mjmjr25 wrote:My boys got their superhero (Iron Fist) from cffjr - and loved it. I didn't know it had one of those pack-in pieces to build a mega figure. Those are always fun on the wallet. Factor in this series is 10yo...i've been scouring ebay for the past 2 hours with the boys looking for the rest we "need" now.
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Ah ha, sorry man. It honestly didn't occur to me to mention the build a figure piece.
Well if you're going to attempt to complete Apocalypse, I should mention something about him. You've probably already observed this on your ebay tour, but there are two different color variants of Apocalypse. One set black, one set blue. The pieces fit together the same, so if you don't care about them matching then its no big deal, but otherwise you'll need to keep an eye out for the black pieces.
There's no rhyme or reason to it (this was a "surprise" variant, it was never announced), and its never been clear in what order they were released. Anyway, the important bit is that while the black pieces are slightly less common than the blues, the value isn't much different. So if you see a significant markup, don't pay it. I bought all of my figures with black pieces at prices very close to the blues.
For reference, my (unfortunately unfinished) black Apocalypse.