CaptainScience

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2. Leaving a calling card - you drop a rose on a defeated foe.

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Now that one's brilliant!

Also: Anyone remember the old "Get Smart" show? The head villian of K.A.O.S. used to always be admonishing his minion: (read with a cheezy-fake German accent) "Schtah-kah! Ziss is K.A.O.S. !!! Ve don't 'voom voom' here!"

Plus, I think some (forced) dramatic camera moves woudl enhance some of the previous ideas...

For the "Khaaaaaaaan!" yell or even many of the maniacal laughs, the camera should draw in real close then lift and zoom out, looking down from above (perhaps rotating)...

For the "hunched shoulders-skulking followed by sudden looking up over shoulder" emote, the camera needs to finish zoomed REALLY tight on the villian's left eye (with a dutch tilt).

and a couple specifically for the "Mastermind":

1: "Minion! Step forward!" as the minion steps forward, the Master pulls out a little box with a button on it, presses the button, and whereever they are, a trap door opens up under the minion and it falls into a pit of sharks, and the door slams shut.

2: The Master puts his arm around the shoulder of the minion, "oh, Of Course I understand, my minion, it wasn't your fault..." then the Master pulls a knife out and stabs the minion with it. "...and I Forgive you."

Then you could follow those with the villian patting/swiping his hands as if to dust them off and say "Now, any other questions?"

Hokay - let me go on record as joining the multitudes who think the "different helmets for different points of purchase" bit is, in my opinion, "crummy." I tend to shop at a favorite store for reasons of convienience, price, selection, and an overall pleasant buying experience. This scheme flys in the face of my buying preference. So, either I follow my personal buying preference and get stuck with a "special helmet" I'm NOT interested in - or I turn my back on a store that has earned my buying loyalty just so I can get the ONE "special helmet" that looks nicer (but may or may NOT work with my choice of villian gender... ).

Or, I can wait, what? - six months to a year for the possibility that I can somehow get the one I want "in game"?

"humph!" I say. I'll pass on the special promo, thanks.

This really does smack of a market-tracking gimmick.

(...dang! gotta unbunch these twisted undies... )

This has happened to me a number of times, too! I get handed an unexpected 2nd-part/follow-on mission that is TIMED and have to tank it because I have real-world obligations to do.

HATE that!