“The Best Toy Line In The Universe!”
With the runaway hit animated series by Amazon Prime off the equally awesome comic book series by Robert Kirkman & Ryan Ottley, and Wave 1 now available through Diamond Select Toys, we're more excited than ever for the possibility of FINALLY seeing some of our favorite characters from this property in toy form. Join us as we dive into PART ONE of our "Top 6 Invincible Toys We Want ASAP".
(*Caution, though we'll merely be listing our choices here, the very inclusion of certain characters may be considered spoiler-y if you have never read the comic, so if you have just started the series, be warned before proceeding further).
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Join us now, for Part 1 of SpeekyGeeky's "Top 6 Diamond Select Invincible Toys We Want ASAP":
1. ATOM EVE (SAMANTHA EVE WILKINS)
As much as the series is about Invincible and his journey, in the comics Atom Eve becomes a quintessential and tent pole to the story. She is the Bert to his Ernie, and provides the hope and motivation in many dangerous situations to keep Invincible chugging away despite the odds against him.
All that said, Atom Eve is also a stellar and fully fleshed out hero in her own right, she is nuanced, there is a deep well of intrigue that stems from her as an individual and not solely just by her heroics, buuuuuut.... her powers are also pretty incredible so it would be a ton of fun to see how they could be well represented via toy form.
2. ALLEN THE ALIEN
Alright, so in the animated series so far we only see him for a short, yet humorous classic misunderstanding fight with Invincible in space, but in the comic series Allen ends up playing a pretty significant role later on. I am not going to go into spoiler territory here, but it is safe to say Allen rightly deserves to have a place on our shelves. The question here is, which version do we get? If we had our druthers it would be all options on the table, but our personal preference for the first version is early appearance comic Allen as it speaks to a more simple time in the story and gives us something to evolve into later on.
3. ROBOT (RUDOLPH CONNERS)
Robot is a mainstay in the comic series and has such a rich background to not include him the toy line would be an enormous omission. Most casual fans to Invincible might look at Robot and think "oh, so this is just an Iron Man homage?" And they would be waaaaaayyyyy off. While true Robot was likely meant to be a loving nod to that character as many characters in the Invincible world are endearing plays off of existing IP, but the physical resemblance is where it ends in the case of Robot. Longtime fans understand the scope of the character's arc, and while we'll try to avoid major spoilers, we are just excited for his future incarnations to be immortalized in plastic as well, if not more so.
4. MONSTER GIRL (AMANDA)
Probably our favorite de-aging monster character of all time! Monster Girl is uniquely interesting in that she has very real consequences every single time she uses her powers. It would be like if the Hulk was slowly irradiating himself every time he transformed into the hulk. Behind Monster Girl is a woman in her mid-twenties who becomes younger every time she becomes the behemoth within, and has de-aged to the point that she appears as if no older than eleven or twelve.
She is so dedicated to being a hero that she is willing to sacrifice any hope of a normal life for herself and that is incredible dedication to the cause of good. We see this figure being an oversized 2-pack with a significantly smaller Amanda figure to be able to transform back into.
5. THE MAULER TWINS (OVERSIZED ARMY BUILDER)
We see this being released as an individual oversized figure with multiple heads and swappable clothes (like lab coat, goggles, or business suit), so only YOU will know who was the original and who are the clones. In the series the Mauler Twins are a highly powerful set of scientists who show up all throughout the series to pose a threat to Invincible, with a rotating "twin" who ultimately is sacrificed only to be rebuilt by the maybe original, maybe clone only to fight again another day. It is the perfect figure to get into the line and even more perfect to have as an army builder so fans can create their own growing legion of cannon fod...uh... clones to take the fight to Invincible and his allies.
6. SCIENCE DOG
No, not Seance Dog (as cool as that character probably is as well), for now we are not entertaining that noise.
For those that say "but wait, he is called something else in the animated series," I'll refer you to the first episode where he is indeed reading an issue of Science Dog, despite referring to a "Seance Dog" later on. Science Dog was a recurring character who Mark looked up to and read comics of within the Kirkman and Ottley comic series.
Science Dog also had a spin off series and made his way into the comic itself via the magic that is comic book physics. This character would largely be a huge nod to the longtime fans, as well as just being a dang cool looking character. The idea of having Invincible standing side-by-side with his comic book idol bursting into action on our shelves, is both too amazing and too meta for words, and it absolutely NEEDS to happen.
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