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DC Collectibles Solicits Reveal Arkham City Series 2 and the Remaining New 52 Crime Syndicate

DC Collectibles played the Spoiler Alert game with the Batman: Arkham Origins Anarky earlier, and he won’t be alone. The latest solicits reveal the full second series of Arkham Origins figures. Joining Anarky are Deadshot, ~~Deadpool~~ Deathstroke, and Firefly. They will be out in March next year.

We saw the full reveal of DC Collectible’s New 52 Crime Syndicate last week. The solicits show that Johnny Quick (with Atomica) and Owlman are also due in March next year. Last month’s solicits showed that Ultraman, Superwoman, and Power Ring are coming in February.

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Soapbox Sunday: DC’s Deserving – a Guest Post by Cliff Francis

It’s been some time since we’ve heard from Cliff Francis, Publisher Emeritus of Costume Contumely. It took the cancellation of Mattel’s Club Infinite Earths DC subscription to bring him back for this special guest edition of Soapbox Sunday. Read on, as Cliff employs the latest in computer technology to reveal how Mattel could have saved Club Infinite Earths. You can read more from Cliff at Costume Contumely as well as a couple of pieces Cliff has contributed here at AFP. Excelsior!

MattyCollector’s Club Infinite Earths subscription has died, and with it, the entire existence of 6″ DC Universe Classics action figures has been wiped out as if swept away by a crackling, white Crisis wall.

I confess that I feel tremendous schadenfreude over this. Mattel ran this property into the ground from the very beginning and only managed to produce a measly 200-something figures over the span of six years. I have a personal theory that Mattel wanted this line to fail from the start, and was willing to lose money along the way in order to save money in the end by having the line die. But that’s not what this article is about.

This article is about the central problem with Mattel’s 6″ DC line. The fault that engineered the line’s downfall. The “reason for the treason,” if you will. So what is it?

Character selection. Pure and simple.

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Play Imaginative Reveals the Super Alloy New 52 Justice League Green Lantern

I think I’m more excited about the Play Imaginative Super Alloy Green Lantern than I am about any of the other DC New 52 Justice League figures they have in the works. Sure, I’m a Hal Jordan fan, but I also think that he’s the best realized of the DC figures they’ve got in the works so far. It doesn’t hurt that the New 52 version of GL’s costume is not that far off from what I grew up with.

The figure has LED lights for his eyes and chest, as well as the ring on the fist version of the five pairs of hands. You can switch on and off the LEDs with the included remote control. And wow, the figure is also loaded up with armor constructs, and also comes with GL’s power battery. The exclusive edition shown here also comes with a battle damaged head (also with LED lights for the eyes) and battle damaged construct armor. I’m channeling Larfleeze, cause I *want*!

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STGCC 2013: Play Imaginative Booth Pics

Because we can’t get enough of the Iron Babes, here’s another pic of them from Play Imaginative’s own booth pics. We’ve also swiped a few pics of toys, too. 🙂

Play Imaginative blasts into STGCC 2013!

STGCC fans were treated to a full preview of Play Imaginative’s upcoming Super Alloy Iron Man Collectible Figures!

Over 100 display prototypes (in 1/4 and 1/12 scale) from Marvel’s Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3 and The Avengers movies, unveiled at the Super Alloy by Play Imaginative booth H3.

Fans also got autographs from acclaimed comic artist Adi Granov, who has worked on illustrations in the Iron Man comics and movies. Flying in all the way from UK, this visit is a treat!

A highlight was the life-sized Iron Man Mark 42 figure sitting on a couch, and fans queued non-stop to chill with him!

Prototypes of 5 upcoming Super Alloy 1/6 Scale Collectible Figures from DC Comics’ The New 52 Justice League were also revealed. Fans got an up-close look at prototypes of The New 52 Superman, Green Lantern, Batman, The Flash and Cyborg, each standing at 12 inches (approx. 30 cm) tall.

Over at the Play Imaginative booth, a crazy wide range of newly arrived vinyl collectible figures released, from licenses such as Disney, DC Comics, SpongeBob SquarePants, Paul Frank, Happy Tree Friends, and TO-FU Oyako.
And The Devilrobots flew in from Japan to meet with fans!

via Play Imaginative blasts into STGCC 2013!

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STGCC 2013: Play Imaginative Super Alloy DC New 52 Justice League

While Jedd was at the Play Imaginative booth at STGCC, he also sent us pics of their Super Alloy DC New 52 Justice League 1/6 scale figures. I am pretty excited for this line, because there really hasn’t been much in the 1/6 scale for comic book figures on the DC side of things. Back when DC Direct (now DC Collectibles) had their 13-inch line going, I wasn’t that interested in the scale – but even in hindsight those were probably on the large side and not as exciting as these super-poseable figures.

The new addition for this show is the New 52 Batman – you could argue that the Jim Lee version is also New 52, but I guess Play Imaginative is taking a page out of the Hot Toys playbook in terms of re-releasing characters with updates. The new body is probably an improvement over the original in terms of articulation scheme, but I’m thinking the head is a little on the dull side. Batman joins Superman, Green Lantern, Cyborg, and Flash (not pictured) in the current Justice League line-up.