Saturday Morning Madness: Forearm vs Barbarus!

DAZ0273

It was 1990 and hot new "artist" Rob Liefeld had just delivered his character sketches to the office of the New Mutants editor.

"Genius, Rob! Especially the guy who is Wolverine but totally isn't! And is that Cable again? Breath taking! But this guy...he has FOUR arms?!?!? Where did you come up with that from?!?!?

Shy retiring Rob Liefeld just smiled enigmatically, who could fathom the depth of his creative awesome.

Meanwhile, back in 1969...

"Neal Adams, thanks for the X-Men pages but were you high when you drew this? This man has four arms!"

"Oh, oops, yeah, maybe a little..."

"The College kids will never notice, to the printers!"

Thus the saga of how Marvel ended up with TWO men with Four Arms almost exactly alike! But what would happen if they met in battle, as they must! As they now will! It's a Four-gone conclusion that excitement awaits as we proudly present:

FOREARM VS BARBARUS!

I don't know what I was thinking earlier, they are clearly NOTHING alike! Lets see the tale of the tape:

Forearm 5*

6AP Red HUG

When you have four arms, you can give extra special hugs! Forearm isn't always looking to pummel so burst heal your team for 8964 and also gain 3 team up for a job well done!

5AP Purple JUGGLE

Life in the Mutant Liberation Front is tough, sometimes you need a hobby and when you have four hands, juggling is easy! Whilst Forearm normally only uses his juggling for non violent purposes he can if necessary throw things at the enemy! Create six 1764 strength attack tiles.

Passive: Forearm's juggling does not make him a friend of clowns. If you see a clown, immediately down them. This passive is always on.

7AP Green Look Ma, 4 hands!

Forearm is so useful to have around from carrying extra shopping to being able to fold the washing quicker, everybody wants to be his friend! For every team-up AP you have, inflict 369 damage to the enemy team and increase the strength of attack tiles by 20,976% (Note to programmers - remember to test this before going live!)

Barbarus 5*

6AP Yellow HUG

When you have four arms, you can give extra special hugs! Barbarus isn't always looking to pummel so burst heal your team for 8964 and also gain 3 team up for a job well done!

5AP Black JUGGLE

Life in the Savage Land Mutates is tough, sometimes you need a hobby and when you have four hands, juggling is easy! Whilst Barbarus normally only uses his juggling for non violent purposes he can if necessary throw things at the enemy! Create six 1764 strength attack tiles.

Passive: Barbarus' juggling does not make him a friend of jesters. If you see a jester, immediately down them. This passive is always on.

7AP Blue Look Ma, 4 hands!

Barbarus is so useful to have around from chopping down extra savage land trees to holding Brainchild's test tubes, everybody wants to be his friend! For every team-up AP you have, inflict 369 damage to the enemy team and increase the strength of attack tiles by 20,976% (Note to programmers - remember to test this before going live!)

Godzillafan67

I wan't them to be friends!

They really should be a 3* / 5* release. Also, I'm glad you avoided the obvious and didn't make them 4* releases; such humour would certainly be beneath your station.

StillMonsoon3

They are nothing alike, this entire thing is ludicrous

If it ends up being Forearm, will his eventual counter be someone who can target his twig like ankles?

DAZ0273

@StillMonsoon3 said:
If it ends up being Forearm, will his eventual counter be someone who can target his twig like ankles?

How did this design flaw happen?!? They put all the points on arm and not ankle. However he does have gloves. I don't know how that helps but it must mean...something? Barbarus on the other hand seems like he might be lacking protection not a short trip north from ankle.

DAZ0273

@Godzillafan67 said:
They really should be a 3* / 5* release. Also, I'm glad you avoided the obvious and didn't make them 4* releases; such humour would certainly be beneath your station.

4* cannot contain this many arms! They are an entire Olympics table tennis contingent and you don't give that second billing!

ThaRoadWarrior

FOREARM!

Visually similar, but legally distinct.

Scofie

I wan't them to be friends!

And it's possible. Using supports and boosts, they can turn 1 hug each other...

SuperCarrot

FOREARM!

Reading this took me on an emotional journey. I laughed, I cried….I came to terms with not liking my own feet. I ebayed an old Toybiz figure. Life changing stuff. Thank you.

Chrynos1989

You forgot to list match damage.

To quote that one chick from Spiderman 1
„An eight-armed guy? Sounds hot!“
Well, together they got 8 arms

turbomoose

I wan't them to be friends!

Bet they both found it easy to get dates !!

I’m also picturing them getting a summer job at the local beer festival

Why am I giving this so much thought at 3am !!!

DAZ0273

@turbomoose said:
Bet they both found it easy to get dates !!

I’m also picturing them getting a summer job at the local beer festival

Why am I giving this so much thought at 3am !!!

But also: