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Originally Posted by 3233rafael

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, I hate mohawk headed Storm. Did Toy Biz every do a proper one? Like the Byrne costume? Or did they just do a black version of the 90s costume with the mohawk head?

Speaking of X-Men:

Comics:

I've decided I'm going to read all of the stories that lead up to the Fall of Mutants issues (which is only like 3 issues for each series) before I read the main story. I've read all of the X-Men stories that lead up to it, which were good, but I am not a fan of punk rocker powerless Storm one bit. On the other hand, I have been enjoying the stuff with the rest of the team and the Marauders, but I am confused, who the heck is Madelyn Pryor? They save her, she says she had married Scott and they had a kid together. WTF?! When did all that happen? Also, how come it seems like every Marvel womanl that gets married to a main hero is a red head? We have Jean Grey, MJ, and now this Madelyn Pryor? Come on, can we get some variation? Other than that, these issues have rocked.

The issue with Gray Hulk was also really good.

And then we come to New Mutants. What the hell? These stories have been average so far, but the worst part has been Magneto. Why is he running the school? When did he become part of the Hellfire Club, and if he is part of them, why is he working with Xavier? However, most of all, since when did Magneto become a person who discriminates? The last issue I read had him want to turn some bird man in just because the bird man isn't remotely human. THAT IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT MAGNETO WOULD DO!!!!

Anyway, the stories have been mediocre so far, and it might be because I just have no attachment to these characters at all, so it makes it hard for me to care about them. Okay, one is Magick, cool, I have her toy, but she looks nothing like that version here. Cannonball and Wolfbane are there. Wake me up when they join the X-Force and become important. As for the rest, I don't even know who they are or if they serve any purpose later on, but I really don't care.

Animated Series DVDs:

I finished Volume 2 and watched the two episodes on Volume 5 that come before Volume 3 (kind of), and my god, the animation in that Longshot episode is probably the worst of the entire series. The characters were tall and lanky in some parts of the episode, Jubilee would sometimes have her coat on, sometimes off, colors would change between frames of even the same still shot, etc. Not to mention it was just a down right poorly written episode to begin with. That was by far the worst episode of the series thus far.

That episode aside, the series has remained quite enjoyable. The Archangel's revenge episode was really well done, but of course the highlight of the series thus far has been The Phoenix Saga. I love that 5 parter despite the fact that Phoenix is barely even in it. In fact, if there was one thing I would change in this series, it would have been having Jean be Phoenix for the entire season and kick off Season 4 with The Dark Phoenix Saga. Jean is a far more interesting character when she is Phoenix.

Toy Talk:

Uh... I hope Hasbro shows off some good stuff at SDCC next week. They really need to show some more classic Spidey villains though and some of the better X-Men characters and versions of them.