DC Direct has solicited series 2 of their Justice Society of America line. Series 2 includes four new figures based on Alex Ross interpretations of Geoff Johns’ pet characters from the JSA comic.
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA SERIES 2 ACTION FIGURES
JSA Series 2 - Hourman, Kingdom Come Superman, Cyclone, Stargirl
Four second-generation Justice Society of America heroes are grouped together to make up the second series of action figures based on the art of Alex Ross!
Just as Geoff Johns’ “Thy Kingdom Come” story arc has brought the Kingdom Come Superman into current continuity, this series of action figures also features a fully articulated, original sculpt of the character.
Figures included:
Cyclone • 8.25” h
Stargirl • 6.5” h
Hourman • 7” h
Kingdom Come Superman • 7” h
Each figure features multiple points of articulation and a base.
4-color peggable window box packaging.
Here’s the latest round of Q&A with Mattel. Thanks again to Toy Guru!
1. San Diego Comic Con is coming up soon. Have you figured out how many of the 30-inch Anti Monitors you’ll have available for the raffle? You’ve mentioned that these are being hand-made. I’m sure folks would love if you’d describe the process (what are the steps, who’s involved, etc.) – if you could include some pictures of the work in process, that’d be great!
Right now the plan is to have at least one of these figures per day to raffle at SDCC with Anti-Monitor points (available on the back of all Infinite Heroes figures). We’ll look at posting some images of the “work in progress” on MattyCollector.com in the near future!
2. The selection of the Wonder Twins and the big Super Powers influence on DC Universe Classics has many people wondering about what sources you might pull from for the retail line. For example, what’s the thinking on the possibility of more Super Friends, like Apache Chief, who weren’t comic book-based – would that kind of character selection be possible for the mass market, or is that more in line with Mattycollector.com 2-packs, or is it somewhere in-between?
JLU Super Friends Action Figure 3 Pack - Black Vulcan, Apache Chief & Samurai
A lot of the Super Powers characters have high mass appeal and we are doing an upcoming JLU pack with Apache Chief, Black Vulcan and Samurai. It is possible we will do more packs like this in different lines in the future. We do know collectors love these Super Powers characters and we do too!
3. Now that you’re getting deeper into the Masters of the Universe roster, with lots of the big-hitters released or announced, how does the team go about picking who’ll be coming up down the road? And seriously, what do I need to do to make sure Jitsu gets in the line-up? Do I need to start a Facebook group called No Jitsu, No Jacksons? 😉
We always take fan demand for specific characters into consideration as we’re planning the line. We will get to Jitsu in time, he is an important character with a big following!
4. The Stay-Puft Marshmallow man is one of the big (no pun intended) characters in Ghostbusters. Is something that big out of the question for the line, or could he be a Collect and Connect, or maybe a raffle item for next year?
We are looking at ways of doing Stay Puff extra large and in a way all fans can get him.
5. All right – here goes our latest attempt at fulfilling the ActionFigurePics.com mission to show pictures with each post – how about some more pictures of any of the upcoming SDCC exclusives?
There will be some new images in an upcoming issue of Toy Fare magazine showing off the different variants of He-Ro as well as the back of his cape!
Well, we tried!
Here’s a round-up of the other Ask Matty sessions from around the web. (Links to be added as they come up.)
As part of their 4th anniversary celebration, Action Figures Insider has the scoop on an upcoming heavy hitter for DC Universe Classics.
And now it’s time for the big reveal. A BIG thank you to ToyGuru and the Mattel crew for allowing us to debut a new DC Universe Classics figure. This is VERY generous of them to let us do this.
So here you go….
She’s from a YET UNANNOUNCED wave of DCUC from Mattel! Here she is…. Ms. AFI 2009…..
There have been a lot of questions about Mattel’s DC Universe Classics Atom mini figure that is shipping in DCUC Wave 8 with the Gentlemen Ghost figure. How big is it? Is it articulated? Is it the original figure shrunk down? Will it be on a base? Will it be the Ray Palmer costume?
So far we’ve only seen the 2-up of the original Wave 5 figures in the NYCC 09 presentation as a place holder image and a very small picture of his head and shoulders peeking out from behind the chip insert on a carded sample that showed up on Ebay last week, but our friends at Mattel have now sent us turn-arounds of the figure so we can get a better idea of what we are getting.
Mattel has updated its release schedule for the MattyCollector.com products. I think the only change is the Earth-3 Alex Luthor / Ultraman two pack – many expected it to be available on 4/15, following the Adam Strange / Starfire two-pack by a quarter.
Quick update everyone, here are current release dates for the next few items on Mattycollector.com:
Mer-Man – 4 /15
We will likely sell out of Mer-Man on day 1, but we have a second batch coming in which should go on sale about 4/23
Zodac – 5/15
LOSH JLU 4 pack – 5/15
Hordak – 6/15
Alex Luthor/Ultraman two pack – 6/15
Man-At Arms 7/15
We are also trying to get some of the new CARS items up by 7/1 and are working hard with the CARS team on some cool surprises. More information as soon as it is available!
