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I'm a bit late on these but it's time to add a little more nerd zest in this glum and gloom side of my web. So... let's take a gander at Marvel's line up:

Civil War: While I didn't expect it to go canon wise with the comic book, it does feel a bit.... TOO different. Civil War is one of my favorite story line in the Comic Book realm of Marvel. Really struck a note in me. While I have faith in this movie rendition, I just really miss that grand feel that was conveyed in the comic book realm.

X-Men Apocalypse: I have to say, I haven't been excited about an X-Men movie for a long while now. Here it is then! I hate to say it, I wish there was more Psylocke in the trailer. It's probably the ONLY reason why I want to watch this movie.

Well... here's DC's line up:

Dawn of Justice: Okay so I'm not going to say I'm not impressed with this trailer because I am. There definitely is a lot for Comic Book fans and for any who are Big time DC fans, this should evoke nerdgasm or two. For me.... WONDER WOMAN! Doomsday though?

Well, there you have it. Personally, I'm looking forward to ALL the Comic Book movies coming out in 2016. These two are the heavy hitters though to the majority of fans. Though I am a bit excited for Suicide Squad.

And on the GAMING WORLD......

Final Fantasy VII: THEY ARE NOT F@CKING around! Woo boy! Looks like the old ways has joined the new! If I don't have a ps4 by the time this game comes out, I'm going to buy one! 

Marvel BAFs: Asunder

BAFs: Terrax, Blob, Fin Fang Foom, Anihilus, Armin Zola

Collecting can vary with the myriad of genres that supply tangible trinkets for people to purchase and 'collect'. The crowd of collectors can vary from Jordan collectors, Autographs, China Set, Books, and while there are a dozen others out there in the waters, obviously I fall in the category of Toy Collecting. Even in Toy Collecting there are sub sections to delve into! Comic books, Anime, Video game paraphernalia! Then we can even scrutinize even further by splitting comic books into their respected companies such as Marvel and DC ... etc. So now let's go into the meat! Toy collecting... I won't go in depth details as to it, but as of right now I am VERY much into the BAFs collecting craze. With the collection I have right now, I take full pride when I complete a certain character with the expensive and time strenuous effort through store searching and internet surfing.

BAFs completed: Iron Monger, Rulk, Onlsaught, and Apocalypse.

But just from the picture above, some have laid dormant in my collection and may or MAY never ever see full assembly. There are a couple of other missing pieces from other BAFs that I KNEW I wasn't going to collect from the get go so I threw away immediately(Brood, Mojo, and M.O.D.O.K.). But for some reason, I kept a couple and the picture above are what I have. Makes me ponder if I SHOULD. Let's delve into the complete 'family' tree of these BAFs shall we?

All pictures are from Marvellegends.net.

This was the first Marvel Legends that Hasbro produced that I came across with. Anihilus may have came first, but for some reason, I saw Blob first. Err... yeah no. And Movie Jean Grey? Wow. Atrocious.

I have Planet Hulk and Ultimate Iron Man. HAD Banshee... But as for the rest? White Drag Queen?! Err, I might've considered this guy, but seeing as I threw the wing of Anihilus away and we have a butch version of Emma Frost? Yeah No.

Now this guy! Hasbro made a lot of Legends BAFs and some of them are directed to certain characters. They made a FF BAF exclusive, a Spider-Man movie verse(yuck), and Hulk, which is where Fin Fang Foom omitted from. This Dragon is colossal! Probably the biggest BAF Hasbro has done. Suffice it to say, I'm not going to have Doc Samson or Absorbing man in my shelf or even SPEND the money on them. So... it may be a pass altogether.

The toy community raved when they announced Marvel Legends' return with a new BAF. With the exception of Klaw, these are all acceptable and enamoring characters! Thor doesn't come with a piece for some reason though so he is more of a fan service than a piece to build. Suffice it to say... this guy might see the light! (MIGHT is a very loose term for 'hell yeah').

Yup. So that concludes my rant in regards to this toy line. There are a few more coming out from Hasbro and ... believe me... I may have more problems with the lack of space in my room in the near/far future. 

Marvel Legends: Villains!!!

There is a slight change in my 'shelf one'. As a collector of this genre, I have recently rekindled my 'BAF'(build a figure) love. While I am not going to go all out and purchase EVERY SINGLE one that I seem to have touched base with because of certain characters I decided to buy have a piece of a BAF(Spider-Woman, Heroes Reborn Iron Man, etc etc).  Certain ones from the days of Toybiz do catch my Collector eyes(and pride) and perhaps I'll be tackling them when I have the means. As of right now though, I'm just going to flaunt some of my rogue of Villains from the Marvel Universe!

Abomination

I'm not going to claim I know EVERYTHING about these characters so I'll touch on the most important points that I know! With that said, Abomination is Hulk's rival. From what I can gather, he has equal strength for the most part. As to his other origins, well, that's where wiki will come in handy! He's green and looks like the creature of the black lagoon! Onslaught Series.

Blackheart

The son of Mephisto. He rules a certain part of hell and his powers seems to fall in the genre like all dark lords would! He controls evil minions, has deception on his side, immortal, and has the tendency to find himself hunted down by the magical forces of the Marvel Universe! Onslaught Series.

Green Goblin

So Norman Osborn is a man I am a bit more equipped to capsulize but I'll leave it a bit more terse. Spider-Man's greatest rival who has bestowed enough tragedy on the Wall Crawler's life that almost pushed him to the edge. Armed with advanced gadgets such as bombs, a glider, dangerous sharp blades , and able to omit beams out of his hand, this guy has more tricks than he has treats! Onslaught Series.

The Kingpin

Wilson Fisk has no super powers. He has strength and intelligence that surpasses your average man, however he is lethal enough that the likes of Spider-Man, Daredevil, Moon Knight, and Iron Fist fears fights him with caution. That is if these said heroes can even get  close enough to him with the amount of resources and henchmen that he seems to control on the whim. The Versus Series.

Lady Deathstrike

Yuriko Oyama! Somehow I am more enamored by her X2 aberration! But no matter. A woman who has the fire for Logan(good ole Canuckle head!); and what I mean by fire is, Vengeance! She resents him so much that she altered her whole body to make her into a cyborg! She got a really violent manicure suffice to say! Amongst other things. Onslaught series.

Loki

The Thor and the Avengers movie pretty much got the main points of Thor's brother. Let's see where the Dark World is heading to though... but enough of that. This figure(the variant) is awful. The 'crown of lies' makes him look so defective that I don't even have the will to talk about the character instead ridicule the damn figure! An honest mistake since the original version has a resemblance of his 'reindeer games' helmet. Oh well. It's the piece that counts. Onslaught series.

Pyro

I don't have a clue why he has 'bug eyes'. Perhaps he is trying to be a 'fire fly' or a 'fire ant'? I don't know. Regardless, I know VERY little about this character. I know he can control fire and whimsically make them into anything he desires! It's why he wears a fire apparatus maker on his back! Putting the character aside, this is my favorite figure from the Onslaught series! Vibrant! Great posing capability and rather hilarious as well. Onslaught series.

Taskmaster

He can copy any fighting skill and moves of any known hero just by watching them. So is he 'karate trash'? He can use a shield like Captain America! Shoot arrows like Hawkeye! Agile like Daredevil and Spider-Man! He uses a sword like... I don't know! Silver Samurai??? He shoots a gun like... Punisher. And why he walks around looking like a grim reaper with pirate boots? One can only fathom! Rider Series.

Well, that concludes this post. It is July after all and there will be a plethora of other toy posts coming soon! Just this post alone insinuates 'someone' coming! Anyways!!!

Marvel Legends BAF: Apocalypse

Apocalypse Series: Sasquatch, Iron Fist, Bishop, X-23, Maestro, Wolverine

Toybiz is one of the most respected Legend Maker for Marvel. one can concur just why with the line ups they had during their glory days! Waves and waves of Marvel characters came out of Toybiz! A lot of them are even 'underground' heroes/villain that may never see the light of day again through Hasbro! For some of us, these figures are long gone and can only be attained by forking out some SERIOUS cash! Some of us practiced prudence and bought them while they were about; some passed and regret it now, others are still hunting. Suffice to say, I may be a bit on the background and not so much in the front lines, but dare I say I do have Apocalypse; one of the first of the BAF(build a figure) series; or if I'm not mistaken, he could very be the first, but my knowledge on that may be obscure however it doesn't take away that it was a good catch!

He was inside the box for the longest time. Well, his pieces anyways(The Return of Marvel Legends) and it was one of those that I have been ambivalent about in regards to either open or not to open. Took me a good five to six years to finally make that decision, but finally getting THE Game Room that I will own, it's only right that I finally put this big guy together. So HOW massive is he?

Gargantuan!!!! What? Not a good enough picture? Okay, let's make him more 'sinister' shall we?

Okay I can say that using that as a comparison is not necessary, but I like to keep my preferences influential.

Clearly standing next to a few hulks and seeing how he towers them, it's pretty obvious that he has some height advantage. Rightfully so since Apocalypse has the ability to change his size on the whim(along with a myriad of other lethal powers and abilities). Makes a great addition to my rogue of 'villains' and lost Hulks. Okay so maybe Sasquatch, Black Knight, and a few others may not be complete villains, but again... depends on what perspective.

I mean, I would think you are a villain if you were trying to take Spider-Woman away from me since she is nice and snug in her 'PJs'. Wait, wasn't I supposed to be talking about Apocalypse and not this?

Marvel Legends 3.75'

The New Avengers Combo!

Just feel like showing off some of these Marvel 'mini Legends' that I oh so Adore! I have a lot of them, but thought I'll just showcase my particular favorite ones. 

These two....

Never been a couple, but interesting to me.

And of course with the arrival of Marvel's Avenger movie, Thanos' reign is becoming a bit more mainstream. Suffice to say, as I have mentioned before, his makeover will probably be getting a whole hell of a lot of toy bombardment when the movie arrives (2015?). But it's always good to go back and enjoy where his roots came from... and yes, we are all well aware that his outfit doesn't look entirely deep into the 'Titan menacing look' with that outfit, but still, it's classic and it's nostalgic! That and the whole Infinity Gauntlet, which I believe is where the movie will be heading to with the 'Mind Gem' being part of the first Avenger... Let's just say it holds plenty of nostalgia for a lot of comic book nerds. Myself included.

Well the last one coming in will be my favorite variation/s of the X-Force team that was led by Wolverine (now being led by Psylocke in the new incarnation of the X-Force; haven't been reading on comic books lately). I sure miss X-23 and Domino in that team...