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Post by kennyw86 on Aug 12, 2017 15:48:19 GMT -5
Anybody have that one character you just CANNOT get into? Like, no matter what, you just dont like them or buy the hype? Its cool seeing the responses to this. Some that come to mind for me are cyclops, dr strange, electro, captain marvel and to a lesser extent iron man and hulk. But the one that takes the cake is daredevil. He has such a cult like following, but i just dont get it. A blind guy with a lame weapon in a lame suit. Ben affleck didnt help.
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Post by champofakind on Aug 12, 2017 18:55:37 GMT -5
Got Hela today at TRU. Such a sick figure. Probably my favorite female MCU figure. ![](https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/20746397_10213688074546140_2602771799978528030_o.jpg?oh=2a801ad861657cae7bb8de31683f1005&oe=59ED7961) Hela is definitely a stellar figure but if I had to pick my favorite Lady Legend of the year it'd be that Angela! She's great. Love the design, she looks tough as hell too. Makes me want more Asgardian figures produced! We need a proper comic Loki! Oh yeah Angela is def in my top 3 for comic figures this year. I was saying Hela has took the throne as fave MCU figure lol.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Aug 12, 2017 20:08:13 GMT -5
Anybody have that one character you just CANNOT get into? Like, no matter what, you just dont like them or buy the hype? I have a whole company: DC. (Just not my cup of tea) As for Marvel though, it really has to do with the PC changes made as we now live on a world where SJWs live to tear stuff down rather than create their own stuff. We see through it, especially being older. Characters that are created or altered significantly (sexual orientation being the main deal now for some reason) just to appease temperamental and finicky comic book fans, or should I say these SJWs. It'd be better if it was subtle and organic instead of being so thinly veiled. Characters portrayed by actors in films don't weigh in the same for me, especially if it's a case of seeing through the actor portraying said character - hence there's no connection and it's on the actor, not the character itself. Characters like Iron Heart, Gwenpool, X-23, FemThor, Silk and Amadeus Cho fall into this category for me, mainly also because there's nothing inherently original about them...there needs to be something I can invest in and largely there's not much for me in modern-day Marvel. We all like comics and comic book characters for different reasons; mine is seeing creativity and resonance. Exactly what I had posted about the changes to characters. X-23, as a character I like....but why does she have to be the new Wolverine? Why cant she just be X-23, Logan's daughter? Odinson not wielding Mjolnir is a joke. But Silk? I dont know her entire background, but she isnt Spiderman. Isnt she her own character in the spiderverse? As far as your opinion on DC, what is it you dont like? I read any comic from any company, if its good. Right now, I have DC far and away better than Marvel in the comics. They are cheaper. They are doing less PC crap. The art is better. The stories are WAY better. Superman and Action Comics has been stellar. Green Arrow has cool new story brewing, after getting off to a slow start under the Rebirth banner. Superwoman is a great book. Love Lana Lang. Justice League has been solid. On the Marvel side, outside of Secret Empire...I cant say much of anything is all that exciting. Astonishing X-Men started really good. But its 1 issue in. X-Men Blue has been bad to meh. I like seeing ultimate Wolverine here and I also like seeing Magneto plotting in the background. Punisher started solid, then completely sunk. Now with the impending Frank Castle as War Machine...pass. Iron Man and Thor are unreadable right now. Nothing exciting in Deadpool. Whats SJW?
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Post by kgchampion on Aug 12, 2017 22:26:03 GMT -5
I have a whole company: DC. (Just not my cup of tea) As for Marvel though, it really has to do with the PC changes made as we now live on a world where SJWs live to tear stuff down rather than create their own stuff. We see through it, especially being older. Characters that are created or altered significantly (sexual orientation being the main deal now for some reason) just to appease temperamental and finicky comic book fans, or should I say these SJWs. It'd be better if it was subtle and organic instead of being so thinly veiled. Characters portrayed by actors in films don't weigh in the same for me, especially if it's a case of seeing through the actor portraying said character - hence there's no connection and it's on the actor, not the character itself. Characters like Iron Heart, Gwenpool, X-23, FemThor, Silk and Amadeus Cho fall into this category for me, mainly also because there's nothing inherently original about them...there needs to be something I can invest in and largely there's not much for me in modern-day Marvel. We all like comics and comic book characters for different reasons; mine is seeing creativity and resonance. Exactly what I had posted about the changes to characters. X-23, as a character I like....but why does she have to be the new Wolverine? Why cant she just be X-23, Logan's daughter? Odinson not wielding Mjolnir is a joke. But Silk? I dont know her entire background, but she isnt Spiderman. Isnt she her own character in the spiderverse? As far as your opinion on DC, what is it you dont like? I read any comic from any company, if its good. Right now, I have DC far and away better than Marvel in the comics. They are cheaper. They are doing less PC crap. The art is better. The stories are WAY better. Superman and Action Comics has been stellar. Green Arrow has cool new story brewing, after getting off to a slow start under the Rebirth banner. Superwoman is a great book. Love Lana Lang. Justice League has been solid. On the Marvel side, outside of Secret Empire...I cant say much of anything is all that exciting. Astonishing X-Men started really good. But its 1 issue in. X-Men Blue has been bad to meh. I like seeing ultimate Wolverine here and I also like seeing Magneto plotting in the background. Punisher started solid, then completely sunk. Now with the impending Frank Castle as War Machine...pass. Iron Man and Thor are unreadable right now. Nothing exciting in Deadpool. Whats SJW? Social justice warrior
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Post by kennyw86 on Aug 13, 2017 8:23:12 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2017 9:59:32 GMT -5
Im with you guys on that sex change stuff, i also hate when they change skin colors and nationalitys of characters as well for movies / shows etc
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Aug 13, 2017 18:27:17 GMT -5
Im with you guys on that sex change stuff, i also hate when they change skin colors and nationalitys of characters as well for movies / shows etc Movies and show, I am little less upset unless its done blatantly. That means if you bring direct attention it....then its done for the wrong reason. Why cant someone just be cast because they were better suited for the role, regardless of color?
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Post by PJ on Aug 13, 2017 18:43:13 GMT -5
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Post by Nivro™ on Aug 13, 2017 20:51:28 GMT -5
Is there a listing of Jim Lee styled X-Men figures? Ive seen Cyclops, Rogue & Iceman. I think there were others but I cant remember. Im thinking about picking a few Xmen up.
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Aug 13, 2017 21:10:26 GMT -5
Is there a listing of Jim Lee styled X-Men figures? Ive seen Cyclops, Rogue & Iceman. I think there were others but I cant remember. Im thinking about picking a few Xmen up. Theres Jean Grey from the Rocket Raccoon wave. The Juggernaut BAF and Blob BAF. I think theres a Wolverine aside from the Jubilee wave but not sure
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Aug 13, 2017 21:12:53 GMT -5
So pissed. Went into Wal-Mart yesterday looking for Hela (the last figure my son needs for Hulk) lady says they don't have them (even though brickseek says 8 and has for a while) she says nope. I asked if they were in the back, and she says "absolutely not, I was just back there" well I looked on brickseek this morning (still 8) looked a few minutes ago it dropped to 6. I load up my son and daughter rush down there to see, someone has got Hela and Ares. 😔
If anyone has an extra or sees one out and can pick it up for me, I will more than gladly pay you for it.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Aug 13, 2017 23:00:13 GMT -5
Exactly what I had posted about the changes to characters. X-23, as a character I like....but why does she have to be the new Wolverine? Why cant she just be X-23, Logan's daughter? Odinson not wielding Mjolnir is a joke. But Silk? I dont know her entire background, but she isnt Spiderman. Isnt she her own character in the spiderverse? As far as your opinion on DC, what is it you dont like? I read any comic from any company, if its good. Right now, I have DC far and away better than Marvel in the comics. They are cheaper. They are doing less PC crap. The art is better. The stories are WAY better. Superman and Action Comics has been stellar. Green Arrow has cool new story brewing, after getting off to a slow start under the Rebirth banner. Superwoman is a great book. Love Lana Lang. Justice League has been solid. On the Marvel side, outside of Secret Empire...I cant say much of anything is all that exciting. Astonishing X-Men started really good. But its 1 issue in. X-Men Blue has been bad to meh. I like seeing ultimate Wolverine here and I also like seeing Magneto plotting in the background. Punisher started solid, then completely sunk. Now with the impending Frank Castle as War Machine...pass. Iron Man and Thor are unreadable right now. Nothing exciting in Deadpool. Whats SJW? My sincere apologies Sir, I realise just now I didn't answer your questions. Sorry about that. Firstly, I do agree about Odinson and X-23, they should be their own characters instead of just new 'legacy' characters...which I personally find disappointing when the writers in comics do that. Very unoriginal. As for Silk, what makes it more disappointing is that they tacked her on to Peter Parker's story - making her present when he got bitten by the radioactive spider...I mean, really? She's Asian too - nothing wrong with that, hell, I'm half-Asian myself but Christ - it's so unnecessary IMO. I respect that about DC and acknowledge that many things about Marvel came from DC in certain ways...we all like good and engaging stories but moreso for me I have to like the characters. I need to resonate with them in some way. I don't get that with DC. I'm a bit like the late Glenn Webb (R.I.P) - he just couldn't get into DC, and gave his reasoning as such. For me, I read stuff from IDW, Image and other independents as well and man - one of my favourite series ever is Watchmen (which is DC) but on the whole if I can't connect, I'll look elsewhere. By no means am I defending current Marvel - I'm just as disappointed as you are in certain things (Civil War II was a letdown, X-Men vs Inhumans was as well and Secret Empire isn't holding my attention). Best thing for me to do is to seek out the books and the stories via trades that I do like - several that aren't even concerning superheroes (Walking Dead, Postal, Outcast, Thief of Thieves, etc) or if I do want my Marvel superhero fix, I'll read the stories from ages ago that I do enjoy, like War of Kings, Planet Hulk, Fear Itself, X-Cutioner's Song, Welcome Back, Frank and tons more. Thanks! Yeah, like I said...my knowledge on Silk is very limited. Was she made Asian to be PC or was she just Asian? Kind of hard to explain. The few books of Spidey that I have read that Silk is in, I have never felt they made that a sticking point. I can completely understand your need to connect with a character. I am 100% with you. But from time to time, if said character is entering an interesting story arc, thats when I find that connection. For instance, I am reading Aquaman right now. I HATE AQ. Ive always considered him nothing more than the dude who talks to fish. But his current story where he has been "killed" and ousted as the king Atlantis and now a new version of him is swimming in the bad area of the ocean doesnt realize he is Arthur Curry, the man to be king. It actually kind of reminds of Secret Empire with dead Steve Rogers trying to get home. X-Men vs. Inhumans BECAME a let down, but I thought it started HOT. But with the revealing of Cyclops death and the ending...major let down. I did like how Magneto basically exiled himself from his previous team. Erik always has something up his sleeve.
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Post by thekevinowensshow on Aug 14, 2017 13:56:14 GMT -5
Hasbro sdcc exclusives are available on hasbrotoyshop now! Got 2 Thor sets and 2 12" daredevils
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Post by PJ on Aug 14, 2017 14:04:57 GMT -5
I want the Daredevil, but I really can't justify $60 before shipping to get one. I think I am passing.
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on Aug 14, 2017 15:01:17 GMT -5
Was going to order the Thor set but HTS don't ship to PO boxes ![:(](http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/sad.gif)
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Post by jordanimal on Aug 14, 2017 15:57:31 GMT -5
was debating on getting the Thor set, but all I REALLY want from it is Malekith...suppose I'll just get him loose
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Post by aggressiveperfector on Aug 14, 2017 18:14:10 GMT -5
was debating on getting the Thor set, but all I REALLY want from it is Malekith...suppose I'll just get him loose That whole set is a thing of beauty, I was afraid it was going to be tough to get this one but it went pretty smoothly. Just took forever to go up today. Haha. I wonder if DareDevil is still up.
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Post by jordanimal on Aug 14, 2017 19:18:23 GMT -5
was debating on getting the Thor set, but all I REALLY want from it is Malekith...suppose I'll just get him loose That whole set is a thing of beauty, I was afraid it was going to be tough to get this one but it went pretty smoothly. Just took forever to go up today. Haha. I wonder if DareDevil is still up. definitely not disagreeing there! the set does look awesome. I just only have a spot for Malekith in my display :/ gotta pick & choose who I add to my avengers themed stuff! ![:o](http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/shocked.gif)
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Post by Darkhawk on Aug 14, 2017 19:47:36 GMT -5
Stupid USPS misplaced my package today! I was supposed to get my MCU Avengers Loki today. -.- Gotta call them and see where it's at, hopefully I get it soon. Update! My neighbor had my package and brought it over, can't believe the USPS guy delivered it to the wrong house again. Anyways I'm glad to have Loki in my collection, I've always prefer the variant version than the regular one. ![](http://i.imgur.com/q8g00IU.jpg?1)
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Post by jordanimal on Aug 15, 2017 12:06:26 GMT -5
so has anyone here actually found the WM exclusive Black Panther in stores yet? its seems like they went up a few $ on eBay now :/
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