[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Initial Thoughts:

Spider-Girl - My least favorite out of the wave. I just don't care about a futuristic daughter of Hawkeye and whomever. The figure itself is okay but I'm really getting tired of these females Spideys that don't come with any alternate hands.

Silk - Kind of suffers the same problems as what I just said about Ashley, but at least she comes with an unmasked head and bandanna.

Electro - I love and hate this figure all at the same time. I love the classic head, but I hate that he doesn't come with non-lightning hands. Thankfully, the ones from Speed Demon work okay even though they aren't the same shade. The paint detail are fantastic here.

Great set of shots as always Doctor...Here's why I love these guys so much...



I'm not sure if you noticed it, as I posted in the middle of the night and we all got caught up in the whole "holy grail" discussion, but the all of the hands for the Alfather Iron Fist work perfectly with Electro and involve no modifications if you don't mind a glove-less look to the character.



Another thing I've noticed with these last two waves of figures, is there appears to be a change in the way that Hasbro is constructing them. All of the pegs for the hands on both the X-Men and the Space Venom wave have been shaped differently than in previous waves, allowing them to be easily removed and swapped out without having to use a hairdryer or other heating technique (although I still recommend) as if they were intended to have interchangeable parts. Rogue, Jean and Kitty, Havok, Ashley Barton and Silk, Electro, Deadpool, and even Hobgoblin all have hands that can be very easily removed and swapped out with other figures who have removable hands. Experiment and see what you can come up with!

I hope this was an intended change as it is one that is very welcome, as it allows us to experiment with different looks and makes customization that much easier, as we no longer will need to shave or dremel down the huge ball pegs of the older styled wrist joints.

That said, I might have to scrap up some extra cash just to pick up a few of those Allfather Iron Fists that are loitering around my stores on rollbacks just so I can get my mitts on all those spare hands he comes with.