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Right arm of Apocalypse? That's a bad omen... I'd rather not have Sas associated with such an symbolic appendage.
I'm wondering what the 32pg comic book is that the figure ships with. Is it an Alpha Flight comic or related to Alpha Flight?
Love,
rplass
It's a reprint of Vol 1 #10.
Does anyone know if it's available yet other than on Ebay?
It's barely even available on eBay.
Expect to see it regularly available for regular prices in online and regular stores by Christmas.
And now, out of the packaging. Looks snazzy.
http://adctalk.com/index.php?showtopic=2003414
Now I'm off to search for him online. The figure looks great. Probably the best one in the series.
Sasquatch is starting to show up in small specialty stores in Canada right now, so keep yours eyes open for the toy to come your way in the very near future.
Hey, anybody wanna guess what I picked up at my local comic book shop today?
I'm a very happy boy. I can review the toy if anyone's interested.
Yes! Review it! I'd love to hear about your new toy!
Love,
rplass
Well you see. . . it's long, bright purple, and when you flick the switch on the botto-- okay, maybe we shouldn't go there. No no no, I got Sasquatch! The regular version, not the variant. He's glooorious.
A few notes for the Marvel Legends uninitiated first up. You'll need a knife or some scissors to open the package, and once you do, don't mind the smell. Seriously, your Sasquatch will smell like he had a massive fart consisting of indiustrial glue and polyurethane plastic. Let him breath for a few minutes. Next up, you'll need to free him from the little twist ties holding him in, and the big blue arm. Whose arm? We might get to that.
So the toy itself is great. I know some people were worrying about the size, and suffice to say. . . this is not an issue. Sasquatch is the tallest Marvel Legneds toy EVER released. Like, fricking gargantuan. The sculpting is great, with furry texture all over his gargantuanness. With the nice paint wash they threw over him, it almost looks like flocking. Comic accuracy is spot-on, using all the good parts of Walt from over the years, expunging most of the "pretty pretty pony" syndrome that I hate so much.
The fingers are individually arcticulated with one having the fingers in a bent position and the other straight. There's articulation at the head (up/down and rotate), shoulders (compound joints with a universal joint, rotator, and a standard chest piece), double-jointed elbows, lower arm rotator, wrists, mid-torso (a hinge), waist (limited due to the furry "skirt"), Universal Hips, double-jointed knees, ankles (up/down and pivot), and finally the toes. Yeah, that's a posable Sasquatch.
The natural standing position is sort of a "hunched over" posture, which looks great. He'll tend not to stand up with any reliability if you don't him like this, so it's probably for the best that I like it. He's extremely top-heavy, so you need to be careful how you use all that articulation up there. Mine has a floppy ankle too, so be careful with quality control.
And oh yes, he can totally do the "You Gotta Be Kiddin Me" pose, which is just hilarity. You guys will enjoy this toy.
He came with the comic, of course. I'd never read Alpha Flight #10 before so it was nice to get a chance to finally get my hands on a version. Gotta wonder why they didn't use the Sasquatch Origin issue though. Not that I didn't enjoy seeing him launch Super-Skrull accross the galaxy and all.
So yeah, moral of the story is. . . Buy this toy. Even if you have to punch your own mother in the kidneys for some reason, buy this toy. Oh, and the blue arm is for a masive Apocalypse figure. Which you may also want, so buy the rest of the wave. But don't punch anyone for that one.
Ah, just like MacFarlane's Dragons. I'm gonna rush out and buy it as soon as I can! {northstar} (I can seek it today, but find? There I canno help you.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Defunct
That's convenient, because I was kinda thinking about doing that anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Defunct
- Le Messor
Lois: "I want you to bond with your son."
Peter: "Bond? James Bond! I'll do it!"
- Family Guy
Honestly, thanks for the funny comments, it's the first good laugh I've had in months, probably since 2004 to be honest. I needed that. I've had such a horrible 13 months, I really needed to laugh. :lol:
I'm sorry to hear that. Pain sucks.
- Mik
I'm glad my lame jokes brightened your mood. :D
Sweet. I put the girlfreind to task this year with finding me one. Every year i give her a gift that I want and i know will be hard to find. Last year it was Mer Man from MOU, this year the white variant Sassy!
I've seen more of the white Sas on the shelves than the regular one for some reason.
I'm guessing people just prefer the classic colour, plus it's probably marked up cheaper than the 'variant' in a lot of places.
Damn you, kasperov!!! (shakes fist at the sky.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil
I haven't seen -any- on the shelves. None of my stores goes beyond the Legendary Riders or Galactus series. (Ben Grimm is -not- a legendary rider! Neither is Taskmaster. That I know of. Neither is Vengean-- okay, bad example).
- Le Messor
"Don's smile was a lemon twist."
-- Emil Petaja
Yay. Christmas abounds with Sassy stuff. I received my Sasquatch and Tanaraq figures, or is it Heather Hudson from Exiles?, or is it Snowbird as a great beast?, or is it Wanda (shudder) ?
Anyway I got 'em both.
I also got the not so nice Sasquatch bust and a great number on it. I got #13 of 2500.
Happy JC.
That's JC not AC.
.....Does that mean I have to sue you now for insinuating my name?? :?Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyCanuck
I got them both as well and they already kicked the crap out of Juggernaut. I couldn't help it.
I been with this group for like 9 years. I don't need to insinuate anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by HappyCanuck
Holy Crap Ben! Has it really been almost ten years? Already? Sorry for the OT here.
It seems to me it's been more than that. When I first joined the Alpha Waves mailing list, there were about 15 members, and I think I was 16 years old. I'll be 28 in March...so more like 11 or 12 years...I think it was about a year after I joined the list that Kirk handed the reins over to me. By that time there were 20 members. I'm not quite sure how long things were going before I joined up. Now here we are with the forum. 273 users, 14837 posts since 11 Jan 2004 at 09:02 pmQuote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyCanuck
Ben
It may seem more than that, but I guess thats just the stress of it all Ben. When I first joined up we were with Coollists and half the members didn't have the other halfs e-mail addies. Kirk gave you the reins and somehow you bought it all together into this. Your probably as famous as Alpha now. I'm gonna push Marvel for a 'Ben Wells' Legends figure :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben
I just picked up Sasquatch today, and nice to see the comic where he battles the Super Skrull....and wins
Is there any other Marvel Legends of Alpha FLight? I have only seen Sasquatch. I'm tempted to get the Snowbird Sasquatch
No other Marvel Legend Alpha figures, unless you count the multiple Wolverine figures.
Dana
Um, no offence meant at all, but don't you feel silly buying action figures?
I mean I don't see why you would buy it. (but I'm Jewish, so it might be different for me)
once again I would like to make clear, no offence meant whatsoever, just trying to understand.
Well that's certainly a creative way not to offend people. :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by zekethegreat
This "action figure" line, even if it weren't directed at adult collectors, is no more or less silly than buying comics. And your being Jewish has nothing to do with your ignorance, trust me. I'm Jewish, and I've never said anything so stupid in my life.
My mother's side of my family is Jewish...but that doesn't effect the fact that I'm an Alpha Flight completist, and want every product that comes out with AF on it. I play with my AF figures, not ashamed to admit it. I'm nearly 28 years old, building a house, I manage a bar, and have a very active social life, yet I find nothing wrong with buying action figures if it interests you.Quote:
Originally Posted by zekethegreat
Ben
Zeke, I don't think it got to do with you been Jewish, I don't see much interest in buying the action figure myself, but I'm not jewish and it got nothing to do with me been from Québec (I think everyone knows I'm a proud Quebecers like we know you are a proud jewish from Israel).Quote:
Originally Posted by zekethegreat
I can see why some would like to have the action figure, completists or some that liked that. That's all. I see that you are 14 years old, right? Well, from your post, I usually find you really have a good reasoning (can I say that?) and well, now that I'm an adult, I can tell you that it's very important to kept your inner child alive, because without it you will become a sad dull adult that can't laugh. I think I'm mature but still likes comics (usually europeens now but I still don't understand how the heroine ends up naked in the last issue, but well :roll: ) so adult+action figure can = mature:P
So, it's just a question of taste, like many AF stories and characters that many likes here, but I cannot stand myself.
No sillier than for buying comics books, yeesh. If you love Alpha Flight, why would you feel silly buying a cool little figure of a character from it?Quote:
Originally Posted by zekethegreat
I got mine on Thursday, in Sydney. It was hard to find; never found it at home in Canberra.
If you think I get embarrassed, you should see my Lord of the Rings action figure collection. Hee hee hee.
- Le Messor
I'm not embarrassed at all by having an action figure of Sasquatch hanging from the corner of a shelf behind my bar. It and the Juggernaut legends figure are the only 2 I own and I'll display them wherever I want.
What I meant was that I was educated (and still am) in a very weird way.
I was (am) taught that anything you do and anything you buy and so on should only be a way to learn, and that the most important thing is learn, learn, learn and not do anything else. Because of that I have been learning alot lately and trying to do less of other things. I don't watch TV anymore, I'm alot less on the computer and I've stoped doing alot of things. I'm trying to get that thought out of my head, but it's hard. Basically this makes me think that buying most things is stupid (which is a stupid thought itself).
What I should have wrote was Jewish education, which is what I meant.
P.S. Yes, I am insane
Zeke
Welcome Zeke, you are at the right place :twisted:Quote:
Originally Posted by zekethegreat
I've come to notice that the people who offend the most are the ones who say no offence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Defunct
And yes, I'm a stupid, mean, gross, disgusting, jerk. just join the club of people who think that about me, heck, even I think that about myself.
I guess a lot of it comes down to priorities in life. I'm all for learning, and feel the day you stop learning is the day you die, however there is also a lot to be said for some simple pleasures in life. I'm not into the whole consumer way of life by any means, however if I can purchase something that I will enjoy, and be happy about, and smile when I look at, display, or play with, that's great.Quote:
Originally Posted by zekethegreat
I think it also comes down to what your perspective is on "learning" not all learning comes from a book, a set of rules, or a classroom. Maybe having simple thing like an action figure that you would enjoy will help you learn some things about yourself, which in many ways is more important than learning about other people, or about abstract though. The Jewish faith has not been practiced in my family for sever generations, I do however understand something of the nature of the Jewish Orthodox doctrine, there are certain structures there that we would not commonly see in North American, or European life styles, so I won't presume to judge or advise by any means. I do however believe that everyone needs joy in their lives regardless of race, colour, or religion. So if you feel you would enjoy action figures, I say "why not" but if you don't think you would enjoy them, find joy where you can, in the simple things. You're young, you have lots of life left to keep on learning.
Ben
Learning is cool, but I refuse to let any one aspect of my life be the -only- aspect of my life. If I did, it'd be Christianity, and I wouldn't read comics (they're way too hostile towards me); but then, I'd just be a stereotype, a one-dimensional character.
- Le Messor
"I want to make it absolutely clear, I don't hate all Christianity-- just you."
- Joss Whedon
I just "learned" how Sasquatch looks standing over shot glasses on my bar. He looks awesome.
To each their own. Buy the figure zeke and learn of its awesomeness.