greenlucario

That's a really tough question. Probably the Fearsome Foes Lizard from the ToyBiz days. Lizard is my favorite villain and that figure nails pretty much everything for the character. Other top picks would be the McFarlane/Campbell Spider-Man (if you consider that a ML), Vulture wave Moon Knight, Rhino wave Ghost Rider, Groot Wave Nova, and the Wendigo wave Nightcrawler.

Best Newcomer: Ebony Maw, easily the best of the Black Order in terms of sculpt, paint, and articulation, plus it felt like we waited forever for him and Corvus Glaive, but at least Maw can be posed more dynamically. Best Remake: Iron Spider, looking back on the first one, it was pathetic, and it's left me wondering why I ever bought the first one. This new one is a complete step up in every way, and by every way I mean the four large spider legs, unmasked head and accurate gauntlets. Best Re-Release: Vibranium Black Panther, don't have it, but it looks good and is a huge step up from the previous one in terms of paint. Best Villain: Mysterio, could have been the best newcomer too, but I didn't want to give him two spots on here. From the sculpt, to articulation, to the metallic green pattern on the cape, the only thing missing is an unmasked head. Best Female: Black Widow/Nebula time heist, for the Black Widow head sculpt alone, this is the best looking female figure of the MCU crowd, put it on last year's Infinity War Black Widow, minus the vest and you have the best MCU figure of her yet. Best New Costume: Mark 6 War Machine, it's the War Machine we deserve, at least in aesthetic terms. Bonus points that it fits fine in a comic display. Now if Hasbro could just work on improving articulation for Rhodey and Tony.

Scored an Iron Man 85 at GameStop and Heimdall on Amazon.

New - Night Thrasher Remake - Nightcrawler 80th Anniversary - Colossus Re-release - Juggernaut Villain - Hydro Man Female - Scarlet Witch New Costume - Havok Spider - Big Time Best Wolverine - X-Force Best X-Men - Nightcrawler Toughest vote yet. Especially that best X-Men character one.

Picked up Rock Python for cheap on Amazon over the weekend. Other than a Worthy Cap I'd say that's it for my wants for the year.

80 Years Captain America- This figure is just perfect and easily is not only the best Cap figure yet, but it's a top 10 of the year candidate for sure, from sculpt, to proportions, and paint, it's top to bottom excellent. X-Factor- Awecome 2 pack, and definitely the best of the options. Family Matters- Even though the Love Triangle 3 pack is excellent, there just isn't enough new in that pack for me. We needed a good Magneto and a better Quicksilver, and this pack delivered for the most part on those. But Scarlet Witch is a homerun of a figure, that even the Jean re-do can't out match. Big Time Spidey- The coolest, and most needed repaint from that line, always down for a new Spidey variant.

For round one, gotta go with: -New Mutants for Accessories, no matter how much of pain it was to get them all, it's a really cool idea. -Alpha Flight for packaging, it's been so long since we've gotten an oversized team box, plus the art is great. -X-Force for the best wave, Nightcrawler alone makes this a no brainer, and with the exception of Cannonball the rest are good to great figures as well. -Wendigo for the BAF, better articulation and paint apps than the other top contenders.

Havok/Polaris 2 pack came in from BBTS and Alpha Flight from Amazon, great way to end the week!

Yeah that'd be a good one to get cheap, really like the Korg figure.

Snagged a Skurge and Hela set when they were on sale at Amazon for $25, definitely worth the wait.

That's what I did. Not that I wouldn't mind waiting for BBTS, but the fact that it's in hand and you can actually check the paint is what got me.

Yeah, I didn't get in when Pulse had them at first, so the markup was definitely felt, definitely worth the wait especially at MSRP.

Definitely with this all the way.

Scored the Love Triangle 3 pack at GameStop yesterday. Jean is definitely worth the price of admission, and the extra Cyclops heads and Wolverine's bone claws definitely round it out well.

Either the first or third look, both remind me of his appearance in Avengers: EMH, which was excellent. To deal with the Nazi arm band, they could just make it a HYDRA arm band, since that's what Marvel and the MCU have been doing to deal with Nazi iconography for the last ten years or so.