{"id":12466,"date":"2013-06-02T01:50:24","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T05:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=12466"},"modified":"2014-06-08T15:20:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T19:20:05","slug":"minimate-mini-review-102-x-force-cannonball-shatterstar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/06\/minimate-mini-review-102-x-force-cannonball-shatterstar\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimate Mini-Review #102 - X-Force Cannonball & Shatterstar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#102 - Cannonball\/Shatterstar<\/h3>\n

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Sam's father died when he was young, and as the oldest sibling he felt responsible for supporting the family. Giving up college, he followed in his father's footsteps as a coal miner. When Sam was trapped with a co-worker in a collapsing mine, the stress of attempting to escape triggered his latent mutant power, enabling him to blast them both free. Professor Xavier<\/a> subsequently invited him to join the New Mutants<\/a> as Cannonball.<\/i><\/p>\n

I'm a confessed Rob Liefeld<\/a> fan, so I like this X-Force costume. It's purple with a white stripe down the center, brown boots and gloves, and a bulky jacket. He's got aviator goggles - a clever costume element - and his hair sticks out of the top of his mask. The grimace on his face is pure Liefeld!<\/p>\n

Cannonball has one accessory, a translucent orange display stand that simulates his ability to explosively fly through the air. It's a new piece, better than the reused Iron Man stand that came in the New Mutants box set. This one only has a solitary peg - designed for the waist, rather than the feet - so it's centered instead of being off to one side. It still has a slight angle to the front, to make him look dynamic.<\/p>\n

Shatterstar is Gaveedra Seven, the product of bio-engineering on another dimensional world, who was at one point merged with an Earth mutant named Benjamin Russell. Shatterstar possesses super-human abilities relating to the absorption of sonic and vibrational energy, as well as an intuitive learning capability. Shatterstar eventually served with X-Force<\/a>, and has been involved in numerous superhuman conflict.<\/i><\/p>\n

Is that right? I don't think anyone ever knew what Shatterstar's powers were. But absorbing sonic energy? That isn't doing anything to do away with the \"Shatterstar is the son of Longshot and Dazzler<\/a>\" tease that was going on for years. His costume is mainly white, with grey on the outside of the legs and a black star on the chest. His cape and one ridiculous shoulderpad are a separate piece around the neck. He has a new head cap to create his stupid hair and his face-pad, and comes with two of his double-bladed swords.<\/p>\n

Cannonball and Shatterstar may look dated, but admit it: you'd rather have them in these costumes than any other.<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>