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Poe Ghostal received his first toy, a Mighty Mouse figure, at age three. Thus began a lifelong interest (some might say obsession) with toys. A child of the 1980s, he grew up on Star Wars, He-Man & Transformers toys, as well as more obscure lines such as Power Lords, Robo Force, and Manglors.
Poe has written about toys for IGN.com and ToyFare magazine. He was a founder of OAFE.net and has been a guest reviewer for Michael Crawford’s popular review site.
Mattel sends along these photos of DCUC Series 4 in package (not pictured: the regular Batman Beyond). According to Mattel, Captain Atom Gold and Silver will be at a 50/50 ratio and Artemis will be a chase version of Wonder Woman (about the same as maskless Deathstroke). The Cyborg with Sonic Arm and maskless Batman Beyond are KB Toys exclusives.
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Michael Crawford
09.08.2008 13.24
Cool beans!
Iron-Cow
09.08.2008 13.26
Great post, PG! LOVING this wave.
I’m curious about the KB exclusives, though. Will they also come with the Despero piece? I’m assuming so (since it says on the packaging), but wasn’t sure… Either way, GREAT line-up!
Matt
aka Iron-Cow
JOM
09.08.2008 13.27
“Cool beans” indeed!
Poe
09.08.2008 13.36
@Matt: Great post? All I did was get the pictures up before anyone else
I agree, though, it’s a great wave. I’m particularly psyched for Wonder Woman and Despero.
I’m sure the KB figures will come with the Despero piece. I assume that they’ll just replace the regular BB and Cyborg in the cases KB receives.
I’m more curious as to which piece Artemis comes with. Since she won’t be in the Batman Beyond cases (at least the ones being sent to online retailers), will she come with the BB piece or the WW piece?
outburst
09.08.2008 13.42
Are they actually calling that Cyborg a variant? Because one comes with extra arm pieces and the other doesn’t?
I can’t see that going over well.
kantboy2
09.08.2008 13.44
Does Despero have his sword?
Poe
09.08.2008 13.46
Does Despero have his sword?
I’m wondering that myself…
ryanlb
09.08.2008 14.32
Awesome, can’t wait for this wave, almost all the figures are awesome, and those that aren’t are still pretty darn cool.
Pete
09.08.2008 14.47
That Ares looks frakkin’ amazing.
Poe
09.08.2008 15.24
I agree. Ares will probably look right at home next to Xetheus or Ramathorr…
Joe
09.08.2008 15.58
Poe,
The packaging for Artemis says that she is Figure 1, same as the regular old Wonder Woman figure. Figure 1 traditionally has come with the right leg of the Collect-and-Connect figure.
It’s a deduction, but it seems sound in my head
-Joe
PrfktTear
09.08.2008 17.23
I agree… great post. Even if it is just pictures. I think theres something about seeing toys in their packages, as opposed to prototypes and highly polished models.
-x
Chris
09.09.2008 1.48
WOW! Great pics!!!! Hopefully when I buy 10 cases this time ….they won’t all have defects…sheeesh
Mark
09.09.2008 6.07
Ares looks amazing, I might get him to display with my MOTU Classics.
Rich
09.09.2008 10.30
ARES and Wonder Woman really look great to me. I don’t know, the rest look o.k. but the reuse of the same body type over and over with new paint apps and heads has me cooled on alot of upcoming DCUCs.
eric
09.09.2008 11.28
These pics look great. I guess this means they’ll be out real soon. “YAYYYYYY”
Chris
09.09.2008 12.22
@ Eric….I think it’s a bout a month or a little over a month when wave 4 comes out. It took around that time for wave 1 and 2 to come out after packaged photos were shown of them.
I think Ares is the BEST figure in the series. Its cool how I thought Deathstroke and Ares would be the ones I would like the least and they turned out to be the BEST figures in their respective waves.
Poe
09.11.2008 9.33
I just know I’m going to get the gold Captain Atom in my case…and I’m gonna have to open him to make my Despero, because I’m an impatient man.
But fingers crossed for regular Wonder Woman and Captain Atom.
Pete
09.11.2008 13.22
I’m honestly hoping I can nab both Captain Atoms…as awful as the gold one is, I’m absolutely certain I can find a use for it in the strip.
Esbat
09.12.2008 1.14
Wow… whoa yes these photos do indeed make me touch myself.
AREZ
09.16.2008 13.51
The only ones that are really COOL are the Wonder Women, Cyborg, Ares & Batman Beyond. Now I wonder how much they’ll cost at KBToys. They tend to charge more than Toys’R'Us, Target & Wal-Mart.
NO brake for my Wallet!!!