelf for purchase. Don't put out the product if you don't intend to sell it. Leaving it on the shelf is pure laziness! I've had arguments with store managers on that subject. When they act like that I take my business elsewhere. These days with the Internet consumers have many more options. No wonder brick & mortar stores are being phased out. Time will come when those rude clerks will be wishing they had a job!

Just to address the elephant in the room...this seems to be a common theme with the upcoming Bill...which I don't get. What's wrong exactly with the new one?

The Toybiz one still holds up pretty well I feel, so pardon my ignorance if I don't understand all the hate for this new figure in his modern look.

By the way...US IN HAND auctions for the new Beta Ray as well as other 2nd wave Endgame figures are already starting to filter into ebay. Won't be long till we see them in the wild...

Re: Beta Ray William

I don't think people think there is anything WRONG with it. it matches his current look... BUT.. .there seems to be a consensus that we'd prefer an update of his original (or most popular) comic book look.
I like and will buy the new one.. but if I had a preference..I'd still want the original updated first.

Perfectly stated. For many fans ya just can't beat that classic Simonson character design.

Walt Simonson actually goes to my local comic store. He's a great guy to talk to. I should ask him what he thinks of Bill's new look.

Off the top: You are, of course, entitled to like whatever it is you like…now that that’s out of the way…

In my opinion, the Marvel Studios: Thor The Mighty Avenger – Loki fig is vastly superior even with less articulation. The previous version has some real funky hips with no thigh cut and craptacular ankles - no doubt – but the sculpted detail and stellar canon face more than make up for those small warts. Beyond the bad taste the simplistic paint-deco leaves, his horns should have been better, which I only bring up because it wouldn’t have been very difficult to nail that. The face also should have been reasonably easy to cobble; even Malekith has a more sinister and effective sneer…and what’s with the overbite? The eyes look to be set a little wider apart than I’d like; aesthetically speaking, he fuglier than he should be. Additionally, I could also do with some spell casting hands. I know most moviegoers are used to seeing Loki wield throwing daggers (???), but Loki is sorta adept at that stuff they call magic – contrary to MCU Dr Strange trapping him in an endless ‘falling spell’ (apparently the Russos don’t realize that he casts far more spells than just illusions…he’s a god of magic, someone should have told them...).

I can’t begin to tell you what others think is wrong with Bill, but the fig misses the mark for this fan for a litany of reasons. I think it’s pretty fair to say that this outfit isn’t a fav among the Beta Ray faithful and while I’m one that generally digs understatement, boring is another matter entirely which is what this set of duds amounts to. If they were going to avoid a classic Bill, I would have much preferred the semi-obscure Di Vitto redraft at the end of the Stormbreaker Saga. Speaking of Stormbreaker, that’s not any Strombreaker I’m familiar with, as the haft is way too long and the hammer itself is laughably enormous (made all the more comedic given the strap at the end intended to swing around what is now functionally an oversized war-hammer). All of that without scratching the potential scale issues. Bill has typically been portrayed as significantly larger than Thor and given that this fig looks to be on the Hyperion mold, the most we can optimistically hope for is ‘as big’ as Thor. And if the new Thor fig uses the arms from Herc, as I suspect it might, then Bill will have little dinky arms in comparison adding further insult to injury. Many of us have been waiting quite a while for a new Bill, looks like will be waiting still…but for the rest of you all, enjoy.

Wasn't that Taika Waititi and not the Russos?

Probably. I'm not invested in the movies, so I wouldn't really know...If it was Waititi, whom I like from What we do in the shadows (hilarious)...fuck 'im for turning the Hulk and Thor's most somber storylines into Abbott and Costello meet the Grand-masseur..

Just the characters and books for me...and only books from 2008 backwards, at that...

But Ragnarok was amazing...

You should get invested, even the bad ones are superior to the generic action movie. Not to mention you have the masterpiece that is the Captain America trilogy.

@Kamen

Well, obviously, that's a matter of opinion. ;) I'd give it 'entertaining.'

Were it truly Raganarok, would Thor be smiling and cutting it up with anyone let alone the Hulk trapped on Sakaar? Lol now that's rich, I guess Waititi made me laugh after all...

@Kain

And you 'should' not bother with me...we've covered this ground before...I don't change my tune.

Unless you get hit in the daddy bags. :p

This pretty much matches up with my thoughts. I'm not sure I could hold out and see if Hasbro does a classic Bill since the character is still definitely obscure but if they do then I'll be happy to buy that one too. It's basically the same situation I faced when Moon Knight came out in the Homecoming wave, it wasn't nearly my first choice for costume but I was too happy to be getting Moon Knight at all.

Precautions taken to avoid such a scenario aside…while the pitch might change, the song remains the same. ;)

Ok one more question,...whose gun is skullbuster holding and where did you get the muzzle flash pieces?

I think thats funderoos deadpools nerf gun,

Funderoos???

Yah the underwear deadpool from the sauron wave.

domino has this gun.. (but purple)
Deadpool - Sauron wave

the heavy gun muzzle flash is just an iron man hand\foot blast that we have plenty of.

the other is from a mezco punisher gun. with the tiniest bit of a mod

Thank you Gents!

I see random figures tossed into each wave, I was wondering if we may ever see characters from Age of Apocalypse or 2099. I would love to get an updated Sunfire or a Ghostrider 2099. Sunfire would basically only really need to be a regular figure with clear orange plastic with a new molded head and the neck ring and Ghostrider 2099 can be made from a Colossus figure with a Ghostrider Head, Cable boots and some rubber parts for a biker jacket and wires... Okay plus the chainsaw replacement hand. I know Ghostrider 2099 was obscure and from way back in the past but not more obscure than some of the more recent peg warmers that I am seeing. I would love to build them myself but i feel like my customs are a bit delicate and would only be for display. Any ideas? 2020?

I agree. I personally like that Loki better. I figure I'll keep that one with my Asguard characters while the upcoming one will be placed with my Avenger villains. I love hearing other people's opinions as well when it comes to these toys. It makes for good conversation. :)

Random question has anyone heard from Captain Nash lately?

He is usually pretty active on here, but hasn't posted in over a month.

We were working on a deal together and as much as I want to the deal to be completed I am more concerned something happened to him. Hopefully all is well, and neither one of us had sent money or figures so no one is out anything. Just a bit concerned for a fellow collector.

Come to think of it, it has been a while since Nash was here. I seem to remember him saying that he'd be taking some time away, either from the forums or the collecting game, but I may be mistaken.

Either way, I hope he's doing well.

Yea I noticed that as well. He’s usually on everyday. I hope everything is fine with him. He probably just wanted a break from toyark and the forums haha.

Anyway does anyone happen to have Armored Thanos parts for trade? Or That Black widow/Hawkeye Endgame two pack for trade? I’m mainly looking for the Black widow head.