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[DannieB]

I’m so glad I don’t collect the TMNT action figure lines. These vans are sweet though

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

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Are these yours or your sons?

 

[DannieB]

Are these yours or your sons?

If they were mine they’d still have all their weapons and the pizzas that go in the pizza shooter

 

[NakedStoryLover]

Im’ma start it off with what made it happen…TMNT!

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My favorite is Donnie. Similar name not withstanding, I love him because of his ultra nerditude. There’s something to like about each one, of course, but how would they get by without Donnie’s inventions and gadgets?! And he’s such a sweetheart

When the original comics came out in 1984, I was 13 and in my second or third year of collecting: attended comic conventions to buy, sell, and trade classics, bought original art panels, got old comics signed, ordered comics monthly to read (mostly 80s X-men) and invest. I most bought Marvel, but also invested/read in independent publishers (I wasn't must into DC)

The month that TMNT came out, I wanted to buy it because it was (1) so weird and (2) it seemed to capture something in the then zeitgeist around Japan.

Anyway. I talked myself out of spending the $2 or so on TMNT #1, but did order #2 the next month.

That first issue can go for $20k now....

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

If they were mine they’d still have all their weapons and the pizzas that go in the pizza shooter

You’re not an in box collector though are you

 

[DannieB]

You’re not an in box collector though are you

Absolutely not! That’s no fun for me, I gotta play with it

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

When the original comics came out in 1984, I was 13 and in my second or third year of collecting: attended comic conventions to buy, sell, and trade classics, bought original art panels, got old comics signed, ordered comics monthly to read (mostly 80s X-men) and invest. I most bought Marvel, but also invested/read in independent publishers (I wasn't must into DC)

The month that TMNT came out, I wanted to buy it because it was (1) so weird and (2) it seemed to capture something in the then zeitgeist around Japan.

Anyway. I talked myself out of spending the $2 or so on TMNT #1, but did order #2 the next month.

That first issue can go for $20k now....

The pain is real but you can’t dwell on it !

 

[NakedStoryLover]

The pain is real but you can’t dwell on it !

I did buy a Hulk 181. #IYKYK

 

[NakedStoryLover]

I love nerdy talk!!

looking forward to all the nerdy topics

TMNT was one of those things I always wanted to get into but never really did. But, if I'm choosing a fave...

Raphael. He has the fun knives, the goofy personality, and I'm quite partial to the name

In the OG era, the answer was definitely Raphael with his badass tsai. Shout-out to Frank Miller Daredevil era

Edited; fucking autocorrect

 

[kieranhalcyon01]

Absolutely not! That’s no fun for me, I gotta play with it

That's what she said?

 

[Mo_Bandy]

Nerds

 

[DannieB]

Nerds

It’s in the name

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Oh, I also loved the mousers. Such well designed bad guy minions.

 

[DannieB]

Oh, I also loved the mousers. Such well designed bad guy minions.
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They’re just so cute in a destructive robot way

 

[DannieB]

I had a super fun time last night and more today with my son working on a cyborg hand toy (for his birthday last week he asked for S.T.E.M. toys ) while watching The X-Men animated series.

Him and my daughter both have X-Men middle names and we had to give our puppy one as well

Who’s your favorite X-Men character?!

I grew up, not reading the comics, but watching the X-Men show and my favorite was Rogue. Her ability to absorb the powers of whoever she touched was awesome and she’s such a badass!

 

[EctoJohn]

Thanks to the influence of the X-Men animated series on my childhood, Wolverine was my favorite.
That's pretty much the defacto favorite, bub.

Admittedly, thanks to also going through puberty around that time, I had to love Rogue as well.
They knew what they were doing with her skin-tight body suit, and that sexy southern bell voice in the animated series.
I can't be the only one who was disappointed that the live-action Rogue in the 2000s movie was a scared little girl as opposed to the goddess we grew up with.

 

[CuriousRick]

I had a super fun time last night and more today with my son working on a cyborg hand toy (for his birthday last week he asked for S.T.E.M. toys ) while watching The X-Men animated series.

Him and my daughter both have X-Men middle names and we had to give our puppy one as well

Who’s your favorite X-Men character?!

I grew up, not reading the comics, but watching the X-Men show and my favorite was Rogue. Her ability to absorb the powers of whoever she touched was awesome and she’s such a badass!


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Those were great cartoons. Even though I was an adult. I enjoyed the cartoon it was usually followed by The Tick!!

 

[DannieB]

I can't be the only one who was disappointed that the live-action Rogue in the 2000s movie was a scared little girl as opposed to the goddess we grew up with.

I’m not a fan of Anna Paquin and what was done to Rogue’s character in those movies.

 

[Chloe_Harper]

I had a super fun time last night and more today with my son working on a cyborg hand toy (for his birthday last week he asked for S.T.E.M. toys ) while watching The X-Men animated series.

Him and my daughter both have X-Men middle names and we had to give our puppy one as well

Who’s your favorite X-Men character?!

I grew up, not reading the comics, but watching the X-Men show and my favorite was Rogue. Her ability to absorb the powers of whoever she touched was awesome and she’s such a badass!


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I know it's controversial (I read the following posts) but I grew up on those live-action X-Men movies. There are ups and downs with them, but like Toby Maguire's Spiderman movies, I have a soft spot for them.

Because of this, I love Storm. I feel like they could have shown her off even more. Plus, who doesn't love Halle Berry? But, Storm had this way of showing empathy while also telling it how it is. Her powers to me are so fun, and definitely something a lesser person would abuse for selfish reasons. She often was someone who used her abilities simply to allow others to really shine, taking a more side-kick role when she could have been the main event all along.

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Technically, it was really Excalibur that made me love Kurt, but I always liked him in X-Men too.


Runner-Up

Punk Rock Powerless Storm for humiliating whiny ass Cyclops and making him quit the team.

 

[DannieB]

Tonight at trivia, one of the questions was comic book characters of Marvel and DC and their alter egos. I was happy to get four out of five!

Thinking of that, there are some super heroes whose alter ego is so disparate from their “real life” personality. Sometimes the mask allows them to be someone different and taking off the glasses makes them more confident.

I’m not gonna tie this topic to Marvel or DC or even comic books.

My favorite: The Hulk

 

[barefootgirl69]

Maybe the mask is what they put on to try to be "normal" and fit in, not what they put on to be the hero.

Also, I will admit I probably don't know what I'm talking about. But, Superman was always Superman trying to fit in.

 

[DannieB]

Maybe the mask is what they put on to try to be "normal" and fit in, not what they put on to be the hero.

Also, I will admit I probably don't know what I'm talking about. But, Superman was always Superman trying to fit in.

So true! Especially, for Superman!

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Tonight at trivia, one of the questions was comic book characters of Marvel and DC and their alter egos. I was happy to get four out of five!

Thinking of that, there are some super heroes whose alter ego is so disparate from their “real life” personality. Sometimes the mask allows them to be someone different and taking off the glasses makes them more confident.

I’m not gonna tie this topic to Marvel or DC or even comic books.

I'm so glad you said you're not tying this topic to comic books. I'm nerdy in a lot of ways - just not comic books. I didn't even have an answer for favorite X-Man (I guess maybe Magik? She's the one Anya Taylor-Joy plays, right? I like Anya Taylor-Joy).
But for alter-ego I'm going with Ziggy Stardust aka David Bowie.

 

[morelikeasong]

Who’s your favorite X-Men character?!

I’m late on this one but Rogue was my favorite, too! Followed by Jean Grey


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