[Nexodusrex]

ok, i havent really posted any real reaction yet other than updating my top 10. I was thinking new thread, but that would seem conceited. I went to a casino on saturday during the press conference, and while I was losing my money, I actually stopped everything, exited the casino, sat in the car with the AC on, and read the press conference on my phone live. so here goes. I'll skip the movie stuff cause its a given

- Marvel Universe had a very strong year. I have to somewhat call BS on this. While its true they are selling, they arent selling in my area. I've yet to physically see any wave beyond 2011 wave 1 in retail, only aquiring wave 2 and 3 through the internet. half of my walmarts continue to not even carry MU, as does all of my Toysrus's. I was very pleased today, however, when I walked into Target, saw a whopping 8 pegs devoted to Marvel Universe, with a good selection of figures, including the thanos wave. the comic pack pegs werent that packed, and I saw the cap comic packs but not in an abundance. makes me feel happy that there is a good upswing coming for Dayton Ohio. anyway

- 2012 Figure assortments. Holy Crap was this awesome. Hasbro delivered big time! While my two personal top 2's, Rogue and Ares, were conspiquious, there is still time for them. But man oh man. Beast, Hulk, Beta Ray Bill, Kraven, Kang, Scarlet Witch, Nighthawk, Nova, Puck, Hercules, Jubilee. These got me excited, but not as excited as I was for SHEHULK AND PUNISHER. I have complained and complained about how terrible the Punishers we've gotten were. Just TERRIBLE. But this new one....COMPLETEL REDEEMS HASBRO. He had Holsters, He had a Knife Holster, His hands werent Gigantic, everything was proportioned perfectly. If he has a peg hole in his back so I can mount GIJoe weapons on him I will personally find the president of Hasbro's Marvel Division and Kiss Him, With Tongues.
Then theres Shehulk. THANK YOU HASBRO. Finally a Tall Muscle Woman Mold! Shehulks mold is the beginning of a large influx of female figures. Lyra, Thundra, Titania, Red Shehulk, F4 Shehulk, Anaconda, the list goes on and on!

- Fin Fang Foom Masterworks. If you'll scroll up, You'll see I totally called this one. Marvel has super tall characters, but not that many that could really qualify for a masterworks. The fact that Fin Fang Foom appears to be mostly a new sculpt, makes me very happy, but he's not green. Orange Foom isnt really foom but the Midgard Serpent in disguise. So wheres the green foom? Needless to say, this saves me money as I was going to buy a fin fang foom from ebay but you know how those prices are. now I can get one retail

- Marvel Legends : Now I know I've gone on the record to say ML scares me as a MU collector, cause I'm afraid it would take resources out of MU. Not anymore. MU had a very strong showing that made me very happy. So I was looking at ML, thinking about my past days as an ML Collector before I quit after the brood wave, and 2 thoughts came to mind. well 3 if you count the "Hasbro needs to shrink that hope for MU NOW". That Arnim Zola....isnt really that big. for a BAF, he's normal size. Kinda depresses me as I always thought the BAFs should be the larger characters, though we had crossbones and such...But thats not my real gripe. my real gripe is that from the getgo for ML, Hasbro is already reusing molds. Even worse, they arent even trying to hide it with webgear or anything. Wave 1 Ironman, the Extremis Ironman, is just a repaint of the same figure availible in the Ironman Avengers 6inch line. Same figure, same concept, just a different shade of red or gold. Thats pretty lame to start out like that. Same figures on the shelf, which one is the parent going to buy? the cheaper Avengers Ironman figure.

- Q&A. Man did that suck this year. I wanted to hear about things like distribution and stuff. People need to ask the good questions for once. The only real answer I wanted to hear was about hasbro toy shop's lame bulk shipments.