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Is this normal? My gaming days are long behind me; what's the slow-up here? Too many options or status effects? I'm trying to think back to my old gang, and I think the biggest delays were us screwing around or when we were trying to learn a new system.

I think the risk of character death makes you appreciate them more. A gaming quote that still sticks with me from some years back was "you can kill my character, but I'll make another one just like him, and he'll hate your guts." A joke, of course, but it pops into my head when I look at...

There's a lot I like about D&D 4th, especially after the Essentials releases, but the system didn't do much to support play outside of combat. The grognard in me really liked a good delve, with resource management, environmental challenges, and the like. Fourth edition just kind of hand waves...

Exactly! But a free Cannonball head is a start. I wonder if it would go on a Tri-Sentinel wave Xavier. Then it's just some gloves, boots and paint.

Grrr... I was all set to pass on the '97 Sunspot because I didn't think the art style would match any future non-'97 New Mutants figures. Now he's going to be a "just in case" buy.

"Beginning of September"? But that's forever. I've got seven figures pre-ordered for this wave. However, depending on the tariff tax, I may cut the two zombie soldiers. Zombies are kind of fundamental, though, so I'd hate to lose them. Come to think of it, I was able to pre-order the...

Schizm hit (almost) all the points I wanted to, so I'll just load everything into a bulk reply:

I'm just spitballing, but I can see that tiers as an expense limiter. Like, just to make up some numbers, if making a tool for Lady Jaye costs $6,000, you're going to want to hold off on having to make it until you have enough committed buyers to make it worthwhile. So I don't assume the costs...

I've been assuming the alternate head with Dr. Rand was intended to be Dr. Venom, but I'm not the authority on the character. Does this match y'all's mental image of him?

That's exactly the issue for me, I just didn't want to assume I spoke for everyone. I mean, I'm not even interested in Snowjob, Torpedo or Alpine because they're too enviro-specific.

I don't think I've mentioned an interesting reaction at the Joe Classified panel at SDCC. The first thing they did was show the SnowCAT promo video, and there were large portions of the crowd laughing at the jokes, oohing and awwing, and just generally reacting like they'd never seen it before...

They did say he was a Walmart exclusive. And Steeler/Short Fuze are Target. That's what started the whole 3POS booing campaign.

Just made it through episode 3 and...oof. The military man in me loved all the business with Ortegas and Numbuh One. I'm glad she didn't get away with that shit. Two weeks of Extra Military Training and don't do it again! The rest? Not so much. For all the reasons Schizm said. This is, like...

I keep going back to that Steeler/Short-Fuze 2-pack. Some in-hand photos from the Hasbro booth confirmed for me that Steeler has the retro Firefly upper body at least, which is the best choice, even if it's not as turtle-necky as I'd like. Still, seeing his details locks in my desire to get him...

A 30" Mano Tiki Tia or why even bother?

So he was just being nice? Weird.

This movie found success in the same place Thunderbolts did, with an enemy they can't just punch away.* I believed every second of Reed's conflict over considering the ultimate solution as well as every second of Sue's conflict that she knew he had considered it. *

I don't have a CLAW, but would two flight stands, one on each wing, work?

I forgot the German Italian Russian orangutan!!

Saw Fantastic Four today. Like with Superman, I thought it would benefit more if I saw it without spoilers, and in this case it absolutely did. The cast was kind of bland, though. Like, they acted really well, but they were all kind of the same character. They seemed so unified in purpose...

See? That's what I imagined. A zombie jester, a black-feathered bird-man, a red-garbed plague doctor, a mime covered in giant worms (okay, maybe not that one). FMF/BBWS really set themselves up for this. They show off a bunch of werewolf Nazis and gangster robots, and then tease a toy line...

Be some very surprised Marlon Brando fans in that audience. Not disappointed, just surprised.

I feel the most upset would be Nacelle when nobody buys them. ZING!