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We ordered the massive "Monsters Unleased" monster edition from Marvel Comics. Check out our unboxing, snap thoughts, and flip through with more thoughts at AiPTcomics.com
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Hey everyone, it's Dog here for AIPT and what have we got here
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That is a mighty big box. That is a bigger box than I usually get my comics in
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I order from Discount Comic Book Services, I don't know about anyone else
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It usually comes in a box, I don't know, half this size
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Third of this size every month? That's a cat's tail, say hello to Orson everybody
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Hi Orson. Orson is a very large cat, I don't know if you can tell
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He's about 14 pounds, we're pretty sure he's descended from wild cats
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See how wild he is? Great defensive posture right there, serves you well
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But what Orson is about to find in this box is even bigger and scarier than he is
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Let's take a look. Spoiler, I pre-opened this so it's going to be right on the top
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What, what, what? Oh my goodness, Monsters Unleashed? Yes it is, the original, well not quite original miniseries
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The one from last year. Now I know this wasn't all that well received
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I guess people thought it was fun, I haven't actually read it yet
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But I had the opportunity to get this for $25, which is half the price of the monster sized hardcover edition
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Now you may not, here, there's the cat. There's the enormous 14 pound cat
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Let's see how he reacts to the book once I take it out. What do you think Orson
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I think he's afraid of it. And I don't blame him. Let's prop this up against the couch
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Okay, that may not look big. The cat's a little wary. I can't blame him
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Somebody take the camera back and we'll take another look at this. So here it is, me with the book, Monsters Unleashed
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I swear to you, as you look at this from all angles
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this is not forced perspective, I swear I am a normal sized human being
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for an American male. And this thing is as big as my torso
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I'll step back. Hi. You could make a bust out of me and it would not be as tall as this book
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It's a full 22 inches. 22 inches high. Of monsters. And look, here's the back
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It's kind of beautiful when you look at it. I think that's the whole idea
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And by the way, look down here. Who's that? Ah. But yes, Creatures on the Loose
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Creatures on the Loose and overpowering in size. Okay, that's how big it is
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What does it look like inside? Okay, I've taken the plastic off
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Here it is again in all its enormous glory. Let's see what happens when you actually open the book
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Well, that's just a black page. That's not interesting. That's pretty cool
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Spider-Man, Hulk, Thor in the clutches. Let's see if we can just flip through this
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I literally can't even get far enough away with this book on the floor
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to get the entire page in the frame. So I'm sure everybody's at least seen the previews
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Wow, look at that! Got some glare from the lights. I'll stand up again
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Again, this is chest height for a normal adult male. And I can't even barely get the whole book in the shot
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But that's a pretty sweet Leviathan. Which issue is this? I remember there were five different artists on this book
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Let's flip through and see what we can see. There's Fin Fang Foom looking as tiny as he ever has
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compared to the other monsters. Looking at it a little closely, it does seem like..
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I mean, clearly the art was not meant for this kind of reproduction
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And you begin to see a little bit of a loss of detail
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when it is blown up to such a size. But at the same time, I mean, come on, that's a beautiful shot
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Just a bunch of monsters sitting around, chilling. What else have we got
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Wow, that's cool. Like I said, I've not read the story yet
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Maybe it's good, maybe it isn't. We reviewed it well, as you saw, Spider-Man
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You know, at this point, it almost doesn't even matter if it's good or not
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I shouldn't say that, we review comics, that's what we do. But this is just a cool thing to have, I think
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Um, holy wow. So yeah, it's cool, but it is really, really gigantic
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As it should be. It shows off the art, it's a bunch of awesome giant monsters
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But, uh, and Captain Marvel, look at that. It is beautiful. It is beautiful
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The art maybe doesn't hold up quite as well as you'd want it to up close
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It's a bloodstone. But, uh, it's a cool thing. It's not gonna fit in your studio apartment
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So, uh, I guess buyer beware on this one. Know what you're getting into. Maybe you'll know a little better after seeing this
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And of course, there's the famous shot. Alright, maybe you still don't have a feeling for how big this thing really is
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Let's do some comparisons. Compare to Towering Dr. Manhattan over Vietnam. Yes, very big
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Compare to Mego-style flashback series Hawkeye on Pym Particles. I guess Goliath maybe
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Yes, still large. And yes, even compare to He Who Slims Shatter Mountains
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Have I convinced you that it's big yet? I'm saying it a lot because that really is the selling point for this here
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It's big. But that's okay. Uh, you know, as far as gimmick promotions go, this is not the worst one
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At least the cover's not sparkly. At least there's not die cuts in there
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It's just big. And, you know, it's Kirby's birthday, Kirby's 100th this year
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In case you didn't know. And you could do a lot worse to celebrate the man than with this enormous
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literally larger than life edition of heroes smashing up old 1940s monsters
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40s and 50s. It's just fun. And sometimes the art pops, sometimes it doesn't
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What can you do? Don't think about it too much. I know, that's not what we're supposed to say at AIPT
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We take criticism seriously. We like thinking about things. I like thinking about things
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But sometimes it's just cool to have a nice big piece of art with giant scary monsters hanging out in your house
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Now, would I pay the full cover price of $50 for this
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No, probably not. Thank goodness for discount comic book services. And again, if you live in a small place, this is going to take up a large fraction of your volume
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So, it's not for everybody. It's not even a coffee table book, because it is as large as many coffee tables
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But it is a nice conversation piece, and it does have beautiful pictures of big scary monsters
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And sometimes that's really all you need. So, if that's something you're interested in, this is it
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The Monsters Unleashed Monster-Sized Hardcover Edition. Look out, because it really is huge
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And the monsters sometimes really do come right at you
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This is Doug, for AIPT
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