[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by SymbiSpidey

So has anybody else realized Punisher is having an absolutely excellent year as far as everything?


A fantastic portrayal on Daredevil Season 2, an excellent ML release, the announcement of a figure for TV version of him that looks pretty great, the Mezco figure which looks fantastic, a comic series that I've heard good things about, AND he's slated to get his very own show?


If it wasn't for the whole dead family thing, I'd say ol' Frank should be happy with the way things are going for him.

Don't forget the absolutely amazing figure from Sideshow Toys that came out earlier this year. If my budget was bigger, he'd be on my shelf for sure.

I really hope when the TV series rolls around, they give it a faithful re-telling of "Welcome Back Frank," which wasn't given proper justice with the Thomas Jane attempt. I fear that a self narrated Punisher series would eventually run out of steam and become boring and depressing, and that properly representing Joan, Spacker Dave, and Mr. Bumpo, as well as his crusade against the Nuccis would make for familiar, but an entertaining TV series. (They've already done scenes from the story in Daredevil, and the Punisher would need supporting characters, so why not?)

You could easily fit in the sub-plot with the copycat killers, The Holy, Mr. Payback and The Elite, (which would fit in with the "Devil Worshipper" theme that was introduced and hinted at in Season 2 of Daredevil) as well as introduce the hapless Detective Soap, and cap it off with an encounter with The Russian (who in an awesome passing the torch type moment, could be played by Dolph Lundgren.) With the Nuccis eventually dispatched, we could find out they've been supported by the Kingpin, and it could possibly introduce us to another character, maybe a supervillian, like Tombstone (which in turn could intro us to the Tinkerer, who is set to appear in Spider-Man: Homecoming.) I'd watch all 13 episodes in one sitting easy.

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Originally Posted by Phantomcrow

Poor Finn Balor...first Seth Rollins hurts him, and now Frank is gunning for him? Damn...poor guy cannot get a break.

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Originally Posted by Okspears

What's my best bet for a ML Fantastic Four?

I know it's an unpopular choice, but I actually liked the movie set of Figures that Toybiz put out for the first film. A bit dated yes, but they are all pretty good representations of the characters, and the articulation is top notch. (Ancient picture incoming...)



Otherwise...I'd sit and hold tight like Blue Marvel said. With Susan and Herbie on the horizon, I cannot imagine the rest of the team will be far behind at some point in the upcoming year.

Since we were on the topic of the Punisher Walgreens figure earlier, Boy Blunder and I both mentioned that the Punisher's head does seem kinda small on his body, and it's not been missed by reviewers, as Anthony over at Anthony's Customs said the same thing. He also however helped me figure out just how to fix it, as the head does sit a little bit too high on the body, which is what gives it the tiny appearance. So...after a little bit of time with the dremel tool on the ball of the neck peg...





Walla! Now Frank's head sits a little further down on his shoulders, thus bringing it into a little bit of better proportions with the rest of his body.

One note...do be careful when doing this, as it's easy to get carried away and sand it down too far. And also, if you use a dremel, please, please, PLEASE wear PROPER eye protection. I actually had a piece of plastic fly up UNDER the lenses of the safety glasses I was using, and it was a bitch to get that little flake of plastic out. Almost ended up in the E.R. because of it. Time to get a pair of goggles I think...