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Do you mean on eBay? I think of that as the baseline price for figures sold there since the fees and shipping are so expensive now. Any less than $30 to $35 and you're selling either at a loss or a profit so low it wasn't worth the time. I don't look at selling there as profitable or worth the time until you get above $40, and I target above $60 when I buy to re-sell. All of the most popular stuff will usually go for $60 or more in a few months or years after release. I'm full up on stuff to flip until I sell some, but you picked well because if I was actively selling I would've grabbed extra Miles figures too. I go 6+ months at a time being lazy about listing stuff, and one of my new year's resolutions is to list at least one item for sale per week this year. Not going to think about buying for re-sale again until I sell a few dozen figures.

Should be able to flip for 4x to 8x what you paid in a year or two. Legends released a Spider-Man figure from the first PS4 game in 2019 that goes for $100 to $120 now.

NECA's stuff is almost always exceptional. Unfortunately I'm a Marvel guy so I don't have anything of theirs myself, but I've bought some of the TMNT stuff for my kids. Unfortunately their plastic is a bit brittle compared to Hasbro's and they've broken a lot of it, particularly the accessories.

Zack de la Rocha sings in such a high, nasal voice that it's kinda feminine anyway so I'm fine with the new version.

One thing I definitely did not want to see was a ragged, ranting version of Lambert Wilson playing the Merovingian in this film. His character was an absolute highlight in Matrix Reloaded, but in this one he was a sad parody of that character.

Best reveal from the first episode is that Gamorreans just look like fat humans under their armor.

Same. This wasn't great, but it was SO much fun. Loved every minute.

I have the Select Colossus and modern Thanos and both are awesome. I slightly prefer the Legends Colossus that came in a 2-pack with Juggernaut, but not by much--it's picking nits to choose one over the other. That Select Thanos is still my favorite comic Thanos, although my favorite Thanos overall is the armored version that just came out in a 2-pack with Endgame Iron Man.

All excellent choices. I rated that 80th Hulk figure as the best Legends release of 2019. They've re-released him in different flavors about 6-7 times since then, but that one you're getting is still the best Hulk around in twelfth scale. The Select Immortal Hulk you're getting is great too, but it's in tenth scale so it's a bit too large to mix with Legends. But since Hulk's whole thing is being big it's easy to just fudge that he's a little bit bigger. If you're looking for more figures to get I'll share my top lists for 2019 and 2020 in the spoiler tags below. I started buying figures in December 2018, so I don't have as exhaustive an opinion from figures released before then, although I have gone back and bought 100 or so figures from 2018 and earlier from eBay so I have made an effort to identify the best Marvel figures from the past decade or two and have quite a few opinions about the best figures from Hasbro's earlier efforts and Toy Biz. Best Marvel Legends figures of 2019: Best Marvel Legends figures of 2020:

On it's face, definitely. But then there's that last scene where he's talking to the therapist in the insane asylum that makes us question whether the whole film was a lie/dream, an exaggeration of the way things happened that is partially or perhaps even fully a fiction woven by Fleck. I left that film wondering that, and then later saw an interview with the director Todd Phillips where he confirmed that's EXACTLY what the film is. He specifically referenced the panels below from Killing Joke as his inspiration for the film where Joker references that he can't even remember what made him who he is, so he prefers to just invent his past as he goes. I'm completely fine with that being the story Phillips was telling, but it significantly impacts the film's message and importance. If the whole thing is Fleck just spinning a romanticized tale of who he is then it ISN'T the compelling portrayal of mental illness we would otherwise take it as on its face. Still an entertaining film for some, albeit not me, but nothing we should look at as an important portrayal of mental illness. And from what I can tell most people don't even realize this, including most critics. My girlfriend hates superhero films, but she did enjoy Joker for the same reason your friend did. I told her about the Phillips quote about Killing Joke, showed her the panels below--and she replied "that can't be what he meant, that's dumb." And I suspect that would be the reason many people's opinions of the film would flip if they fully realized what Phillips was doing.

I’ve only seen the movie once so far, but as I remember the last spell makes everyone completely forget who Peter Parker is, so MJ and Ned forgot that they ever knew him. And I suppose we have to just accept that this also must mean all written and video remembrance of Peter is also gone. Kinda like George Bailey except he did exist and did make a difference it’s just nobody remembers. The entire reason the original spell went awry was having it apply to selective people who knew Peter was Spider-Man, and Strange couldn't keep the people from multiple universes from coming into ours that knew Peter's secret. So Peter himself proposed to Strange how about we just wipe out all knowledge of my existence, and Strange said yep, that would work. So that's what he did. Whether or not physical records got wiped out (photos on MJ's phone, his school records, etc) is an open question with no real answer. And why did it all work?

Yep, that's exactly my thinking as well. Anything goes! Writer's easy way out.

I would posit that in the "Carnage" trailer, Venom recognizes the name "Peter Parker" and associates it with Spider-Man from the Tobey Venom's experience with him, but if you just showed him a picture of Tom Holland, he would not know that is Peter Parker or Spider-Man. Within the context of Venom telling Brock about the experiences of the symbiote hive mind across the multiverse that makes sense. I guess. Nice observation. Anyone know if the idea that they're a hive mind that spans the multiverse was drawn from the comics, or did they just make that up in these post-credit scenes? Still trying to gain appreciation for multiverses. My original experience with them was with "Crisis on Infinite Earths" back in 1985. I was 14 at the time and thought the whole multiverse idea was dumb, and I pretty much still do. But I'm making maximum effort to keep an open mind. Mostly out of respect for Kevin Feige, but also because he's not leaving me much choice.

I've got two of this set so I can have two dogs with both heads. SUCH a great set, definitely my favorite from the Classified Series aside from the original deluxe Snake Eyes set that comes with the weapon rack.

Relative to the previous Justice League and most DC films--absolutely. Relative to virtually any film on my list--WELL below them. The Suicide Squad is far better than Snyder's Justice League. That's as a film, not in terms of content covered. Justice League has a FAR deeper well to draw from, so I absolutely see why many if not most fans would prefer Snyder's Justice League to The Suicide Squad. And that's particularly true if you weren't already a Snyder fanboy like me.

If you can't already tell I do that there's nothing really to discuss. Which is generally true with you, anyway, given your penchant for ad hominems.

The critics summed it up nicely, so I won't repeat what they've already said. Subjectively I'm a HUGE Snyder fan. It's not just Man of Steel I love, I like everything he does. 300 is my favorite film of his, but as is the case with all of Snyder's films he's style first, substance later (if at all)--and that's A-OK with me, I LOVE his style.

I've still never made a list of my personal favorite superhero films. The lists I post in this thread are the ones that are the best and not necessarily ones I even like. Snyder's JL was definitely a big improvement to the first, but it's not an objectively great superhero film. Daredevil and Man of Steel are probably in my personal top 10--definitely my top 20--but that doesn't mean I think they're great films. They're both full of fatal flaws, but I don't care, I like them anyway. And there's no way Joker would ever make my personal list, but I can still mostly see that it's a really good film featuring a TERRIFIC performance by Phoenix.

I last updated this in early 2019, so now that people are starting to go to theaters again it's time to work the new films into the list and give the whole thing some thought, so I've been doing that for quite a bit since I saw No Way Home on Friday. Mostly kept it the same but worked Endgame, Joker, Far From Home, and No Way Home in. I also moved Infinity War ahead of the 2012 Avengers film. The new addition I feel the worst about is Joker for multiple reasons, and I suspect I could easily move it up OR down ten spots upon further analysis of the film. One reason I'm torn on that film is that it's not exactly a superhero movie since there's no real hero anywhere in it, at least one who actively fills that role during the film. Bruce is in it, but he's a kid. I had a particularly hard time ranking it because I really don't like the film and have only seen it once, but I do recognize that Joaquin was amazing in it. I almost put it in the top ten, but there's one reason I didn't--the cultural significance of the film as a portrait of mental illness is SERIOUSLY eroded by the unreliability of Joker as a narrator. What's real in that film? It could range from complete fantasy to pretty close to the way things happened. All we know for sure is that Fleck definitely isn't tell the whole truth so I don't know what to believe about the details of his life, the ways he dealt with his life, or ways he suffered. I may also adjust No Way Home's position after re-watching it and Spider-Man 2 over the coming weeks--but I doubt it. There's nothing universal to heroism in it the way there is in Iron Man, Logan, Batman Begins, or Spider-Man 2 that I've identified yet, but maybe I'll see more after more viewings. And it doesn't even touch Dark Knight as a masterpiece, but that's fine, NOTHING touches the perfection of that film. I'm not totally sure No Way Home is actually better than Infinity War and could bump Infinity War above it--which is high praise for No Way Home coming from me given that I've seen Infinity War 10+ times and it's absolutely one of my favorite films--but Infinity War has more flaws than I've found so far in No Way Home, so for now I think No Way Home is better. I gave quite a bit of thought to Black Widow, Shang-Chi, and The Suicide Squad, but I don't think any of them crack this list. Those three DEFINITELY aren't in the top 30, but if I ever think the list below out to 40 I suspect Black Widow and The Suicide Squad would fit in the 35 to 40 range. The Dark Knight Spider-Man 2 Batman Begins Logan Iron Man Spider-Man: No Way Home Avengers: Infinity War Avengers Captain America: Civil War Avengers: Endgame Black Panther The Dark Knight Rises Captain America: The Winter Soldier The Matrix Joker X-Men: First Class Spider-Man: Homecoming Superman Spider-Man: Far From Home Thor: Ragnarok Deadpool The Incredibles Spider-Man Watchmen Captain Marvel Wonder Woman Batman Returns Superman II X-Men: Days of Future Past Guardians of the Galaxy Batman The Matrix Reloaded Deadpool 2 Unbreakable

I was wondering how they'll deal with that too. Easiest way to fix it is reveal himself to Maria Hill and have SHIELD create an identity for him. But I suspect they're just going to have him deal in cash for the next film. If I were him I'd reveal myself to Happy, SHIELD, and Strange, but I suspect they won't do that for at least a film or two so we get to experience old school Spidey again for a while. Maybe they'll even have him get a freelance paid-in-cash job with JJJ for the Daily Bugle.

Which Stark suit was that--the one without the nanotech that he wore in Homecoming until Stark took it away from him?

Question--what was that black and gold suit? I know the gauntlet was Strange's tool to send the villains to the cells in his basement, but why did he put that suit on, and where did it come from? Have they shown that one before?

Agreed. It was good in the moment, but the more I mull it over the better it gets.

Thanks for posting that post-credits scene...now we know why the hotel room changed entirely in it--it was Venom being pulled into the MCU from the Sonyverse. At the time I had no idea what it meant and had forgotten about it. He shouldn't know Peter, but hey, I bet we never get an explanation for that, and comics fans already know how he knows Peter. So it's a bit goofy, but eh, I'll look past it.

Although produced by Marvel Studios, it is a Sony film. Even with the distribution, it is Sony Pictures. Then why define the Venom we saw in the movies as being in a separate universe in the No Way Home post-credits scene? You essentially seem to be saying there's no difference in the universes, and if that's the case I REALLY need an explanation for why Brock didn't know who Spider-Man or the Avengers are or why he suddenly disappeared at the end of the scene.