[Brownfinger]

Not to step on your whole... rant, there. But he was probably right about Gladiator peg warming. He's an awesome character who does not pop up often enough, though sometimes I wonder if that's for the best because he can resolve more than a few plots far too quickly. Certified omega class bad boy.

But his appearance is goofy as hell. Did you ever play that old super hero PC MMO, City of Heroes? The character creator was spectacular, though the visuals and overall presentation were limited by the technology of its time. Gladiator looks like something a six year old would cook up in the City of Heroes character creator. If you're a kid picking one of these figures out, do you think most will want Wolverine or the dorky elf in flat spandex? I've spoken to a depressing number of comic readers who don't give a crap about Marvel's cosmic stuff, and I doubt those are an isolated few. Gladiator is my second most coveted figure in the wave after Storm, and I suspect I will have zero difficulty in finding one.

Yeah, BBTS has absurd prices. I used to order stuff like this from them because they would get theirs first, but that has kinda stopped being the case?