Addicted to Heroics… :-p

blog by supernoviaSeptember 20, 2012

I don’t normally shop at Walmart, but when I do…

Not to start this post out sounding like a meme or something, but literally every time I go to Walmart (which really isn’t often, but I’ll admit when I do go I inevitably spend too much), I check to see if they have Heroics in stock. My little addiction actually started when I’d gone there looking for pingpong balls. They were out of stock. So I bought one of these instead. I and was so inexplicably thrilled with my little mini Flash dude that I was instantly hooked.

Heroics are basically miniature comic book figures that come in packages about the size of a ping poing ball. You can’t tell which one you’ll get — only whether you’re getting Marvel or DC (and they do have both) so it feels a bit like a 97 cent Christmas Day when I open one up.

So I have browsed by the toy aisle every time ever since, hoping to buy just one more. But they’re always sold out. And today when I actually found some there, I bought several. :-p While wearing a Batman shirt, no less. I couldn’t decide whether the checker was incredulous or impressed. All I know is I’m happy with the haul:

marvel-and-dc-heroics — Let’s see. We’ve got Flash, Wolverine, Joker, Iron Man, Spiderman, and Superman … and??

But who is that green guy with purple cape and red eyes? Any ideas?

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Margaret on September 27, 2012 at 3:05 pm
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Velda,
What a nice site you have going here! I have some grandkids who like Spiderman. Just think… he’s old. One of my sons, who is almost 40, loved Spiderman when he was young. We had even gotten him an air-filled Spiderman chair for his birthday ever so many years ago. Time flies when you’re having fun.
Margaret

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1. Velda on September 27, 2012 at 3:51 pm
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  Thanks Margaret. Luckily I have a few kids who have a lot of fun playing with these little figures, too. 🙂
  
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madlangnoypi on November 13, 2012 at 5:16 pm
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…Is that Incredible Hulk?

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1. Velda on November 13, 2012 at 5:20 pm
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  Good guess! This one isn’t the Hulk though — he’s bigger and doesn’t wear a cape, though he is green and purple.
  
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Don on November 28, 2012 at 8:12 pm
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green guy with purple cape and red eyes = Martian Manhunter.

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1. Velda on November 28, 2012 at 8:23 pm
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  Thanks! Mary kept telling me he’s an alien, but we couldn’t think of the right name.
  
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Viet on January 21, 2013 at 10:59 am
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The green guy is Martian Manhunter

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1. Velda on January 22, 2013 at 3:54 pm
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  I wonder why I’ve completely missed any comics with him in them? And yet my daughter seemed to know that.
  
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Kyle on February 19, 2013 at 5:53 am
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I do the same. But i’m curious to see the ones that are shadowed by a question mark on the DC and Marvel end.

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1. Velda on February 19, 2013 at 5:18 pm
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  You can’t really just go out and buy Heroics anymore though. They stopped making them because of a trademark conflict, right?
  
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colinmichaelmoore on March 10, 2013 at 11:06 am
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I’m currently working at a Walmart here in Canada. I don’t think they’re called Heroics but we have something similar….priced close to $3. “Yikes!” but “Cool!”

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