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Also, you can get this neck bandana to work with the little flip screen. Slide it back on his neck so the slack is behind his head instead of in front. The back will float a little, but I bet with a bit of heat you can get that to lay down. Even with a little float it looks fine from the front.

I feel like he's got real "secondary character in Metal Gear Solid" vibes. His name is Good Badman or some shit. Also, I've realized the only way to get a decent photo of a figure with my phone is to be right up on it.

Legit terrifying... but I do like it. I said I'm thinking this guy is the Wolverine of my no-name crew, so the scary look is probably the one I'm going for, but I do really like the non-cammo looks.

He'd sculpted a bunch for that line that never saw the light of day. There was a classic 50's Mars Attacks adjacent alien and a Wendigo as well. I was never hot on the Mothman design. I know everyone is trying to stick to that hunched head, boxy shoulder design, but I feel like you can just take...

I feel compelled to remind you that one of the characters was named "Quikjak". Just run your designs/names past one thirteen year old, guys. Just one.

One of us. One of us. One of us....

Definitely more interested in the Cup right now, but I could still be convinced on Dogman. I do like the wolf I got from them, QC issues aside.

My initial thought is skull face with beret, but we'll see how I feel once he's in hand. Right now I have all of these no-name folks on my desk and they feel like a team missing it's "Wolverine", so I think that'll be this guy.

I say it, and it happens. He's on Amazon now. Time to spend some credit.

Waiting for him to hit Amazon, but good to know.

My assumption is bigger than Serpentor's chariot and smaller than the Vamp. I feel like the Snake is probably comparable in terms of overall part counts and such. We'll see, but it definitely looks rad.

I agree. But "the mutant metaphor" as an idea is also in the way the characters contextualize mutancy. Iceman talking to his parents in the X-Men movies "have you tried not being a mutant" is the metaphor acting in place of the actual thing long before Bobby was openly gay in the comics. The...

Yeah, it won't floor me if it's $100, that just seems like a whole lot relative to the other stuff they've given us for that price point. I mean the Cobra SNAKE wasn't even $80. We'll see what the final total is. I'd probably consider it even at that price, but I'd have to hold my nose a bit.

Initially it was more the racial metaphor (but also very simple, closer to 8 yr old simple than 15). The LGBTQ stuff definitely started in Claremont's tenure (Mystique/Destiny and then almost everyone in Excalibur minus Britain), but he treated it as an encompassing metaphor and would bend it...

I feel like my POV on this is best summed up by an episode summary I saw from the podcast Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men (which is a great podcast and I highly recommend it). Partway through the summary the tag is : Flaws of the mutant metaphor (more) (again) And then a little further down...

I'm not implying there is no value to the mutant metaphor or that it never reflects real life. I'm saying by the nature of it existing within fantasy superhero land, it can sometimes misalign. Like, this is not me saying I don't like X-Men or that this is even a component of the stories I...

Even then it still can fall short in that mutants actually are dangerous in a way people are not. When someone in the Marvel universe is terrified of a guy who blinks and levels a mountain, that's not the same context as somebody with simply a different skin color, or who is gay, or who has a...

Wouldn't that make it as much as the VAMP? That seems... like a lot. And the Claw was only $56. Like, $60-$70 seems reasonabl-ish, but $100? That will slow me down on that purchase.

I sold the first release of Destro even though I liked him a lot, but I think this one is going to suit me more. I'm crossing my fingers for a IG version of Baroness to go with him because, I mean, might as well, right?

I don't think anybody who has sincerely thought about the mutant metaphor thinks it's especially accurate. I think it's sort of like the Doctor's Tardis, which is not actually supposed to function as time machine or space ship really, it's a mechanism by which the protagonists are put into...

Yet.

Yeah I'm not knocking it, I just think he maybe should have a blaster as well. It was clearly put together by people who wanted to make us happy and I feel like they did a great job.

This always bothered the shit out of me as well. Like if being basically super flexy Kevlar works when it's just hitting him flat in the chest or whatever, but doing the little cape move? Nah.

I knew IG Destro would get me to buy if they ever did it. And it will. The sixgun is an interesting choice, but I'm not mad about it. Do sort of feel like he should have a more techy blaster too given he's the arms dealer, but whatever. Like these new swords he's getting and that shield's dope...

As a question strictly about the comics featuring that suit, is it actually shown as bulletproof like a John Wick thing or more presented like the fabric on the TV DD suit where the cloth is more cut repellent and the hard armor is maybe tougher?