I would have loved to bring you this review of the five DC Direct Hal Jordans, but with the craziness of San Diego Comic-Con on top of the craziness of how this exclusive was sold, there was no way. OAFE’s Rustin Parr has some great pics of them (I really like what they did with the packaging) as well as a few choice words for DC Direct.
DC Direct San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive Skittles Hal Jordan
Each figure uses the same base body as the “classic” Green Hal, but with minor sculptural variances so it is effectively a repaint of the Superman/Batman Series 6 figure (though with a new torso, as that figure had a hole in the chest for translucent Lantern symbol projection).
The figure is an excellent example of the high caliber of sculpting DC Direct is known for.
Tri-Klops may be the big item for me, but there’s a whole mess of stuff going up tomorrow, so be ready for some red screens of death.
Tri-Klops® Action Figure
Infinite Heroes Crisis 4-Pack
JLU Shazam! Family 4-Pack
Batman vs. Gorilla Grodd
Transforming Batmobile
Batman New Batsuit Figure
Batman The Joker Figure
Stealth Signal Batman Figure
Die-Cast Lightning McQueen
Big sale on Monday! MOTUC Tri-Klops, Infinite Heroes Crisis 4 pack, JLU Shazam pack, plus a few retail Batman Brave and the Bold and Dark Knight items! Check out MattyCollector.com at 12 noon eastern Aug 17th!
I’m not exactly sure which Brave and the Bold and Dark Knight products are going up tomorrow, but posted pics of all that’s currently up there. Matty will also have a 1:24 die cast Lightning McQueen, so it could get a little crazy, with both action figure and Hot Wheels collectors converging on the site.
Mattel also posted a round-up of sorts of the latest Ask Matty sessions (AFP’s latest Ask Matty Round-Up was posted yesterday). They touch on a lot of sore spots, for example, $20 Dark Knight Movie Masters, bonus figures not in Club Eternia, and Gleek. Not sure if the explanations will soothe the folks who are raging over them, but at least Mattel understands that some people are upset. And a new hurt for folks on the east coast – Mattel won’t be at New York Comic-Con next year. That’s not surprising, since it’s in October, during the prime selling season for big box retailers.
Now that the whirlwind of San Diego Comic-Con is behind us, Mattel is back at the never-ending task of answering our fan questions. If you’ve got something you’d like to ask Matty in a future installment, leave us a comment and we’ll try to incorporate it an upcoming batch.
Here’s the latest set of Q&A. Thanks to Mattel and Toy Guru!
1. Great showing at SDCC! Of the various new announcements that Mattel made at SDCC (or shortly thereafter), which one are you most excited about and why?
World’s Greatest Super Heroes overview
WGSH Green Arrow
WGSH Wave 1 – Superman, Lex Luthor, Green Lantern, and Sinestro
12-inch Movie Masters overview
Movie Masters General Zod
Movie Masters Superman
The World’s Greatest Superheroes and 12” Movie Masters of Superman and Zod are personal favorites. The first World’s Greatest figure, Green Arrow, will be on MattyCollector on 12/15/09 followed by a retail wave in late Spring 2010. These will be incredible!
Our friends at ActionFigureInsider received an early set of the Wal-Mart exclusive wave of DC Universe Classics. They’ve just published pics of Beast Boy, Forager, Power Girl, and Robotman.
Cosmic Odyssey update: another one bites the dust with Forager! 😀 John Stewart is coming, but where oh where is Martian Manhunter?
DC Universe Classics Wave 10 – Beast Boy (closeup)
DC Universe Classics Wave 10 – Beast Boy
DC Universe Classics Wave 10 – Forager (closeup)
DC Universe Classics Wave 10 – Forager
DC Universe Classics Wave 10 – Power Girl (closeup)
DC Universe Classics Wave 10 – Power Girl
DC Universe Classics Wave 10 – Robotman (closeup)
DC Universe Classics Wave 10 – Robotman
Just this week you saw the carded images of Wave 10 of Mattel’s DC Universe Classics line on Matty’s Facebook page as well as here on AFi.
Now we have Wave 10 in hand and can show you the full photo features on each figure in this upcoming Walmart exclusive wave. We’re going to break this wave up into two parts.
Mattel has updated its Facebook page with packaged pics of wave 10 of DC Universe Classics, which is exclusive to Wal-Mart. I was wondering how they were able to get Power Girl and her prodigious cleavage into the family-friendly juggernaut retailer, and I wonder if her sideways packaged stance is by Wal-Mart’s request.
Beast Boy – Beast Boy with pack out animal form. Looks familiar…
Batman – Batman is back, all in black. Check out the all new Bat-Laptop!
Forager – Forager joins the New God rebellion!
Joker – Where does he get all those wonderful accessories?
Man-Bat – By popular request, Kirk in brown deco. Prob the only time we will ever re-issue a former SDCC item.
Power Girl – Not the final pack out. Her head will be turned a bit more forward.
Robotman – Cliff’s head case is removable to see his brain!
