Originally Posted by Dr Kain (Post 672046)

I've been meaning to ask, but why does Juggernaut come with a belt? Is that from a more recent addition to the comics? I don't remember him having a belt.

Originally Posted by DarkToyLord (Post 672029)

@ Great pics...thanks...
Man...i really really REALLY don't like that cat version of Beast...in comics...in figures..in ANYTHING..and that middle figure
in the yellow...UGGGGGHHHHH....I've been consciously trying to refrain from talking overly negative about figs that people
may care about...but that thing is gawd ugly..lol
i want the classic...and i want that Dark Gear..but not the cat faced one.
it is amazing how some of those figs have really held up for this long because SOME from that era were not so great...
I just got that Cyke in the mail two days ago..

Originally Posted by Captain Nash (Post 672030)

Throwing in my support for non-support for Saggy Diaper Beast.

Originally Posted by Nitelife (Post 672031)

Grumpy Cat....hes mutated and thowing mutants around! ;) ( it had to be said haha )

Originally Posted by Dr Kain (Post 672046)

I've been meaning to ask, but why does Juggernaut come with a belt? Is that from a more recent addition to the comics? I don't remember him having a belt.

Originally Posted by ultraman zoffy (Post 672036)

Man, Zoe Saldana is TOO fine...

Originally Posted by richaveli83 (Post 672032)

I had a similar experience this morning. I used brickseek site and a bunch of Target stores in my area listed as being available. I went to the one that's the closest to me and sure enough all I see on the pegs is Hawkeye,Misty Knight, and Hellcat.

Originally Posted by donmeca2020 (Post 672042)

I wish i had gotten black cat and toxin when i had saw them a long while back. Unfortunately now you cant find that wave any longer at least not here in south Florida.

Originally Posted by Phantomcrow (Post 672047)

For those looking for the Disco IM and War Machine Legends 2 pack, the page is up on the Target site. DCPI number is at the bottom of the page.

Originally Posted by DarkToyLord (Post 672063)

and totally :offtopic

ever had a Hero your forgot you really liked?!?..
while digging through the digital collection yesterday i came across this:
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psc3ccrh9f.jpg

I used to really like this comic and this dude...i guess he lives in the Obliviverse now..
I'd love an action figure of him...
I have the whole run of his comic..and there's even a crossover with him and Spider-Man...totally forgot about that one...

Originally Posted by Startaiger (Post 672067)

Backlash is still part of the DC universe, but...
Seriously, it's a total waste

Originally Posted by donmeca2020 (Post 672069)

Nash and Kain, i definitely feel your hunting woes. there are times i go to numerous stores hoping to find SOMETHING new, and i usually 9 out of 10 times end up walking out empty handed, with less time, and at least a quarter tank of gas or so gone in this hunt.

I've been on the prowl for a Panther ( no pun intended ) lol and i usually can't even find that particular wave anywhere.

Originally Posted by DarkToyLord (Post 672068)

damn that's right....TOTALLY FORGOT about that!!
why would DC not BEEF UP their roster with some of the heavy hitters they have rights too...smh...

Originally Posted by Captain Nash (Post 672070)

At this point since I'm starting to order more stuff online in cases it's not so much a hunt for something as just seeing what's out there, and what I may pick up on the fly.

The only thing that I think is out (i've heard it's out but I'm still not sure, I think it's a unicorn at this point) is the TRU 3 pack with Kate Bishop. Toys R US always give me exactly what I expect with that though - nothing.

Besides in busy life times nowadays I'm only doing a "hunt" about once every two weeks, and mainly then it's just to hang out with a long time friend of mine, who while has gotten out of the collecting hobby, still has an interest in seeing what's out there. To me that's more of the purpose than finding something. If I find something in the stores that's just a bonus.

My promise still stands though if I see a BP out there, I'll pick him up. I know he's still much in need and I have no idea how shipping of that wave is going to go at this oint. If it's going to show up massively in 2-3 months or just never make it out of the warehouse and continue to be scarce at retail. I mean, I'm sure Hasbro had a normal amount of the figures produced and I'm sure they don't want the product to just be produced and never shipped.

Originally Posted by donmeca2020 (Post 672078)

Yea see i never wanted that entire wave, only Nick fury and panther. i just don't see it being worth it buying an entire wave unless you want damn near all of them.

Originally Posted by Captain Nash (Post 672080)

Right, I hear you. That wave I did not preorder online but I have all three of the ones past that (Space Venom, Juggy and whenever it does ship Abomination).

The Giant Man wave though, it's like nothing I've seen before as far as Hasbro distribution goes. It's one thing for a particular figure to be short packed and rare, but this is an entire wave. It reminds me of the Toy Biz days.....or maybe the Walmart exclusive waves for Nemesis and Ares when I am not sure Hasbro knew what the hell they were going to do with the Legends line. Certainly like nothing we've seen (or not seen ha!) since the rebirth of legends.

Originally Posted by Dr Kain (Post 671992)

Target Frustrations:

So this site called Brickseek says several of my Targets have the X-Men wave.

I go to the one about 5 minutes away and their scanners say they don't have the wave even in the stockroom.

Target #2, which is about 15 minutes away says they have them in the stockroom, but can't find them, and they have already done their reset.

Target #3, which is 45 minutes away, in the crappy neighborhood, has done their reset, but says they won't be selling them until Sunday and that I was the tenth guy in today looking for them.

WTF???!!!!

Comic Talk:

So I finished reading The Fall of the Mutants today.

X-Men arc - This arc was very slow moving but the end result was quite good despite it getting way too convoluted. I liked seeing the X-Men finally be shown the heroes they really are and I did find the stuff dealing with the Trickster interesting. On the other hand, I don't understand how Storm lost her powers nor do I buy that her powers just genetically stopped working because she didn't want them anymore, but the overall plot dealing with her journey was an enjoyabe one. I kind of wish I could get the aftermath issues now to see what they do since the world thinks they are dead. I do wish there was a little more with Sinister in this though. The Hulk side story was nothing but filler, but it was entertaining filler.

New Mutants arc - BORING!! The story got a little bit better as it went along, but as a whole, it was bland. The whole Dr Moreau plot didn't make any sense at all and it didn't leave me wanting to read anything beyond it. I am curious about the stuff dealing with Magick though as she was the best character in those issues. I will admit I did get a laugh out of the McDonald's stuff in there. On the other hand, Magneto felt very out of character to me.

X-Factor arc - I have mixed feelings on this. The stuff dealing with The Right was mediocre, but it probably would have been improved if I had read this series from the start. Scott is very incosistent as one minute he is pinning over Jean and then the next he is all depressed because he thinks Madelyn is dead. Alternatively, the stuff with Apocalypse was well done and now it pains me that he didn't even have his damn ship in the recent movie. I completely forgot about that. I loved finally reading the first appearance of Archangel as he was always one of my favorite X-Men when growing up. The rest of the Four Horsemen were average and the side stories did nothing to help. In fact, I felt the side stories were kind of boring. The Power Pack one was down right terrible while the Captain America one was mediocre. It wasn't terrible, but I didn't feel like it accoplished anything nor did it really have to be a crossover when Famine just teleported away and nothing was every accomplished. The DareDevil story was the best of them as I liked how it was just showing some of the impact of the battle was having on the citizens of NYC. Although, they seemed awfully quick to assume the world was coming to an end when this stuff happens on a regular basis. The Fantastic Four issue that takes place during the aftermath was pretty awful too. Obviously I have no idea what is going on, which didn't help. Why is there a female Thing? When did Sue get black circles in her hair? Why was Doctor Doom kicked out of his country by a Doom impersonator? You know what, I don't really care because this doesn't even feel like the FF to me. Where is Reed in all of this?

Oh, I forgot about the side story with Hulk earlier in the arc. That was good although I'm trying to figure out how he got across country in the span of one issue. Wolverine met him in Dallas and then he is suddenly on the other side of the country for the X-Factor in the span of what seemed like a few hours.

Overall, despite the negatives, I enjoyed reading this story arc because when it was good, it was really damn good. There are things that would have had better context to me if I knew everything going on beforehand, but that is okay. That is the nature of reading older comics, it is nearly impossible to read everything in order.

Time to journey backwards in Uncanny Omnibus Volume 1!!

Originally Posted by Exodus (Post 672101)

Yeah my Targets are still swimming with old stuff hope they get rid of them, and my TRU's are swimming with the first wave of Captain America still.

With the comic talk you should try reading the other X-Titles like Necrosha and Second Coming those are great.

Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic (Post 672102)

"Halt Mutant!..."

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...728_133023.jpg

"Sugah...you just picked the wrong girl to get handsy with..."

Originally Posted by ariellagunas (Post 672094)

The Collector's Vault arrived today.
I might be stating the blatantly obvious, but Lockjaw and Cosmo don't fit with 4" MU. They fit with ML 6", quite well. I'm aware that Lockjaw sometimes gets drawn ginormous, but I'm glad is not too big, so it can just about fit on my FF display.