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Darren
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:47 pm |
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Sympathetic Moron
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Jeeez!~ [big gust of blowing sound]
Lotsa dust in here. I just particiapted in the first week of the Galactus summer tour! Four weeks of tournaments to compete for a new Galactus HeroClix figure!
Each week, participants play in a sealed event, opening two boosters and building your team. The participants each get a new, exclusive figure, available nowehre else, and the winner gets a "bye" in the first round of the BIG tourney for the BIG G, at the end.
This week, I cleaned out my opponent two rounds in a row, and then got truly awful, awful rolls in the last round, but still made it to the finals to play the same guy, and...got awful rolls again. Maybe even MORE awful than the first time. BUT, it was a helluva lot of fun, and I look forward to the coming weeks.
The participation prize for Week One was Silver Surfer, Week Two is Terax, Week Three is Firelord, and Week Four is Stardust. Each week, you can play the figure-prize from the previous week as part of your team, if you so choose. Next week a couple Surfers are bound to make it in! He looks really cool, but his stats aren't too great. Meh. I'll prolly play stuff out of the boosters, as itsa 300-point game, and SS is 260-something.
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Pope Krysak
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:52 am |
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A new Galactus? Wow. When do they get to making an Ego, The Living Planet?
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Darren
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:11 pm |
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I'd LOVE to have an Ego the size of....waitasecond! That wuz a big set-up weren't it?
(BTW, I won last week, so now have a "bye" in the first round of the Galactus competition!)
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:17 pm |
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When, oh when, will there be Mandrill and Nekra figures made.....
Don't worry, I know there never will be. Just thought I'd throw my two cents in. If they did do an Ego figure...it could be a playset, like Castle Grayskull, with all sorts of.....(trails off, as they give him his medication).
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Darren
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:20 pm |
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I have plans to mod a Nekra...the Mandrill.....might be outta my skillz.
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Darren
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:53 pm |
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I SAID:I won last week and I have secured a "bye" in the Galactus Tournament!
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Pope Krysak
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:13 pm |
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Way to go, Darren!
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Darren
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:15 pm |
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Oh, thanks, guy!
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:20 pm |
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err...congrats, DADDIO!! 
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Darren
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:33 am |
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Okay, so the big tournament is tomorrah, so I need all the IMWAN luv I can get! Can we have some prayers? Sacrifices of small animals/children? Well wishes at least?
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:42 am |
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:35 am |
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GIVE 'EM HELL, DARREN!!!!!
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Darren
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:21 am |
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Okay, well, I did pretty good. I won my first round, got trounced soundly in the second, and cleaned up in the third to make the top four. Interesting semi-final round, which I lost by only a few points. BUT, I had a blast and the guys at the Comic Box run a great tournament, and I want to thank everyone.
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:17 pm |
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What were the final four line ups like? What characters were used?
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:04 pm |
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Well, several of us tried to convince the last few holdouts that we should draft completely from our boosters. That is, NOT use the four Heralds of Galactus that were available to us. Sort of a "detente" if you will to make the rounds more fun. Two people felt like they couldn't commit to that before they saw what they had, so several people used their Heralds; four Surfers, two Stardusts and one Terrax, while only three people used what they pulled. Two brothers didn't bring any of their available Heralds, and another guy was very committed to playing from the boosters, and ripping apart Heralds.
I had probably the poorest pull I've had all season, Ultimate Hulk, Piledriver, Lionheart, Captain Britain, Two-Gun Kid, Quicksilver, Dragon Man, Moon Knight, Baron Zemo and Ultimate Namor. While there's some good figures, NONE of these were going to anchor a team capable of taking on Heralds. Sooo, I hedged my bets, and took Stardust as a spoiler, figuring in a matchup, I'd surprise the opposition.Plus, this left me with several options for the rest of my team. At 171 points, I had 129 left to play with, allowing me to grab two other figures, or one really tough one. Hulk, Namor, Dragon Man and Piledriver were out, and a couple others would've grabbed all of the available points. So, I used Quicksilver to try and keep up with the Surfer's legendary speed, and the Two-Gun Kid because he's a transporter, and he's got a couple of really cool special abilities. I also had one bystander token from the boosters, and added her 5-point self to the team.
The guy that beat me played Stardust as well, with Iron Widow and a bystander, while my nemesis all season played The Silver Surfer with a team i didn't really see. The guy that won was the guy who played NO Herald, and beat every one he faced. Tom played Iron Man, Toro, and the Scarlet Witch and beat 3 Surfers and 2 Stardusts!
Awesome!
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Pope Krysak
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Post subject: Coming of Galactus! Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:21 am |
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Wow. Those are some bizarre match ups. Thanks for the info, Darren.
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