[VonPooten]

@Starlord I know, dust on figures is a pain, but it's also a real pain cleaning them! Hence why I invested in a couple of cheap-ish cabinets, which help with upkeep, and they make the display of "children's" toys in an adult's house look more... professional.

As for Jean, I am certainly going to mod ToyBiz's Phoenix head to fit on the new figure. Not a big fan of the head they chose. It's fine for Jean Jean, but it hardly screams "Fire and Life Incarnate."

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Originally Posted by Byrnes

I don't worry about it getting off topic in regards to comics myself. I mean really that's what Marvel Legends are based on for the most part. I'm finding it fun to have a connection to the comic and the figure.

Sometimes I'll see a figure and have no clue who it is. And I'm like that sucks. Then I read a comic and I'm like sweet, Machine Man has some cool powers. Now I like the figure way better.

And vise versa, I'll be super excited when a figure from a comic I like is released.

@ VanPooten, is that recent X-men? My head spins when I'm in the comic shop trying to find an X-Men title to read. I started picking up the new Uncanny-Men, it's not bad. But the All New All Different is horrible. But that art looks really good. Is it just simply "X-Men"? With all the comic changes lately after Secret Wars it's hard for me to figure out what's out there.

I feel exactly the same way. I wasn't too familiar with the BAF Hobgoblin aside from him being a part of Dan Slott's run, so I read the relevant story, and he's an interesting character! A little willingness to read up on characters you don't know gives the respective figures far more value.

As for that series I posted an excerpt from, it was from 2011/12 I believe, just before Avengers vs X-Men. You can find the story in the trade "X-Men: Blank Generation." It was Brian Wood's first venture into X-territory, and he does a bang up job! His Storm in particular is wonderful, and as you can see, David Lopez has the chops.