[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

It was a stretch for me to say he'd work, but I don't have one so I obviously wouldn't actually know. Which Toxin are you referring to? The old toy biz one or the new legends one with the rat teeth? I have the toy biz one and stiff joints aside he's still pretty enjoyable, I passed on the new one because I disliked the look completely. I have the full Venom vs Carnage series where Toxin debuted and I actually did rather like him even though he was yet another symbiote character. Killing Patrick off page and then just conveniently having Toxin wind up on Brock upset me (I didn't read any of the Flash Venom so I don't know the full story) but it did allow a terrific cover. Unfortunately the Toxin we see in the new comics is some kind of weird spaghetti monster mess.

En Sabah, I posted some pictures of the select Venom with the recent ASM2 Spidey on my previous post in an edit. You can see the glaring size difference.

I liked the new Toxin figure, despite the rat teeth. He's about as simple of a figure as it gets, bulky and menacing. My only gripes with it were his exaggerated fore-arms, which weren't a real deal breaker, and his feet, which Hasbro went really cheap on and left them virtually unchanged from the Hyperion buck. They are literally bulky painted boots, with a sole and all. Would it have killed them to just fill in the line going around where the sole meets to foot, making it more streamlined?

I also have a painted head from the old Mac Gargan Scorpion Venom (the one with the tail) that works perfectly with Toxin, but the inside of the head needs to be shaved a bit to fit the ball joint, which I haven't gotten around to doing. Though, I don't mind that rat toothed head mold so much as it grew on me a bit.

While I'm a Venom fan though and through (he's hands down my favorite Marvel Character) I really hated the watering down he's went through over the years. I was not a big fan of the Mac Gargan swap and the treatment of Eddie Brock's character has been horrible. I really loved where they were going with the Anti-Venom spin, it was awesome seeing him take it to crime again, and the new spin on his powers were wicked. Of course, Marvel couldn't leave well enough alone, killing off Anti-Venom, and bringing back Toxin from out of nowhere.

While I wasn't a fan of Brock being the new Toxin, I took the time to read his appearances in the newer Venom series (which is a nice take, but I'm still not a fan of the Flash Thompson thing,) and it grew on me. The symbiote hunter angle for Toxin also made total sense, as the Toxin Symbiote wants nothing more than to get rid of it's parents, and it's nice to see Eddie Brock back as the superior symbiote holder of the group, nearly killing Venom in the process before calling a truce. Now if only comic book artists could give us a definitive, more stable look for the character, instead of making him as you said...a giant pile of spaghetti poo monster.

I guess Eddie Brock is to me with Venom what Guy Gardner or Hal Jordan might be to a Green Lantern fan. It just depends on your preference of flavor. Everyone has their favorites, and mine has always been Brock.