greenlucario

Seriously awesome list! I'd take them all. In no particular order: 1. Armored Spider-Man 2. Morlun 3. Stegron 4. Toxin 5. Swarm 6. Vermin 7. Cardiac 8. Black Tarantula 9. Carrion 10. Shriek

Got Mach-I in from Pulse, solid figure.

I'd say, no to stopping with BAFs in favor of deluxe figures taking their place. The deluxe concept is really nice for figures to get out there with some additional accessories or vehicles, but the BAFs need to be left alone. The more recent instances like Kingpin, Walmart Thanos, Groot Evolution, and even Venom make sense, because of specific circumstances. -Kingpin, we all wanted two BAFs one for Kingpin and one for Shadow King. This fixes that problem without having to a whole second BAF from a lackluster wave, plus this is a classic first appearance Kingpin, which just vibes a bit better with most Spidey and Daredevil set ups. -Thanos, the original BAF wasn't that great, the colors weren't very eye catching even for a modern comic look, plus a new head and an infinity gauntlet made the figure into more of a new/upgraded figure anyways. -Groot Evolution, again better paint apps, and if you wanted all the figures because "Groot Mania" fine. Easy pass otherwise. The re-re-release makes some sense since TRU exclusives weren't always the easiest to find near the end. -Venom, I mean it's less accurate to have a Brock version of Venom be quite this massive, but it was a hard to find figure and it's definitely a different host so it works. Though I still prefer the original Tony Moore inspired BAF this one works fine and it's easy enough to pass if you bought the other one. Overall we know they won't drop the price if they drop the BAF, so for that major reason alone I'm not okay with it. You don't get a large amount of extra accessories per figure in lines like Lightning Collection, which have the same price point as Legends, are made by Hasbro, and don't have a BAF. On average we get almost as many hands, heads, and effects with a good chunk of the characters, plus sometimes a BAF piece. Leave the BAF be, but also space the re-releases out more so that people can feel better about the value of their original figure or whatever, and others can have a change down the road without paying insane prices online.

I'll take either however I can get them. Considering the lack of possible BAFs, that's why I left Titanium Man. I guess my wallet would rather spread them out too.

I'd be all for a second wave, if it were heavy on the comic characters. The trailers don't seem to show a lot of MCU characters that we haven't gotten, though re-dos would certainly be good for a lot of them. If it was a BAF Titatium Man with the comic Crimson Dynamo everyone is asking for above, I'd buy the whole wave regardless.

Definitely. While most regular stands I've used are a bit flimsy with larger characters, that's one of the reasons I dropped my pre-order is how clunky this stand seems. Granted I've only used figuarts and mezco stands but they seem to work well for a lot of characters.

Certainly taking everything with a few grains of salt at the moment. Your luck on that gamerverse wave is definitely a good sign.

Got Crossbones in from Pulse a couple days ago, and Widow Winter Soldier, and Taskmaster yesterday, Also from Pulse. Can't believe what I'm hearing about brick and mortars not selling stuff they have in stock, just because it's deemed nonessential. Crazy times we live in.

Still prefer thigh cuts, because of the increased poseability. I don't find them to be that much of a problem for the aesthetics. I'd like to see drop down hips used more often, but figures like War Machine and Juggernaut, who would benefit from them now, are already made, so I'm in no rush to see drop down hips implemented, since these and other already made figures would still miss out.

It's going to connect to the others. They've already released Iron Man and Hulk, and will release Cap, Thor, and Black Widow to form the shot from the end of the first Avengers, with them back to back". But yes, the price is pretty steep.

Regular Figures: Spider-Man- (any costume) Tons of web effects, lamppost with street signs, etc. to hang from. Nightcrawler- Utopia costume or Uncanny X-Foroce AoA version. With multiple smoke/BAMF effects, 1-2 swords, and at least four alternate heads, the laughing and yelling ones from the last version and two new ones both aggressive or calculating expressions for the AoA version. Nova- Classic costume, energy effects and a proper "rocket stream" effect that can attach around or in place of the legs. Two effects sets one in yellow/orange and one in blue would be nice since his powers aren't always consistent in how they're drawn. Quasar- Preferably Phyla, but Wendell would be fine too, Abnett/Lanning costumes, with blast effects and quantum constructs. BAF Size: Annihilus- Updated build, could re-use the same wings though. Mephisto- Single release, fan channel exclusive, maybe then we can finally get him out there. Surtur High Evolutionary Dragon Man- Over-sized, with large wings too.

I'd definitely like to see a bamf effect for Nightcrawler. Some energy effects, like an energy sphere that can be held in a character's hand might be nice. However from what it sounded like in the interviews I've seen, it's about muzzle flashes and other gun effects this year, with a focus on new types of effects coming down the pipe later.

Managed to score Red Hulk this morning. Can confirm the store only got one in, so I recommend using PopFindr in conjunction with the alerts from Target's site.

Moon Knight Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) Nova (Richard Rider) And since they'll keep cranking out Spider-Man variants no matter what I'll count him as an honorable mention, not because I don't want to complete his wardrobe, but because Hasbro will keep chipping away at that goal no matter what.

I'd go for hand ninjas, but it will probably be either SHIELD soldiers or AIM grunts, since they have the molds and accessories already.