I wonder when the next live stream is going to be.

I'm guessing early-ish June, before the last live stream they said they only have one more before SDCC which is the end of July

Three years ago I set out on an X-citing journey to read X-Men from the very beginning up through the end of the Claremont run. That adventure is complete as I have now read through all 280 issues of the series, not to mention all of its annuals, crossovers, and side stories that were released throughout the years. From Kirby and Lee to Claremont and Lee, what started out as a rough, slow as molasses read eventually became one of the greatest comic books ever written, if not THE greatest. Claremont taking over X-Men after its revivial with Giant Sized was the smartest decision ever made as the man turned copper into gold. While the original team were an interesting quintet of characters, it was the second generation that became the definitive X-Men team with Storm being my personal favorite of them all, though, the roster of Storm, Wolverine, Phoenix, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Colossus, and Cyclops is tough to rank.

Nevertheless, every character was fleshed out as they were written like real people rather than something you would see in a Saturday Morning cartoon. Heroes lived, heroes died. Villains reformed. All that happened felt like a natural progression. Not everything was always golden, as there were areas where the series slowed down, especially with the material that sat between the Brood saga and the arrival of Nimrod. However, the series always bounced back to quality and story arcs were vastly diverse. X-Men rarely stayed formulaic as just when things were starting to get stale, the status quo was shaken with a new twist or turn that shifted the storyline to a new setting. The team roster was ever changing and while sometimes I wished a member would have stayed longer, it kept you on your toes because you now had a new character to learn about. Granted, I will never say I liked everyone who joined the X-Men, as Longshot was not someone I found relatable while Jubilee always had to make some sort of snide comment and never shut up. On the other, the villains tended to be fantastic with each threat being credible. What started out over-using Magneto ended up leading into newer adversaries like Dark Phoenix, the Hellfire Club, Mr Sinister, and the Shadow King. We even witnessed an evolution to the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and the Sentinels with a possible dark future ahead of them.

All in all, this series was uncanny and can even rival those who say, "American comics are dumb compared to Japanese manga," as it can even give the best manga a run for its money. It's quite apparent that the industry was not prepared for a comic that touched on social issues such as racism at the time due how much of a hit the series was in the 70s and 80s, creating its own spin-offs with New Mutants and X-Factor, that eventually lead into a multitude of others over the years. Reading these stories in order, and many for the first time ever, has been a feat and a great one at that. I don't think I will ever find a comic run that will ever match the magnitude of what Claremont accomplished ever again.

Born Again Daredevil came back for preorder on Amazon but now its $31.99 price not $24.99.

They can keep him at that price.

I noticed a bunch of the gamerverse Spider-Man figures are at that price as well on Amazon

Shanna looks fantastic! Can't wait to add her to my mini Savage Land setup

Amazon is now listing Maximum Hulk at $82.99. This isn’t Hasbro. Is Amazon trying to loose themselves sales or what?

Seems like it spdont it. ;)

GameStop raised their prices as well. So far, Pulse seems to be the only website with unchanged prices.

GameStop has always been a bit expensive but ya they want $37.99 for McFarlane CE figures

It’s back down to $59.99 looks like Amazon is just price gouging. Changing prices randomly

I just noticed that, but how long is it going to last?

Selling off a ton of X-Men. Prices include shipping to US, but I am open for negotiation, especially if you want multiples.

X-Men Lot - $100
97 Jean - $35
97 Cyclops - $40
97 Wolverine - $40
97 Bishop - $35
Mohawk Storm - $30
White Lee Storm - $30
Omega Red - $50
Rogue - $40

I thought the No Way Home Lizard would suck but with the new legs, arms, and head/neck plus the new paint job it's actually pretty cool

And thankfully I'm finally able to complete my
No Way Home Final Battle shelf

By chance could someone take a photo of Pretty Boy's head on Chamber's body? I want to make a kitbashed 50s greaser figure and in my head that seems like a great combo but I have neither figure.

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Amazon got in the Legends Gamerverse Venom. He's certainly a larger figure as he stands close to 11 inches tall, this combined with his still having a full articulation scheme actually makes the $60 price feel almost justified. He's got some alternate pieces for display options (the grabber tendril as seen in my pic functions as an alt hand) but no actual accessories are included. Having noted that, I'm not really sure what he would have come with besides his pet rock. He looks good and mine handles quite well so I've got no regrets with this purchase.

Update to my Storm.

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I don't think itll work well for a custom since Chamber has that psychic fire sculpt on his torso or its part of his head.

It's a part of the head sculpt. It's as simple as popping his head off and putting on Pretty Boy's. The things I don't know is whether the fit and sizing between the two is good.

Here you go.

Yeah, the fire on Chamber is more lke a hipster beard than actual flames coming out of his body.

He looks like a 60’s spy. ;)

Thank you I appreciate it. If I do it I'm thinking I might paint the shirt white.

You may need to paint the neck as well because the neck itself is black while the hinge disc is flesh colored.

Good call. Of course Hasbro didn't paint it since they figured the neck isn't openly visible.

I picked up an extra Rogue from the Destiny 2 pack recently. I was hoping to put a different head on the body, but no other Rogue head seems to fit. I was bummed. Oh well.
Hope everyone is doing well. I haven't posted in a while.