Solid Vision, Blade, and Black Costume Ms. Marvel. Also Warpath (both versions), Thanos, flamed on Human Torch, and Deaths Mask Archangel.

I go my astral strange through a trade with a fellow arker. Infact, ALL of my rare figures have came from here. And the majority of those came from peterparker :)

I'm tempted to put metal absorbing man on that list only because he was annoying at retail and I had to find other alternatives on getting him.

While I open most everything. My metal abby, iron patriot variant, and compound hulk are still MOC. I actually felt a little guilty for opening my dark ms marvel (long hair)...for about 5 seconds

It all depends on if you keep your figs MOC or not, because I don't and I've gotten pretty lucky with finding all the rare ones without having to spend a shit ton of money(depending on who you ask). People don't seem to like ebay much 'round these parts, but if you keep looking you will get lucky.

Is Mary Jane rare? I won one on Ebay a few months back for £3, which is like 5 dollars? Immediately sold it on to another arker for around 9 bucks shipped because I didn't like the look of it in hand

I'd trade Astral Doc for a Professor X or Blastarr right now...and those will probable be everywhere in a month or so...Variants are cool and all, but I have SO MANY "extras" of some characters now!

been trying to get a moc strange for months now

I feel you. I need that Professor X in a bad way. He is figure I will probably buy every time I see him. One day I'm likely going to post pictures of my wall full of MOC Xaviers lol.

I know I'm a year late but do you still have that Archangel up for trade?

Late to the party, but quoted for truth. Petey is my supplier for MOC gems and Fancy is my supplier for loose gems! I got my masked Archangel, Blade, Moonstone Ms. Marvel, and long haired Winter Soldier from here too! To answer the initial question I think solid Vison, unmasked Iron Patriot, and Blade take the cake. Classic Havok, XF Warpath, and MJ (since I've never been able to find another one) are up there too.

For me it's all because I can not buy it in this country øvøv.
I can only find it on intrenette.

But I will say.

Vision
Archangel (X-Force)
Havok Classic
Ms.. Marvel Red Classic Costume (Moonstone Version)
Blade
Doctor Strange Astral Form Version
Hawkeye & Pile Driver

The ones that seem hardest to find for me are:

1. Vision (Really!) Why they don't make another version of this guy is unbelievable!
2. Luke Cage variant the regular version (Yeah, right, there's one w/ a white t-shirt!)
3. Ms. Marvel variant w/long blond hair (Think, I have seen her once!)
4. Mary Jane (Regret not getting her when I had the chance!)
5. Dark Galactus w/Surfer (Heard Rumor that this is out in the wild!, Huh!)
6. Iron-Patriot (Now you see him, then now you don't kind a fig, Not a peg warmer!)
7. 3-pack FF w/clear Sue (Seen it, once...and never again!)
8. Blade (Never seen MOC in the wild, searched night and day, but no Day-Walker.)
9. Warpath either version (Did they really make this fig for retail distribution?)
10. War-Machine IM2 Comic Fig (MU related, and only fig from series have not seen.)

That's what I can think of from the top of my head!

He was at TRU Canada for a long time. We got him instead of the classic version. One or two had showed up at discount stores but extremely rare.

Finally a member of the infamous Ark!

...my 2 cents:

1. Solid Vision
2. X-force Archangel
3. Nick Fury
4. Deathmask Archangel
5. Classic Havok
6. Blade
7. Norman Osborn Iron Patriot
8. Dark Avengers Ms. Marvel
9. Family Dollar Thor (blue hammer)
10. Family Dollar WWII Cap (light blue)
11. Light blue Bullseye
12. Unmasked Doom
13. Red/blue Warpath
14. Astral Strange
15. Jean Grey
16. Light blue Torch
17. Flame-on Torch
18. Black Panther
19. Cable w/Hope
20. X-men Origins Astonishing Wolverine (mask pulled down around neck)
21. Warpath X-force single
22. Cap Britain
23. Sunfire
24. Professor X
25. Red Skull

they never sold well either. i waited to get mine on clearance for 25 bucks then they where all gone the next day like magic to "somewhere"

liquidation i guess

the only figure i have never seen in person was x-force warpath

The clear variant Sue pack is still here on a shelf at a target. Otherwise, decent list!

P.S. I have Dark Avengers Ms. Marvel and black costume ms. Marvel, Blade, and Mary Jane I could all stand to part ways with. Trying to fund a vacation soon, so it wouldn't break my heart to let them go if someone is interested. :P (They're all loose though.. most should have everything inlcuded as well as the top secret cards.)

Sent you a pm.

Firestar

IMO the Norman Osborne Iron Patriot variant can't be that rare... I still remember when he was first found; he was like the first and only unannounced surprise MU variant that nobody ever heard about until he was actually found on a retail peg. Everybody thought he would be super rare and BBTS even charged 400 bucks for the lone one they had I think... but then he showed up everywhere 2 per case in the Wrecker wave that pretty much flooded retail. I bet most people that wanted one found one or were able to trade for one early on.

Also the flame-on Human Torch variant actually go re-released much later on in a revision case... which I think is the only time a variant was ever re-released... so he can't be that rare either IMO.

Flame on Human Torch wasnt a variant, it was a regular release. He was #007 of the first series. #011 was Johnny Storm in light blue and there was a variant in the dark blue FF costume.

Isn't Giant Man the rarest?

Yeah but he can't hold a candle to the ML Scarlet Witch Rick Astley variant lol :PBJ

here's my list for rarest:
1: nick fury mail away figure
2: blade
3: luke cage variant
4: vision
5: 1st punisher
6: giant man reg. or variant
7: baghead spidey
8: galactus variant

id say the "silver baghead" is the rarest of all,so few in existence.
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:)wouldn't that just fly off at the speeds he goes? :p