Thanks to Jeff for setting me up with a few of his crusty old Saga figures that I somehow missed the first time around.   

I found a bunch of the new wave at our local Wal-Mart last night.  There was only one Iron Fist, but must have been about 8 Silver Centurian Iron Mans.  Of course, not a single one had a good paint job.   

See, I don't really understand the logic behind this. If they grossly under produced wave 9 can they simply not get the factory to make more and send them out at a later period? Whats the problem?

I know on the food side of consumer packaged goods, something like that would drastically impact the profit margin built into these items.  The plant(s) and machinery for production aren't held in place and other production is scheduled way in advance.  If you were going to have the factory reset machinery off schedule and probably pay overtime to workers, then it's likely not worth making any more (in fact, they'd probably lose money on the deal).  I'm sure they would love to sell more units, but additional unplanned production runs are VERY expensive.

Wow, entirely too much negative energy for week #1 of the season!

Scott - my comments were just in surprise that someone could actually get Peterson and Brees in a standard size league.  As I said, I didn't have a single draft out of seven where Brees was even close to that and I would not have let him get by me if I was more than a pick or two into the second round.  You stated above that you didn't want to brag about your league, but then tout your drafters because most stick to RB/RB selections.  I personally don't think sticking to a RB/RB strategy each year makes you a strong drafter - being able to adjust your draft based on the selections and remaining needs of other teams is more skillful IMO.  I'd much rather have Brees than S. Jackson and maybe even Chris Johnson, but we'll see how the year pans out.  As it stands, I don't have him in any of my leagues, so I hope you're right.  

Dressel - My "You think?" comment had nothing to do with McNabb- sorry you are dealing with him and his injury, but I think you misunderstood my comments.  For starters, I was being sarcastic about you stating that Peterson went in round one Brees in round two - I can't imagine how else you would get the two of them, hence the eye rolls. As for McNabb, I didn't even know you had him. I was just trying to use him as a light hearted example that there isn't a lot of depth at the QB position.  At the time of the post, it looked like he might be out a couple of weeks.  If McNabb (or Romo or even Brees) were out for a game or more, there isn't a lot of QB "depth" to draw from.  On the flip side, most teams are using 2 or more RBs these days, so there's still quality RB options 40-50 guys deep.  I do agree that WR talent had a big drop off this year and would totally have (and did) taken Fitz, Moss, or CJ over Brees, but that's not what Scott was indicating when saying...

#3 Not to brag up my league too much but...Most people stick with the standard RB/RB formula in the first two rounds and as such Brees was still there at the end of Round 2.

Here's a list of guys I would have taken over Brees in most formats: Peterson, Turner, Jones-Drew, Forte, D. Williams, Tomlinson, Jacobs, Westbrook, Fitzgerald, Moss, Calvin Johnson.  I can see others maybe putting 3 more WRs in there along with Slaton.  Maybe Chris Johnson and S. Jackson as well.  So I would have Brees going no later than 12th and would be surprised to see him go later than 18th.  This is why I think it's shocking that the same guy has Peterson and Brees in Scott's league.  I guess if you're in a league with less than ten guys, we're closer to the same page, but in smaller leagues, I would adjust to take Brees even sooner knowing there would be that many more RBs and WRs available later.  

As for my prowess in Fantasy Football, I am 0-1 in the JD league.  That said, I won three of my seven leagues last year (all three cash leagues and trophies to go with them), so I'm no FF slouch.  My 83 points in JD this week would have been enough to dust every team in the league ...except Ruiner.  F'ing ESPN and their last minute report that Berrian was actually going to play this week.  Enjoy your lucky win this week, Cornballer.  There will be a reckoning!  

Just to build off Brian's news, I ordered Green Arrow and Black Canary as soon as they showed up as available on the site I order comics from.  Got my shipment of comics this week with a letter stating that they weren't going to be able getting ANY of these two figures and had to cancel everyone's orders. When I called to see if they would be getting them in at a later date, the CS person said they would not be getting any of this wave and that they knew of several other merchants that were not getting their S9 figures either.

I bit the bullet and ordered the two of them off Ebay for $38 shipped from someone who already has them in stock.

I'd say Peterson taken early round 1 and Brees late round 2, which I think is pretty standard really.

You think?     The point was, how does Brees last that long in any league.  Certainly not standard in any league or mock draft I have seen.  I'm in 7 leagues and Brees was a late first rounder/early second rounder in most. If you're in an 8-team league, that means people passed on Brees all the way to pick #16 and that's just dumb.

How the hell do I have DeAngelo Williams and Drew Brees?

The #5 RB and Brees is not nearly as far fetched as Peterson and Brees.  Were you in any leagues where Willaims was picked ahead of Peterson?   

I am playing against Adrian Peterson, Drew Brees and the Eagles D this week in another league...that is an ugly way to start the season.

Drew Brees though has been lighting Brent up all day

How does someone in your league have Brees and Peterson?  Is it a 4-team league?