Friday night Mustard and I finally got some Ultimates boosters: I got 7 and Mustard got 4. I picked them all up at the store and then let Mustard pick which boosters were his, knowing full well that no matter which ones he picked he'd get the best figures--you see, every time I give Mustard a booster he gets a unique. Every time. And he always gets awesome figures. It held true yet again, since in his four boosters he managed to pull a veteran Captain America, a veteran Captain Britain, several other very cool figures, and a unique Mr. Sinister. I had him open my last booster, and we attempted to trick fate by saying very loudly that it was his, and it almost worked--I got a veteran Punisher. No uniques, though, so I guess fate was too clever for us.
I'm not overwhelmed by the selection in Ultimates, but I love the models--these are some of the best sculpts the game has ever seen, and they make great use of translucent plastic in models like Mysterio and Ghost Rider. Even some of the little cheapo guys like Scourge, and the lesser known guys like Wrecker, have great models. I can't say that I like the new Jean Grey, or the new Hawkeye, but at least their dials are finally up to par.
I've been experimenting with pure wild-card teams recently (and blew Mustard out of the water with one last week), so I really want to try out the new team abilities like Ultimates and Serpent Society (imagine a Veteran Taskmaster who can move through walls and shoot stealthed characters...insert Homer drooling sound effect here).
I don't think I'll buy any more of this set, though; I have to save up for Mutant Mayhem to see if I can pull Giant Man. (
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