^ Yup... AoA Apocalypse is awesome. Honestly if the red parts were a darker blue instead I would probably prefer this version over the BAF version full stop.

I will point out that Sean and Shiro were not new characters at this point, and Shiro left the team after one mission. Thunderbird then died less than three issues after his debut, leaving Storm as the only recognizably non-white character (Nightcrawler doesn't even look human so he's exempt from this discussion) so racially the team wasn't really diverse.

Anyway, we're all getting way off-topic.

I'm not interested in that movie Venom but I am interested to see what comic figures they could maybe use it for.

Size comparison.

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Watched a review of the Storm and Thunderbird 2 pack, Storm looks great. The reviewer mentioned that Dwight said if they had to do another Banshee he was leaving the brand, does anyone know how accurate that is?

He did say that but I think he was being sarcastic. He was talking about how they're redoing all the old early Hasbro figures and how the wave with Banshee was the first one he ever worked on.

Thanks again, User. Just keeping things handy and easy for me to access...

It's just a running joke among his interviews since the old Banshee is one of the first Legends Dwight worked on and it came out....not so great. So he always jokes around saying that redeeming himself for that old Banshee figure would be the culmination of his life's work and there'd be no more reason to go on.

But I'm almost positive Banshee is on a short list for X-Men characters to do next. I'm almost certain we'll see him within the next 2 years since he's the last member of GSXM needed (without factoring in the need for Phoenix and Cyclops re-releases).

Think it's possible going forward that they'll put an AoA character or two into the standard waves instead of doing a whole second AoA wave?

Also why does Silk need gripping hands?

I could see it. Rogue and Gambit are really popular wants.

I'd rather just see a second dedicated wave but I could see some of the less radical redesigns, like Magneto, being slipped in to a standard wave. I also have doubts that an AoA BAF would be well received in a non-AoA wave, except for maybe Nemesis because he spent some time in the main universe.

As someone who skipped the AOA stuff, I’d be irritated if it was in a standard wave. I like it being separate, so that I don’t have to buy any of it. What would annoy me more than an AOA BAF in a mixed wave is a non-AOA BAF in a mixed wave, necessitating the purchase of AOA figures for a 616 character.

I didn't bite but I noticed that ebay had a listing yesterday for Storm/Thunderbird in hand, for less than $100. I really considered it. I know it's twice as much as retail but it potentially could be worth saving the trouble to trying track this down. Of course, the set could also show back up on their website 10/4.

So I guess my local Target had some leftover stock from the Warlock wave? Because I found Cyclops and Colossus on the pegs today. Very strange considering I remember these two being the hardest figures to find from the wave.

Do the discounted retailers i.e. Ross/TJmaxx ever get legend figures? Curious, don't think I've ever seen them.

Sometimes. It's been a while since I've seen any of note. Last one I really recall seeing was the Walmart-exclusive "Vibranium Armor" Black Panther (AKA Pink Panther), which was there in solid cases-worth, about... a year or so ago?

I haven't seen Ross get any Hasbro figures in in like 2 years. I used to buy tons of clearanced GI Joes at Ross back when the anniversary line was a thing.

On rare occasion. The last legends i saw were Walmart civil war falcon, winter soldier and the pink highlights black panther.

Short of buying a Mezco OML just for the baby carrying backpack- what's everyone doing with the Hulkling? I used a Mythic Legion belt and some sticky-tac to go with the Baby Bjorn look...
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It's been awhile but I've some at Marshall's

Deadpool and NegaSonicTeenageWarHead came in from Amazon today...

Worka miracle getting those desert eagles out of those holsters undamaged. Then tell us how ya did it. :D

Well, first I'm going to try using the Force...

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...and if that doesn't work I'll give HotWater a go. :D

“And i want a death star....a stuffed ewokacorn....a red and black porg.......and my own imperial shuttle in red and blavk. Oh and a black n red bladed lightsaber.”

Picked this up today at Game stop Crappy photo.
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