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Post by CrazyBirdMan on Mar 23, 2005 15:21:41 GMT -5
What do you guys do with the comics?
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Post by Grayfox on Mar 23, 2005 15:31:19 GMT -5
Man-Thing was your favorite superhero as a child? Wow. Most kids like Batman, Superman, Spiderman, maybe even Wolverine nowadays, but Man-Thing? I can just see the kids in the neighborhood flying around, using their 'batarangs', etc. while you are gaurding the Nexus of All Realties and repeating over and over that any who feel fear burn at the Man-Thing's touch! Sorry...just being silly, but seriously, Man-Thing was really your favorite? LMAO As for ML Cap, I like the ML8 version better simply because I prefer the 'ultimate' look to the regular, more cartoony look of the first version. As for Ultimate Iron Man, I really like the design, but I keep hearing how everyone hates it. It's too bad really.
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Post by DarkJoe1990 on Mar 23, 2005 15:41:32 GMT -5
Jeremy,I like the man thing figure too my complaint was about his comic. For a charactor I'm sure very few people know about they gave him a comic that barely includes him. Modern armor iron man is lose in his wrists (which dont go palm out ) and his mask wont stay on. - Dark joe P.S. Dose anyone know whare to get deadpool cheap or normal price?
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Post by JeremyMarcGirard on Mar 23, 2005 16:23:20 GMT -5
My complaint with Modern Iron Man is also with his wrists, but my mask at least stays on and overall I like the fig. I wanted one Iron Man fig for my display and this is the one I liked the best, so I grabbed him.
As for the question about the comics...I have kept some and given others away to my brother-in-law (he's 8). The only figure I have whose comic I actually collect is Deadpool, and I already had the actual issue he comes with anyway.
As for the Man-Thing comic, yeah, that issue is useless if you want to learn about the character, but at one per case, and being so obscure, I don't think many 'kids' picked that figure up. Those obscure figs in this line are for collectors, while the Wolverine, Spiderman, and figures like that are for the kids.
Speaking of obscure characters in this line, Series 10 has Taskmaster, who I'm psyched to get, but who is more obscure than Man-Thing! I'm bummed that he doesn't look like he did in the more recent Deadpool/Agent X comics, but Taskmaster is still gonna be cool to add to the collection!
As for getting Deadpool cheap...I have only ever seen 2 of them, one I got for myself from the comic shop where I get my books (since I subscribe to Deadpool he let me have one of the 2 he got in stock) and the other one I grabbed for a friend. That's the only ones I've ever run across, which is odd considering I've found 2 of the Unmasked Wolverines from Series 3 (easily the most difficult ML figure to find), but I've found teh same amount of Deadpool (who was one per case).
Oh well, that's Toy Biz for you!
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Post by CrazyBirdMan on Mar 23, 2005 16:38:03 GMT -5
I think Was Machine's comic is pretty useless too. He's also an awesome figure with dumb wrist
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Post by Randy13 on Mar 23, 2005 21:57:44 GMT -5
Man-Thing was your favorite superhero as a child? Wow. Most kids like Batman, Superman, Spiderman, maybe even Wolverine nowadays, but Man-Thing? I can just see the kids in the neighborhood flying around, using their 'batarangs', etc. while you are gaurding the Nexus of All Realties and repeating over and over that any who feel fear burn at the Man-Thing's touch! Sorry...just being silly, but seriously, Man-Thing was really your favorite? You're not far off, actually--I remember shambling to the fridge at night, hunched over, muttering to myself in the 2nd person POV. Stuff like: "You were normal, once. Beyond normal--brilliant, even. Was there a time when other men regarded you with awe and respect instead of abject horror? A fleeting taste of a memory appears in what now serves as your brain, but you have long since lost the ability to savor it...To be comforted by it...to know that you were once a man yourself..." I was never much of a spandex and cape type--although I dug Spider-man alot. The DC guys, however--they just sucked. I often wondered how Man-Thing--the most tragic hero of them all, right up there with Michael Moorc ock's Elric--would react to other heroes' sob stories: --"I'm Clark Kent. I'm good at everything. I can do anything. I'm handsome and respected by all. But boo-hoo, I was adopted. Well cry me a river, azzhole--I'm made of freakin' MOSS!!!" --"I'm Bruce Wayne. I'm good looking, a pinnacle of human physical perfection, a genius whose power of invention knows no bounds, and I'm a billionaire. Oh, but so sad, I lost my Mommy and Daddy. Well gosh, that's rough BW--but you know what? You tend to lose alot more when you're transformed into a heap of polluted ALGAE!!!!!" --"I'm Tony Stark--I'm richer and smarter than Batman, with more power at my disposal, but every now and then I drink too much. Oh? Really? I used to drink. Every Friday. Now, however, I rarely touch the stuff, seeing as how I'm a SEVEN FOOT TALL ACID DRENCHED SNOT-SALAD WITH A WORM FACE!!!!!!!!!!" Yeah, Man-Thing was coooool. But then, I was never really about superheroes in general--my favorite comics were those anthologies, like 'Where Monsters Dwell', 'The Witching Hour', 'Creep', 'Boris Karloff's (whatever)'...Almost all my interest in toys stems from a broader, more primordial interest in monsters, darkness, and horror. I would have been sorta gothy, if the subculture had existed back then, and if their music didn't suck. It's not that I have a fascination with violence, either. Serial killer movies, for example, sicken me. I just always wanted to be a monster... long post--sorry...
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Post by Randy13 on Mar 23, 2005 22:07:35 GMT -5
...ML 6 Juggernaut - looks great and is huge! ... Mecha-Hulk - from the same line as the above figure, this is also a huge toy and looks great! ... Another Spidey figure I love is the Green Goblin from series 7, which is based of of Humbero Ramos's artwork of the character. I'm a fan of the style, but alot of people dislike it. One of my favs though. I did like the look of Juggernaut--but I actually thought he should be BIGGER. Like, the same mass as Galactus, but about 3-4 inches shorter. He's often drawn as a ten foot to twelve foot behemoth these days...That would be COOL. I would also love to find that mecha hulk--I've never seen one, but it's obviously a toy that would blend in well with ANY batch of figures... That green goblin--is that the one with the heavily padded, dark green outfit and the reeaaallly crazy face? Is he better than that horrifying hobgoblin? And I definitely like the look of deadpool, though again I have never seen one in a store. The Black Panther looks like it could be equally sleek and poseable, however...
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Post by DarkJoe1990 on Mar 23, 2005 23:59:03 GMT -5
I feel like a fool I could have gotten unmasked wolverine TO TRADE for a deadpool at walmart I need to think ahead. - Dark joe
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Post by JeremyMarcGirard on Mar 24, 2005 8:20:35 GMT -5
Unmasked Wolvie from Series 6 isn't worth much...but the series 3 one (same figure, different card) is a big one. I found two of them, two weeks apart, this past December. What was odd was that the figure was from series 3, which shipped YEARS ago? I imagine that someone hid these two figures in the stock room and forgot about them, and during the holidays, they were found and put out on pegs. Both weeks I found them (same WalMart store both times) he was the ONLY series 3 figure there, so it wasn't like they got cases in or misplaced full cases, it was just this one figure!
I don't collect carded figs, and I think the series 3 Wolvie is bad anyway, so I sold them both to help pay for other items I wanted.
As for Juggernaut being bigger...it would've been cool, but the fact that he is as BIG as he is, and still sold for $6.88 is amazing in my book. Eespecially when you see dinky little Star Wars figs for $6 with 4 points of articulation. Makes me wonder how Hasbro can jutsify those prices when Toy Biz can put out BIGGER figures, with better sculpts and paint apps, with 8 times the amount of articulation for almost the same price? Abd them packing in Galacticus and Sentinel in series 9 and 10 as a FREE figure is genius! I know that series 10 I only wanted a few figures from, but because of the Sentinel I will buy a whole set!
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Post by JeremyMarcGirard on Mar 24, 2005 8:22:16 GMT -5
Oh...and as for the Green Goblin, here is a link to the one I mean: www.marvel.com/toybiz/spiderman/view.php?item_no=72014He is WAY cooler than the Hobgoblin, which I also have. It is really a matter of taste, because this is based 100% on a certain artists style, which you either love or hate.
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Post by KJB2 on Mar 24, 2005 8:54:02 GMT -5
Randy, I'm right with you on Man-Thing - it was definitely my favorite comic of that (or probably any) era. The combination of its horror-movie ethos with its intelligently cosmic/absurdist/metafictional storylines, and the fact that MT was an empathetic "loser" rather than a glorified, spandex-clad bully really spoke to me in high school.
And I also had the same attitude toward monster movies - came from watching '30's-'40's films on "Shock Theatre" when I was very, very young. I also think that's why the whole influx of slasher/ultraviolent "horror" films in the '70's and '80's (and now, for that matter) seemed so weak and unimaginitive. No style or cleverness.
And to keep this on topic, the ML Man-Thing figure was quite nice, I thought; but the comic was abysmal.
Fave ML so far: Silver Surfer, 2nd Ghost Rider, MT, 'shiny armor' Iron Man, Colossus.
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Post by Lobsterman on Mar 24, 2005 10:38:06 GMT -5
Makes me wonder how Hasbro can jutsify those prices when Toy Biz can put out BIGGER figures, with better sculpts and paint apps, with 8 times the amount of articulation for almost the same price? It's mostly because Lucas is making Hasbro pay through the nose for licensing rights. Toy Biz is owned by Marvel, so they can spend their entire budget on the figure; it's a pretty unique situation in the toy industry, and probably the only way figures like Legends could ever get made.
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Post by Randy13 on Mar 24, 2005 11:53:09 GMT -5
Randy, I'm right with you on Man-Thing - it was definitely my favorite comic of that (or probably any) era. The combination of its horror-movie ethos with its intelligently cosmic/absurdist/metafictional storylines, and the fact that MT was an empathetic "loser" rather than a glorified, spandex-clad bully really spoke to me in high school. And I also had the same attitude toward monster movies - came from watching '30's-'40's films on "Shock Theatre" when I was very, very young. I also think that's why the whole influx of slasher/ultraviolent "horror" films in the '70's and '80's (and now, for that matter) seemed so weak and unimaginitive. No style or cleverness. And to keep this on topic, the ML Man-Thing figure was quite nice, I thought; but the comic was abysmal. Fave ML so far: Silver Surfer, 2nd Ghost Rider, MT, 'shiny armor' Iron Man, Colossus. Man-thing was the ultimate loner. Even Logan had friends. About movies--That's the truth (Our version of 'Shock Theater' was 'Screaming Meemies'--and when we lived with our family in New Orleans, I got to see Morgus the Magnificent). People think I'm a crappy horror fan because I choose to rent 'The Crawling Eye' rather than 'Saw'. The ideal comic to include with Man-Thing: I owned, as a child, one of those golden-book comics that came with the little 45rpm record. It was a Man-thing comic, and a particularly sad and horrifying one. There was a violent gang, and an old, alcoholic clown that they abused and beat to death (!). Man-Thing is attracted to the scene through his long-distance empathy, melts most of the gang members, and then is helpless as he watches the clown die. The really creepy thing is when the clown's ghost leaves his body--this gaunt, skeleton creature with tattered clown clothes draped over it's bones, and a hint of makeup still on it's face...I can barely remember the plot details, but that was some dark xhit to be published by golden-book!
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Post by KJB2 on Mar 24, 2005 13:54:08 GMT -5
Randy, Yep- I had the exact thing you're referring to (the clown story was taken from MT #5 - the FIRST #5, that is - I believe). I agree, that story would have been probably the best introduction to the character they could have found . . . but, alas, it didn't have Spider-Man in it . It's definitely not "kid stuff", IMO, but then again not much of the series was, dealing as much of it did with disillusionment and failure. And as for The Crawling Eye, you have to love any film with Forrest Tucker as the hero . . . My wife and I just went to the local revival house to see a double bill of THEM! and The Incredible Shrinking Man - giant insects always look pretty sweet on the big screen.
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Post by Randy13 on Mar 24, 2005 14:37:55 GMT -5
Oh...and as for the Green Goblin, here is a link to the one I mean: www.marvel.com/toybiz/spiderman/view.php?item_no=72014He is WAY cooler than the Hobgoblin, which I also have. It is really a matter of taste, because this is based 100% on a certain artists style, which you either love or hate. That's the one--I saw him at target last night (but I've never seen Hobgoblin). Is he very articulated? Action feature? I liked the way he looked, but my monster obsession won out and I ended up getting 'Ultimate Lizard' instead, who I LOVE. Spidey figs are on sale at Target, BTW... Do you have Morbius?
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