Avenger Movie teams

So much to my surprise, once I got past the shenanigans with the split set (only having figures like Coulson and Heimdall in the Mass Market box) I've found myself really enjoying the heck out of the Avengers Movie set. As such, and in honor of both the upcoming movie and the Free Comic Book Day Thor, I present some fun teams to run at various point totals. And of course, what else to start out with than the Avengers Initiative:

200 AVM004 Thor
160 AVM006 Iron Man
 50 AVM007 Black Widow
255 AVM202 Hulk
 70 AVM203 Nick Fury
100 AVM204 Captain America
 65 AVM208 Hawkeye
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900 Total

I actually got to play a portion of this team as a bye team at my event last night (Hulk, Nick, and Hawkeye at 390 points). Hulk is a beast, and is brutal enough on that first click that I held on to that 19 Defense like it was my job. Hawkeye got messed up in the first game I ran him in, but in the second game he got up in a Skrull's face invoking his Trait, and did much better in close (which was admittedly a little weird with Hawkeye). One thing to note about Nick, he only scores a power (Invulnerability or Toughness) if he's based with a friend that's also using one of those powers. I made the mistake of having him stuck to the Hulk, not realizing he was really getting no benefit from that matching.

Next up is S.H.I.E.L.D. Now I know some will complain that this team isn't populated with generics, but ultimately, I like playing the named characters even with a group like S.H.I.E.L.D. That said, I did skip over Howard for this build, and obviously it could be filled out to include more generic pieces. That said, this is a neat 300 point team that highlights the Named S.H.I.E.L.D. contingent.

 19 AVM003 Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
 75 AVM009 Hawkeye
 51 AVM011 Maria Hill
 70 AVM035 Nick Fury
 35 AVM036 Black Widow
 50 AVM206 Agent Coulson
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300 Total

Next up is the Asgardians, and I can't express how annoyed I was that the only 140 Thor is The Mighty Avenger in the starter set, so if you're like me and don't want to purchase said starter set, here's the Asgardian team from Thor for you. Heimdall and Odin join in to bring it up to 895.

 80 AVM012 Sif
 67 AVM023 Volstagg
 66 AVM024 Hogun
 67 AVM025 Fandral
 80 AVM029 Loki
135 AVM210 Heimdall
250 AVM042 Odin
150 AVM200R Thor OR AVM201 Thor
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895 Total

If you want to run the "villians" of Asgard, here's a 600 point team with a couple of options. It's really too bad that Destroyer and Uncommon Loki come out to 475. I hate leaving that many points open.

250 AVM022 Destroyer
 80 AVM029 Loki OR AVM005 Frost Giant
180 AVM030 Laufey
 90 AVM031 Frost Giant Champion
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600 Total

Next up I have a fun little versus match for you. The Howling Commandos versus HYDRA at 200 points each. The only down-side to the HYDRA team is that it requires you to score 2 HYDRA team packs, but it sure looks like fun!

 50 AVM017 Bucky Barnes
 90 AVM018 Captain America
 60 AVM026 Dum Dum Dugan
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200 Total

 15 AVM002 HYDRA Soldier
 85 AVM016 Red Skull
 30 AVM039 HYDRA Footsoldier
 35 AVM040 HYDRA Technician
 35 AVM040 HYDRA Technician
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200 Total

As you can see, I went strictly with Avengers Movie figures for these teams and tried to get close to round point total. There are plenty of other teams (especially with the Avengers Initiative) but I thought these looked like the most fun. Have a team you liked, feel free to share it in the comments.