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[Universal Ruler Supreme]

No. I'm not diggin even the Parachute Cap. Though I loved parachute action toys as well when I was a kid. I mostly made my own. My Corps, Turtles, MOTU, Joes, etc.. got the cheap grocery bag parachutes. Just tuck the handles under He-Man's arms, get a firm grip and sling him as HIGH as you can! If the parachute opened, He-Man survives!
I did have one of those Parachuting Spider-Man figures from the 90's toybiz line though. Pretty lame, the lines were like taped or glued to the awesome Web design chute. Still have the chute draped over the top of my display cases. It was actually pretty big.

[mrjayberry]

I stand firm in my excitement of Parachute Cap . It's pretty clear that both the new movie lines are aimed at picking up a larger portion of the kids market. Just saw the Crossbones, Capt. Britain, and U.S. Agent pics., nothing I hate to much except I don't remember U.S.Agent with that shield (though it is evidently something he has carried).

I wonder if Nomad is in the pipeline now that we have a baby sculpt.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Nomad figs would be cool. I'd like to get a Steve Rodgers and Jack Monroe version. Got to have somebody for Winter Soldier to shoot on occasion.

But I have to be honest. If the Captain America toy series does decent, and we get a few waves of Comic figs, aside from a few already revealed, I'd be all over any extra Invaders, Falcon, Baron Blood, Zemo, Arnim Zola, Strucker, Batroc, Blue Streak, Porcupine, I'm certain this line will deliver a Hydra Agent, Viper, and Task Master.

Shoot, I'd even like to get a Hate Monger and Master Man. I don't care what people think, some of us want Nazi's to have our figures wail on. And a Hitler Clone, and Pure blooded Aryan Nazi Super Villain would definitely fill those gaps. You would think they would use these kinds of characters for exclusive purposes. I don't believe comic fans at a con are gonna get upset about Nazi themed figures... well, not all of them.

Hmm... Now I want a Warrior Woman too.

This is my current problem with the IMII series. Not enough comic characters. Different IM armors are cool, but there are so many untapped characters from his neck of the woods. Different versions as well. Where's my Big Titanium Man? Or classic Crimson Dynamo?

Hopefully MU will in some way shape or form deliver some of these characters to us. That's why I'm disappointed every time we get a crappy Spidey, IM, or Cap repaint, when we could have had a completely unique character.

[mrjayberry]

Really the list of characters that I wouldn't buy is probably under five, and I had a list at one time I just can't remember who all was on it. Since if you were an X-Man or Avenger or even a Defender I kinda want you just to fill out the team roster.

I would think Falcon has a very good shot at getting a figure in this line, and man if there isn't a Bartoc what a wasted opprotunity.

I wonder how many of us roll like that URS. I know I have 90% of the Wolverine and IMII comic lines missing only a few versions of the main characters, but I only have a handful of movie or concept figures. Most of the movie Iron Man figures I have came in boxed sets. So yes on more comic characters for me.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

There are only a few Comic figs I'm missing from Wolverine. Didn't really dig the caveman Sabretooth, special ops Wolverine, or the first Weapon X they released. I think I have the rest.

Iron Man, I only skipped the classic Iron Man, Stealth, and Dikto so far I believe. Only have like 6 concept/movie figs, and only one of them has deemed worthy for my display. I'll probably sell/trade the rest.

I really don't understand it, but some collectors out there are only interested in buying Top Tier characters over and over again. The sad thing is that if Hasbro couldn't sell these guys over and over, they would probably just drop the line.

I have two shelves devoted to my MU collection so far, and they are separated into the 1 of every character shelf, and the alternate costume/variant/alternate identity figs. I don't mind alternate costumes when they are something extremely noticeable like Ms. Marvel. And I do expect variants of some characters, but at the same time I can't help but think if they held off on the variations that we would have a ton more unique characters. Maybe forty or more at the moment. Crud, I have Iron Patriot and Green Goblin(Target2Pack) getting mauled by all my Iron Man and Spider Man variants.

I just can't help looking at simpler times, sure we had the radical re-sculpt of a main character in a new uniform from time to time, like Luke Skywalker in the Vintage Star Wars Line, or He-Man Skeletor in MOTU. But no where near as many rehash figures now a days. Vintage SW had 7 Lukes released within a 8/9 year period. MOTU had only 5 He-Mans in it's 7 year run. Six if you count Adam. By the end of this year we will have 13 Spider-Man figures...14 if you want to count Dark Spider-Man(Gargan). It hasn't even been 2 whole years with this line yet. At that rate we could essentially have nearly 40 Sider-Man figures if the line lasted for 6 years and released a Spiderman figure every 2 to 3 months. Iron Man will be at 14/15 by the end of the year as well.

There hasn't been this many figures of the same characters since Toybiz's Wolverine kick in the 90's.

[phantomeye]

The reality is Spider-man, Iron Man, and Wolverine move units right now. It's all about their visibility related to feature film advertising campaigns and their influence on shoppers. Especially kids. Make a movie. Make a character cool. Watch the kids gobble up products. It's a business and they use their tools of the trade to make their fortune. I'm just glad that we're able to get the secondary characters we have been seeing. Let's face it. Hasbro didn't have to make MU Moon Knight. But I'm glad they did.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

True, and wave 11 is a prime example of some great backseat characters. I mean even Iron Man 2020 is a highly obscure version of IM.

Speaking of which, I miraculously found wave 11 just an hour ago! Stopped by my local wal-mart just to do something, kind of hoped to see some more IM stock, but there they were fresh on the pegs!
This is the store that hasn't stocked any new single carded MU figs since last November with wave 6. So I was doubly surprised. I was severely disappointed to see Wal-Mart jacked up the price though. I guess they are trying to make up for the IM sale they are having, as they were even higher than last years peak price of $8.44 at Wally world. They were $8.97 a pop! Total killer, but I really wanted this wave. And well, I'm a little crazy. I figured the extra .98 cents a pop outweighed the cost of me having to drive around my entire hunting route trying to find them with the chance of not finding them. I mean a ten minute drive is tops!

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

I found the new Comic Packs today at TRU. Sentry/SM, IM/Thor, and Cap/Wol. I was very VERY disappointed in them. They had at least 4 of each pack, and they were all horrendously sloppy. The QC seems to have fallen back again, even rivaling things we saw with the first Wave of Secret Wars 2-Packs.

Spidey's lines were all over the place. Thor's eyes were creepy, and the paint on his armor pieces were all messy, especially the cape pegs on the shoulders. Iron Man was a poor variant, you could barely tell the difference between the W7 version and this one. Unless you just consider this one the sloppy variant. Wolverine had sloppy flesh paint on his arms, and Cap was just Fuggly. His wings on his head were mostly just dabbed on with a little white, and I don't know what was going on with his eye and face paint. The most disappointing was Sentry. The S on his belt was sloppy, flowing off the edges onto the belt. Just terribly disappointed.

With all these issues it didn't help that TRU jumped the price up over 2 more bucks. I was not about to pay $14.99 for crappy figures, much less crappy figures I already had decent versions of. This is the first set of figures I have willingly passed up. I doubt I'll ever buy these packs unless I find some good quality ones at the normal $12.88 price mark.

I kind of feel like Hasbro wants to kill the Comic Packs off. I actually kind of hope they do now. Only 1 new character in the whole bunch, and they couldn't even make all the repacks look half decent enough to buy. It would have been better at least if Wolverine had a snarling head, and Cap a yelling head....crud they could have even actually sculpted the cuts into Caps shield for a better affect than just painting 3 silver lines on it.

Edited by Universal Ruler Supreme, 16 October 2010 - 02:29 PM.

[mrjayberry]

Still sitting on Wave 10 here in Boise and no comic packs, although from the sounds of things the only two pack I will want is the Sentry. I would have picked up Cap and Wolverine if they would have gone all out and resculpted the shield. I can paint silver lines all on my own if I want a cheap looking battle damage.

[phantomeye]

I found Ghostrider and Constrictor at Target last week. Wasn't planning on buying Constrictor. But upon looking at him, it was a must buy. A very cool fig with a great countenance for a villain.

They also a strong restock of Kitty Pryde, Juggy, and Colossus.

Edited by phantomeye, 27 October 2010 - 03:19 PM.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Constrictor is by far one of the best figures released yet in my opinion. Him and Ghostrider have front row seats in my display. If you can find a Con with clean lining I highly recommend him. He is tops.

[lhssenior]

My TRU finally stocked Galactus! Yay!

[phantomeye]

My TRU finally stocked Galactus! Yay!

He's a big boy who will gobble up tons of space. Just like he does in the comics!

[mrjayberry]

Ha, ha, wave 8 is finally complete when I found an Archangel last night at Target. Now on to all I need is a Ghost Rider and for wave 11 to show up.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Awesome! Archangel is a rad figure. I'm currently annoyed about the X-Force variant fiasco, that variant looked sick. But even if it did pop up as a Subscription bonus, I wouldn't shell out a 50 bucks or more just to get it.

Folks have also been getting their Dark Galactus figs in from their Pre-orders, and a few online shops claim to have Wave 12 in stock. So I'm ready to jump at the first reports of retail sightings.

With the possibility of a huge number of anticipated Variant figures being cased out here soon, and the more than likely possibility of Wave 12 being ultra stocked in the next month or so, it may turn out to be an expensive Holiday season.

I'm still lacking these variants
Long Haired Winter Soldier
Osbourne Iron Patriot
New Head Wolverine

And I actually need a new Age of Thunder Thor. His foot broke off. So I need to either get a new one, or find someone else with a broken one with a good foot. There was like an air pocket in the foot peg, and it just fell right in half the last time I went to pose him. BLEH!

Edited by Universal Ruler Supreme, 17 November 2010 - 11:53 AM.

[mrjayberry]

Stopped by Target this morning to kill some time before Toys R Us not expecting a lot because they just restocked earlier in the week but my eye did spy a Thanos keep looking all of wave 11 only one choice of each but no terrible paint apps. Then what else do I find but the last wave 10 figure I needed Ghost Rider. I don't know if thats the case pack or what but I was stoked to get all caught up on MU in one swoop. Also with reports coming in that ToysrUS online is raising prices to 9.99 I was happy to get them all at $6.99.

Also I've already almost lost my mini ant-man figure. Opened up Yellow Jacket in the car and dropped Ant-Man down between the seat and console. It took me like three solid minutes to pry him out of there. But it's still a way better accessory than another lame energy blast or an M-16.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Great Jay! Glad your caught up! Yeah, GR was a pack in for one of the Wave 11 assortments. I think it came with a Juggs as well. I love the GR sculpt so much I have to fight the urge to buy more just to open them.

It's one of those figures that even though you have, you go OOOO!!! when you see it on a peg.

[mrjayberry]

New Spider-Man 3 3/4 pics are out. Why can't we get that Lizard with decent articulation? I would love a Lizard.

I'll probably pass on Ultimate Scorpion due to what looks like an action feature in his tail, poor artic, and raising line prices.
Poor Spider-Man rouges gallery, so many great villains who will get second rate figures.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Guess what I found this weekend! Go ahead..Guess. No? Okay, I'll just tell you.

Found Wave 12 this weekend. Went on a figure search Friday It was a total bust. Stopped by ToysRUs and they only had the new Iron Man... so I was a little annoyed that I missed the rest. Tried to get some employees to help me out, but that ended out pretty useless. So I snagged one anyway.

Had to go back over that direction again, so I stopped in once again, but they still didn't have anything. I checked cause they often restock on Saturday mornings. I stopped by the Wal-Mart across the street Friday as well, but that store hasn't restocked any MU in forever. I forced myself to stop there again today just to check, and what do I see as I'm walking into the aisle? WAVE 12! That was cool, interestingly they had everyone except the Iron Man I bought the day before. So I'm glad I bought him when I did.

Iron Man turned out to be a fantastic figure. The best MU IM yet, he has rocker ankles as well. I usually don't care for rockers, but they work pretty well in this scale.

Doc Samson is acceptable, but I'm kind of tired of the Thunderball Body's arms. They are just kind of gimpy.

Mar-Vell is just perfect! They chose the perfect Body for him, and his paint and head sculpt were all tops! Nice clean sleek figure. Love him. Same can be said with SM 2099.

Spider-Woman didn't turn out so bad either. Instead of the wings clipping on like they appeared on the prototype, they are slipped onto the arms like rings on the upper and fore-arms. They aren't perfect, but they are a soft plastic, that bends when you move her elbows. She has a great head sculpt. My figure had a poorly tooled ankle, so the hinge was off center...looks weird, but not noticeable.

And of Course WW Hulk! I found 2, so I bought both. Sure and glad I did too. The first one I opened was all screwed up. His head wasn't pegged in all the way, because they couldn't weld the chest pieces together right because the back was warped where it met the neck, so his head came right off. And his ab felt like it was hanging there, so he just flailed around, Total suck. I opened the 2nd one, and he turned out perfect though. An Amazing figure. His shoulder armor/belt is kind of loose, but it slides off easily if you opt to display him without it. He doesn't hold either of his weapons really at all, they kind of just slip into his hands. But he can't grip em. I don't really care about that though, the sculpt is just fun. Can't wait to see who else they make using this body type.

Edited by Universal Ruler Supreme, 04 December 2010 - 07:31 PM.

[mrjayberry]

We are stalled on MU here in Boise, I have found all of the newest Iron Man comic wave so I can't complain. Also I've only seen the newest wave of two packs the one time and didn't show up quick enough to snag a Sentry so I'm keeping an eye out for that. Still the rumors are that wave 11 is going to be the hard one to find and I'm 100% complete there.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Well, we are going to be seeing alot of older figs get cased out early this year as Wave 12 Revision cases. Almost no wave 12 figures are gonna be in the revision cases. So I'm thinking 12 is gonna be pretty difficult to snag for a good while. It seems most of 11 is gonna be repacked in these W12 cases as well. I'm hoping I'm able to find the Variants this time. Still havn't seen any of the Wave 9 variants I need. I wish Hasbro would tell us what to expect exactly in each case. (variant wise)

The 2 packs have been popping up EVERYWHERE here. I've seen tons of em.

I'm actually more concerned about the Galactus figs rotting TRU shelves. I don't want next years Sentinels getting the shaft cause Galactus isn't selling. I hear Wal-Marts are supposed to get some Galactus as well. I hope they get the UA version.

And I wonder why hasbro hasn't revealed any new Comic Pack or singles waves. We pretty much knew at least the 2nd wave of 2010 by this time.

Edited by Universal Ruler Supreme, 08 December 2010 - 09:51 AM.

[mrjayberry]

Last night Wal-Mart had Spider-Woman and SM 2099 then this morning I found everybody at Toys R' Us, so I'm caught up besides the Sentry 2 pack and I can wait on that, I have no doubt I'll see plenty of them eventually. Hopefully by the time they get to me they'll have cleaned up the paint apps. a bit.

I should use another Multiple Man or two. I also have my fingers crossed that Cloak and Dagger make an apperance in 2011.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Awesome Jay! The paint apps are hit and miss as usual with the sentry wave of 2 packs. I've seen plenty, and most are not as bad as the first batch I saw. I did finally pick that set up as well.

I could go on and on about who I'd like to see get made. Every character I think of, I end up wanting a figure for them. You would think that with this scale Hasbro would be able to pump out plenty of unique characters. I hope they get the feel for this line soon. Maybe the Team packs will be a hit, and we can get more and more teams packed together, and they can stick with really popular or loner characters in the singles. Cloak and Dagger are an obvious comic pack choice though.

[mrjayberry]

The only character I know I don't want is The Impossible Man never liked any of his stories, but I said the same thing about Sentry and I'm going to buy another Spider-Man just to get him.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

The only character I know I don't want is The Impossible Man never liked any of his stories, but I said the same thing about Sentry and I'm going to buy another Spider-Man just to get him.

OH CRAP!! I'm so with you there. I know I'd be doop and buy him anyway, but I always hated Impossible Man. Why is it when Marvel comes up with a cruddy gimmick character they suck, but when DC does it they are pretty cool? Batmite anyone?

Still... I hope Hasbro seeks out a short term license so we can at least get ROM as an exclusive. Got to get some ROM love eventually.