The thing is, with Deathstroke and Slade, you don't need to look at common opponents, w/L, who they have beaten or any of that.


Why?

Because they fought. New Teen Titans / X-Men crossover in the 80s.

And Deathstroke beat Logan's ###.

It was awesome.

Slade>Logan

Like I said, there are a ton of X-Men that could have been in this but I don't feel many spots were wasted (Lockheed is odd). X-Man, Sinister, Cable, more Brotherhood, and such would all be nice and maybe that will happen eventually. Having a good core of x-men as commons seems to say that they won't get a starter.

Woohoo a new Phoenix!! Woohoo. Siryn. Finally. But no Monet? Come on. No Exodus? No current Dazzler?

Did we really need another Archangel already? Or a Lockheed with his own dial?

I'm still really excited about this set, now I cant wait to see the dials.

I've decided one brick plus another SuperBooster. Occasional loose booster.


But I've come upon this: We get Reavers but no Gateway? Really? C'mon. I wish Wiz/NECA would finish storylines if they're going to.

No Shadowcat? Apparently Wizkids hates me.

looking good I sure hope this storm has the FF keyword so i can build the new FF seen here:

http://forevergeek.com/wp-content/up...c-four-544.jpg

Only if we can get the mystic frogs as special objects!

Has any considered the fact we might get our first chase duos? I don't like duos but these are actually pretty cool ones.

R.I.P. Michael Turner

I concur to a degree as double based Duo Figures can require "finesse" to an extent, but I must admit that I LOVE single base Duo Figures as they're a joy to wield, especially w/TK

it's a shame what his company has done to his name. i met him many times and he was a class act all around. the good really do die young.

last year we got 2 DC Starter Blackest Night & Brightest Day & 1 Marvel which doesn't really count because it was a reissued. SO I'm thinking this year Marvel is getting 2 Starter & could be all the missing characters that should have been in GSX like Cable, Kitty Pryde, Mr. Sinister, Sebastian Shaw, Toad & maybe another Hellion or New Mutant.

Even if they repackaged some of the sculpts in this set into an action pack with new dials I'd be happy! (With new sculpts of course, like Brightest Day.) The sculpts in this set look phenomenal. The only boring ones are the Hellions, who I have no interest in anyways. (At least in those costumes, yecht.)

Well, if we're counting crossovers, then Wolverine (with bone claws no less) defeated Lobo in hand-to-hand combat. Wolverine>Lobo, and Lobo>Deathstroke, ergo Wolverine>Lobo. Aren't crossovers that aren't really canon fun?

I don't believe Deathstroke ever took on Lobo.

Regardless, the sort of foes that an individual typically goes up against should serve as a typical gauge for how "powerful" certain figures should be. At his utmost, Wolverine is not taking on the Avengers. Some of the characters you mentioned Wolverine being better than are up to the task of taking on the Avengers/JLA. The others, while they may have figures above 120 points, aren't figures that are actually worth more than 120 points.

Besides which, certain powers lend themselves to more expensive characters. Wolverine will generally lack range. He will almost always lack Hypersonic Speed and Running Shot. No Phasing/Teleport. Probably no Impervious and maybe only a click or two of Invulnerability. No Probability Control. And so on and so forth. Eventually, trying to make a 150 point Wolverine will just involve cramming a bunch of crap onto his dial, rather than building a svelte, efficient, and effective figure.