In Mishawaka, Indiana today:

Run, dont walk to your local TRU if you want the Mystique wave!!!!

I went to TRU today after work and they just finished setting up a new display pallet full of Marvel goodness!

There was A TON of the Mystique wave, maybe 5 cases, so I got my fill.

There was also a bunch of the cases of Iron Man.  I am guessing it was all from the case that has Fusion Armor and Whiplash in it - cuz they were the only "new" figures on it.  So if you still need Whiplash, there you go.

There was also a bunch of Spiderman figures.  I hoped for Carnage - but no luck.  There was however a bunch of Rhino if you need him.

edit:  how could I forget.  I also brought home The Destroyer of Worlds from TRU.  :grin:  All were 4 on the shelf were classic colors    




the box shows his eyes light up blue, mine only go orange.

The back of the Galactus box has a really neat picture showing off almost all of the definitive versions of each character from the MU line.  A couple of omissions pop out though.  There is Negative Zone thing, but no versions of Torch or Reed.  Several versions of Iron Man, but only the black version of Spiderman.  probably other things too.

just need those comic packs....

I will take some pics and up them in a few  

ok here is the loot - note dog not included (his name is Chewie, he is a Lhasa Apso.  he has a sister named Leia - she is a black Schnoodle and she was off doing her thing and not available for pictures).



Battle Mat showing Aurra lying around


Picture showing Aurra packed up and ready to go - note if a figure is any taller than Aurra and her antennae you may have problems packing them along.  Each pocket has a flap to help secure the figure and their accessories.  As you can see in the picture I put everything in with her except, as of writing this, I realize I forgot the dice.  Note that this is showing only half of the storage space.  There are 10 slots on each side of the suitcase.


picutre of the back of the tourney bracket


and according to my wife this is a horrible picture/angle of my son, whom is sick atm with a 101 temp fever.  he is the reason I started collecting - and as some of you know that I have made trades with, everything I get is opened and given to him.  Note the real purpose of this pic is to show off what a figure looks like packed away in the battle mat suitcase.  

In regards to the ND, as an ND fan (I was at the game) I wish two things were different:

1.  We had a someone that was decent in the 2nd string QB slot or
2.  We had a redo of that first half of the game.

Crist did pretty decent that game - him being taken out the first half was a huge show stopper.  7-0 turned into 7-21 in a blink of an eye.  ND's defense had the wind taken out of them having to be out on the field so much.  2nd half ND Offense/Defense shut them down.  Not saying Michigan did terrible, but they weren't the same team 2nd half as they were first. 

Nothing to take away from Robinson and his performance - the guy is showing some great skill this early on in the season; however, he still does need to work on his passing.  Most of his incomplete passes that he had were horrible and rocketed right to the ground.  But I guess you don't need to pass when you can run/scramble that well.  I just worry what is gonna happen to Michigan when this guy gets smashed because I really don't think he can go the whole season this way.

All in all great 2nd half - the first was a bore and had the whole crowd wondering what the hell happened to Crist as there were no reports leaving fans clueless.

Can't wait for the Michigan State game next week - another great rivalry game and from the looks of it State hasn't seen much competition yet so that should make it interesting.

New POC vehicles are up for pre-order on HTS

The 2 new comic packs are up for pre-order on HTS.  I will wait though because I am not going to pay all that shipping for just 2 items.  Add more items and I will bite then HTS

I don't follow superhero squad but I think there are some new ones on HTS for that line too.

A little bit more success for me yesterday:  Wrecker from WM and Skrull with Skrull writing base from Target. 

Now I just need to find Iron Patriot with Norman head, and long haired Winter Soldier.

Also, it sure would be neat if I stop at TRU today (they sometimes get trucks on fridays) and found me a Galactus!!

the answer to every one of those questions is that Hasbro didn't want to change anything because change = less $$$ for them.  They know the kids will buy the set as is so they are not worried.

this is just one of those packs that they told us that either the battle pack will have a significant amount of new stuff in it or nothing at all.