New Wizkids has been anything but obvious, surprising fans with "I can't believe they made *that* figure" choices like Frog Thor, Rocket Raccoon and Lockheed. It's obvious that someone of influence in the office likes animal characters, and so what better way to round out the set than with the Legion of Super Pets?
The 'Pets make for good chase figures from the grumbling "I don't want them" set, players who would never think of using a corny character over, say, the Punisher. For die-heard Man of Steel fans these four would be welcome additions. Continuing the WoS set trend they take the place of:
#61 Spider-Hulk SR = Streaky
#62 Doppelganger SR = Beppo
#63 Bombastic Bag-Man SR = Comet
#64 Cosmic Spider-Man SR = Krypto
But wait, there’s more! Every set has to have a brick figure, 5 LEs and 2 special tokens. LEs are easy to round out using generics and repaints or renaming other figures...
#101 Jose Delgado (Gangbuster)
#102 Light Lass (Lightning Lass)
#103 Jeanette (Silver Banshee)
#104 Superman (black "Death of Superman" suit)
#105 Dr. Emil Hamilton
For the brick figure, someone iconic, the villain from the Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow story from Alan Moore:
#100 Brainiac/Luthor
Finally, this set could contain many different version of Kryptonite special object tokens...
Green Kryptonite, Red Kryptonite, Plaid Kryptonite - anything to meet your fashion needs. And finally, who wouldn't want a...
Phantom Zone Projector
Capable of blasting entire worlds into the void, or otherwise incapacitating foes (batteries not included).
The final set list gels together nicely, with several versions of Superman and his powerful allies available in the rarity tiers the way Thor was easily available in the Hammer expansion. There's plenty of top names (Lobo, Steel, Supergirl, Cyborg Superman), second tier fan favorites (Booster Gold, Ambush Bug, Mister Miracle), and those bordering on obscurity (Codename: Assassin, Gangbuster, Atomic Skull).
Plenty of "full teams" in the way of the Legion, JLI, Darkseid's Elite and Female Furies. Generic lovers will go crazy over new Intergang goons, War Hounds, and various military-police types, and the rarity of Legion of Super Pets chases shouldn't disappoint too many as internet posts seem to shun the inclusion of these figures.
Plenty of "full teams" in the way of the Legion, JLI, Darkseid's Elite and Female Furies. Generic lovers will go crazy over new Intergang goons, War Hounds, and various military-police types, and the rarity of Legion of Super Pets chases shouldn't disappoint too many as internet posts seem to shun the inclusion of these figures.
Here's the set list put together:
Commons
Brick Figure
#100 Brainiac/Luthor
Prize kit
Special Objects
Commons
- #1 Intergang Agent
- #2 Metallo Man
- #3 STAR Labs technician
- #4 Squad K
- #5 Metropolis SCU
- #6 War Hound
- #7 Superman Robot
- #8 Gangbuster (AE Superman)
- #9 Zod
- #10 Jimmy Olsen
- #11 Sun Boy
- #12 Ferro Lad
- #13 Lightning Lass
- #14 Steel
- #15 Insect Queen (Lana Lang)
- #16 Stompa
- #17 Intergang Elite
- #18 Parasite
- #19 Ursa
- #20 Supergirl
- #21 Captain Maggie Sawyer
- #22 Superman
- #23 President Luthor (AE)
- #24 Elastic Lad (AE)
- #25 General Sam Lane
- #26 Superwoman (Lois)
- #27 Booster Gold
- #28 Big Barda
- #29 Maxwell Lord
- #30 Lois Lane
- #31 Superboy (classic)
- #32 Mad Harriet
- #33 Silver Banshee
- #34 Non
- #35 Bruno Mannheim
- #36 Atomic Skull
- #37 Magog
- #38 Orion
- #39 Lex Luthor (AE)
- #40 Guardian
- #41 Codename: Assassin
- #42 Kalibak
- #43 Lobo
- #44 Brainiac 5
- #45 Flamebird & Nightwing (duo)
- #46 Desaad
- #47 Mister Miracle
- #48 Gilotina
- #49 Giant Turtle Boy
- #50 Superman (Red Son)
- #51 Prankster
- #52 Eradicator
- #53 Maxima
- #54 Darkseid
- #55 Highfather
- #56 Mxyzptlyk
- #57 Ambush Bug
- #58 Cyborg Superman
- #59 World’s Worstest (Bizarro/Batzarro)
- #60 Bernadeth
- #61 Streaky
- #62 Beppo
- #63 Comet
- #64 Krypto
Brick Figure
#100 Brainiac/Luthor
Prize kit
- #101 Jose Delgado (Gangbuster)
- #102 Light Lass (Lightning Lass)
- #103 Jeanette (Silver Banshee)
- #104 Superman (black suit)
- #105 Dr. Emil Hamilton
Special Objects
- Green Kryptonite
- Red Kryptonite
- Blue Kryptonite
- Gold Kryptonite
- Orange Kryptonite
- Phantom Zone Projector
That about wraps up my dream Superman set, which by now has some figures spoiled already, not that I'm complaining. A new Matter Eater Lad, Wildfire, and Sun-Boy are greatly appreciated, and the Superman Robot is a much better brick figure than my Brainiac/Luthor suggestion.
September's Superman release date never seemed so far away!
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