No. 8

Groot [Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 002] 

IT’S LIL’ GROOT! He’s the best part of the second movie, easily. Other than Mary Poppins, of course.

Fellowship

Ten-points-per-click Groot is not scary AT ALL. Tiny Shape Change can be frustrating though. LEVEL: I AM GROOT

Grootility-

One job only: be carried and en-DANCE. Get it? Enhance/ en-dance? He’s super good at this. Well, he can be used for tie-up with his shape change, but I don’t recommend it. No reducers and low odds for shape change put him at odds with my idea. LEVEL: I AM GROOT?

Nerdcore-

As far as a movie tie-in set goes, this was exactly what I thought this lil’ groot was going to be. He’s there for the comic-relief, support for the rest of the wonderful cast. Never the true center of attention, but with the little things he did, he put himself in the spotlight. This is a rare “comic-to-movie-to-clix” transfer that really did well for me. I love it! LEVEL: I! AM! GROOT!

At the end of the day, the Marvel movie series is doing really, really well. I love it, most of the public eye loves it, and with characters as memorable as Groot is, you’ve gotta love comics going mainstream. There’s just so much you can do right with the current trend! The big issue is that you can do a lot of wrong as well… Onward to the final seven!

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