Things I’d like to own: Marvel Select: Deadpool

Follow me as I take another leap into the pit of materialism this time raving about the soon-to-come MARVEL SELECT: DEADPOOL.

I’m sure many of you know The Merc with a Mouth, Deadpool.  Ever since he ‘starred’ [note the quotes] in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, he’s been all over the place. His meteoric rise to fame is staggering considering the fact that he didn’t even have a regular ongoing title a few years ago. Nowadays he stars in at least five comic books a month [this June he's in 7 books! And don't get me started on July.] and occasionally makes guest appearances every now and then in other books! They even had a ‘Deadpool Variant’ month where they shoehorned the character into various comic book covers! Ridiculous or not, Marvel is definitely on a Deadpool high right now.

So it’s no surprise that he’s finally getting the Marvel Select treatment this 2010 [in a few more months, in fact!]. However, this isn’t the first Deadpool figure on the market nor is it the most covetable – that easily goes to the Marvel Legends Series 6: Deadpool.

Featuring a ton of accessories [sais, guns and katanas], an extra head and even a molded Doop figure to go along with it, ML6: Deadpool was quite the action figure and well worth the money back then. It goes for over 100 dollars nowadays with the highest price I saw [so far] on eBay being $249.99. So, yeah – I’ll never get my hands on the original, so I think I’m going to settle for Marvel Select’s rendition which you can see behind the cut.

Things I’d like to own: Mike Mignola’s Batman: Black and White Statue

Yeah, I’m THAT short of material to write about today. But anyway, this is probably going to be a semi-regular thing where I let materialism get the better of me and decide to rave about the things I’d absolutely love to own. Larfleeze would be proud.

This week, I’m going to rave about Mike Mignola’s very awesome, very cool Batman: Black and White statue. While the entire line is very covetable, the upcoming Frank Quitely Batman looks very nice indeed, it’s Mignola’s statue that really makes me want to drop some serious money to actually buy it.