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In other news, I received my pre-order from Pulse for Nightcrawler – the one figure I've been pining for the most since I started collecting Legends three years ago. Aside from a couple of QA issues, I am beside myself with glee. This is as perfect a mass-retail representation of the character as I could imagine.

Mine has an odd...texture...happening on the right shin, as well as a couple of minor paint issues on the red trim of his gloves (think the red-on-black paint app issues on last year's Magneto). Otherwise, he's fantastic.

On a related-but-separate rant...

Other figs I ordered from Pulse at the same time as Nightcrawler have each been shipped separately, rather than the whole order being fulfilled as one. I mean, it's no skin off my nose. The Pulse account I got at the beginning of the year gets me free shipping on anything I buy, no matter what. Far be it from me to look that gift horse in the mouth. However, the practice of shipping each item separately just seems wasteful and inefficient, especially nowadays. Then again, I'm not remotely privy to their fulfillment processes and infrastructure.