[Kirathis]

It is a sad day when we realize that the lies we tell ourselves are just that. Oh my Legends lies, how I will miss you.

Today's journey of self discovery began with a stop at TRU in search of Taskmaster, Scourge and perhaps (because I have convinced myself I need as many Shield agents as possible) Mockingbird and Sharon Carter. Of the four, only Scourge was had. Then as I stood there staring at the 4 Caps and 2 Copperheads, the lone Whirlwind appeared in my hand. A figure I had no intention of buying and quite frankly always thought looked somewhat ridiculous. And yet, said figure left the row, was carried to the checkout line and promptly purchased.

Fast forward to about an hour ago as I head from work to Meijer for groceries. Hey, I may as well make a swing by the currently being revamped toy isle with those virtually empty Legends pegs right? Just a couple Rhino wave figures but hey, stacks of toy boxes and an eager to help and only slightly judgy employee ready to help me look through them. What should I find? A box containing the illusive Taskmaster which began today's journey? No. Rather a full box of the Absorbing Man wave. Of this wave, the only figure I had full intention of buying was Ben Reilly. Spider-Gwen was a possibility. I do not understand the hype but I dig the costume design and can always use more female characters. And yet, as I stand there holding both, I begin to debate the remainder of the case. As a relatively new collector, the only Venom in my collection is of the Agent variety and the new one is quite impressive. Morbius, Beetle and Jack hold virtually no interest for me. However Speed Demon holds unexpected appeal. As I pull the four figures from the box and place them in my cart, the still slightly judgy employee takes the box and heads to stock the remainders on the peg, thankfully averting my gaze long enough to prevent me from buying more than the 4 I had.

So what does this ungodly long-winded post mean? If you (lets face it, did not skip over my ramblings) recall, this post began with a comment about lies we tell ourselves. I have long stated that I hope for waves of figures I do not care about and thus will not need to buy with a few I do want mixed in here and there. And yet, as I look at the more than one Wolverine (perhaps my most loathed character, Deadpool RULES, Wolvie DROOLS) in my collection, along with the entire Ant-Man wave which I had no intention of buying and then saw the movie, I find I am without a doubt completely full of crap. I am a slave to these 6" plastic characters and my willpower is but a dream with new figures in my sights.