Marvel Legends Gamerverse

TheSameIdiot said:
I would've used the Gamerverse figure as my default Punisher had they done the thigh holster normally.
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I keep wondering if that white paint would be easy to take off, but also that's a 70+ dollar set in Canada so I'm not too keen on trying to find out.
 
I read on here it comes off fairly easily. Mine is still in my pol cause I'm waiting on other figures to ship it first. I don't know if I'll take it off yet to find out. I'll wait till I see it in person to decide.

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Damien said:
I keep wondering if that white paint would be easy to take off, but also that's a 70+ dollar set in Canada so I'm not too keen on trying to find out.
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I used Goof Off and it came off pretty easily. I've seen a video where a guy painstakingly removes with acetone using like 50 Q-tips over the course of an hour. His reasoning is to avoid damage to the plastic. With Goof Off, I use paper towel, do some broad wipes, rinsing the leg off every few minutes to make sure there is no plastic damage. Then I get the crevices with Q-tips. Then a last go over with paper towel and rinse. Took me about 20 minutes and it improves the figure drastically.

After that, the set was worth it for me :) Twice over - and now I have the best Punisher Ever (for now) and an Animated Series Punisher.
 
Damien said:
I keep wondering if that white paint would be easy to take off, but also that's a 70+ dollar set in Canada so I'm not too keen on trying to find out.
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I'm sure it's fine, but I'm hesitant to make major mods to any figure that isn't a permanent fixture in my collection. The only permanent fixtures are figures I have a sentimental attachment to, and I'm not a sentimental person.

Looking at my display, I'd replace every figure I have if something better came along.
 
Damien said:
I keep wondering if that white paint would be easy to take off, but also that's a 70+ dollar set in Canada so I'm not too keen on trying to find out.
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I just used acetone on mine and it worked fine. That slate blue is the native color of the plastic so a little acetone on a rag or something disposable like a Kleenex will work fine.


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Enforcer said:
I used Goof Off and it came off pretty easily. I've seen a video where a guy painstakingly removes with acetone using like 50 Q-tips over the course of an hour. His reasoning is to avoid damage to the plastic. With Goof Off, I use paper towel, do some broad wipes, rinsing the leg off every few minutes to make sure there is no plastic damage. Then I get the crevices with Q-tips. Then a last go over with paper towel and rinse. Took me about 20 minutes and it improves the figure drastically.

After that, the set was worth it for me :) Twice over - and now I have the best Punisher Ever (for now) and an Animated Series Punisher.
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Goof-Off does not mess around. I have the "Pro Strength", not sure if that's any different than standard, but I can second this, it's the best for removing paint from PVC plastic but you really have to be fast and efficient. Stuff smells so bad that I always have a zip lock ready for the leftover qtips.

I really hate how Hasbro is handling these Punisher figures, with overpriced two-packs. I'm enjoying the kitbashes and the mixing but from afar, waiting for them to just release Punisher on his own.
 
Agreed - waiting this long for a standard Punisher is a pretty brutal move by Hasbro. Not sure what that strategy is for holding off on ideal releases for A-list characters in single-packaging.

Somewhere along the way, they determined that A-listers could be leveraged in 2 packs as a more profitable movie in order to deliver obscure characters in regular waves. This has also impacted how we get these idealized A-listed. Which I hate.
 
Enforcer said:
Agreed - waiting this long for a standard Punisher is a pretty brutal move by Hasbro. Not sure what that strategy is for holding off on ideal releases for A-list characters in single-packaging.

Somewhere along the way, they determined that A-listers could be leveraged in 2 packs as a more profitable movie in order to deliver obscure characters in regular waves. This has also impacted how we get these idealized A-listed. Which I hate.
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I think this second set is a home-run. It's got a fun nostalgic theme, a weird Punisher colorway that most people don't need, and Fury isn't a filler, he's genuinely half the package. The first pack was the real jackass move. Just Hasbro abusing the fact that ML fans have favorite characters and seeing how much they'll spend to get them, and overall we're failing at their little experiment. Back in the day, Bushwacker would have been a BAF part filler figure. But Hasbro realized they can skip the BAFs, raise prices, reuse old bodies, and still sell a ton of toys.

This really all started when they sent out those surveys about what we'd buy, for how much, how important is packaging, etc. I think we (ML fans in general) were too honest on those. They've done multipacks for forever, but it was the Avengers 60th anniversary wave that was the straw that broke the camel's back, for me. They released like, what, five two-packs at once? And each one, I only wanted one figure. That year I put away almost all my MLs and displayed other toys instead.
 
I have a completely different take and preference. Usually it's the updated A-Lister that I'm pissed about buying yet again. That was certainly true for me in the Punisher / Bushwhacker 2-pack. I was much more excited about the first time in the line character. Sure the Punisher is a nice figure, but I've got at least a dozen different Punisher figures and this one wasn't enough better than those others to get terribly excited about it, at least not as much as getting a character that I didn't already have in my collection. If I had my way, I'd never buy another figure of any of the A-listers that they've done many times over, ever again. If a characters has been made by Hasbro 3 or more times in the past decade then I have next to no enthusiasm to see them again anytime soon.

It's why I was far more excited for Warbow than a third attempt at Enchantress, for example. It's why the only MvC Gamerverse wave figure that I got excited for was Gargantos / Shuma-Gorath. Sure, I love Psylocke like everybody else, but I also already had multiple Psylocke figures. I didn't have a Legends Shuma.

It's why when I do my annual Top 10 that I basically ignore the characters that have been released many times over. There's almost no chance that any Spider-Man, Wolverine, Captain America or Iron Man (etc) could ever make my list at this point because they can only be so much better than what came before. There's very limited utility in buying my 20th version of any those guys. They can only be improved so much. Yes, Maximum Spidey is my favorite Spidey figure now, but he's just slightly only so much better than the Renew Your Vows version that I favored before (just an example).
 
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TheSameIdiot said:
I'm sure it's fine, but I'm hesitant to make major mods to any figure that isn't a permanent fixture in my collection. The only permanent fixtures are figures I have a sentimental attachment to, and I'm not a sentimental person.

Looking at my display, I'd replace every figure I have if something better came along.
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For me... IDGAF. I just want to like what I have. I'll cut it up, paint it, rub it against my bum.. .whatever. If what I do renders it less able to be sold later on when a different version comes out? So be it. At the moment I'm doing that stuff, the figure is mine and I just want it to be the thing I want to have, not an approximation while I wait for something else.

I really DO want to wait for that perfect Punisher, but I also just flat out don't trust Hasbro to get to it in anything approaching a reasonable timeframe.



Reno said:
I have a completely different take and preference.
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I think part of it definitely depends on what you do with your figures. If you toss them into a massive display with hundreds of other figures, representation probably matters the most to you, so those new characters are of the utmost importance. If you like to have a few figures on your desk or nearby to play around with, you may find that it means more to you to replace the big names you love with better versions that are more fun to pose.
I've known a few guys over the years whose collections are so big (and honestly, a little bland in terms of -how- they're displayed) that it really was all about getting as many names on the shelf as possible and the actual quality of each individual piece was far less of a concern. And that's a totally valid way to collect. As is replacing the same six characters over and over because those are the ones that really matter to you and you want those -perfect- versions, or as near to as you can get.
 
when i worked in an office, i used to have so many extra figures around my cubicle, and sometimes, when a parent would bring a kid in, the kid would just stare in awe of my desk
 
altcunningham said:
Friend was looking at my desk vicinity toys and noted that aside from X-Men, I'm doing couples.

Bolt and Medusa
Spidey and MJ
Batman and Catwoman
Snake Eyes and Scarlett
David and Lucy
April and Casey

A lot to unpack now.
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I primarily collect couples too. On my desk I have Chamber and Jubilee, I got Billy Coen and Rebecca Chambers on my customs desk still, and a bunch of pairings on my shelves where either I made it up or where I'm waiting for somebody to finally make the lady of the duo.

I still gotta figure out an April to go with my Mezco Casey. I'm also still waiting for a set of Turtles that I like at all.
 
vicious said:
Goof-Off does not mess around. I have the "Pro Strength", not sure if that's any different than standard, but I can second this, it's the best for removing paint from PVC plastic but you really have to be fast and efficient. Stuff smells so bad that I always have a zip lock ready for the leftover qtips.
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That's definitely safe for human beings to inhale and handle. 😄
vicious said:
This really all started when they sent out those surveys about what we'd buy, for how much, how important is packaging, etc. I think we (ML fans in general) were too honest on those. They've done multipacks for forever, but it was the Avengers 60th anniversary wave that was the straw that broke the camel's back, for me. They released like, what, five two-packs at once? And each one, I only wanted one figure. That year I put away almost all my MLs and displayed other toys instead.
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While $80 for two Punisher two-packs is greater than $40 for Bushwacker and a classic Punisher, there is a point of diminishing returns for Hasbro. If, as you mention at the end of your post, they drive customers away with unfriendly business practices, they chose short-term profit over long-term success. Then again, that's capitalism in a nutshell.
 
altcunningham said:
Friend was looking at my desk vicinity toys and noted that aside from X-Men, I'm doing couples.

Bolt and Medusa
Spidey and MJ
Batman and Catwoman
Snake Eyes and Scarlett
David and Lucy
April and Casey

A lot to unpack now.
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I don't do this with Marvel (I own too dog-gone many of them), but nearly every other property.

Adventure Time? Gotta have Princess Bubblegum to go with Marceline. Invincible? Invincible and Atom Eve, please. I have trouble only getting one character/figure from a property. I go for duos, and usually it's a couple or hero/villain (a couple in their own right, just ask Professor X and Magneto).
 
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