Marvel Legends Sasquatch Revealed!

Here's the text from the back of the package:

Power Grid:
Intelligence 5 (out of 7)
Strength 5
Speed 2
Durability 4
Energy Projection 0
Fighting Skills 2
Height: 10'/3m
Weight: 2000lbs/907.2kg
Eyes: Red
Hair: Orange

Walter Langowski had it all. Professional football player. A Ph.D. in physics. Millionaire status. He also had something else: thick orange fur, an ape-like physique, and clawed hands and feet. Walter designed and constructed a device to generate gamma radiation bombardments similar to those which had created the Hulk. He used this equipment on himself and was transformed into a ten-foot tall, superhumanly powerful creature. Walter called his bestial form 'Sasquatch," the Canadian name for the legendary "Bigfoot" creature that he resembled. Once he learned how to maintain his normal personality and intelligence as Sasquatch he joined Alpha Flight. Walter Langowski continues to be his own successful experiment, a man changed into a superhuman Sasquatch with powers that can benefit all of mutantkind.

Now of course they misspelled "Langkowski", erroneously paired a single quote with a double quote and left out about 1,000,000 details, but hey, at least they mentioned Alpha Flight so I'm pretty psyched! I'm also psyched that the little image next to the power grid is artwork from Bart Sears' Sabretooth LS, one of my favorites.

Love,
rplass

:? Waitaminute...

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Originally Posted by rplass

Walter Langowski continues to be his own successful experiment, a man changed into a superhuman Sasquatch with powers that can benefit all of mutantkind.

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Why are they always saying that Alpha Flight is Mutancentric, as if they are the X-Men?? I can count on one hand how many feats they've done that strictly relates to mutants, and still have fingers left over! Most of their adventures have been to protect Canada from aliens, supernatural/psychic threats, etc. Don't get me wrong, I'm an X-fan, but Alpha Flight is as much an X-team as I am a duck. They're standing is more along the lines of the Avengers - for national use, no matter what the species.

I think they're trying to appeal to the mutant market. Face it X-Men/Wolverine is one of their hottest commodities. Maybe they get a new X-fan to buy one or two even though they know little about Alpha Flight or Sasquatch. So they put the word Mutant on the box....should be no water off Allan's back! Quack! Quack!

Terribly sorry! Couldn't pass it up!

Just for the record, I agree with Allan here. Alpha Flight has always been more aligned with the stories from the Avengers than the X-Men. Most of their deeds have little to do with mutants, or the fact that the villain is a mutant is really immaterial. You could plug in any vilain and the story would be the same. There wasn't a whole lot of mutant agenda in Alpha Flight.

As for the duck thing. If Allan is a duck then he's a very impressive one. Excellent grasp of the English language for a water fowl. But I'll go out on a limb and say I've never seen any duck agenda in any of Allan's posts or writing. Of course that is always subject to change.

To bring it back to the discussion at hand, I personnally love to collect things, though not just for display or investment purposes. I love picking up action figures for my son to play with and because I love the characters. I also use them for educating others on the fun and love I have for comic books and their characters. It's not all about learning. Sometimes you have to stop and be the teacher for awhile. Take my sister for instance who has two small boys. She knows nothing about comics or superheroes. Her sons however are learning because I get them action figures and comic books and share with them my knowledge of the stories and characters. Displaying action figures, busts, or even comic books may just be what it takes to make a comic enthusiast. Vital to the industry, otherwise when we're all gone, no on will talk about the great feats of Walter Lang(k)owski.

:roll:*sigh* Nothing like being mocked for a good purpose, I s'pose... :D

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Originally Posted by HappyCanuck

:roll:*sigh* Nothing like being mocked for a good purpose, I s'pose... :D

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*rolls up sleeves*
In that case... :twisted:

:lol: :wink:

The colour reproduction in the toy's #10 is excellent; and it surprised me that they included the -whole- issue, with the Twin origin, not just the Sas part. If I find a white variant, I'll use it as my main copy. (I gave my orange copy to the guy I was staying with when I found the toy.) {sas}
I have a copy of #8 with just as good colour, but its backup is the main story from #9, not the origin that should be there. :( (It's an OZ edition, btw).

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