{"id":8333,"date":"2010-07-29T09:44:01","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T14:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=8333"},"modified":"2010-07-29T13:53:50","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T18:53:50","slug":"most-requested-figures-marvel-universe-invisible-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=8333","title":{"rendered":"Most Requested Figures: Marvel Universe Invisible Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>I’ve been working on updating all our checklists – I think I’ve become “the Living Checklist”. If there were contests to see how many figures in a line you could name, I’d win. With this great power came a realization. Marvel Universe has gotten very deep into the roster and it’s still the Fantastic Three.<\/p>\n

As I said, I’ve been working on revamping the Marvel Universe<\/a> checklist – figuring out a nice way to work in the wave groupings – and getting ready to add in the deluge of news from SDCC. In the middle of CSS inserts and image resizing, I realized that the Fantastic Four was incomplete. Reed Richards appeared courtesy of a 2pk with Ultron. We’ve seen three Things with briefs and with pants in a couple decos. Johnny has been made three times over. And yet, there’s not been one Invisible Woman…<\/p>\n

…insert your impulsive, beaten to death “you just can’t see her” joke here. I’ll wait\u2026<\/p>\n

Feel better? Now, with that out of the way, let’s get on to the meat of it…<\/p>\n

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I don’t really fault Hasbro for not having this done yet. They’re about 80 characters in and while they probably should’ve tossed her in there somewhere by now, we live in the age where toy companies lord team completion over us. DCUC is still months away from Martian Manhunter – crucial member of the Justice League across multiple eras – and when released he’ll be the 175th figure in the line. Ouch! So, by no means is the first lady of Marvel being slighted that badly, but it was still a shock to me that Sue Storm had not yet graced the Marvel Universe line.<\/p>\n

I thought back to past Invisible Women and maybe Hasbro is waiting to do her right. I’ve wanted a good Invisible Woman figure since the 80s and, uh, I’m more or less still waiting.<\/p>\n

See, there have been a lot of Invisible Woman figures over the years, but few have been noteworthy for good reasons. The old Marvel Superheroes line had pinhead Sue – which Toy Biz enshrined in their “Hall of Fame” in two more decos no less! The 90s Fantastic Four made a Sue out of that one female body they used for just about everyone. Toy Biz Marvel Legends had a few Invisible Women, but if I recall correctly, they all shared some artist-specific head sculpt that I couldn’t stand (I still have the clear one because you couldn’t see the particulars). There was an awesome animated figure that was cancelled before seeing release. I would’ve bought that for sure. There are the movie figures too of course, but I don’t want Jessica Alba in an F4 costume on my shelf, I want a Sue. Hasbro has done two Invisible Women figures in their line so far. The first back in FF Classics and the second in one of their 2pks – these figures are probably among the best, but I didn’t really like either. Oh, and there is that rare one from the Dragon Man wave. I might like that one, but I’ve never seen it. (Sigh… I know, it’s still not funny.)<\/p>\n

So maybe she’s been held back until Hasbro can work the kinks out of the female figures? Judging from Mary Jane, Hasbro’s not ready to take on Invisible Woman just yet – things could go wrong and the curse of bad Sue figures would continue. Maybe Hasbro should go radical and break the cure by doing a 90’s “cut-out” costume in all its over-sexed, character-inappropriate glory! <\/p>\n

Whatever Hasbro does, they should do it soon. The Fantastic Four should be complete – in white and black decos since they’ve already got the ball rolling on those two collections. With SDCC in the can and the line announced up until Spring, we’ve got a ways to go before we hear word on the Invisible Woman, so let’s collectively cross our fingers for Toy Fair 2011.<\/p>\n

And maybe with the return of Marvel Legends… maybe we can actually get a nice 6″ one too? Wait… I guess I’ll save that one for 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been working on updating the checklists all week and as such I think I’ve become “the Living Checklist”. If there were contests to see how many figures in a line you could name, I’d win. But with this knowledge, came a realization. Marvel Universe has gotten very deep into the roster and it’s still the Fantastic Three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[18,10],"tags":[626,627,2579],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mrqTN1.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-2ap","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9719,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=9719","url_meta":{"origin":8333,"position":0},"title":"Most Requested Figures: Iron Man – Rescue","date":"October 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"With all these movie Iron Man figures running around, plus the few from the Marvel Universe line, I think it\u2019s about time for Tony\u2019s right-hand woman to get her own toy. 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