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Thanks everyone for great feedback. It's rare to find a pleasant forum anymore. I will keep an eye out for all the figures mentioned above. I agree with Drew and Pud about buying what you like then going from there. I figured if I'm going to be out there buying I may as well know what I'm looking at. I wanted to get my boy the major Marvel players before branching out. From there my old collectors habits start kicking in and I think about buying doubles but I'll just let the lil dude play with them.

Pud: I have noticed some of the unmasked head sculpts leave something to be desired, Hulk and Thor inspecific.

Tarquinius: Thanks for the links they managed to eat a bunch of my time.The companion lines do throw a kink into things. I bought the Iron Man Mark IV from the Iron Man line because I liked the head sculpt much better than th MU version. I think I'll buy Wolverine from Origins if I can find his yellow costume. I bought a black spidey from the Spiderman line but wish I'd have waited to get one with better articulation.

Drew: I found the TRU firestar/iceman/spidey three pack on clearance but I passed choosing to spend my money on figures he would enjoy. I think it was $12 or so.