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[JayC]

Don't know what you guys have heard or seen but I talked to Jesse Falcon who said there will no longer be any chasers. Now there will just be variants. Dark Phoenix for the next wave and Cable for the other one.

[reideen1313]

Sounds like the same thing, just with a different name. Did he give you any info on case ratios on these "variants"? Will they be evenly distributed or 1 per x# of cases?

[Da Top Cat]

Sounds like the same thing, just with a different name.

 

Uhh, no. I don't think anybody ever had a problem with chase figures that were just minor variations of existing figures(unmasked Wolvie, gold Iron Man, etc.). What pissed people off was when brand new characters like Goliath, Red Skull, and potentially Phoenix, Vision, and Black Widow, were chase figures.

 

Anyways, thanks for the news, Jay, you just made me a very happy collector(though the scalpers are probably a bit depressed now). I just hope we get an Avengers boxed set with "apology" Red Skull and Giant-Man figures, like the new Venom and Green Goblin in the Spidey set.

[Joe Fixit]

Great news, JayC!! Thanks! That's fine to use variants but not completely different figures for chases. No more holes in my collection!!

[reideen1313]

Sounds like the same thing, just with a different name.

 

Uhh, no. I don't think anybody ever had a problem with chase figures that were just minor variations of existing figures(unmasked Wolvie, gold Iron Man, etc.). What pissed people off was when brand new characters like Goliath, Red Skull, and potentially Phoenix, Vision, and Black Widow, were chase figures.

 

Anyways, thanks for the news, Jay, you just made me a very happy collector(though the scalpers are probably a bit depressed now). I just hope we get an Avengers boxed set with "apology" Red Skull and Giant-Man figures, like the new Venom and Green Goblin in the Spidey set.

You're right. If they are packed evenly, fans will be happy. As far as the "variant" theory - nobody wants an unmasked Wolverine - do they? Fans are just as happy getting a regular Wolverine. Wait - they are still hunting for the unmasked version? It's not just a little variation? What about the gold Iron Man - nobody wants him, do they? What? They do? I'm shocked!! Unfortunately, if there is 1 Dark Phoenix in every 6 cases, how is that better for the fans that want her? She's still a chase - oops - now she's a "variant". Same goes for Cable and anyone else that gets the "variant" treatment.

[Iceman]

JAY C...you are a freaking God man!!! Thanks for the awesome news. My ML prayers have been answered. No more exclusive figures as chases!

 

WOO-HOO!!!

 

Now all they need to do is retool Iceman a bit

 

@bounce@ @peace@ @bananna@ @band@

[JayC]

More ML pics added

 

 

http://www.afigures.com/g/?mode=album&albu...el_Legends&hn=1

[rikdom]

Could be variants like in Muppets cases:

Evenly packed figures, 3 each of four different characters per case. One character will have two normal versions, then one repaint per case.

 

Don't know how that math would work with the ML cases. But maybe it's something along those lines.

 

Maybe.

I'm not going to get my hopes up yet. But it looks like I will have a good chance to at least get a regular Phoenix, and for that I'm happy.

[ransomz]

. . . like the new Venom and Green Goblin in the Spidey set.

I don't think that Green Goblin is all that new. He seems to be a new head sculpt on the Hobgoblin body that came out a couple of years ago.

[Da Top Cat]

You're right.  If they are packed evenly, fans will be happy.  As far as the "variant" theory - nobody wants an unmasked Wolverine - do they? Fans are just as happy getting a regular Wolverine.  Wait - they are still hunting for the unmasked version?  It's not just a little variation?  What about the gold Iron Man - nobody wants him, do they?  What?  They do?  I'm shocked!!  Unfortunately, if there is 1 Dark Phoenix in every 6 cases, how is that better for the fans that want her?  She's still a chase - oops - now she's a "variant".  Same goes for Cable and anyone else that gets the "variant" treatment.

Yeah, for obsessive-compulsive fans who need every version of every figure made, I'm sure it's frustrating. But I don't think there's any way we're going to get rid of chase figures completely. It's an idea that's apparently caught on and nearly all the big companies are doing it by now.

 

So to me, and to most other collectors I've seen on message boards and websites, it's the lesser of two evils. I'd rather not be able to get a slightly different version of a figure I already have than not be able to get a brand new character that I don't have a figure of. If I find a hobbit with a Peter Jackson head sculpt, I'll pick it up, but I won't be too upset if I don't. However, it'd be really upsetting if I couldn't find a major character like Denethor.

 

I understand your frustration and I feel bad(especially since both of those Cables look so good), but I think this is a big step up from what we had with ML4 and ML5.

[Marvel_Joe_Spider]

That is great news for those guys who want the chase figures. Myself I really didn't care for any of them, but glad at least they are listening to the fans in regards to this

[JayC]

Spider-Man Classics are up.

 

 

http://www.afigures.com/g/?mode=album&albu...n_Classics&hn=1

[Da Top Cat]

. . . like the new Venom and Green Goblin in the Spidey set.

I don't think that Green Goblin is all that new. He seems to be a new head sculpt on the Hobgoblin body that came out a couple of years ago.

I know, I can tell.

 

I'm just saying, when the Ramos Goblin was released last year, a lot of people complained that it wasn't the classic Goblin design. A lot of people also complained about the lame v-crotch Venom. These boxed set figures seem to be addressing those complaints. That was what I meant.

[turbogod]

I am so happy right now.with the news of no more chase figures,the pics of all of the new marvel figures,and the pics of all of the dc direct figures.I am so glad I got a big raise this year. @yipee@

[Da Top Cat]

Spider-Man Classics are up.

 

 

http://www.afigures.com/g/?mode=album&albu...n_Classics&hn=1

Ultimate Rhino looks awesome. So does Carnage, who I still haven't found.

 

Scorpion has a pretty good sculpt(I'm glad they went with that costume), but why doesn't he have ML articulation? It wouldn't have been too hard to reuse another figure's body for him. Pretty disappointing, but I'll pick him up because he's a cool villain.

 

(Ultimate?)Peter Parker is okay. I would've rather had a straight-up figure released, but I'll definitely get this one.

 

Ultimate Lizard is disappointing too since we still need a really good classic Lizard with the lab coat. It's a good figure, though.

 

Symbiote Spider-Man is pretty much perfect. I'm guessing he has the same body as Deadpool.

 

Great ML shots, too. Hadn't noticed the interchangeable heads on Green Goblin and Weapon X before. And Cain Marko's headsculpt is pretty good.

[JayC]

Actally the Scorpion is just a fill in, someone said it was a Goldberg body repainted. Don't know if thats true or not but the figure itself will change.

[ironlungs]

I wish my name was Jesse Falcon...

 

 

Rocky Biddle wouldn't be bad either.

[prozac]

So with "variants", how will they be done now? Are they gonna be like for every 2 normal, there will be 1 variant per case? or are they still gonna be a crapshoot and the name just get got changed to variants instead of chases? The people need to know Jay...

[NightCreeper]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

GREAT NEWS JAY!!!

 

 

HEY HAVE YOU ADDED HULK CLASSICS YET?

[Ugly Bulldog]

This is great news, but I'm still wondering how these will be shipped in their shipments. So far, ML6's line-up has...

 

-Wolverine

-Juggernaut

-Deadpool

-Punisher

-Cable (Blue/Yellow)

-Cable (Liefeld)

-Phoenix

-Dark Phoenix

 

...so there's 8 figures in the bunch. So will Toy Biz have at least one of each of these figures in the 12-figure assortments (with the variants included), or will the variants be randomly put in assortments sort of like chases, just to a lesser extent (if that makes sense)?

[Guest DavAnthony]

Thanks for the information Jay C

[JayC]

Hulk Classics Up

 

http://www.afigures.com/g/?mode=album&albu...k_Classics&hn=1

[rhino21]

so from what i get from that is there will be no more new figures that are chases and they are going back to the variants? awesome news!!!

one question though. dark phoenix for series 6, one of those cables for series 7 and...who for series 8? Black widow? someone else? or a variant of her because from past precedent (reused parts and bases) she has chase written all over her.

[Toweriffic]

cool....this is great news...!!!

[Dan Grylls]

Spider-Man Classics are up.

 

 

http://www.afigures.com/g/?mode=album&albu...n_Classics&hn=1

Ultimate Rhino looks awesome. So does Carnage, who I still haven't found.

 

Scorpion has a pretty good sculpt(I'm glad they went with that costume), but why doesn't he have ML articulation? It wouldn't have been too hard to reuse another figure's body for him. Pretty disappointing, but I'll pick him up because he's a cool villain.

 

(Ultimate?)Peter Parker is okay. I would've rather had a straight-up figure released, but I'll definitely get this one.

 

Ultimate Lizard is disappointing too since we still need a really good classic Lizard with the lab coat. It's a good figure, though.

 

Symbiote Spider-Man is pretty much perfect. I'm guessing he has the same body as Deadpool.

 

Great ML shots, too. Hadn't noticed the interchangeable heads on Green Goblin and Weapon X before. And Cain Marko's headsculpt is pretty good.

Deadpool's on the Daredevil body.

 

The new Black Costume Spider-Man appears to be an all new body, incorporating some of the Spider-Man 2 movie Super Poseable articulation: he has a hinge in the lower torso, then a slide in the upper. He also appears to have forward AND upward shoulders. So does the Spidey with the set, though it's much more awkward, and looks like he's recently been bitten by a radioactive shoulder.