Originally posted by darthgoober
Simple, the statue itself was adamantium and the base wasn't. Or it was made of pure adamantium, but not pure primary adamantium. Either would make far more sense seeing as how it's been pretty thoroughly established that it takes damn near everything Thor's got just to dent primary adamantium or break secondary adamantium.Another simple one, Titania's a moron and Thor's not. Thor was actually USING the gem when he had it in ways that dumbasses like Champion, Drax, and Titania never managed to pull off(like taking control of the combined energies of Dr. Strange and Warlock's Soul Gem). What's more, even if Titania(a low class 100 at best) needed training to use the gem with enough efficiency to take down She Hulk(who was at that point stronger than Hercules), the Power Gem's whole shtick is that it amps it's user even if the wielder's not actively trying to use it(as made clear when it was wielded by Champion and Drax). If the wielder's state of mind influenced their proficiency, Champion wouldn't have been able to use it against Thanos like he did and you yourself acknowledge.
Ok, well that's an interesting analysis of things, but it still doesn't discount the fact that a weaker version of the Hulk warped Ultron's chasis with a powerful punch. Was the Ultron unit also composed of secondary adamantium? If so are there any references to indicate that it was not primary adamantium? I mean outside of some easily edited Wiki column that I could check in order to validate the claim?
In an earlier post you seemed satisfied with the theory that Thor was somewhat amplified by the Power Gem, but to what end remained unquantified correct? Well I could agree with that. There's still one thing that mystifies me though. If Thor was hitting Thanos with near "primary adamantium" breaking strength, how would Pip have been able to remain in the chamber without being torn apart by the blast yield of such an assault? I mean you theorized that the room itself may have been made of very strong metals, so that argument is covered, but Pip has no super human durability to his credit.
In your opinion, do you believe that Thanos' hide is nearly as tough as adamantium? If so what would be the explanation, of him being sliced open by Wolverine's claws (were they bone claws I forget?) while on the same note, Wolverine stated that he had noticed how tough the Hulk's hide had become during the WW Hulk story line. Wolverines claws were adamantium during WW Hulk, as you know.
Somethings a little off here no?