Not a turd at all. The dial is actually very good for the points. It's just not the savage beatdown version of the Hulk we all thought we were going to get. Hence the disappointment.

I never 'thought' we were going to get a savage beatdown version. We got what I expected, but I'm still disappointed. And on my birthday, I don't think that's cool at all.

But that's okay...next week we can all be disappointed in Silver Surfer, too.

I completely agree. The first thing that came to mind when people were saying to tell him you will hold it until the next IG event was that you are basically asking this dink to come shark the next event.

Happy birthday!

You and my mom share Bdays... thats wierd

Happy Birthday, sol...and we now know that you got the best birthday gift possible in advance --- with her arrival timed so she'd be here to help her daddy blow out his birthday candles!
Just what I'd expect from someone I'm honored to consider a friend.

Why is that weird? Lots of people share a birthday with your Mom.

Among them, such other lovely ladies as Denise Richards and Rene Russo.

And guys like Michael Jordan and sol. Real power types.

Not a bad guy to have his name in the same sentence as yours, with "and" sitting between the two.

When I'd go to watch Julius Erving play in the old ABA, I would sit there and think how I was watching The Best There Ever Was, Is Or Will Be.

We now know how that turned out...

True. Regardless, best Hulk in the game? I think so.

I was thinking about this earlier (the thing about this Hulk not having a "rage" mechanic) and I'm comfortable with the abstraction that he's been riled up pre-battle and this is already angry Defenders Hulk.

As for dial designs "going south", I'd say they're a little short of their peak (Hammer of Thor, maybe?) but there are a lot of remarkably well-designed figures out recently or soon. More than in the past, I think. New Dr. Strange? Fantastic design.

I think we're going through a transistion period with dial design, and until some older stuff retires, it's going to seem like figures are weaker in comparison. 200-300 points seems to be getting reserved for amped-up versions of cosmic characters, and 200 is getting to be the ceiling for "very powerul" figures.

Not that we shouldn't have a Hulk that's 200 (or more) based on that scale, but I do think that a year from now, these dials are going to seem perfectly normal.

That's my theory, anyway.

I'd like that. I'd prefer they really get point costs under control so the game can really fit in 300 points. Thanos at 300 points? Great! He should essentially be the epitome of high point characters. It will never be perfect, but let's scale things down so you can have more than 3 characters on a 300 point team without just playing generic minions.

Does anyone have access to a comprehensive list of Named Marvel keywords?