There was a local Target, that for a long stretch, had a ton of Waverider figures. If they had been 6-inch, like the old DC Universe Classics or Marvel Legends, I probably would've bit; but instead I held out for them to go down in price and they seemingly just disappeared: maybe the timeline changed and bip! Gone. Anyway, you guys probably know Monarch's history, and I did have an Armageddon 2001 tag...that I had to update a bit, but there's an old post where I wanted a DCUC version! Well, take what you can get, and I did say there I didn't want an unmasked one, since Monarch loses any gravitas he had without it. Also, I think McFarlane has an Extant figure coming (from Zero Hour) and that's just Hawk/Monarch in a third identity, isn't it? I keep hoping for classic Manhunter, but I doubt it'll happen.
"Unctuous Robot" is a They Might Be Giants song, but I kinda figure Death's Head might not be the most popular employee (or freelancer) at the TVA. And Black Cat charming her way past Monarch: everyone seems to think security breaches are all guys typing frantically at keyboards, when it's probably more often a pretty smile getting waved through a checkpoint! Also, Kurt does rattle off a lot of actual X-Men continuity: they did fight a lot of robots.

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Yeah you best me to it, as there are A LOT of classic X-Men lore (not to mention video game lore) references you managed to cram into this one man. So much so that you could’ve turned this week’s skit into a drinking game, perfect for the cold weather, not so much for your liver & kidneys.
I’ll see your Unctuous Robot & raise you an Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss
https://youtu.be/89tgpzE4qkY
That’s a pretty good Monarch figure honestly. And you’re right, this time the 7inch scale is actually pretty accurate for the guy.
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