Darren H

These two points here! I'm much more interested in this theme now. Before it was good organization vs. bad organization - it can only play out so long before it becomes boring or repetitive - and quite limiting. But when you have a collection of independent bad guys - every one of them is a threat. They can all hold their own. This makes the stakes higher, and our heroes that much more heroic for battling them. I'm sold on the theme because of this. With this in mind, I'll buy all of the sets. Last time around, I didn't - I felt I could skip some without missing the overall story / narrative. But this time around, I'll need to get them all to have the complete story.

I have a feeling the 'vs' villains are roughly "brain attack" brains sized. Simple builds of only a few pieces, that can attach or 'fuse' with the hero or something similar. I further believe that they villains combine into a larger beast / villain. Jaw beast would most likely have a large jaw - for a little critter, but he would act as the head. Flyer beast would act as the torso and wings of the larger beast and splitter could be the arms or legs - I don't know. Also, I think the 'machine's are smaller 'vehicles' that are interchangeable between figures - like a 20 or so piece build jet pack; skimobile or what-have-you. I think overall, this theme will be focused on small add-on pieces or combining pieces to make interesting combinations or larger figures. But that's pure speculation. Darren.