Capcom and Marvel are rebooting the Vs. series to focus on Marvel’s movies. Below I have gathered my impressions as well as opinions/concerns. I feel like I will be making a lot of these videos in the future.
Tag: Captain America
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Patchwork
For some reason, I love patches. What started out as a Ghostbusters cosplay has only ended up with a pair of coveralls filled with no less than 11 patches, 24 if you include netsenshi.com on the back.
I added two more recently, mainly because I needed to increase the dollar value of an order on amazon because I didn’t qualify for free shipping without adding those on, and doing so made it the same cost technically, but hey… I snagged a sweet Jurassic Park patch and a Captain America shield because of it all!
I’ve purchased a couple of my patches at anime conventions, some online, and a couple from NASA here in Houston. Sadly I’ve lost a few patches over the year, including a Wii patch I got when I worked at GameSTOP, as well as one of Ariel from The Little Mermaid. The Wii one was because I honestly did not have anything worth putting it on at the time, but the one of Ariel is sadly due to my own lack luster organizational and time management skills.
I’ve had to go back and fix a few patches, going back over them with an iron much later, but sadly only my X-Men patch has fallen off. Well, besides the letters I had spelling out LUM above my image of the green haired ogre Space Alien from popular 80’s Rumiko Takahashi anime Urusei Yatsura. I didn’t put them back on after loosing a letter.
There aren’t a lot of dealers at conventions that have a plethora of patches, so when I do see one, I end up spending forever and a day talking to them and digging through their wares. The artist alley typically only has buttons, and that’s sad. I could really use an awesome large piece for my back, but I have yet to see anything that I’ve liked, and also… I really haven’t seen ANYTHING that large. Maybe I’ll end up getting a huge cutie mark from MLP there, or something?
So the question that I often get about this obsession a lot, is WHY?! It is a rather dorky hobby, is it not? Well, the answer is sadder then you would think. Before this obsession started, all I wanted was to get a simple tattoo on my right shoulder of my families’ crest. My father objected, and I was a coward who wanted his approval, so no tattoo. Now I can technically wear this outfit whenever I want, and no one should say anything because hell, this was my Plan B, right? *sigh*
If I ever do get a tattoo, I don’t think I’m going to get the crest anymore. Maybe I’ll do another article on dorky tattoos I’ve wanted/want?
My name is what?
I recently did a video that had a review of the Marvel Legends Spider-Girl toy. It was a really nice toy, and it came with the pieces of the Hobgoblin, as shown to the left. The packaging was weird on this toy. Spider-Girl’s name was no where to be seen on the front, so the only way to check for who it was a toy of, was to check the back. The back had a close up of Spider-Woman from the Ultimate universe, as well as Spider-Girl. Their names were really small underneath each character, and they shared the same description, which I found appalling. Oh well, neither character is that well known, right? So no big deal!
Days later, I was in Wal*Mart and checked out the toy aisle and found some more Marvel Legends figures, but this time in the Thanos series. Seen Left to right, two nameless heroines, Batroc, and Hulk.
First off, who the hell is Batroc? The women are, of course Hellcat and Spider-Woman. Where are their names? I know that these women are ‘fierce fighters’ and everything, but how are people supposed to know who they are? If some kid wants to own all of the pieces, and explains that he still needs one of these ladies, parents might be confused, right? Oh well though… these warriors have yet to appear in movies, so maybe that’s why.
Maidens of Might? By Odin’s beard! No… literally, Ms. Marvel comes with Odin’s beard! Why does Iron Man’s Mark 43 armor get specified, but Ms. Marvel / Captain Marvel doesn’t? She’s getting a new movie, so shouldn’t Marvel want her name out there as much as possible? Wait a second though… Maidens of Might? So who’s…
Scarlet Witch is in the latest movie even! Why would she ever have to share a description with Ms. Marvel?! She was responsible for House of M for Christ’s sake! These two women aren’t even listed on the small pictures of them at the bottom, they are just known as “Maidens of Might,” making people who aren’t in the know have to rely on the back of the actual toy that they are on. THE BACK!
This trend seems to largely be on the front of the Marvel Legends Build a Figure Line. Marvel Infinity Series, which is a smaller scale toy series, has Marvel’s Wasp’s name on it, same with Marvel’s Yellow Jacket… so unless you are as important as Captain America or Whirlwind…
WHIRLWIND GETS TO HAVE HIS NAME ON HIS TOY?! Who the heck is Whirlwind?! That crappy supervillain from Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes?
Seriously Marvel? Are you afraid that your female character’s toys will sell? That’s it! I’m done! So Done! #fuckwhirlwind I’m done!
Did You know Voice Acting
I just discovered this series, and figured I’d post this one, as it has some voice actors for Sailor Moon in it! That count’s for Sailor Moon Month, right? No? Expect more posts today then.
CoastCon37
CoastCon 37 was pretty cool. I got to learn a bit about my birth state, Mississippi! Did you know Mississippi has a coast? and a NASA? Amazing, huh?
This trip, unfortunately, was Louisianime business, so the coast, NASA, and sadly a large portion of the events went under-appreciated. Hell, we didn’t even get to say hi to Q/Discord himself, John de Lancie! We did get a good view of him at his autograph table though, the creepers we wer.
The only panel that I got to see was the Star Trek costuming panel, and while I learned a lot about Star Fleet uni-sex Skants, original costumes, and what not… it was just very under filled as far as audience members go. Still very informative despite that though!
CoastCon is Mississippi’s oldest and largest science fiction, fantasy, and gaming convention. I know this, not because I practically lifted that sentence from wikipedia, but because I saw cosplayers and fans from every single genre. It was truly inspiring, and I think I want to go to more sci-fi conventions in the future.
Below are a couple photos that I took over the weekend:
For more photos, please go to my album here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/netsenshi/sets/72157642122328535/
Malibu Comics
Never heard of Malibu comics? Really? they were quite Popular in the 1990’s, and at one time they were ranked #2 in the industry, outranking even DC comics. They had many licensed properties such as Star Trek and Mortal Kombat, Project A-ko, Robotech, etc.
Okay, well maybe you remember some shows and movies based on their lines? The most famous was probably Ultraforce. This cartoon was based on their popular super hero stories, and their universe was known as ‘The Ultraverse.’ How about Night Man? That was a live action show that was about a super hero who was also a musician.
Still not ringing any bells? Okay. The Men in Black. There. Happy?
Malibu comics is now a defunct brand that is owned by Marvel comics. The artists who worked at Malibu owned a part of their creative work, and if Marvel were to use the characters and their worlds they would have to pay the creators a percentage based on the original contracts they inherited from Malibu.
Before the characters were locked away, Marvel tried relaunching many of the books in their own style, as well as having them crossover with major Marvel characters. Most of the books suffered in one way or another, so it might be a good thing that Marvel can not use the Malibu characters presently.
Due to a non-disclosure agreement, Marvel is on egg shells when it comes to talking about the exact reasons they can not use the Malibu characters. Since Malibu Comics seems to have never released any Trade Paperbacks, the only way to read their comics is by purchasing the single issues on websites like ebay.com, Amazon, or by perusing bargain bins in old comic stores. Because of this, I, a 28-year old man, barely even know these characters who look so amazing.
The two characters I remember the best, were Mantra and Prime.
Mantra was a male soldier who, while being ressurected quite a few times prior, was resurrected into the body of a woman in order to learn Magic. She was the bad girl type, and since she was possessing the body of an adult woman who had had kids, you had that whole extra awkward aspect as she dealt with that.
Prime, on the other hand, was a kid who, similarly to DC comic’s character Captain Marvel, could transform into an adult superhero. I loved his first story where he tries to impress a girl from his school that he likes. The girl naturally believes that Prime is creepy, due to the fact that he’s an adult and she is under age.
Since once again, Marvel seems unable to even re-print these stories, I felt that their past existence should be honored in some way.
R.I.P. Malibu comics: 1986 – 1997
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