If you have created something, you better be prepared to take critique on your creation. ESPECIALLY if I'm paying an extortionate £9 for it.

Nah its fine. If you read the story its not like he stayed there and went toe to to toe witht hem. His goal was to escape and thats what he did he out manuvered them and got away. Back then the xmen were treated more like regular humans but with a special power. not like super humans with a special power. I love the part where he samcked wolverine. People dont give spidey enough credit, hes much faster than a normal human and can lift 10+ tons. He should be able to hit wolvie and send him flying.

Ever read spiderman vs. wolverine, to date its one of my favorite comics and has one of the best throw downs between 2 good guys eve, but with a solid story to boot. I wish they would do a straight to dvd of that one.

Ask Ben about how much flak I gave him over the fig, in person, at GenCon.


Well, that explains your position.


And Ben's refusal to answer the question about whether he thinks the fig is appropriately costed is answer enough.

Wow really?! Amora didn't say anything out of line or insult Ben. He is entitled to his opinion. If you are going to anything that involves others you are going to get crtisism.

As a designer myself, I would say the dial is a good design and the reasons are all there. However to me the cost of the dial is the issue, he should have cost a bit more like 92-96 points based on the other versions. However as Ben stated he had no say over the cost.

Its funny like my sig says there is a point formula but it is in need of an adjustment it seems it does not take special powers into account enough. Namor and night crawler are both examples of this.

Your sensitivity dial is broken/cranked too high.

Incidentally, I would say something like that to someone's face, with the caveat that it'd be IMO. And if someone decided to come after me physically for that...well...let's just say they better expect to lose some soft tissue.

Exactly I hate this new age sensativity to everything society. Freedom of speech or PC, pick one.

Decent rebuttal. Still wrong, but decent.

Joe has it right. One shouldn't take such colloquial phrases so literally.

THIS is the actual point I was driving at. If it's a comics character, stick to the actual comics material when designing it. Again, AA Batman is the only clear exception out of nearly 3500 different dials to necessitate otherwise.

I say things like this all the time. It's called dialogue. I think there have been many, many times when the criteria as to why this is terrible dial design has been posted.

And as for "losing my teeth," someone attempting that would most likely end up in the hospital, the police station, or the first followed by the second.

I love NC, one of my favorite characters since I was 13. Doesn't make my argument anymore or less valuable from a game design standpoint.

Bahhh...you're just jealous of my 24-inch e-pythons.

I know Ben, and I don't think he's the kind of guy that would feed anyone their teeth. He would probably explain his position and whip your @$$ on the gaming table (but he'd do that part regardless of what you said to him).

Well you could choose NOT to pay that price and go without

Not with blind boosters.

What are you Bens press secretary or sports agent?
Who said the sky is falling?

I just want to know more about the design process. What was the point cost on other designs he rejected? Did the point cost he tested match up with what we got in the end?

What was his approach to playtesting?

Was he trying to insure that the figure would be a great tournament piece or a balanced tournament piece?

To add to that...

The original meaning of the phrase is no longer there. Now its more of a toungue-in-check add on.

For example:

That movie was so awful no one likes the movie.
My brother likes the movie.
My brother has no taste in movies and thus the exception proves the rule.

Basically saying the rule is more of an overexageration metaphor then a real rule, and while I am at it I can poke fun of my brother's poor taste in movies.