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AFP Ask Matty Round-Up for 3/1/11

Here’s our first Ask Matty since Mattel’s showing at Toy Fair. Let us know if you’ve got other questions you want answered. Read the full article and leave a reply below.

Thanks to the Mattel team for this round of questions and answers.

1) You really had us fooled when you told us that folks had lost interest in the Crime Syndicate – they all look great! What was the thinking behind mixing up modern and classic costumes, and what should folks expect for how long they might need to wait to complete either team?

The upcoming Wal-Mart Crime Syndicate five-pack was designed by the Horsemen to create the most definitive version of each character. We may indeed revisit the Syndicate in time (as there were many looks for the members) but nothing to confirm right now.

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Limited Number of DC Direct San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Available at Graphitti Designs

Graphitti Designs has a few of the SDCC DC Direct exclusives in stock at their original prices. So if you’ve been looking at the aftermarket, try here first. If I get really motivated, I might pick up a Batman to try to replicate the super-articulated Arkham Asylum Batman custom that Prodigy put together.

After the Con was over, we found ourselves with a very limited quantity of these cool (and desirable) figures remaining. Here’s your chance to purchase some of these figures at the original $20.00 SRP.

In order to get these into the hands of as many different people as possible, sales are limited to two (2) each of each of the remaining figures.

BATTLE DAMAGE BATMAN EXCLUSIVE ACTION FIGURE

BLACK LANTERN: HAL JORDAN EXCLUSIVE FIGURE

WHITE LANTERN: SINESTRO EXCLUSIVE ACTION FIGURE

via Graphitti Designs – Comic-Con Exclusives.

San Diego Comic-Con 2010 – the Complete Picture Gallery Guide

So we’ve been back from Comic-Con for a week, and boy do we have tons of pics to share with you all! To help you guys and gals navigate our galleries, we’ve prepared a summary with links to make browsing easier! Here we go!

First off, you can find the San Diego Comic-Con gallery under Events in our Galleries section. Click on 2010 San Diego Comic-Con and you’ll see all the different galleries for each company and a couple of non-toy galleries too.

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San Diego Comic-Con 2010 – DC Direct Update – Return of Bruce Wayne

I’ll admit that while I was impressed with DC Direct’s Arkham Asylum and Brightest Day figures, I didn’t spend a lot of time at their display. So Fwoosh’s TheGDBatman was kind enough to send me some more pics – most notably, the Return of Bruce Wayne figures that I somehow completely missed. He also sent over some pics from the lines that I did get, including Arkham Asylum, Blackest Night, Brightest Day, and even some of the statues on display there.

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San Diego Comic-Con 2010 – DC Direct

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We also hit DC Direct on Preview Night – our focus was mainly on the Batman: Arkham Asylum and Green Lantern-oriented figures. Lanterns will continue to be a strong theme for DCD, and we’ll have to go back to get a look at their non-figure oriented stuff – lots of cool rings and lantern pieces to be had.

But for now, let’s start with the figures, and the line I’ve been itching to see up close.

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Seeing these up close, I’m really impressed how they leveraged the 3d assets from game development to produce some extremely detailed sculpts. I’m hard pressed to pick a standout here, but I think Harley takes it. The articulation, as you might expect, is limited by today’s super-articulated standards, and both versions of Batman are the low points for me.

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