K-Nut

"Nur won't be back for a little while, I'm guessing. Might as well relax a bit," Althior stared blankly at the opposite wall, thinking to himself. "I wouldn't have killed you. Not without the connection of the ether flow at least. I like to think that's not who I am anymore." He chuckles a bit, half heartedly "but obviously not. Now that I'm bringing this place down." A few moments of silence pass before Althior let's out another sheepish laugh. "The girl wasn't really your best leverage, by the way. I'm guessing Eric would be the only one who cared if you offed her," "There were other keepers then? I'm sure that would've made this task much more manageable." He slowly shifted his gaze up to where the statues eyes would be, "How long have you been trapped in that statue, Mnemosyne? Surely others had been to the tower in recent years, yet no word of your current state ever revealed itself to our ears,"

Obscure characters would be fine with me. I doubt kids would have a problem with them either. There's a ton of more obscure characters in the LB3 game (Saint Walker, Booster Gold). As long as TLG didn't go really obscure with their figs, I think they'd be bought up pretty quickly. Though they would have to put some mainstream variants in there to get some appeal though, much like how Simpsons Series 2 is likely to still have Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa in different outfits.

Althior passes the Agni and Gaia Bombs to Sarge "Very well then," He states coldly, "But we still can't be blowing this place without Nur's supply. Nevertheless, go ahead and plant these in the right places." He looks to Walbartan. "You can let the girl go now, Wally. I won't try anything, but the keeper here has put a lot of work into this place. Let's at least show her enough respect to be here with her when it's blown to hell," He supports himself on his staff as he lowers himself, sitting by the wall. He looks up to the Pongcanis, tossing his staff away and placing the Metal Claw back in his pocket. "You say you're kind? Then show a little common decency. Wouldn't you want some if your life's work were about to be blown to hell? If it makes you feel better then you can hold the knife to my throat. Though you should know death threats don't really scare me any more." He stares up towards the statue and the orb. He takes in a deep breath, exhaustively. He then states only two words. "Any regrets?" This work was getting more draining every time. It was a miracle he hadn't been banned from the hall, though this little bump may change that...

I would, but I'm not sure exactly what he's trying to do.

Althior stepped back, with a depraved look in his eye. How could he have made himself believe that this was even possible? The Nord had his head too far up his megablocks to see anything, and the old man was simply too old to see anything besides the gold. He steps back from the orb, slowly, then watches what Sarge does. Perhaps he was right when he spoke to the keeper. Either way, this place was going down. He'd have to benefit from it somehow.

Please. I'd just rather find out every other one of Sandy's secrets like the Masked Man and Abraxas. Should've sent that annoying Pongcanis with Dethraed. Then we'd just be stuck with the two dumb ones.

Yeah, Reynolds is coming back. Just some bad wording on my part. Deadpool is really the only character I've ever seen Reynolds as being able to pull off in a comic-book movie, so it's great that we're finally getting a real Deadpool on screen.

If you're serious, we may have a sudden and unexpected change of heart. I should really start a Save the Tower fund.

"Don't play games with me, alright? Don't ever, ever think you're capable of that. You see, I was never a part of your cause. All I wanted was a boy's freedom, but if this is what it takes to get it, then I'm sorry, but following orders from 'no one important' isn't really how I feel like going about it." He turns to Eric, "You listen to her, and all any of us will be famous for is being a coward and following the orders of the bottom of the Wolfgang. You want actual respect? Finish what you started," "If you run out of here, then you know we'll find out your friend's secrets, and how happy will this Gaunt fellow or Babariccia be about that? Hm? You say no more questions? Then fine. One has already been asked, and I intend to find out the answer to what I asked." He gazes into the Crystal. "If this is a sign of rebellion to you, than run. As fast as your legs can carry you. But I expect a sense of common decency from any employer I have, and even the great Ulric or this Ambergaze must hold up to that contract,"

"Even though I knew you'd bring some handicaps to this group of ours, I never thought you'd be this blind," He scowls at Sarge. All of this information in one orb. Hell, it could be one of the most powerful objects in not just the East, but the world. There had to be some way into talking the Pongcanis into letting it survive.

I don't really know about No-Girl and Ernst, but I recognize the rest. White Tiger looks great, and that's got to be the best Metamorpho I've seen. I love when people do some of the more modern characters that I myself have been trying to put my hand to, so Karn is really nice.

I don't like to double post, but a Deadpool Film has been scheduled for February 12th, 2016. Honestly, I wasn't sure they'd ever go ahead with this even without Reynolds. Definitely excited though!

"My apologies, but weren't we hired to only take out the tower and it's keeper? We were also told to abandon our current quest, which was to ask the keeper for the information. You never said anything about us destroying the orb, nor did you say anything about us finding this information out ourselves. I'm guessing that entering that orb would take extreme power, so you would have nothing to worry about if I acquired it for myself. And if for some reason we would take it to Heroica, your Veteran friend would just smash it from there." "You ask why we can't trust this Ambergaze, but I seem to have already stated this. She attempted to hypnotize and kill many people at a gala a while back, if I am not mistaken, including innocent people. She robbed a small child from their family, artificially aged him, and forbade him to speak. And Keeper," He looked to the statue, "would you be so kind as to tell us what ever happened to Nur Mercution?" Althior takes a step back and thinks. "Apologies, one more question. What is the importance of this Wyrd Tree? And why does it's mention never seem to stop coming our way?"

I know that both her legs and lasso were individually packaged, but I don't remember if her hair was. I know Supes hair was for some reason, so I suspect WW's might have been as well.

Not really surprised. Now if Phoenix had been confirmed... I don't think it was ever mentioned here, but John Slattery has been confirmed to be in Ant-Man, which could support these rumors of the Ant-Man/Ultron correlation.

"Yes, but didn't that involve some ritual with Shruiken-throwing Crusaders or something? Not entirely sure. I was a bit drunk that day. And as you can see-" He rolls down his collar showing a nasty scar running from left to right, as if a sharp knife had sliced it open, "It doesn't always work," He didn't care what these veterans said. This Aura Nornalis may have been responsible for saving other heroes, but it had failed on him. But why? What was special about him?

"Can't do anything without Nur's bombs, love. Besides, there's other parts of this tower that need to be blown. You can't kill a man by removing his legs-" Althior paused, lowering his gaze to Sarge's leg, "Alright, poor choice of words. But there's living proof still!" He chuckles a bit. "As I see it now, Wally, you've disobeyed orders and you've got a knife to the throat of our dearest Peri here. Now we were all promised a nice trip to this tower, and that's what we're going to have here. It should be apparent to you too, that death really isn't always that permanent. Hell, look at me!" He stepped down from the balcony and made his way closer to Walbartan. "You know as well as I do that Ulric is in over his head with this witch. Now, giving the Veterans her secrets may not be the best decision. But once this place implodes, then that knowledge is dead, along with all the citizens of Eubric. This witch will not stop once Eubric is Ulric's. She'll take him out and level the city. The only way to ensure that your boss gets what he wants is if this knowledge lives on. You don't want it in the hands of me and my companions here? We'll shut our ears really hard like school children and let you hear about her story. The Keeper knows what I say is true, and she knows everything." "You kill the girl and you have no leverage on us. You do that, and perhaps for once our friend here may care about something besides gold. Double crossing the Wolfgang; I'm guessing that could get us some form of reputation. All because one woman was too much of a coward to know the truth. She closed her eyes tightly because she was too 'kind' and afraid of the real horrors out there." "Please, we have a job to do here, old man. What job it is, I'm not sure." He glance to the arm. "If anything, it's just an infection. Try spitting in one of Scherazade's cups. A nord did that for me and it helped an awful lot with some amnesia problems," He turned back to Walbartan "Back on us being promised a trip here, I thought we were promised some valuable items in here." He points to the orb, "This seems to be the only thing worth taking here, so if you wouldn't mind..." Althior takes a step towards the orb, hesitating to see what Walbartan would do. He also began to think rather persistently, trying to see if he could make any form of contact with the keeper to get her to continue her story individually.

"Can't do anything without the Evoker here," Althior mutters back to Sarge without shifting his gaze from the statue. It was an interesting peace of magic, but nothing he hadn't seen before. He paced back and forth from wall to wall, staring at the statue, "Devoid of life you say? I doubt I myself am changing that much," He looked towards the statue, coldly. Surely this is not the great keeper of the tower that the Veterans had promised us. It'd make sense why you haven't returned those letters then," He made his way to the balcony, looking well past the walls of the fortress and out into Babeleth. It was a sight to behold. "What a nice view here. I'm sure you or your boss could surely have enough power to make it yours; to take out that cowering Emerald Emperor and his diseased followers. But no, you can't, not even with this legendary stash of information here could you do anything about it. You're too much of an old recluse to make any sense of the situation out there at all. But perhaps it is because the plains of Babeleth are not worth saving," Althior lowers his voice, "Now you yourself may not be the keeper of this tower, but I'm sure whoever she is that she is listening in on this. And she should know that Eubric is not Babeleth. Sure, it has it's hefty share of corruption, but it has potential. I've been around this world my fair share, and I've seen places with no hope of a better tomorrow. Eubric has but a glimmer of hope, and there are people who fight for it. The Wolfgang may have the right idea of how to make that future as clear as day, I admit that, but Ulric has no idea what he dabbles in whilst he deals with this Ambergaze of Babeleth. A genocidal maniac who abducted small children from their families isn't really the beacon of hope he should be looking for in his conquest against the houses," "You and I both realize that if we have a sudden change of heart and leave you here, it will be only a matter of time before they come back to this now unprotected tower and take it out themselves. Your days are numbered and dwindling fast, O Keeper. Ambergaze will not stop after Eubric. You know this, for she did not stop after Nu Mercution either. You alone hold the information that can save many, many lives." He pauses. "You're fate is sealed either way. Will you get us what we need to know, or is your time up?" He gestures to Eric. "Find a way further up. I feel this tower has more secrets yet to be unveiled." He mutters. He had not lied, though his sudden change of heart towards Ulric and his followers somewhat surprised him. If they had the right idea, they knew not what this Ambergaze would do. She could throw Ulric under her like it was nothing and form a new society with her in charge. His companions would not sway from this greed fueled path of there's, but perhaps, even if only as a fail-safe, the information on Babariccia Dellamore could prove very useful, even if the veterans never required hearing about it.

I'm not sure Rhodey will actually become an Avenger in the film. He could be something like the liaison to the government, but not actually become an Avenger at all or at least until the very end of the film. Again, it's just a theory, though.

You'd think that, but GL, Sinestro, and Probably Wonder Woman are all going to have new leg printing for this wave. I'm guessing Supergirl and Brainiac will, but that may be it. Hawkman and Cyborg may, but it's not as important to their figures as it is Supergirl and WW.

"If you say so then," Althior promptly shoved the loud-mouthed dwarf down the hole. "Nur has all of the small bombs we need, so we'll get those on our way out. We should get ourselves a full understanding of the tower before we plant anything anywhere," He glanced down to his feet and half halfheartedly waves to the berserker. "Get on that part, wouldn't you?" He then looks to Sarge. "You are 'the fastest', are you not? Lead the way, then," He points up the dark and dismal stairs.

Althior glances over his shoulder to see the dwarf trudging up the steps, "You've got to be kidding me," he mutters as he sticks his hand out against the berserker's chest. "Don't even think about coming in here. Anything that's lying dormant right now will be woken up by your incessant wailing, and trust me when I say that I'm done being screwed with here, alright?" He glances around, "Where the hell is Nur? Nevermind, I'll deal with that later," He looks to Walbartan, "If you really can't trust us anymore, than you can get in here. Though if there's a better offer, I doubt anything could stop the two love birds here," He turns back into the building and tosses a bone down the hole.

Yup, that's right. I just quickly glanced over it while looking at the other sets in the theme. Probably just wishful thinking, but it'd be nice if the inquisitor had a special hilt like Ventress and Dooku.

The AntiMatter copter set looks different enough from the Aerial Defense Unit that I think it'll be worth picking up. Not so sure if I'll have enough cash and space for the rest of the line with Ninjago, DC, Star Wars, and Hobbit though. They're definitely some of TLG's best action design in a while, though.

Haven't looked much into Action Figures since the early days of Hero Factory, and though I was fond of that, It's very nice to see the return of Bionicle with the classic Toa. I'll definitely pick up a full set of them for nostalgic regions if nothing else.