Marvel Legends Gamerverse

akajomiha said:
As posted in the PO thread, Cap/Venom set is up at BBTS and Amazon.
I like the clever use of the shield effect piece in this pic:
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"Who likes belly rubs?? You do! Yes you do! Good boy!"
 
Shooting the Galaxy did 'em! I wonder if he's found his way from fwoosh to this server?
 
The more I look at that Gamerverse Cap the more I like him. I'm still an 80th Anniversary Cap guy but I really like the non-scaled look on this new one.

Running a little behind cos Pulse shipped like, dead last, but just got Miles 2099 and I can honestly say, the two alternate costumes for Miles in this wave are amazing. My favorite figures of him so far. I skipped the Upgrade Suit because it felt too much like Miles wearing Pete's old pajamas and I like Miles to have a look that is his own, but now I kinda want to go back and get that one too.

Saw a DHL truck in front of my house walking the dog this afternoon and got my hopes up that they were delivering Black Cat. They were not. I am sad about that.
 
docsilence said:
The more I look at that Gamerverse Cap the more I like him.
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Same. I used to only keep one version of a character, but I've given that up of late. I've got 20th Cap on my Cap shelf and currently have the Secret Wars Cap on my Avengers Shelf. The Gamerverse figure will replace the latter, which will go on a new Secret Wars shelf. I both love and hate rearranging displays, but that's another thread for another time...
 
I had so many problems with the secret wars cap. I wasn’t a fan of the broken shield like so many other folks here but I also take issue with the way the stripes are painted onto the figure because the pattern is inverted. So because of that my primary Captain America has been the Mafex cap which is actually a remarkably good figure for that Silver Age version of cap from like Jack Kirby/John Buscema era. But this cap from the Gamerverse set can work as my new Mark Gruenwald-Jurgens era cap because of that sans chain mail look


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I REALLY like the look of this Cap. That's why I ordered this set. I love the colors, I love his size, I like the shield and its blast effect in translucent purple, and I actually like that it's smooth on Caps attire instead of the usual kind of chain mail like look on his upper body.

Excellent looking Cap. The Venom looks cool too. Don't know that I ever wanted a blue Venom, but damn it, it's gonna happen!
 
Justice said:
I never got the Secret Wars Cap so I'm pretty excited to get this one.
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akajomiha said:
Same. I used to only keep one version of a character, but I've given that up of late. I've got 20th Cap on my Cap shelf and currently have the Secret Wars Cap on my Avengers Shelf. The Gamerverse figure will replace the latter, which will go on a new Secret Wars shelf. I both love and hate rearranging displays, but that's another thread for another time...
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Y'know, the more I look at him, the more he's what I WANTED from a Secret Wars Cap - I wanted a Marvel Legends quality figure of the 5 POA Cap I had as a kid (the bright blue, the smooth texture). That was my first Cap and really my only one til I started collecting Heroclix and then Legends in my 40s, and the Gamerverse version feels like exactly that figure.

I do love the anniversary design still, he's literally the centerpiece of my marvel setup (next to Stan!) but I can't wait to get this one.
 
Schizm said:
You can make that figure with a simple headswap!

In the actual gameplay and not just glamour shots are the heads of the Rivals characters always that small? They are distractingly tiny.

Also, "Dark X-Men" - is that a current plot?
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Almost twenty years back now, Dark Reign.

There was an X-Men squad with Emma, Namor, Cloak and Dagger, Daken. Notably C&D had proper X-logos. Just seems like something to chip at since we're already doing the Dark Avengers.

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I love this Cap. Venom I can take or leave, but may as well make that Mahvel, Baby shelf.
 
I went ahead and grabbed the Cap/Venom pack. I'll sell that Venom off to some lucky person who wants it more than me, but for me I'm using that Cap to complete the Infinity Gauntlet diorama I've been meaning to build for a while now. Specifically this bit:
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I know technically Cap has the scales here, but I think the Gamerverse one will do. I suppose they might do a Maximum version at some point I'd prefer, but I think this one will work for me.
 
JakeEkiss said:
I went ahead and grabbed the Cap/Venom pack. I'll sell that Venom off to some lucky person who wants it more than me, but for me I'm using that Cap to complete the Infinity Gauntlet diorama I've been meaning to build for a while now. Specifically this bit:
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I know technically Cap has the scales here, but I think the Gamerverse one will do. I suppose they might do a Maximum version at some point I'd prefer, but I think this one will work for me.
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Yeah technically Cap always had the scales in the comics. Artists assigned to the cap book typically adopted more of a minimalistic approach to help stay on track of their deadlines. It was really artists like John Cassaday, Dave Finch and Steve McNiven who adopted the more detailed style that really transformed Captain America’s costume in the early 2000’s and beyond and one of the big features they gave cap was making the scale mail look like armored plates with lots of redundant layers. Also it had the bonus effect of looking like eagle plumage to help sell Cap’s patriotic symbolism


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Stoopid_Sandwich said:
Yeah technically Cap always had the scales in the comics. Artists assigned to the cap book typically adopted more of a minimalistic approach to help stay on track of their deadlines. It was really artists like John Cassaday, Dave Finch and Steve McNiven who adopted the more detailed style that really transformed Captain America’s costume in the early 2000’s and beyond and one of the big features they gave cap was making the scale mail look like armored plates with lots of redundant layers. Also it had the bonus effect of looking like eagle plumage to help sell Cap’s patriotic symbolism


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Yeah, I recall a time where shoelaces basically did not exist in superhero costumes because deadlines are such a beast. Having worked in indie comics for a while I have some very well-developed opinions about how the bar for detail in comic art has changed over the years, while the pay per page and deadlines for issues very much have not. Guys like Finch, Cassaday, McNiven, Charest, Hitch, etc, they really upped the bar for realism, but even they often couldn't get books out on schedule with that standard.

It's a massive segue, but I think comics should probably have dropped monthly issue release schedules about 20 years ago. We'd have better books and older artists (as in, they maybe wouldn't die young quite so often) if we did.
 
JakeEkiss said:
It's a massive segue, but I think comics should probably have dropped monthly issue release schedules about 20 years ago. We'd have better books
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No question. Sometimes magic happens when you're on a deadline, but as with sports, the more rest and recovery you get, the better you perform.
 
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