DC Collectibles has released pics of its Earth 2 action figures and their upcoming statue commemorating Neil Gaiman’s return to Sandman. Call me old school, but I find a lot of the new Earth 2 designs hokey. Wonder Woman is the most appealing, with the cues to the Golden Age Wonder Woman, but Green Lantern and especially Flash look particularly silly.
DC COLLECTIBLES TAKES NEW YORK COMIC CON BY STORM WITH EXCITING LINE-UP OF NEW TOYS AND COLLECTOR ITEMS
Debuts Include a ‘Sandman Overture’ Statue, ‘Justice League: War’ Action Figures, and ‘Earth 2’ Action Figures
DC Collectibles, the exclusive line of collector items from DC Entertainment, announced today it will reveal two new action figure lines and a new statue at New York Comic Con (Oct. 10-13). Big reveals include action figures based on the upcoming animated movie JUSTICE LEAGUE: WAR and top selling DC Comics – The New 52 title EARTH 2, as well as a new statue based on the upcoming Sandman Overture series. The products will be discussed during the DC Collectibles official panel on Friday, October 11 from 11:15am – 12:15pm ET in Room 1A10.
Additionally, DC Collectibles will offer two Con Exclusives for sale in the Graphitti Designs booth (#755). The first a Super Best Friends Forever: Poison Ivy PVC Figure that measures 6.625” tall and is priced at $24.95. The second continues the line of two-pack 3.75” action figures. Priced at $29.95, the new set features Hal Jordan and Saint Walker.
“It’s been an amazing year for DC Collectibles. I’m super proud of the team and excited to round out the year at New York Comic Con 2013 by announcing a new ongoing action figure series based on the upcoming slate of Warner Bros.’ DC animated films and also a wave of EARTH-2 action figures,” stated DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns. “We are also celebrating the launch of Neil Gaiman’s SANDMAN OVERTURE series with a beautiful new statue designed by stunning artist J.H. Williams.”
DC Collectibles products that will be unveiled at New York Comic Con include:
Justice League: War The Flash Action Figure – 6″
Justice League: War Green Lantern Action Figure – 6”
Justice League: War Shazam! Action Figure – 6”
Justice League: War Superman Action Figure – 6”
Justice League: War Wonder Woman Action Figure – 6”
DC Comics – The New 52: EARTH2 Batman Action Figure – 6”
DC Comics – The New 52: EARTH 2 Green Lantern Action Figure – 6”
DC Comics – The New 52: EARTH 2 The Flash Action Figure – 6”
DC Comics – The New 52: EARTH 2 Wonder Woman Action Figure – 6”
SANDMAN OVERTURE Statue by J. H. Williams – 9”
DC Collectibles products are available in comic book shops everywhere and online at www.shopdccollectibles.com.
Once again, Toy Guru and team are a few days early with their responses for the latest Ask Matty Q&A. Thanks!
1. A lot of collectors still want to get the unleashed version of Doomsday. Is it possible to offer him individually on Mattycollector, or even as the SDCC exclusive in 2014?
No. Doomsday was only possible when banked along with 12 partial tool’d figures at tier 2 production quotas. It is not possible to just do Doomsday by himself. His production was tied directly to producing a full year of partially tool’d basic figures at the higher tier 2 quota. After not even hitting tier 1, it becomes that much more difficult to get to this “bigger” more tooling intensive version of Doomsday. We hope this was made clear during the sub-in period.
I foolishly skipped Mattel’s DC panel at SDCC this year. In my defense, in years past, it was usually a rehash of the DC portion of the Mattypalooza panel with some kid-oriented toys on top of that. I had no idea that this year they’d be announcing the demise of the spiritual successors of DC Universe Classics at retail, the Batman Unlimited and DC Unlimited lines, and that they’d be launching two new retail lines in 2014. Now that online retailers have put up their pre-orders for them, I’m getting my first real look at DC Total Heroes and DC Comics Multiverse.
DC Total Heroes is Mattel’s re-envisioning of 6-inch action figures for retail. Each of the four figures (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, and Sinestro) from the first wave sports their New 52 looks, but veers from the DC Universe Classics aesthetic to a new, somewhat animated look. With a reduction in articulation and paint apps, Mattel was able to reduce the price point, with online retailers charging $12.99 per figure. That seems to be one of the key selling points of the new line.
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.
DC COLLECTIBLES TAKES NEW YORK COMIC CON BY STORM WITH EXCITING LINE-UP OF NEW TOYS AND COLLECTOR ITEMS
