[Dr Kain]

So I totally forgot to post my thoughts on all these dudes last night. First off, everyone has really nice paint apps. It's like someone who actually liked their job was painting them because they look so good. Well that or an adult worked on this batch. :lol

Anyway:

Jean Grey - Not much to really say here since she doesn't come with any special, but the sculpt is quite nice and I am surprised that the upper torso is entirely new. I don't think there is anything they can reuse that torso with. The arms, possibly. She looks just like Jean from the book, so no complaints here.

Weapon X - Probably my least favorite figure in the wave. His head bobbles around and barely sits on the peg, so it falls off with the slightest touch. Not a fan of that at all. What the hell happened there? The sculpt for the head is outstanding, especially the hair, so it not being able to stay attached tightly is very disappointing.

Morph - Uh... I've got nothing. He's cool. He's missing the knee pads he had in the comic and isn't skinny enough, but it works. I wish he came with some sort of accessory though. BTW, anyone else notice that his cape would be perfect for a completely classic Magneto figure? Oh, I guess that is an issue I do have, his cape peg won't stay in the back hole.

X-Man - The sculpt is really nice and that's all he's got going for him. Like Morph, some sort of accessory would have helped.

Sunfire - Love the translucent plastic and I wish this is the body mold theyw ould have used for Human Torch a few years ago. Everything is great. No complaints at all.

Wild Child - He seems kind of useless without Sabertooth. I don't like how the legs and arms are a completely different shade of color from his body, especially when his body has no paint apps on it to warrant it being a different color. His abcrunch leaves a lot to be desired as he can barely crunch, which is something a character like Wild Child really needs to be doing. The chain is cool and I noticed after I took pictures of him last night that one side of the chain can connect to the back of the ring around his neck. That's cool. I'm not a fan of it being a plastic chain though as I feel it is going to really hinder how the chain can wrap around Sabertooth's arm when he eventually comes out.

Dark Beast - Okay, this dude is just down right awesome. Most of it may just be a repaint of the previous Beast figure, but that doesn't matter as he kicks ass. The metallic paints go extremely well with the gray fur. Not to mention the head is simply outstanding. This guy rocks!!!

Sugarman - Oh god, I'm not sure what I think. He's lurid, yet, that is how he is supposed to be. A shame Hasbro couldn't paint his tatoos on, especially since I feel like he is the very reason as to why there were hardly any accessories included in this wave at all. Unfortunately, due to his design, he doesn't have much in the way of articulation, but what little he does have works.

Overall, while I do lament the lack of accessories and have a few gripes on certain aspects, I really do like this group of figures despite it means I now have to get every figure from Marvel's Flashpoint story that comes out going forward. I kind of wish I had stuck to passing on them, but at the same time, I'm glad I didn't. Just preordered Apocalypse over at Pulse.

With that said, what do you want to see for the next AoA wave? For me, it's:

Magneto
Rogue
Sabertooth
Cyclops
Mr Sinister
Bishop
Gambit
BAF Colossus

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

Those are terrible glasses. I dont remember him looking like that in the animated series either.

What does the figure have to do with the animated series? It's clearly a figure based on Ditko's Peter.