JesterGoblin

The vehicles in the Super Hero Squad always felt a tad out of place. Aside from Ghost Rider’s motorcycle, most of them fell somewhere along the spectrum of “kind of dumb” and “really dumb.” Sure, one set in particular transcended and went from so dumb that it’s kind of awesome. But what really needed to happen was Hasbro had to start treating the vehicles like an extension of the line – like the mega figures – and not some throwaway toy.

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During the mid-90s, I stopped reading comic books altogether. The speculation just got out of hand and the stories just weren’t good. Sure, Age of Apocalypse was fascinating to me but as a whole, I just wasn’t able to buy that many comics. It wasn’t until the early 2000s that my friend told me I needed to read Ultimate Spider-Man. I was hooked immediately and once again found myself down at the shop every Wednesday to get new books, except this time I was only buying Ultimate titles.

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I don’t have any real connection to the Star Wars prequels. Sure, I’ve seen each of the movies once – when they came out in theaters but for all the crap they get about being abominations, they’ve given collectors and kids some fantastic stuff. The best thing to get out of Episode 1 (besides the double-bladed lightsaber) was the pod racing game on the N64. But within the realm of toys, the prequels have some of the best character designs.

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