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Damien said:
That's an excellent explanation, thanks. I guess I could have Googled it or read a Wiki or whatever, but hearing it from actual fans of the material is a lot more satisfying to me. What else are these communities for.
To be fair, you make the whole thing sound WAY cooler than it actually looks to me.
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In my old Marvel tabletop game universe, we eventually went to space. It was Starjammers, but all the World building was anything Marvel Cosmic. Since we were home brewing our own continuities and canon, we had a lot of leeway.

I wanted to make a Space Knight and the DM let me do whatever the hell I want because nobody cared about them. So I re-envisioned the Galadorians as a cross between a cyberpunk transhumanism society and Warhammer 40k Eldar, heavily steeped in Slaine and Judge Dredd comics and Irish folklore. I had a lot going on at the time.

I came up with this whole world lore where ROM was a title that was passed down, and the original ROM was a Conan like figure back before they even had computers on this planet. And then that title was passed down along with the titles of his concubines, which were essentially The Morrigan.

So ROM was an NPC faction leader who looked like this figure if he was a Chaos Marine, and my PC was a space knight Eowyn type with a big ass chain sword. Over time she ascended to become ROM when the Shi'ar begged the Galadorians to help defend against the Kree, who were conquering all of space in our long form campaign. As my character had been slumming around with the Starjammers (some OC, some chose to be Corsair and Hephzibah, and we had a rogue Nova corrupt cop type), she was deemed the one to interact with all the other civilizations on this quest to unite the galaxy.

Apologies to real ROM fans.
 
That sounds cooler than half the shit the end up actually doing with the cosmic side of the MU, to be fair.
Based on Storm's synopsis, I do think the Rom concept sounds pretty cool. But I am a very aesthetically-minded person when it comes to this stuff and if I can't get into the way a character looks, I will never be able to be a fan. And I think do not like the way Rom looks at all. So 'imagine if Rom were a Chaos Space Marine' totally works for me.
 
altcunningham said:
In my old Marvel tabletop game universe, we eventually went to space. It was Starjammers, but all the World building was anything Marvel Cosmic. Since we were home brewing our own continuities and canon, we had a lot of leeway.

I wanted to make a Space Knight and the DM let me do whatever the hell I want because nobody cared about them. So I re-envisioned the Galadorians as a cross between a cyberpunk transhumanism society and Warhammer 40k Eldar, heavily steeped in Slaine and Judge Dredd comics and Irish folklore. I had a lot going on at the time.

I came up with this whole world lore where ROM was a title that was passed down, and the original ROM was a Conan like figure back before they even had computers on this planet. And then that title was passed down along with the titles of his concubines, which were essentially The Morrigan.

So ROM was an NPC faction leader who looked like this figure if he was a Chaos Marine, and my PC was a space knight Eowyn type with a big ass chain sword. Over time she ascended to become ROM when the Shi'ar begged the Galadorians to help defend against the Kree, who were conquering all of space in our long form campaign. As my character had been slumming around with the Starjammers (some OC, some chose to be Corsair and Hephzibah, and we had a rogue Nova corrupt cop type), she was deemed the one to interact with all the other civilizations on this quest to unite the galaxy.

Apologies to real ROM fans.
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Man, that’s pretty intense.

You took inspiration from ROM and gave it your own epic spin, so as far as any apologies, I say thee nay! :)
 
Damien said:
That sounds cooler than half the shit the end up actually doing with the cosmic side of the MU, to be fair.
Based on Storm's synopsis, I do think the Rom concept sounds pretty cool. But I am a very aesthetically-minded person when it comes to this stuff and if I can't get into the way a character looks, I will never be able to be a fan. And I think do not like the way Rom looks at all. So 'imagine if Rom were a Chaos Space Marine' totally works for me.
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You like the idea, but not the artistic aesthetic. I get it. That reminds me of a sculptor with whom I worked on a couple of projects. He didn’t want to do a ROM sculpt because he didn’t like the design.

You know which character I always considered a more fully realized version of ROM, in that he too sacrificed his natural physiognomy/physical form in order to save his people? Beta Ray Bill. His origin is very similar in many ways.
 
Stormbreaker said:
You like the idea, but not the artistic aesthetic. I get it. That reminds me of a sculptor with whom I worked on a couple of projects. He didn’t want to do a ROM sculpt because he didn’t like the design.

You know which character I always considered a more fully realized version of ROM, in that he too sacrificed his natural physiognomy/physical form in order to save his people? Beta Ray Bill. His origin is very similar in many ways.
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That's an interesting comparison, actually.

And yeah, the 'look' has to work for me or I can't get into it with a visual medium like comics (and toys). If ROM's armor had more in common with an Iron Man or a Thor/BRB, I'd almost certainly be WAY more into the idea and have to find some copies. But I know reading a complete Wiki on the character is probably as far as I'll be able to go unless he gets brought back into the current MU with major design revisions (which would probably, rightly, piss off his longtime fans).
 
I finally got my last Legends of 2025. It was an extremely light Legends year for me, but it made for a solid top five:

1) Psylocke (Gamerverse)
2) Venom (Gamerverse)
3) Mystique
4) Storm (Outback)
5) Black Widow (Mini Comic)

I'm hoping to get Gamerverse Black Cat, Extremis Iron Man 2.0, and Deathbird on discount next year.
 
The more I think about it, the more I think the only Legends I bought this year were the Sentinel, 97 Logan, and 97 Cable. Ghost Rider too, maybe, but I still can't remember if I got him when he was fairly new in '24, or if I got him early '25. So he's a 'maybe.'
 
End of the year top five:

1) Maximum Spidey
2) Black Cat (Gamerverse)
3) Venom (Spidey 2 Gamerverse)
4) Punisher (Gamerverse)
5) X-Factor Jean

Characters I like. Fun to pose up, love the head sculpts. That's basically all I expect out of Legends these days.
 
I’ll just post the list that I gave Dan Yun on twitter for my official list for 2026. This is for marvel legends only, I did not include non Hasbro products on this list


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This is tough for me given how much wishlist stuff came out this year. For me, favorites are always a mix of figures that were on my wishlist and other figures where the execution was just so good, the figure was hard to put down.

1. X-Men ‘97 Sentinel. This one was both on my wishlist for a classic/animated Sentinel and for its execution. It’s the perfect Sentinel and the one I’ve wanted since I saw the first episode of the animated series in 1992.
2. X-Men ‘97 Cable. This figure reminds me of an updated version of the original Toy Biz X-Force figure from the 5” inch days. Cable isn’t my favorite character, but the execution is so great, I love it.
3. Spider-Man 3 Symbiote Spider-Man. This one is on here simply because I love the emo Tobey head and Venom effect. This was my desk figure for most of the year.
4. X-Force Archangel. I have the old SDDC one, but the execution on this was so good it deserves a spot.
5. Feral/Excalibur Rachel/Giant Size Banshee. Okay, a three-way tie is probably cheating, but I’m so glad Hasbro actually finished not one but three X-teams this year! Feels so satisfying!


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