[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

Typhoid Mary is on the list to be the 6th figure. I'm guessing she'll be revealed by SDCC which, granted isn't that long of a lead time (or concurrent), but there's no reason to suspect she won't finish out the wave as everything else from the list was accurate.

Ahh...I had forgotten all about Mary being on that list.

I'm torn on Mary though, at least with a Venom wave. Outside of that Venomized Daredevil comic cover, I don't think she's ever run into any version of Venom in the comics, either to team up or to battle with. Her in a Venom wave would make NO sense.

On the other hand, I REALLY want a Typhoid Mary figure. She's been one of my top ten wants for years. I still covet my old Toy Biz Vault figure. If they can give us a figure half as sexy as that one was at the time, with all of the benefits of modern Legends tooling, I'll be a happy camper.

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Originally Posted by Pravus Prime

Several years ago I wouldn't believe this, but it's a shame more stores aren't like GameStop.

I did an inventory search, selected a location right by me, and ordered IW2 Thor. An hour(ish) later, I got the pickup e-mail. Went there, the Manager greeted me within seconds and asked how he could help me, I told him I was there for the Thor he's holding for me, he went under the counter and pulled it out, easy peasy transaction.

Got Thor, glad to have him, even at a slightly increased price just for the ease of access.

You know, I hadn't considered giving Gamestop's inventory search a try in a while, so I gave this a try this morning, doing a search for Wave 2 Widow. It said it would not be available for sale until 6/1/18, but curiously, it had a listing in a store nearby. So I packed up the kiddo and off we went.

I got there, and she actually was there (although, she was on hold for someone else...early bird gets the worm I guess.) I wasn't too bummed because I ended up finding Thor and Malekith as well, so I grabbed them both.



Truth be told, I was really lukewarm...almost disgusted when I saw the announcement of yet another Thor for wave 2....but after having this guy in hand for a bit, I'm converted. The color pallet is simple and muted with some awesome gunmetal tones, and the sculpt is REALLY well done. I especially like all of the etching on the round plates on his armor, it brought with it a level of attention to detail that reminded me very much of what ToyBiz used to do back in the days. The headsculpt is meh...as I am not a fan of lumberjack Thor here, but it does bear a good resemblance to Hemsworth that tops that of the Ragnarok waves.

Honestly, I only have two gripes about him, which are minor. First, the new hammer could use a bit of paint detail, as it's really bland. Secondly, my figure was a bit soft and somewhat gummy. It's not consistent with the other MCU figures in the wave, and it honestly hinders the figure somewhat, as the hands are also a bit gummy and he struggles to hold the hammer with it properly.

Still, this is the closest we've gotten to receiving a proper Ultimates version of Thor, which makes me happy (unless of course Hasbro decides to suprise us with a box set at a certain summer convention in the near future...)

No pics of Malekith, as we have all seen him before, but for what it's worth, it's a really good re-release. The color choices on the figure are really good, and are super crisp and clean on mine. I also like how they implemented the shoulder armor, as it hinders the articulation in nearly no way. I was never really big into the character to begin with, but I like the fact that they went with his look from the original Marvel Handbooks, and it also helps that I had no attachment to the SDCC version as well.