I’ve liked the Marvel Super Hero Squad since I stumbled upon my favorite comic book character, Deadpool, in the adorable cartoony figures aimed at children who probably never picked up a comic book in their young life. While I enjoy the quality to realism of the normal action figures, I can’t bring myself to remove them from their original packaging, but the Super Hero Squad’s stylized design looks great to display on my bookself that the normal figures. My initial interest in the toys was intensified when I stumbled upon the daily Super Hero Squad comic strip available on Marvel’s website. The strip pokes fun at the heroes and villians odd appearance and personalities, often featuring the heroes and villains playing childish pranks on each other. The cartoony heroes have become the face of Marvel to sell to the younger audience with the characters being featured on boardgames, posters, and they will soon star in a their own video game and a Cartoon Network TV series. Overall I like seeing my favorite characters is whatever medium they are placed in, being a very serious take or the most childish one. Though I’m curious if Deadpool would be one of the heroes or villians. I’ll definately check out the show when it hits and end up buying enough of the adorable figures to scare off a girl who would be crazy enough to enter my apartment.
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