Some new photography just in...
Thanks to the Forum folks for running the vote on Gamora...
Which costume for Gamora ?
37% [69] Classic
63% [120] Modern
“Modern won the poll convincingly though in the early going it was 50/50. Many arguments were made that there were concerns about quality and how EM would be able to mass produce the original costume. Many who voted classic stated they would not be overly concerned if the modern was made (and some vice versa). For the modern, the overall comments suggested her having a blade/sword.”
My original thoughts when I announced Gamora were to have her in her original outfit, but with the fears that the fishnet effect may look awful I was stearing towards the modern costume – what with this poll I think the scales are tipped firmly towards the modern look. (although the complexity of the modern look may be a stumbling block in production – we’ll have to wait and see).
Andie Tong’s Final Karnak cover (a real knockout!)
Plus thanks to a eagle-eyed blogger (stand up and take a bow), who spotted the Beetle should have wings when flying!!!!! Duh!
Mr. Tong has kindly added some buzzing wings...
The final 2 from EM Towers are....
Drum roll please.....
TRAPSTER
(I’ve heeded the calls for more villains, also I feel we needed an FF character in there (plus he rounds out the Frightful Four). So unfortunately Shaman has been knocked over until the next extension – hopefully though we’ll still get 2 Alpha Flight members early next year). Really sorry for getting the hopes up for Shaman (but he will return!)
I kinda like the last one best - it's his most polished costume, improving on the previous ones. (I think we can assume the Paste-Pot Pete look is out). The glue gun would be cool (although he didn't have it in the 3rd costume - they are built into the cossie).
And...
DEATHBIRD
I considered your request for a female and she was the highest on the poll after Wolfsbane (whom I won’t put through because I already have Mirage, but if the she goes through on the polls then that’s fine by me!). Ok she’s an X-Men related character, but she’s also a cosmic/female/villain, who’s been about in many MU areas since the late 70s
although very lovely, I think the sheer complexity of her newer 'regal' outfits rule them out, I think at the size they'd just look messy, so I think the original costume works perfectly for our needs. Clean and stylish.
So I can hand over the next 3 to the Forum Choice Poll...
The poll will start on the 10th and it will run until 31st (gives plenty of time to get a really good result).
The guys over on the Figurine Forum will handle the finer detail – rules and regulations etc. So get over there and exercise you civil rights!
Happy voting!
So I’ll hold off on the Competition for a couple of weeks until we have the forum results.
See you next week. Dan
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343 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 343 of 343I completely agree with lonchaney and not CBR Beast,the fact is that most of the x characters left are either newer or fringe characters and tend to look very samey which in a visual collection makes no sense.as for getting rid of Shaman and replacing him with another x character and a female to boot, when you know x characters will be in the last 4 and said no more females are in this extension and trying to fob us of by saying well she's a villain and a cosmic character is an insult to peoples inteligence,it seems to me that the only protest that will be effective is for people not to buy the figurines of the x characters which as they are nobodys anyway is what i shall be doing
I'm hoping enough people vote for Shaman to get him into this extension. It would really stink to be so close to him, then suddenly lose him.
Otherwise, with Howard out of the running, there aren't really any characters near the top of the polls I care for. Stingray MIGHT be fairly close, if enough people vote for him.
I'm definitely voting Star-Lord though. Hoping to see him do well and hopefully make next extension. Brother Voodoo as well.
"it seems to me that the only protest that will be effective is for people not to buy the figurines of the x characters.."
You should only ever buy what you love (and for me, that's everything ;) but to do so in protest will only hurt the collection, and if it stops short, hurt the collectors.
To john.i understand your point but im so p***ed off with what we are getting compared to the characters left that i feel we wont get the characters we want anyway as they will do all the x characters so that those who seem to want only them will stop buying a the collection will fold anyway
the forum poll about 3 years ago had whirlwind and count nefaria and others in tne top 20 who are no closer because when an x character wins those that voted for it just switch their vote to the next x character and that leapfrogs all others and gets done next and EM are still doing loads in the normal extension line ups,this is not what i expected when it started.
Can we please get Baron Mordo please!! It's totally absurd he hasnt been created yet, YO!!!!
Fact - we will never get EVERY character that EVERYbody wants. Its impossible to please everyone with everyones different tastes considering each extension is only 20 and how many marvel characters are left.
I could happily not see Shaman in the collection completely. Thats my personal taste, much like yours with the x-characters. I get what you are saying though, would be a shame getting alot of generic new mutants in their black and yellow costumes all looking the same.
LAWay - That would be nice of you. Dunno if I'd really use it tho. On a side note, I have noticed that the absurd generalizations seemed to have subsided - at least for now. Maybe you are taking my advice after all. :D
,,I think 25/6 regular plus 4/5 specials a year is enough don't you?!"
Definitely it's not enough. We have 12 months a year, so 6 specials would be ideal. For sure 6 next year, when we have only 4 this year.
Warpath in May with Thunderbird release please.
Complete this team, and complete this team...ehhh
Can we have a little break for 201-220, and stop completing? Dan can You give us characters from other teams in next extension?
Corsair from Starjammers.
Speedball from New Warriors.
Callisto from Morlocks.
Shriek from Carnage Family.
Fabian Cortez from Acolytes.
"Corsair from Starjammers.
Speedball from New Warriors.
Callisto from Morlocks.
Shriek from Carnage Family.
Fabian Cortez from Acolytes."
Well, that's one way to get people to give up the collection.
I wouldn't like a subset of redos either, with so many characters who haven't been made yet I think it'd be a waste.
I don't understand why people think there has to be a 90s Rogue redo....the difference between that Rogue and the one in the collection is minimal....
I can understand Cyclops, though, but still wouldn't spend my money on a repeated character!
90's Rogue was mentioned because its the guy's favorite character. Kind of like, if Sage was made in a costume you hated, you'd slip her name in too. ;)
"LAWay - That would be nice of you..."
Its VERY weird that you're only posting about LAWay's posts. Just saying.
"when an x character wins those that voted for it just switch their vote to the next x character and that leapfrogs all others and gets done next"
This is why we should have the poll first. If the forum puts through 2 or even 3 X-Characters, then we guarantee the X-folks are happy because it got their favorites in, and then EM can work around it to give us a balanced extension.
"Complete this team, and complete that team...ehhh
Can we have a little break for 201-220, and stop completing?"
I think its been a pretty good balance. Trapster and Shaman would complete teams, but Shaw and Vace Astro start new ones. Characters like Hammerhead are stand alone, while Hela works toward a great Asgardians display. Not really overrun with completing though.
But still, there are a lot of collectors who would HATE it if the collection ended before some of the teams or groups were finished, so we have to look at every collector and try to balance things.
There are some characters that due to having had more than one super identity should be considered exceptions for being inclueded more than once. Some of these are:
1)Hank Pym as Goliath/Giant-Man
2)Clint Barton as Ronin
3)James Buchanan as Bucky
Unlike The Wasp or Iron Man,these people did more than just change or update their suits,they had a totally different ID with different powers.
Dan you asked for ideas for the upcomming comp. Well I suggest that this time we go with some kind of trivia based on the Marvel characters inclueded in this collection. Instaed of identifying charcters through pics,as in the two previous comps,why not asked questions about certain heros and villains.
"Instead of identifying characters through pics, as in the two previous comps, why not asked questions about certain heroes and villains?"
Sounds good to me. The magazines are packed with info, so that type of competition does not exclude people like MT who do not buy comicbooks or other folk who haven't bought any in recent years, for whatever reason.
"90's Rogue was mentioned because its the guy's favorite character. Kind of like, if Sage was made in a costume you hated, you'd slip her name in too. ;)"
I understand that, but as I said, the difference between the two is minimal....
I can understand Beast, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm redos...cuz they would look completely different.
Dan, you can think abou GIJoe figurines collection as well...
There are a tons of characters (friends and foes), and will be room for specials, like a figurine + flagg or a motocycle or a Cobra throne... Think about! I'll love it!
i was looking at bowen and sideshow sculpts of rogue recently and the ones that weren't the 90s costume had loads of comments left asking for a 90s variant. it's by far her most recognised and desirable look and it baffles me why EM went with the look they did on their fig. i can only assume it was down to marvel. rogue was the character i was most looking forward to when i started collecting the CMFC and to get what we got was such a disappointment. its horrible to have to display my favourite character at the back of the shelf. as the most requested resculpts are pretty much all x-men, i think a jim lee era x-men subset would cover them all in one go and be a big seller.
rogue
beast
cyclops
jean grey
storm
wolverine
archangel
mystique
i know i'd buy it
I can't believe that we haven't had villains like Arcade, Molecule Man and Silver Samurai and yet people are throwing around names like Shriek, Sppedball and Ahole.
At least 14 villains in the next extension please Dan!
Arcade, Molecule Man or Silver Samurai isn't completing already started teams. So you can have Shriek, Speedball, Arcade, Molecule Man and Silver Samurai in next extension.
Speedball has 457 appearances.
Shriek was part of best story from Spiderman comics - ,,Maximum Carnage".
"rogue was the character i was most looking forward to when i started collecting the CMFC and to get what we got was such a disappointment."
I understand. It'd be like getting Rocket Raccoon in his weird 'first appearance' look rather than his Guardians of the Galaxy uniform.
"There are some characters that due to having had more than one super identity should be considered exceptions for being included more than once."
This is just me, and I know there's no convincing others who believe differently, but to me its the guy under the suit that matters. Granted, some of them have taken a crazy journey in their history to get where they are. But the suit is just a suit and the power set is just a power set. To me, I look at Yellowjacket and I see Hank Pym. I look at Ant-Man, Giant-Man, etc, and see Hank Pym.
Even if I think a different suit or era of a character was better, I'd never want a second version of a character over one that's not in the collection to begin with. For instance, I love Mystique and I hate Thunderbird, but I'd take getting Thunderbird over getting a white dress Mystique every time. There are just too many characters and the MU too vast and interesting to return to characters that already have representation.
"Maximum Carnage" was a mess. It was heavily criticised at the time for being excessively violent and over-extended. It was typical of the excesses of the '90s, which confused lots of characters in a long-running storyline with something that is truly epic and memorable.
As for Speedball, the less said the better.
A lupine overload
*Did you know?
Lupus is Latin for wolf!
I can't quite understand how and why Wolfsbane is so popular and ranking so high in the forum poll. She sure has a lot of fans, but personally I'm not too crazy about the werewolf-ish concept on which her character is based. It is a bit of a mystery, to me at least, that she proves more interesting than great New Mutants like
Sunspot, Magma and Warlock
who are much more imaginative and distinctive Marvel creations, imo.
I don't mean to criticise Wolfsbane fan. I'm just curious to understand why they like her so much!
Me, I hope she does not win. We already have Werewolf by Night, and there's only so much wolf I can take. Sorry folks, that's my view. Wolfsbane would be total
lupine overload.
PS. Word verification is Tegobewo
... surely a planet in a galaxy far far away.
Yeh John, its weird. Dunno why of all people I deserve my own personal troll, but hey, I take it as an achievement.
You guys know my stand on costume variants and redos. Would buy them all no question asked, subsets, specials, whatever.
I can understand why people would want the free space for 'new' characters never made in any form of merchandise before. But I don't see why the stubbornness to disown the product if it were ever to happen. We all love marvel, the characters and all the different eras and thus the different costumes. Some costumes are hardly ever made, and some have their own history and legacy to them.
Like I said, I can understand the preference, but I cant understand the kneejerk reaction of threatening to quit if it were to ever happen.
Its like doing a Dr Who collection and they only make 1 version of dr who and cover his whole history in one mag.
And that's me here above, Kirlian Eyes. Just forgot to choose my AIM OpenID before posting.
Lupine overload comment notwithstanding, and whilst remaining a supporter of subsets based on broad concepts that can give us a variety of new characters, I'd also be happy with some redos but only in a subset. I wouldn't want to reduce the number of new characters in the main CMFC.
THANKS BLOGGER I JUST FINISHED A NICE LONG COMMENT ABOUT VILLAINS & AFTER TYPING IN THE CORRECT WORD VER & MY CORRECT PASSWORD YOU SAID ERROR & ALL MY COMMENTS ARE GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"For instance, I love Mystique and I hate Thunderbird, but I'd take getting Thunderbird over getting a white dress Mystique every time."
This example doesn't quite give any substance to what I mentioned in my previous comment. I clearly said that the characters I mentioned did much more than just have a "costume change",they took up new identities with new powers,so what if the person beneath the suit is the same as in another. The figurine is absolutely different and repres ents another ID.
"but to me its the guy under the suit that matters. Granted, some of them have taken a crazy journey in their history to get where they are. But the suit is just a suit and the power set is just a power set."
If this is so,then we should get a figurine of Kevin O'Brian as Iron Man,and Happy Hogun as Iron Man,and James Rhodes as Iron Man,after all it's the person beneath the suit that conts not the suit.
Welcome to the club tino. This has happened to e dozens of times.
Hi Blake,
While Wolfsbane is not my favourite New Mutant character (mine is Karma) I understand why Rahne's so popular.
Since she was created back in 1982 she has rarely been out of print. She started in New Mutants, which became Cable's X-Force, she then joined Havok's X-Factor and later crossed the Atlantic to join Excalibur. She appeared briefly in the pages of X-Men and then took up residence back at the Mansion as one of the teachers in New Mutants Vol 2 which became Academy X, then New X-Men - she split the Mansion after an affair with a student to join Madrox's X-Factor Investigations. She returned to the X-Men to join Wolverine's black ops team X-Force and was with them through the Necrosha storyline where shortly after she returned to Madrox and X-Factor.
That's 30 years of almost unbroken continual comic book history, over 800 appearances in 10 different titles which I'm sure created a massive cross-section of fans.
With most of the big guns done, she is a very natural candidate as she has been "current" since 1982 for generations of Comic Book readers.
I think that Sunspot, Magma and Warlock may be more visually interesting, but you can't deny that this lycanthrope deserves to make it in even if there's already another werewolf in this extension.
I'm not voting for her. I want Shaman, Grey Gargoyle, White Tiger, Count Nefaria or Stingray to make it in. If I was voting for an X-person it'd be Dust from the New X-Men as I think she's quite a unique and remarkable character and could make a pretty awesome sculpt if done right.
If we had to vote for a New Mutant, I'd go Karma, then Warlock, then Magma - I was never a huge Rahne fan - too much Catholic angst for my tastes, which is why I love what Peter David has done with the character over the last several years.
Variants,variants,variants!!!!
Please Dan can we have a variant subset.:)
Don't see how it effect new characters into the collection when DC is running their line up fine.
A subset of redos doesn't need the magazine. So would be more economical production, of course we would pay the same price, I would very gladly.
Dust seems quite a popular character.
Although I for one can't imagine why. Did I miss something? Thought she would make a dull looking figurine. tbh I didnt read much of her after World War Hulk so I don't know if she got awesome in the meantime...but some people have quite the infatuation with the character.
Have you guys seen the new Ultimate Spiderman too? With the Ultimate line being so different, shouldnt we see them in the collection? They have been running successfully for years.
If Hasbro shot down the Transformers collection, there's no chance in hell that the G.I. Joe Collection would happen. It's no surprise, as Hasbro produces their own collectible lines. They don't want competition.
Re: Dust.
How about the fact that she's not a terrible stereotypical terrorist Afghanistan character. It's cool to see stuff like that in comic books. Something that doesn't just follow what most people would consider to be someone from that region. While I wasn't a fan of all of Morrison's New X-Men run, her and Beak were two awesome additions to the Mutant pantheon of charcters.
So it's because she is a positive example of an ethnic character? She is good just because she is not a stereotype...in the way that she is not a villain?
I saw her as a sad promotional tool to shock people with an asian character in a burka (yeh, i know she doesnt wear one, blah blah blah) and just aim at asian kids. Sure, thats great in a way to get different cultures and races characters that they can relate to, but then, with that solely in mind, she was created as a marketing tool to make publicity and attract minorities.
Again, I stopped reading much with her in around world war hulk so maybe she has evolved abit since then. They all have to start somewhere, just like the new latino spider-man.
John - I was just pointing something out to him; trying to help. He responded, so there was a lil back and forth - that's all. Nothing weird about it really. And despite the fact that he plays innocent, he seems to have toned down a bit - which is good. Maybe it was worth it after all. :D
"I'd also be happy with some redos but only in a subset. I wouldn't want to reduce the number of new characters in the main CMFC."
Kirly, if a Marvel subset existed, its likely to take place of Specials in the release order, like they did with the DC subset. So it Would reduce the number of characters.
"If this is so,then we should get a figurine of Kevin O'Brian as Iron Man,and Happy Hogun as Iron Man,and James Rhodes as Iron Man,after all it's the person beneath the suit that conts not the suit."
That's true. And if the characters were popular at all, I'd be all for that. Similar to having Scott Lang as Ant-Man. James Rhodes though, IS popular enough to warrant a figure, but as his iconic War Machine.
But as I said before, this is a agree to disagree. There's no way to change another's viewpoint on how they see a character.
"If we had to vote for a New Mutant, I'd go Karma, then Warlock, then Magma"
I'm a Warlock fan myself, but then, that has nothing to do with his X-Men ties and is solely in his Cosmic appeal. I think he'd be visual, one of the most impressive figures we could have. He's just sooo different than anything. I almost want Wolfsbane to win, just to secure a spot for him in the next extension. ...but then I hate Wolfsbane and would be more than fine waiting...
"I want Shaman, Grey Gargoyle, White Tiger, Count Nefaria or Stingray to make it in."
ANY CLASSIC FANS, I think of the older, non-X-Characters, Stingray has the best chance of getting through. I know there's a lot of fans of the older stories on here, and if you throw a vote his way, it just might happen. Its basically vote Stingray, or get 3 X-Characters.
I aint playing innocent buddy, if something pops up the next update I dont like I will mention it. I had my say about this one and instead of repeating myself and flogging a dead horse I moved on.
You havent mentioned a single thing about the collection, all your comments seem to be about myself 7thcynic. So you are obviously an alias either of someone already on the blog, or a forum assassin trying to tarnish me. Either way, its quite funny that you seem to pay me so much attention.
She's not Asian for one.
"And despite the fact that he plays innocent, he seems to have toned down a bit - which is good. Maybe it was worth it after all."
He seems to be his usual opinionated, squeaky wheel self to me. ;) I've never really known him to be anyone else.
As for newer X-Men (not that we need a bunch more X-Men) but my personal favorites are Pixie and Surge.
Afghanistan is in Asia.
I said it before, and I'll say it again..I want COUNT NEFARIA!
I make no bones that the Marvel villains are my favorites especially pre2000. I don't know how villains sell compared to heroes. I have never been polled on this & buy Bowen busts & statues. I notice that on the Bowen website both busts & statues of villains & heroes all sell out. I bought statues of DOCTOR DOOM, JUGGERNAUT, ABOMINATION, RHINO, SANDMAN, LOKI, MYSTERIO, THE LIZARD, SUPER SKRULL, QUICKSILVER (GREEN), CARNAGE as well as MOON KNIGHT, IRON FIST, SPIDERMAN, THE THING & HUMAN TORCH. I have non Bowen statues of MAGNETO, KRAVEN THE HUNTER & THE SUB-MARINER. I have numerous busts of villains. On one shelf I have Spidey villains DOC OCK, RHINO, MYSTERIO, KRAVEN THE HUNTER, SANDMAN, VULTURE, SHOCKER, ELECTRO, SCORPION, HOBGOBLIN, MORBIUS, THE LIZARD, THE GREEN GOBLIN, JACKAL could not fit KINGPIN, TARANTULA or RINGMASTER. I have also have collected Hasbro figures The Secret War two packs, Superhero/villain Squad figures but only all of this Eaglemoss Collection. There are just more great villains left compared to few heroes. SHAMAN & MARRINA with ALPHA FLIGHT, MANTIS & STINGRAY with AVENGERS, THE GUARDIANS & THE STARJAMMERS & WARRIORS THREE & SUNSPOT, KARMA & WOLFSBANE with New Mutants but the villains left are many
WHIRLWIND
ATTUMA
BARON MORDO
THE COBRA
MR. HYDE
BLIZZARD
STILT-MAN
TERRAX THE TAMER
TITANIUM MAN
BLASTAAR
THE MELTER
DIABLO
DRAGONMAN
THE HIGH EVOLUTIONARY
THE LIVING LASER
TOMBSTONE
JACKAL
MR. FEAR
JACK O'LANTERN
RINGMASTER
PRINCESS PYTHON
QUICKSAND
UNICORN
SCARECROW
MASTERMIND
MAD THINKER & THE AWESOME ANDROID
THE LIVING MONOLITH
THE RED GHOST & HIS SUPER APES
GRAVITON
COUNT NEFARIA
UNUS THE UNTOUCHABLE
THE ENFORCERS
STEGRON THE DINOSAUR MAN
THE WRECKING CREW (BULLDOZER, PILEDRIVER, THUNDERBALL)
MOLECULE MAN
VANISHER
SUPER ADAPTOID
CORNELL COTTONMOUTH
SELENE
THUNDRA
THE EXECUTIONER
ARCADE
SILVER SAMURAI
BLACK TOM CASSIDY
JESTER
THE PORCUPINE
MAXIMUS THE MAD
PLANTMAN
POWERMAN AKA ATLAS
GRANDMASTER
THE COLLECTOR
GRIZZLY
MAN-BULL
Who said we have to complete teams?
I would rather have characters I recognise before the collection ends than fill an extension with oddities just so that people can have a complete shelf of one team
The only reason this collection has been going is because most collectors want to complete teams!
I think this is effected by the way the collectors display their figurines.If it is in running order of the line up then the collector isn't going to care much about completing teams,if the collector has displayed their figurines in teams then obviously that collector will want to have a full set of that particular team they like.
Hope EM focus back Wrecking Crew on the next extension,having them all would make a great display.
well said jimbob id love the wrecking crew
in responce to cbr beast.i know a lot of people who like marvel but don't care for the x-men except the main team members.2 of them actually work at forbidden planet and they tell me x titles and comics in general are not very good sellers.as for classic villains i also collect bowen busts which retail between 40 - 80 quid each and they have done a large number of villains including tarantula,jackal,constrictor,whirlwind and grey gargoyle but have done no new mutants which must tell you something.out of a confirmed 196 figurines only 66 have been villains so they are really under-represented which considering over 50percent of the marvel universe are villains is ludicrous.i also agree with dallenabout the x characters dominating the forum vote.i really thought by now that characters like whirlwind,count nefaria,grey gargoyle,stilt-man etcwould have been done but we constantly get rubbish like siryn,songbird,moonstar,gamora,nico minoru,domino,arachne etc,none of which i will buy.awful,dull characters with even worse costumes.the forum vote should only be allowed one x-man,one ff,one avengers character etcotherwise it iscompletely unfair as the same people keep getting their choices and older,better characters are never done.i mean why must we have all of alpha flight or the new mutants and no serpent society,liberty legion,circus of crime etc.the last 3 extensions have been far too obvious and biased.the only way i can really register my dissaproval is by not buying these figurines.i can't imagine the collection running too much longerwith such dull and obscure characters constantly making the extensions.the last 3 extensions-56 characters-there have hardly been any eye-catching costumes at all particularly in regard to the females who just tend to wear clothing that wouldn't look out of place at a goth party.i mean look at moonstone,a female character with a helmet,totally unique if you discount poundcakes and sister sun but what happens we get a dreary body stocking ala dazzler and dagger and no helmet.
to lonchaney
i couldnt agree more,we definately need more classic villains to balance the x characters which are very overrepresented for exemple almost 50% of all the female characters are x related which is ridiculous.
@lonchaney
Bowen designs mini bust --
CANNONBALL release date 30/8/2011.
I think thats an approximate date not set in stone.
Midtown comics website.
Same comments repeated every blog.
How about limiting your comments to a single paragraph - almost like a tweet so as not to bore everyone to tears.
Limit suggestions to a single character per blog subject.
The same bloggers with the same complaints every time.
ZZZZ
Competition suggestion - three categories: -
Best Conversion, Best original artwork, best suggestion for a new hero or villian.
Whoever is considered to have done the best in all three categories gets the choice for the blog figure.
Alternate collections: -
2000AD is a good choice considering that Judge Dredd hits the big screen again in 2012.
I will do a figure conversion of Dredd as an example.
Ages ago Robert suggested back drops as part of the magazine.
How about the next special also having a selection of back drops with the magazine.
Check out my blog to see how effective back drops are when dsiplaying figures
Figure blanks.
Eaglemoss should consider making unpainted figures available via mail order for the modding community.
Short and sweet messages is the way to go.
PLURB - verifivation word - this obviously means short and sweet.
PLURB ON .....
I agree with some of the trust concerns regarding the forum and polling.
How about including a message in the next magazine requesting collectors to vote directly to Eaglemoss.
A unique code should be included in the bag with the magazine so that collectors can vote once per code per figure purchased.
In my experience, where you have a small group making decisions where they have a vested interest, inevitably they cheat.
In summary don't trust them.
lol ironic that deadpool goes on about how we should be posting short concise messages, yet whenever he posts he always posts around 4 times in a row with each post a different subject, in essence, doing the same as us all.
Best custom...think you are trying to put yourself in some sort of advantage there DP. Can't be having that! :P
It would be nice to have blank figurines, but that is not the product. EM doesnt cater to modders really, it would be a whole new license and product to do I would imagine.
Also while I would enjoy to take part in it, I dont have spare figurines on hand. While I would enjoy the artwork aspect of it, not everyone is creative or have skills in art, painting, modding etc so it wouldnt be fair.
Your idea of a code in each magazine wouldnt work. The code would have to be unique per magazine, which would cost money. If its just 1 code that is the same in every mag, then anyone can make multiple entries.
EM could post in little hints, clues, riddles whatever in some mags that could be the answer to the contest.
Collectors would like it to be a fair playing field though, so whatever the contest would have to be fair for everyone. I say just do a lottery. People would complain if it was just from subscribers, so hear me out.
We all list a character we want, just 1. No matter how many times that character gets voted, it only goes into the raffle once. Then EM just pick the name out by random. Simple process. Each name gets a number, an easy number generating website picks it, 1 out of 200, whatever, and thats the winner.
The users who picked that character have a say in the pose, costume, magazine cover etc. Everyone has a fair say, no real cheating can go on, no one can really feel 'hard done' by.
Oh, and sorry DP that my comment wasnt as concise in 140 characters, but there was just way too many flaws in your plurb.
*insert cheeky smilie*
(ddint mean for the comment to be taken as mean spirited of offensive, just messing with you)
Oh...last comment for now...honest. (damn, i AM turning into deadpool).
Villains. Why they sell out so much? Well in action figures they are usually short packed (less figures in per order compared to others).
I love alot of the characters on the lists mentioned. Shows that there is some real life left in the collection without simply 'completing teams'. I dont believe the collection is going just because of 'team completists'. I believe only the selfish collectors want their teams finished as soon as possible because they want to quit out of the collection once they get what they want. Doesnt apply to everyone who wants to complete a team, but I think there are some people who may think like that.
We already completed the Fantastic 4, what more do you want. ;)
The advantage of plurbing rather than plurbsterbation is that you can break up your comments into bite size chunks.
Plurbsterbation is the use of a single never ending paragraph or stream of paragraphs that have no apparent coherent theme.
PS Leigh ...I am almost impossible to insult ... if you hadn't already noticed ...lol
(Smiley inserted next) ----> :0)
Competition idea. Most amusing anagram wins..Frinstance...
Bloodstone=Stoneblood.....that sh*ts gonna take some beating.
oh,oh,oh..here's another,guess who this is..Python Princess.....give up???
John - You're prolly right. But I suppose it's still good someone says something to him every once and a while. Makes him aware, you know?
Oooh, and I like the idea of forum assassin. That would be awesome! And yes, it is quite amusing. :D
Laway said: "Your idea of a code in each magazine wouldnt work. The code would have to be unique per magazine, which would cost money. If its just 1 code that is the same in every mag, then anyone can make multiple entries."
There is a unique code, the number under the base of the figurine.
Leigh, you had lots of interestig thoughts in your 12:58 post and then I read something that made me go back and check it was you. I'm not having a go, honest I'm not, but I am stunned that you, of all people, would suggest a raffle. What's to stop someone - and by "someone" I'm really only thinking of, well, you - declaring it a fix? And if a character gets, say, four people wanting it, it still gets the same chance of success as a character who has only one person interested? Does that sound fair to anyone else, because it doesn't to me? Besides, I think we can come up with something more challenging than names-in-a-hat.
As for teams, I'd rather have the completed Frightful Four, Inhumans and Wrecking Crew than six unfinished teams.
CANNONBALL is the first New Mutant bust Bowen has done & he is in the original outfit. Bowen has done WHIRLWIND which I have but not KLAW. I also have his DR. DOOM, MEPHISTO, NAMOR, MAGNETO, MOLE MAN, LOKI, BARON ZEMO, ATTUMA, ABOMINATION, RHINO, DOC OCK, THE GREEN GOBLIN, MORBIUS, HOBGOBLIN, JACKAL, KRAVEN, SANDMAN, THE VULTURE, MYSTERIO, SHOCKER, ELECTRO, SCORPION, MOON KNIGHT, KINGPIN, RINGMASTER, THANOS, GALACTUS, SILVER SURFER, TERRAX, FIRELORD, AIR-WALKER, BLASTAAR, ANNIHILUS, SUPER SKRULL, ABSORBING MAN, THE DESTROYER, SENTINEL, SUPER ADAPTOID, SABRETOOTH, TIGERSHARK, JUGGERNAUT, BULLSEYE, SUNFIRE, THE RED SKULL, DORMAMMU, QUICKSILVER (BLUE & GREEN), DRAGONMAN, MYSTIQUE, PYRO, TOAD (NO TONGUE), THE BLOB, AVALANCHE (PRE-ORDERED), LADY DEATHSTRIKE, MAN-THING, IRON FIST, FIN FANG FOOM, TITANIUM MAN, CRIMSON DYNAMO, IRON MONGER, THE LEADER, GREY GARGOYLE, BARON BLOOD, TASKMASTER, ENCHANTRESS, EXECUTIONER, ODIN, THE WATCHER, KANG, BLACK BOLT, MEDUSA, GORGON, KARNAK, TRITON, ULTRON, MANDARIN, NORTHSTAR & AURORA, PUCK, SNOWBIRD, SHAMAN, MARRINA, SASQUATCH, FANTASTIC FOUR, APOCALYPSE, COLOSSUS, ANGEL, ICEMAN, BLUE FURRY BEAST, SON OF SATAN, THE WRECKER, BULLDOZER, PILEDRIVER, THUNDERBALL, CONSTRICTOR, BLACK KNIGHT (NEWER), DEATHLOK, GLADIATOR (BOTH DD VILLAIN & SHIAR VERSION), PROWLER, LUKE CAGE (ORIGINAL LOOK), POLARIS, TARANTULA, A.I.M. AGENTS (TWO-PACK). MY I did not realize I had amassed that many but still he has many he has yet to do.
"How about limiting your comments to a single paragraph - almost like a tweet so as not to bore everyone to tears.
Limit suggestions to a single character per blog subject."
Hahahaha!
As for villains, obviously they're going to be over half of the MU, but how many have starring roles? How many appearances do they have compared to heroes? Like I said earlier, a comic book guy told me the villains just don't sell as well as the heroes.
When I heard 66 of 200, I thought that number was surprisingly high. Good job, villains! Then you say very "underrepresented?" Um... Though, now that we're down to the B and C Heroes, I think the villains should have their due.
I LOVES me some villains, but I really think EM has done a great job giving us a balanced collection.
LAWay, if everyone names 1 character to add to a raffle, how many people will create multiple accounts to get all their favorites a chance? There's just as much a chance for cheating as anything else. We'd have Bloodstone, Python and Beef all added to the hat!
I also forgot HAVOK (original black costume), BATROC, BANSHEE, DR. STRANGE, KAZAR & SABU, WONDERMAN (Original outfit & newer outfit), STINGRAY, IRONMAN ORIGINAL GRAY SUIT & HULKBUSTER SUIT, MACHINE MAN, JACK OF HEARTS, HERCULES, CRYSTAL, SPIDERMAN, DAREDEVIL, WOLVERINE ORIGINAL LOOK, YELLOW COSTUME, BROWN COSTUME, WEAPON X & LOGAN LOOK but Bowen has not yet done KLAW, RADIOACTIVE MAN, THE MELTER, THE COBRA & MR. HYDE, STILT-MAN, BARON MORDO, THE GRIM REAPER, HAMMERHEAD, THE OWL, BLIZZARD, PUMA, TOMBSTONE, THE HIGH EVOLUTIONARY, JACK O'LANTERN, DESTINY, SEBASTIAN SHAW, THE LIVING LASER, UNICORN, WIZARD, TRAPSTER, HYDRO-MAN, MR. FEAR, STEGRON, SWORDSMAN & well I have done this list before.
"i really thought by now that characters like whirlwind,count nefaria,grey gargoyle,stilt-man etcwould have been done but we constantly get rubbish like siryn,songbird,moonstar,gamora,nico minoru,domino,arachne etc,none of which i will buy.awful,dull characters with even worse costumes."
Just a suggestion; its hard to take opinionated requests seriously. I start reading this thinking, "Okay. I want Stilt-Man and Grey Gargoyle too." Then I get to the second half... Songbird and Gamora are two of my absolute favorite characters, which you've just called rubbish. Naturally, my instant reaction is one of hate and I only wanted negative things to happen to all of your wants. Count Nefaria? Bah! Then I calmed down and logic kicked in.
But please be respectful of others' characters if you want your posts to be taken respectfully in turn.
Funny.
Yeh, let's get more high-concept villains like Stilt-Man! You can never have enough very, very, VERY tall men in metal suits.
That's part of the problem with subjective assertions of what is and isn't "rubbish". It leaves you open to people examining your own choices and you can end up looking a bit silly.
Or very, very, VERY silly.
Cant knock stiltman for being silly, then want Howard the Duck. ;)
Yeh, a raffle is controversial, people COULD cheat and create multiple accounts, but the guys at the forum seem to think they have that issue under control.
If 1 character has 1 vote and another has 4, whats the problem? Thats 4 happy people. Its not about the picker of the character being thrust in the spotlight, with 'as chosen by ...' stamped on the magazine. We are just naming characters we want more than any. If others think the same as you, more chance of getting your personal want in.
How did the last comp work? We emailed directly or did they read our posts? Cant remember...think it was email. So unless people make a bunch of email accounts with vastly different names to avoid detection it could work.
I am of course open to any other fair ideas. Cant think of many options however myself that is simple. Maybe EM is thinking of a number between 1 and 10,000. Lets see people take advantage of multiple accounts with that. ;)
"There is a unique code, the number under the base of the figurine."
Wouldn't work. They're in sequence. So it would be easy for people to submit multiple votes by just running th numbers.
And agreed with the comment "rubbish characters" gets tossed around willy nilly. I consider Thor and the Asgardians to be rubbish characters. But I am happy for the fans of them whenever they get someone they want in.
"Cant knock stiltman for being silly, then want Howard the Duck. ;)"
Not sure if that is directed at me or not but if it is, 1) I don't want Howard and 2) I wasn't really having a go at Stilt Man, I was making a point about criticising someone else's choices in those subjective terms.
ah, ok robert, i must have misread, sorry.
CBR Beast...Thor a rubbish character? You be trippin. He is a staple of Marvel, which cant be said for many characters being batted around in suggestions nowadays.
No harm done, Leigh. My post was probably too indirect. A sit happens I have no problem with Stilt Man being released as a figure, although I think there are more deserving characters like Tarantula or U.S.Agent.
As for CBR not liking Thor, while I strongly disagree, it's not hard to see why. Some people, of which I am one, are disinterested in Superman because he's an alien and just so incredibly powerful. Not hard to see the same problems with the Odinson. You then have a lot of fantastical creatures like trolls and giants and serpents that encicrle the world and spells and other elements that make it very remote from your standard earth-born and earth-bound heroes like Spider-Man. Also, I can see the diction being an issue, especially in the older comicbooks. CBR would need to explain his thinking himself, and I'm not trying to put words into his mouth, but I can see how Thor would be unrelatable and distant to some readers.
And that's your opinion. I have never cared for the character and the pantheon. Ares is about the only "God-Like" character I have ever really liked. Plus with Thor and the Asgardians, it didn't take nearly as much creativity to cook them up. Since it was just lifting from Mythology. You're free to love them, but I think they're meh at best.
Robert covered a lot of the other issues I have with Thor. Not so much the whole Shakesperean thing. But yeah, never been a fan of characters with that level of power. The biggest issue is the lack of genuine flaws or weaknesses for characters like Superman, Thor, etc. They're just not compelling or interesting because there's no real struggle. Most of the Avengers could have milkshakes while Thor is dealing with the problems.
I have to take issue with the whole "just lifted from mythology" argument, CBR. Stan, Jack, and many others added a lot to the basic names and (9) world-view. Also I'd take issue with the lack of struggle statement. If you read Thor, Asgard is constantly under attack and wrecked - actually, it's pretty amazing how quickly they rebuild! Asgardians are extremely restless, they never seem to be at peace for two seconds without trouble either going to them or they go out and actively look for it. The only other comicbooks I have read where the characters are tested so severly and so regularly are Spidey and X-Men.
But I get your point of view in all other respects. We all know that after a while the Superman folk had to invent Kryptonite because the big boy scout was just unstoppable. From the get-go, Stan saw this as a problem and created the whole 60-second weakness with the hammer. So, at least traditionally, he was hardly without a weakness. Also, a lot of the people he goes up against have at least as much power or even more (Ulik, Mangog, Destroyer, Desak) or can use a power-set like spells (Loki, Encantress, Malekith) or death touch (Hela) or something that he doesn't have. I'd agree that on earth he can make the Avengers seem hangers-on at times (an issue that was dealt with way back in the 1970s), but even Thor needs help with the likes of Ultron (his hammer bounces off Adamantium).
Scratch built Rocket Racoon is now complete including a lick of paint, for anyone that fancies a look at my Marvel customs blog.
Click my image then the blog...
Have a look at my other figures too.
I think it's getting a bit too serious on the blog lately.
Everyone has their own taste in comic characters so show a bit tolerance.
Little lead figurines are not the most important thing in the world.
Remember .. they are a hobby so try being nice.
I thought it has been quite nice recently...no one really arguing or being abusive...
Personally with Thor, I can understand why people dont like him. I much prefer him in the context of mixing it up in the avengers and how he interacts with other characters, much like I dont really like superman, but think he is good interacting with wonder woman and batman.
Regardless of preference though, no denying that they are icons of comics in their appearance and history and deserve to be the forefront in any collection.
Nice rocket raccoon DP. Is he really that big? I thought he was literally the size of a raccoon. lol ^_^
Nice work as usual, DP, although your choice of subject needs looking at! Did you put him next to Drax in jeans to deflect any adverse comments...? ;)
DP, I love you. Thank you. ;)
I'm with Beast about Thor, but for me its more the personality. I like magic and trolls and the like, but Thor just doesn't have a personality I could grab onto. Same with Iron Man. And even Cap just barely has it.
Spider-Man's my favorite because I like Peter Parker. Hank Pym, Walter Langowski, Reed Richards... THESE are my favorite characters. It has nothing to do with power sets (ESPECIALLY in the three listed above, haha)
"I like Peter Parker. Hank Pym, Walter Langowski, Reed Richards... THESE are my favorite characters."
So... you go for the brainy types, John? :)
I like Thor partly because when you strip away all that elemental power and otherworldliness, he's just a straightforward guy with a simple view of right and wrong and a daddy he is devoted to. Doesn't much matter to Thor where you're from (unlike others like Sif), actions speak much louder than background, biology, or any other consideration. It's actually very easy to understand his reactions to things and what he will do next.
I like Thor because he is 'other worldly'. The way others interact with him, dont completely sure what to make of him at times, how he has a sort of naive arrogance. He is a friendly noble giant.
Iron Man really stepped it up during Civil War for me and thought Tony Stark became a very complicated and intriguing character. He showed he was a natural leader despite being burden by the weight of decisions, yet showing how brilliant he is, and how had can put on a 'face' infront of the public.
Cap has always been like superman for me. didnt think he had much personality. But Brubaker wrote amazing stories and again, in civil war, seeing the rebellious side of cap was good to see.
Spidey has always been my favourite, and think its just peter parker is one of us. Everyone can relate to him. Thats why so many people are upset about his death in the ultimate series and just having some other kid take his place.
For rocket raccoon fans - copy and paste the links:
http://www.nyarlo.net/post/7877550827/toyark-com-sdcc-2011-new-marvel-universe
http://www.trollandtoad.com/products/fullshot.php?fullshot=287064.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s278/m1customs/Rocket%20Raccoon/RocketRaccoonP2.jpg
http://www.comics101.com/comics101//news/Comics%20101/349/DSCN0107.jpg
Thanks guys... the Racoon is a prototype.
I was studying the shape ... if I get round to doing an updated version I will be scaling him down by about a third.
You should have looked a little further in teh blog ... Howard teh Duck was next lol.
Oh and yep .. Drax in slacks was a definate misdirection lol.
"if a Marvel subset existed,
its likely to take place of Specials ... like they did with the DC subset. So it would reduce the number of characters"
John, I'm not sure about your comment. First all, a subset could include 12 characters (if in monthly releases) or even 20 characters (fortnightly releases). Even just 12 figs would be more than the few specials we currently get in a year.
Secondly, if subsets became possible, I'd like EM to think outside the box and create a superb subset which also includes some special sized characters. Say, 8 regulars and 4 specials.
No too much asking, is it? ;)
Oh well, I suppose we can keep dreaming. But hey, dreams can shape reality. Let us all dream about subsets. Until they become a reality.
I like THOR & have enjoyed his membership in the Avengers. Marvel's recreation of Norse mythology via the THOR comic book is so far removed from the Norse legends as to be comparing a square & a circle. Several favorite villains came from THOR's pages including LOKI & his meddling created THE ABSORBING MAN & THE WRECKER. THE COBRA & MR. HYDE battled the Thunder God more then once. RADIOACTIVE MAN, THE DESTROYER, ENCHANTRESS & THE EXECUTIONER all from the pages of THOR.
Although EM have said subsets pretty much wont happen, we can keep dreaming.
I think a subset should be something different and far removed from the collection. I think its pretty pointless just adding more 'new characters' that aren't even in the main collection, and adding specials on top of that simply makes it a mini CMFC. Whats the point? People want all new characters in the main line and would be annoyed if they had to spend more money on another collection just for a a few characters.
I believe the subsets are a perfect opportunity to revisit characters previously made in different costumes, covering different comic eras, certain storylines etc. The figurines could be slightly more dynamic in their posing either to look like they are straight from a particular piece of artwork, or just to make a great diorama with them slotting together or inserting in a special base.
I know alot of people dont want 'redos', but it seems a waste having a subset collection featuring more new characters. There would be nothing in it to differ from the main collection and just becomes a fast track collection for impatient people to get characters they cant wait for in the normal collection. Then you have to coherently tie those characters together in a theme worthwhile. I dont think most characters left have that impact to justify a new product based on them, nor do I think there is a legitimate reason that they can be tied together for a worthwhile cause.
Its what I think anyway.
If there is a next extension which I hope to heck the powers that be do extend again & again there could be ten regular villains at least.
WHIRLWIND - AVENGERS
BARON MORDO - DR. STRANGE
ATTUMA - SUB-MARINER
THE MELTER - IRONMAN
STILT-MAN - DAREDEVIL
DIABLO - FF
THE COBRA & MR. HYDE - THOR
A SPIDEY VILLAIN - THE MOLTEN MAN, TOMBSTONE, JACKAL, JACK O'LANTERN, SCARECROW to pick from
CONSTRICTOR - HULK
Now the forum will put forth three x characters
leaving 6 say
BROTHER VOODOO - MONSTER
GUARDIAN - YONDU - COSMIC
STARJAMMER - CORSAIR - COSMIC
AVENGER - STINGRAY
SHAMAN - ALPHA FLIGHT
MANTIS - FEMALE, AVENGER, COSMIC
wow DP i like your custom work, i dont mind long messages as long as its not a HUGE list of names Zzz ( honestly i just skip to next comments ). im learning quite alot about thor etc from reading all of the bloggers comments & info.. quite interesting, ive been reading blog all week & didnt really have much to say i just i wasn't blown away this week. but im still here just watching/reading.. learning :)
All opinions are valid.
For me, of all subsets possible, a subset of variants would be my least favorite. In my view, that would be a waste. I like the idea of subsets based on concepts and themes, and in my view there are plenty of amazing characters that are as deserving as any others we see appearing in the main CMFC.
Just like the vast majority of collectors, I'll always go for new characters over redos. Lastly, getting more characters at a faster pace is exactly what I want! Judging from the many major characters we see mentioned here and on the forum, a subset would make many people happy. Not just me, you know? ;)
@ dan. thanks for answering my competition question. i read a few people suggesting new possible part works to make & some real good ideas.. what about smallville or supernatural ( tv series ) ? :)
By the way...
OFFICIAL FORUM POLL IS OPEN
You can vote for your top 5 characters. The top 3 poll toppers will make it into the 181-200 extension. As simple and as awesome as that.
i think dan already said that people were complaining about to many figurines ( people that collect both DC & marvel ) im all for more @ a faster pace. word verification "scrauni" lol
i agree with laway , a lottery / raffle number style comp. Eaglemoss ask us a question , we send the answer via email , we get a reply email with a raffle number. We wait for the winning number to be announced thus making that update more exciting to look forward to. Then the winner anounces their choice of character , this way even eaglemoss can't cheat by letting someone win just because they like their choice as it will not be revealed until they win.
i'd also like to back the idea of a g.i joe collection. I loved the action figures as a kid and think with all of the cool looking characters , they'd make great figurines. The movie was good , and a 2nd is on it's way. Go for it eaglemoss.
new mutants ? The only one i'd buy is wolfsbane , but she'd be going in my x factor team display. The only other newby that i like is morph. I would buy him if he got made.
the last comp was pretty much a lottery/raffle. you sent in your answers. EM picked a winner randomly from the correct ones. and they didn't know what character would be selected until afterwards as you didn't have to include your choice on your entry. no need to change that system imo
Voted in the forum poll & to no one on this blog's surprise I'm sure my 5 villains who have no chance of winning are :
ATTUMA
BARON MORDO
COBRA
MR. HYDE
WHIRLWIND
next extension : baron mordo , tombstone , clea , brother voodoo , diamondback , callisto , whirlwind , jackal , stingray , stilt man , jigsaw , yondu , starhawk , thundra , meggan , blizzard , general ross , white tiger , darkstar , constrictor.ondback , callisto , whirlwind , jackal , stingray , stilt man , jigsaw , yondu , starhawk , thundra , meggan , blizzard , general ross , white tiger , darkstar , constrictor.
why the repeat again at the end of my comment ? And i keep getting a message saying that blog is currently unavailable or something.
Round Two of the Golden Age Character Poll is now up and running on the Forum - you have one week to vote, then the results get sent to Dan for his consideration as the Golden Age character for the next extension next Thursday.
The top twelve moving on from Round One are...
Angel (Thomas Holloway) - 1930s
Blazing Skull - 1940s
Human Torch (Jim Hammond) - 1930s
Lady Dorma - 1930s
Marvel Boy/The Uranian (Bob Greyson) - 1950s
Miss America - 1940s
Namora - 1930s
The Rawhide Kid - 1950s
Red Raven - 1940s
Venus - 1930s
The Whizzer - 1940s
Yellow Claw - 1950s
Pick your one favourite from this list and the character with the most votes gets sent on to Dan.
"The top twelve moving on from Round One are..."
I would love almost all of those, but I'm really crossing my fingers for an Agent of Atlas. I hope if Namora wins, she's in her AoA costume. The Uranian is my most wanted, but I feel Human Torch is most deserving. Angel would be so cool too... Grrr...
Any Cosmic fans, the most likely for the Forum Poll is going to be Star-Lord. Pull your votes together and he may have a slim chance. If you're more a fan of a Herald or original GotG member, this vote would get Star-Lord out of the way and make room for your character next time! :D THAT'S strategic voting!
Or just feel pity for me that my most wanted character has been taken off the table (Rocket Raccoon) and help a brother out. ;)
M_M not everyone has every figurine so found it hard identifying from the pics, even though pictures were on the blog. Thats why I just suggested a flat out lottery.
Kal...the golden age poll isnt actually 'official' thoug his it? Its just you making a fantasy poll to badger EM with? Thought the only poll they listen to is the actual forum 3 character poll.
Will check it out anyway.
Ooooo HtD and Rocket Raccoon and ineligible. Gutting for fans, but EM did say and had their reasons.
Anyway, I have voted. Woo.
interesting that out of the 1343 members, 588 have NEVER posted a single thing.
Of 1343, 1087 have commented 10 times or less.
Now there are many many people who are regularly active, about 90 people who have posted over 100 times. Does that mean there are many 'fake' accounts, or just unused, just made for voting, just like reading etc?
I mean, I have only posted 26 times on there which isnt much. But I would imagine I post more than that on the blog. Sometimes 26 times per blog post! lol With the amount of threads on the forum, it just seems hard not to have racked up loads of comments. So is that a sign of 'fake' accounts?
Then again only 170 people voted on the trapster poll, so I guess that is the main amount of members who are active.
Never mind all this guff. I just was looking at the stats while I voted and found it all interesting. Doesnt mean anything.
Subset redos were 3rd place in a poll with 13%, only 2% behind 1st place. People want them. ;)
(can you tell its my lunch break)
Made my selections...
Blastaar
Dark Beast
Gargoyle
Ghost
Gorilla-Man (Ken Hale)
Ken Hale should be ok. Since he's not any bigger than Blastaar, Mr. Hyde, or Man-Ape. And they're now allowed as borderline characters.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/MasterSplinter/KenHale-1.jpg
TO DEADPOOL whats the point of putting short messages if you do 10in a row
@ LAWay
Not every users can speak English very well, but writing hero names shouldn't be a problem for them.
Fake accounts? SHFF Admins and Mods check all user's IP.
there's got to be some sort of challenge in the competition. don't think it should just be a plain lottery.
i'm still supporting a jim lee era x-men subset. i think it would be a big seller. for the majority of x-men it's their most well known look thanks to the animated series.
placed my vote on the forum.
brother voodoo
corsair
shaman
stingray
wolfsbane
really want 3 of them. the other 2 are characters i wouldn't mind but more to do with getting them in this extension so that my first choice characters have more chance next time.
i like thor because he always makes clever, informative and interesting posts......what??.....your on about the comic character not the blogger??
its no secret that Thor is my fave character by light years, i just love the whole mythological type thing and the fact that even though he outpowers the rest of the Avengers put together he never seems to be big headed about it and as for people saying he's to powerful?? i dont think, so he's as powerful as he needs to be at the time, if he unleashed his full fury on some of the people he's fought the MU would be alot smaller
my second fave is Spidey and my fave villain is Thanos (when he's not being bullied by a 2ft Racoon)
PA
DAN.....DAN, LISTEN DAN....PERFECT COMPETITION DAN.....
Make 3 charachters that are made up from differnt characters body parts, include things like guns that would be tricky to identify.
A Frankentien type vibe. you digging wot am a sayin geeza?. With you being an art editor, i have no doubt a man of your skills could conjure up 2 or 3 devilishly difficult Frankystiens fer us to dissect.
love and kisses
Ted
Nice to have you back on, Ted.
Not so sure about your idea, sorry. Sounds a bit reminiscent of the last competition.
But you may have indirectly came up with other suggestions. I seem to remember that the composite character idea appeared on the old Captain Britain Puzzle Page. Maybe I could dig out the original comics and see if there's anything else there that is worth ripping off...
Dayum! just lost my last comment!
oh well the gist was - Great idea for the comp Ted - I really like it - i was struggling to come up with somehting all-new and all-different - I think you may of done it for me! ;)
I wanna go at Ted's idea!
*opens photoshop*
I'll be back in a mo...
ok - done!
Frankenstein game as suggested by Ted!
Hope it isn't too easy! Can you name the 10 figurines I used?
http://lawaycartoons.blogspot.com/2011/08/cmfc-frankenstein.html
Please everyone have a go. Just realized its thursday, technically friday now and my post may get lost in the upcoming update.
Would love to see if anyone can get it right.
Maybe a prize for the first person to do it? Or maybe I should get a prize spending so much time on it. :P
Would love Dan to have a go too. ^_^
think i've got 9 laway
radioactive man
warlock
nomad
beta ray bill
enchantress
wonder man
baron zemo
she-hulk
shang-chi
think 10th is mephisto
ok laway:
Adam Warlock
Avalanche
Enchantress
Taskmaster
Beta ray bill
Quasar
thor
Nomad
Baron Zemo
Master of Kung Fu
I change Avalanche to mephisto
and change quasar to she-hulk
final change: taskmastar to radioactive man.
lol
Master of Kung Fu
Enchantress
Beta ray bill
Nomad
thor
mephisto
she-hulk
Adam Warlock
Baron Zemo
radioactive man
thanks for the game...
going to sleep
bye
Wow, really hard for me, LaWay....totally freaked me out about the competition now!!!
"Kal...the golden age poll isnt actually 'official' thoug his it? Its just you making a fantasy poll to badger EM with? Thought the only poll they listen to is the actual forum 3 character poll."
Actually LA Way Dan asked for a poll, so we ran one. When we tack the word "official" onto a poll, it means we are going to send the results to Eaglemoss. It does not mean EM have to abide by the decision or have indicated in any way that they will. It simply means we will be sending the results to our contacts at EM, so if you have an opinion we encourage you to vote. I don't believe the guys at EM look upon this as badgering. Just free market research.
There are a great many members on the forum who are predominately lurkers and may only post during an "official" poll or during the Forum Choice poll. We attempt to be as welcoming to collectors from all over the world and provide a place for them to chat about the collection in their own languages. The staff also speak English, French, Spanish and Italian and come from six different countries in an attempt to make the forum a viable avenue for collectors to share ideas, opinions, customs, tips and whatever else they wish worldwide.
I can assure you that to the best of our ability there are no double, fake or fraudulent accounts. We try to be as thorough as possible in ensuring a fair vote on the forum choice polls. Further to that point, I am sorry that you seem so unhappy with the forum. Your allusions to the staff manipulating the votes somehow are a little distressing. For what it's worth, to my knowledge your concerns are completely unfounded and as one of the guys who tallies the polls I can give you my word that does not happen.
I am however really pleased to see that despite your misgivings you exercised your perogative as a member of the forum and voted in the Forum Choice Poll.
Ultimately, the more information we can share with EM the better in my opinion. The more votes we get demonstrate that the consumers a.k.a. the collectors, will keep buying figures which will hopefully translate into more extensions.
I'm not sure if this alleves any of your concerns, but I thought your post deserved a response.
Okay, I stand corrected. Looking at Leigh's mock-up, that would be very tricky. Especially in black and white.
in responce to the comment about villains not having the same ammount of history as heroes in groups such as the new mutants,the fact is the marvel universe could not have gotten where it is without these characters.villains in the main are there to fight heroes,rob banks,take over the city etc.who cares about their childhood or if they are feeling angst.the collection is about great figurines and not a soap opera for god's sake.
Well said lonchaney the figurines are a visual medium after all so we should get some that have a distinctive look instead of half of the x characters wearing blue black and yellow such as magic and forge
I'm portuguese, and have some dificult speaking in inglish... therefore I participe few...
The attack on villains is just the silly notion that all the great villains still left are somehow not as relevant as the heroes because they "gasp" don't have their own comic book or "gasp" don't appear as often as the hero does in his or her own comic book or "gasp" they may only tend to be a main opponent for one particular hero like ATTUMA & SUB-MARINER or BARON MORDO & DR. STRANGE. Also "gasp" their not filled with teen angst or "gasp" they are not women wearing skimpy tight fitting outfits that shows off their big bosoms. They will not sell as well because even if they make a great looking figure no one will buy THOSE VILLAINS!! It is so sad but that is why we must have every hero no matter how minor or if they are still a minor before we have anymore of those unimportant, irrelevant villains.
Note to Tino: Please don't go to the gym immediately before posting.
"...or "gasp" they are not women wearing skimpy tight fitting outfits that shows off their big bosoms."
That's all I want. I hope Misty Knight's in the next extension.
By the way I had voted in the Golden Age poll. I did know some of the characters. Yellow Claw of course the villain. Rawhide Kid, Whizzer & Red Raven with that great red outfit & wings. However the character polling ahead all others was called Namora. I was not familiar with her but remembered seeing her name mentioned on this blog along with something called the agents of atlas. Anyway her name sounded to me like a rip off of Namor like the character Namorita which was Marvel's lame attempt to do a female version of the Sub-Mariner. When I looked her up sure enough she was a female Namor with pointy ears, long blonde hair, tight fitting costume & big bosom. So I understood why she was first & that none of the other characters have much of a chance. However the agents of atlas tie in is new from 2006 with a short run & then a shorter run as just Atlas. Rewriting the history of some of the golden age characters to create a new story line so I wonder are they voting for Namora of the Golden Age or the revamped Namora for the new 2006 plus story lines? Anyway I voted for RED RAVEN because I thought his red winged outfit would make a cool figure. He stands no chance next to the Namora bosoms.
I agree Tino, but I think we make a mistake when we assume Marvel fans are the same as X fans.
In my experience X fans have a very limited knowledge of the MU as a whole, and care about it even less. Their interest in comics often seems to begin and end with the X franchise, and their love of the traditions of the one time House Of Ideas is non-existent.
As for villains not being important enough for the collection, I'm sure that's a view shared by many of the effete young shavers whose idea of fun is a three issue exposition of Rogue and Jubilee examining their inner chakras, but it ain't comics and never has been.
The X titles are slowly grinding to a halt, sales are down significantly leaving a huge hole in Marvel's revenues, sending them into a blind panic to do almost anything to boost sales.
With DC champing at the bit to destroy their legacy even further next month it's time to face facts. Neither of the big two currently have the talent or self-belief to give the fans what they want in sufficient numbers to be economically viable in print even in the short to medium term.
For all the reboots, the contrived deaths, the even more contrived resurrections, the variant covers, the foils, the this and the that, all Marvel ever had to do was write decent stories.
Good stories will always sell, bad ones will not.
Note to Robert: I never go to the gym. I'm a old Fatman.
Yeh, me too, Tino! I was just joking about all the gasping you seemed to be doing in a previous post.
As for your comment about busty women, I have to agree. I hope they are exaggerating but there are a few posters on here who seem to get some sort of weird sexual kick out of this collection.
hit the nail on the head there Robert.
Also Kal, yeh sorry about delving into the stats and asking questions that seemed to lead into fraud. Like I said, ignore it, it was aload of guff. Keep up the good work modding, cant be easy with so many members at times.
Will post results soon, anymore want to have a shot?
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