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[MikeS]

Yeah, I'm actually working on getting an inventory of all the ones I have in-stock, so I can start to sell them on eBay in addition to Amazon.

Let me know if I can help you out!

[Palinore]

Thanks, Mike!

Still kind of thinking about it. I don't know if I want to get into another line or not, yet. And as I mentioned, I really don't have room for them, so I'd have to sort out where they're going to go before I do anything else.

I'll let you know.

[JerseyManiac!]

EBay and MikeS is how I would go about it.  As jersey said, most of them aren't that bad with some exceptions like Vision, Blade, etc.

I don't have that Vision....and I guess I never will.  I will never pay even close to $100 for a 3 3/4 piece of plasitc.  I really want it though....I have the phasing version, but its not as good.   

What was the deal with that figure?  It came out first and then the running change went to the phasing version?  That really makes no sense.

[Ebon]

What was the deal with that figure?  It came out first and then the running change went to the phasing version?  That really makes no sense.

From what I recall there were several MU figures who had variants as running changes, but they never switched over.  Then a months later they put all the running change variants out at once....that's what I remember.  It was odd whatever they did.

[JerseyManiac!]

Then why the fuck do they keep putting Ghost Rider and Falcon in these revision cases instead of stuff that BARLEY made it out?  Or stuff that never made it out at all....like the Luke Cage and Black Widow variant?

We need an "ask Hasbro"

[Spectre2001]

Pally do what I do just get what you want. I only want characters that were members of the Avengers and cool villians.

[B-Lister]

I am once again woefully behind on this collection.

[Jase]

These things always call my name when I'm browsing the action figure aisle! I'm not into Marvel like I am DC, but if we could get DC characters in the MU style, I'd probably buy both lines.

[darthfoley]

I don't have that Vision....and I guess I never will.  I will never pay even close to $100 for a 3 3/4 piece of plasitc.  I really want it though....I have the phasing version, but its not as good.   

What was the deal with that figure?  It came out first and then the running change went to the phasing version?  That really makes no sense.

I had that Vision in my hands, but didn't buy it as I had bailed out of MU at the time. Just like I *had* Blade and classic Havok but sold them when I quit the first time.

Little did I know how much of a pain in the ass it would be to try to get them again later when MU re-sank its hooks into me.   

[Xavion]

I had that Vision in my hands, but didn't buy it as I had bailed out of MU at the time.

Same here.  At saw him at least three or four times.

Pally do what I do just get what you want. I only want characters that were members of the Avengers and cool villians.

Yeah, it's a great line for cherry picking.  I'm far from a completest.  I maiinly go for the Bronze Age stuff but will pick up the modern figs that come out really well.

[JerseyManiac!]

MikeS is once again the most wonderful person on the plant!

Wave 19 reviews are as follows

She-Hulk - stupid character, really good figure

Kang - GREAT character - lackluster figure.

Punisher - I hate the Punisher.....he is the most unimaginitve character in comic book history IMO.  HATE HIM!  But its a great figure.  I think this makes 3 of him for MU.....THATS ENOUGH!

Scarlet Witch - very nicely done.  I'm pretty sure this is the first female that has those crazy ankly rockers.  The only problem with her.....her cape is too long, so her feet don't hit the ground.     Slight oversight there eh Hasbro?  Doesn't matter to me, as she will be flying next to Ms Marvel in my display.  But still.

Spider-Man - Mike got the FF version...which is the one I wanted.  Its pretty good as well.

All in all, good wave.  Not great...but good.  MikeS however, IS great!  Thanks again man!

[powersthatbe]

just FYI jersey,vigilante movies with clint eastwood and charles bronson were at an all time high in the 70's so that's where the idea of the punisher comes from(back then when comics were still kids stuff he used mercy bullets which weren't lethal)same deal with Shang-Chi when bruce lee and kung fu were king of the cinema but that one's obvious.

[Xavion]

just FYI jersey,vigilante movies with clint eastwood and charles bronson were at an all time high in the 70's so that's where the idea of the punisher comes from(back then when comics were still kids stuff he used mercy bullets which weren't lethal)same deal with Shang-Chi when bruce lee and kung fu were king of the cinema but that one's obvious.

Yeah, it's like 7-11s.  They were named "7-11" because they were originally open from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm.  Back in the early/mid 70's, being able to go out and buy a gallon of milk at 10:30 pm was kind of a BFD because all of the other stores were closed.  Now it's just one chain out of hundreds in the States that are open 24 hours a day.  If you grew up in the late 80s or 90s, you probably look at the Punisher and wonder WTF is so cutting edge about him.

This latest MU version puts the others to shame though.  Another local collector picked up Scarlet Witch and She-Hulk for me at TRU yesterday, and they still had Punisher, Kang, and FF Spidey when I went back later.  I passed on the Punisher and Kang because I had just spent $20 on Wanda and Jen, but I plan to get both the next time I see them.  I really hope the rumors we've heard about Hasbro phasing out MU aren't true, because they're just now hitting their stride, and it seems to be the last retail line that gives a rat's ass about us.  Legends is a fucking joke with their character selection.

[Year6Robin]

I really hope the rumors we've heard about Hasbro phasing out MU aren't true....

Holy Flerking Schnit!!!    I hope not, too!!!

Christ... by next year at this time, I guess I'll be collecting match books.

[phineas curmudgeon]

I don't know where these rumors about phasing out MU started, but they really don't make much sense to me. THAT - Marvel Universe, is much moreso within Hasbro's comfort zone and is much more economically viable for more forms of retail at the same time. Its less for them all across the board - in store space allotment & shipping costs, not withstanding either.

If anything, its Legends that struggles to exist and it shows.

Either way, the idea that one will inevitably trump the other has always been in the back of people's minds when really, it's the ever growing relationship between Big Toy and Big Retail that are removing the consumer vote from the equation and right now, what they both like best is Big Movie anything.
So..sadly, we live in a horrible time where the cart has firmly come before the horse and comic properties that movies are based upon, can barely thrive as comic versions unless they're represented in some sort of current media.
That being said, if MU were to fail, it would likely falter to more movie merchandising in that same 90% MU scale - which really annoys the shit outta me btw, that difference in size,  but I don't see it happening yet.

If anything, MU has never had the market presence that I'd hoped for and I actually feel that it has great potential. The idea is not to be a completist - nobody should be. Companies thrive on that OCD mentality. Don't let them. Get the things that are worth getting and leave the rest - and MU is no different in that respect. It's current lifespan has actually served better to weed out alot of the junk that you didn't need anyway while the betterment comes in, in the form of better base bodies and character selection anyhow.

And as for Vision, I have one, and he's nice to have but he's both primitive in artic standards, the sculpt is only so/so and imo, he's not worth a ridiculous amount of money at all. If anything, I wanna change im. The newer Rogers/Daredevil/Bullseye/Cyke/white Spidey body is much better suited for him anyway - and that's why jumping in late is often worth it.

Cherrypick.
 

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