Khalil at Kastor’s Korner has posted some pics from the Four Horsemen at Wizard World Philly. The Question was a two-up (a prototype that’s sculpted at roughly 2x the size the figure will be in production). It’s a little more apparent here than in the pics of him in Toyfare magazine that the double-breasted coat is a separate piece and not part of the torso sculpt. Remind me to ask in an upcoming Ask Matty Q&A if there’s ab articulation under there.
For those of you who are Teela fans, what do you think of her badonkadonk? Personally, I’d like to see some more curves on her backside.
NEWS: WIZARD WORLD PHILLY
Kastor’s Korner was not able to attend Wizard World Philly this year, but our friend Pendragon was, and got some great pictures.
Pardon me if I get a little misty here – this week has been pretty fantastic in the action figure world. We started off the week announcing our Marvel Universe Comic Cover Contest that we’re running with TheFwoosh.com. Mattycollector.com had MOTU Classics Hordak and the DC Universe Classics Battle for Earth 3 set on sale on Monday, and that fittingly kicked off an onslaught of Mattel and Four Horsemen announcements and reviews. If that wasn’t enough, today we get early word on the Marvel Legends relaunch from Wizard World Philly.
But getting back to why I’m posting – seeing as how fantastic of a week it’s been, it’s somehow poetic that we close out the week with a teaser about the Four Horsemen’s Fantastic Exclusive. Gothitropolis was originally supposed to be the property that would be offered this summer, but for various reasons the 4H decided to go with 7th Kingdom and Queen Alluxandra and variants instead.
After all those announcements, they decided to give a little taste of what the upcoming Egyptian-themed Gothitropolis variants will be like.
Thought you guys might want a sneak peek at things to come…
Sword-of-Grayskull, a poster at He-Man.org, was on hand at Wizard World Philly and took some pictures of a painted prototype of the upcoming Masters of the Universe Classics Teela. Unfortunately S-o-G had some camera issues, so there weren’t many clear shots of the “fixed”” booty. Still, you’ve got to applaud the effort.
Both this and the unpainted proto at NY Comic-Con featured Teela in her snake headdress. I am wondering if that is removable. Anyone know?
On display today at Wizard World Philadelphia, booth #400 – the Four Horsemen’s booth – was Teela in all her painted beauty. If you look at her rear, you’ll notice there’s also something different from NYCC.
At the 4HM’s panel, I asked them if there was anything different about this prototype from the one at NYCC. Cornboy replied, “You mean did we fix her booty?” And he said the answer was yes, they did go back and change it. Eric Treadway added that it was because of the “pages and pages” of “unanimous” opinion. Later I stopped by their booth to grab pics, and Cornboy was kind enough to take Teela out of the case so that I could get some clearer visuals (the glass was screwing up the focus on my camera, hence why the last couple of pics are a little fuzzy). So without further ado, here’s my photos:
The final first look at TheFwoosh.com this week is a double-shot of DC Universe. They take a look at the upcoming DC Universe Classics Fists of Clay 2-pack, featuring a muddied black and gray Batman (a repaint of DCUC wave 1) and Clayface (a re-release from the DC Superheroes line.) I was more interested in the Giants of Justice Flash, a continuation of Mattel’s 12-inch rotocast line that so far has included Batman, Superman, and Killer Croc.
I have not been collecting these due to price – at close to $30 it just seems too high, especially for a rotocast figure. But Flash looks pretty good. He’s going to be on sale at the Toys R Us booth at San Diego Comic-Con.
DC Universe Giants of Justice Flash
I like this figure for what it is. He is a scaled up version of the Four Horsemen’s DCUC sculpt (so it is kinda like getting one of their amazing prototypes) with some of the articulation of his smaller counterpart cut out. His points are as followed- ball head, partial ball shoulders, hinge elbows, waist swivel, cut t-hips and knee hinges. So, not as much articulation as we get in DCUC, but still quite a few point. He is, like the Giants figures before him, a hollow figure with fantastic paint applications, I cannot find one bit of bleed or slop.
Battle for Earth 3 - Alexander Luthor and Ultraman
Call me a sucker for these things, or maybe something even worse, because when they first announced the Battle for Earth 3 two-pack, I swore I wasn’t going to get it. First off, I want, no, I need a modern Crime Syndicate. This Ultraman is based on the classic design, and as much as I like the classics, the modern designs are much cooler. And Luthor, where to begin? This version of Luthor was featured for a couple of panels in Crisis on Infinite Earths, a couple of decades ago. Talk about digging deep, Mattel.
Still, June 15th came around and there I was, waiting for the Mattycollector.com site to refresh – the ordering experience on a heavy day, because of MOTU Classics Hordak sales, was much improved. And a couple of days later, this set is in my hands.
