Here are Rustin Parr’s notes from the DC-Mattel panel:
- Movie Masters – Now a Mattycollector.com exclusive, one figure a month will be sold starting September 15. Sept: Bank Robber Joker; October: Prototype Batman; November: Harvey Dent; December: Jailhouse Joker; January: Arkham Asylum Scarecrow; February: Sonar Eyes Battle Damage Batman; March: Two-Face. They might do more if the figures sell well.
- There will be more JLU singles, 3-packs and 4-packs. Wave 6 features: a more comic-book-accurate Hawkman, a modern Martian Manhunter, Captain Atom in metallic silver, a straight re-release Hawkgirl, and an all-new Firestorm; next three 4-packs: Shazam Family, Doom Patrol, and Justice Guild
- DCIH: 6-packs available online and at Walmart, including a 3-pack of Hal Jordan Parallax, John Stewart and SC Sinestro
- There will be a 12″ Movie Masters, with one figure sold per quarter on Mattycollector, starting 1Q 2010. The first two figures are General Zod and Christopher Reeve Superman
- Mattel is teaming up with Emcee to produce a new line of retro, accurate Mego figures. Called World’s Greatest Superheroes, the first figure, Green Arrow, will be available on Mattycollector this fall; after that, the figures will be sold at TRU and online retailers. The first series is Superman, Lex Luthor in Silver Age purple shirt, Hal Jordan GL, and blue-outfit Sinestro. There will be at least three waves of four figures each.
- Brave and Bold: nothing that wasn’t seen in booth photos
- DCUC: Four waves plus one Walmart wave in 2010 (that’s entirely in 2010, and doesn’t include Waves 10 and 11). Mattel swears that Walmart has placed considerably larger orders and the figures will be easier to get.
- DCUC Wave 10: Beast Boy, Batman (all black w/ yellow symbol and yellow belt) w/ bat-laptop; Forager; Joker; brown Man-Bat; Power Girl; Robotman–opening head so you can see his brain; CnC: Imperiex
- DCUC Wave 11: SC Cyborg Supes–couple pieces of new tooling, hands w/ rings; Deadman; variant Deadman w/ fading to translucent legs; John Stewart w/ GL constructs; Katma Tui; the Question; and Shark (Silver Age); Steppenwolf (50/50 green armor vs. Super Powers-style); CnC 9″ Kilowog
- DCUC 2-Packs: SC Romat-Ru and Karu-Sil, comes w/ at least one construct; Animal Man and B’Wanna Beast
- DCUC 5-pack exclusive to Walmart: Black-and-gray Batman w/ no mud, Superman (normal eyes), Two-Face repainted in Silver Age colors, purple Catwoman repaint, new Silver Age Lex Luthor
- Target-exclusive series for Superman/Batman Public Enemies: 6″ and 3 3/4″ inch. The 6″ line-up is “pseudo-DCUC,” a blending of DCUC and animated style, and includes: Superman (normal and metallic variant), Batman (black and gray and blue and gray), Icicle, Silver Banshee, Black Lightning Silver Age, Major Force, CnC: Brimstone (somewhat translucent) Due in the fall (?).
A Chris Reeve Superman? I could forgive Matty a lot if they do that right…that means make it right, sell it right and get it into my hands without the GDP of a medium sized South American Country having to change hands first.
Don't you dare screw that one up Matty.
The rest, well that's just rubbing the Wally wave in my face and ensuring that I will probably bow out with Deadshot and Green Arrow cos wave 11 doesn't exactly fill me with quivering anticipation and awe.
Imperiex is kind of out there, in my opinion. I mean, let's face it, DCUC has had some unknowns…but Imperiex might take the cake, to the casual fan. HOWEVER…
There's always a however.
However, he COULD fit in…WITH A LEGION WAVE! Right? Right? Probably not. But think about it, that Superman from the future, from the animated show could be in there.
Still, the line-up is what we knew about. The all-black Batman will be interesting to see. And a Deadman variant might be okay, but why not just make the regular figure half translucent, a la Gentleman Ghost?
I am psyched about the GL stuff, and definitely Cyborg Superman with the GL rings. The DC Direct Figure was okay, but it obviously had it's flaws, as does every DCD figure. (ARTICULATION!)
The five pack is gratuitous but does have some interesting choices. I look forward to seeing these repaints.
And I am very excited about getting some more Sinestro Corps members.
But, the whole Target exclusive thing? This sounds great. Taking the standard DCUC body and adding in some animated style heads and deco? Why CAN'T everything be in the same scale?
All in all, an ok DC announcement. Looking forward to the pictures, though.
Steppen-mother****in'-wolf!!! Good news everyone!!!
I take it back. Imperiex looks awesome.
And the Animated Public Enemies style Batman?
…BEST…BATMAN…EVER?
Looks like we all have a chance to get a comic accurate Batman again.
The sinestro corps stuff looks great, so does Animal Man.
the wal-mart five pack's Luthor looks like it will be worth the price of admission. I wonder what the retail for that is gonna be like?
I forgot – Both Steppenwolfs might be the highlight of Wave 11. Just saying.
I'm not gonna be doing complete waves of ANY of the upcoming lines. Aside from Brimstone, I'm not aroused by any of the CnCs. I see maybe 11 figures spread out over all the waves that I want.
I wish I could just commit like that. But then I'd have all of these extra pieces laying around…kind of like Michael Jackson's plastic surgeon.
ZING!
Hmmm, I thought the Batman figure in Wave 10 was supposed to be the Bob Kane retro style ?? Either way, if it IS the all-black outfit Bruce wore after he healed his back & regained the mantle, I'd still be very interested! I'm guessing the Black & Gray BATS in the 5-pack will be the same sculpt as in the 2-pack with Clayface? Again – I dread the fact that both these figures will still be Wal Mart exclusives……And at last – the Question finally gets his due; did they say he'd have a removable fedora or not? Imagine for Public Enemies, a line of DCUC articulated figures with an Ed McGuinness look to them , IF they'll pull it off ???
The Public Enemies line uses the standard "buck" template, but with more comic/animated paint decos and angular head sculpts, as designed from Ed McGuinness' artwork.
Unfortunately, the old DCSH batman mold is apparently gone. (You know, the one with the stitching in the fabric and whatnot. The one that can't hold batarangs!)
The 5 pack looks like the mud splattered bats minus the mud.
The all black bats reminds me of the original Michael Keaton Batman outfit…I'm not familiar with when he wore an all black costume in the comics. Is that around "No Man's Land"? Because all I remember is him wearing the stuff he had when he had his back broken, and then the Jim Lee "Hush" riff on the Dark Knight outfit.
The all-black bats looks to have the same sculpt as DCUC wave 1/Clayface two-pack, as well.
However, from the early shots, the Public Enemies Batman looks like it might take the cake over the original black and gray DCSH Batman. Just my opinion.
Does this mean Movie masters will be $20 or what?
I for one am excited about the DCUC 5-pack! I just hope it actually gets out there! I'll get Black & Grey Bats, Two-Face, Catwoman, and Luthor!?! Awesome… oh, and there's that guy in blue too… meh.
I don't even know if I care about the MM at this point… I guess a Two-Face to complete the TDK trio. Of course thats what 10,000 other people are saying now… I love how they're doing him last when he's prolly the most wanted out of them all.
Waves 12 to 15 in 2010. If Raven is chosen as the Toyfare Fans Choice, then she is also a part of Wave 15, the 2010 Walmart Exclusive wave! How messed up is that? Or they can push her back to 2011 and Wave 16?
Other stuff I'm really not digging except Robot Boy in Wave 10. Power Girl too but she's gotten so much overexposure the bubble has kind of burst.
Public Enemies is more interesting than Wave 10 or 11 but I'm not getting the entire wave.
Ima gonna nit-pick joker,man-bat,question and deadman(either varient).Ya'll can keep the rest.
also gonna get that five pack
i have my heart set on that five pack though
I'm pleased by just about everything and hope the Superman and Zod 12 inch figures turn out well.
I would be far more excited if I could actually find wave 8!!
Why the f*ck does Wal-Mart keep getting all the awesome exclusives? These are gonna be impossible to find.
I'm really excited about the Green Lantern stuff, especially Hal Jordan Parallax, the Mego line, and the two 12" movie masters figures. It looks like a lot of really great stuff and I hope it's done right.
I just hope I'll be able to buy the Movie Masters figures on Mattycollector. I'm scared I won't because of all the trouble MOTUC fans have had.
I'm just not feeling that public enemies wave. Brimstone is fine, he looks like he should. I can probably hide the Silver Banshee, Major Force, and Black Lightning on the back of my shelf where you don't notice the funky heads – but that Icicle is UGLY. The 4H get the McG look right, it just blew to start with. I think that will be my first unique character DCUC to go in the box of accessories.
Im just wondering when we will get Martian Mannhunter. Im super excited about all the Lanterns. Specially Kilowog.
and john stewart no way! Im going to need a bail out this year.
Other exciting news about Dynamite getting FIGHTING AMERICAN, … Marvel getting MIRACLEMAN,… AND …DC getting THUNDER AGENTS…
I wonder if there are T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENT action figures somewhere in our future!! By Mattel and the 4H!!??!!
To be honest I'm seeing DCUC EVERYWHERE now. Picked up Mister Terrific for my son today at TRU, and Walmart had complete Flash wave, plus I've seen Shazam/Captain Marvel at TRU, Target, AND Walmart. Maybe these things will get out there
I'm so excited that I'll never see Powergirl in stores ever. Seriously, almost none of the Wal-Marts around me have DCUC.
Man , I swear…I'm seeing these things everywhere… I hit a TRU in Orland Park today and they had the Batman/Clayface two pack. I thought that was an online exclusive! Is there a government funded DCUC bailout
Shadeslord, you lucky [BAD WORD], which part of the country are you in?
The TRU I go to (Deptford, NJ) hasn't had any of them in months. They've got plenty of Infinite Heroes, mainly the Superman/Shazam! 8-Pack, and a few of those 'Giants of Justice' figs, all clearanced.
The Target I visit weekly (Mantua, NJ) has pegs for them, but I think I've seen a grand total of 2, maybe 3, hanging off of them in the past month. They've also got the Infinite Heroes clearanced.
I'm in south Chicago suburbs, and I don't feel lucky, even though I'm seeing them, I'm not working so I have to pick and choose what I buy. I swear a month ago it was all Cyborgs and Ares with a Wonder Woman thrown in, and now, complete Wave 7 including variants, and a good handful of Wave 8's. I hope to see Steel, as the one I got from ETC had a leg that was glued back together, and a piece of masking tape holding an upper arm together.
"Tell your Wal-Mart to start carrying DCUC!"
Yeah, that's the battle cry that Matty has been telling us.
Here's a couple things about Wal-Mart, though: (at least the wal-marts in my area)
Most Wal-Marts here in Oklahoma have terrible, terrible toy aisles. In shambles, poorly stocked, you name it. The thing about new DCUC in stock is that they continually re-order the same wave, over and over. For instance – currently in stores I see half of Wave 6, half of Wave 7, and the Cyborg/Batman Beyond variants. WTF? I mean, that's cool and all, but this is what has been on the shelves since MARCH.
They get a new shipment in, and it's the exact same thing. They've probably restocked the shelves with the same thing at least seven times.
It's not just DCUC, it's every line. The only progress I have seen personally is with the Transformers movie line, and Marvel Universe.
I don't even think they MAKE Jakks WWE toys anymore, from the looks in the stores. (Sarcasm)
What needs to happen, and I know it will be terrible for those people who are NOT on the ball, is for the retail stores to order several cases of, say, wave 10. And then after they are sold. ORDER NO MORE. Because they will all sell, and then everyone in the area who wants them will already have them. THEN, they order more of the same wave. Then, when it's time for the NEXT wave to come out, they are overstocked. And if they DO go ahead and order the next wave, they can't put it out for months and months and months, because they have to rid themselves of the current stocked product.
Does this sound familiar?
I know what you're all thinking, "Yeah, but you're in Oklahoma, in the sticks." Hardly. Just imagine what it's like in a hole in the wall such as Kentucky, or, god forbid, North Dakota.
If it's bad in major metropolitan areas, such as Chicago, imagine what it must be like everywhere else.
Much like Shadeslord said, online retail is sufficient, but it's not the same as holding it in your hand, verifying that the QC is up to par before you purchase. I know that the QC woes have improved quite a bit, but it's still not up to standard. (on that note, why the hell are there so many issues? Anyone ever have any broken Marvel Legends?)
In the end, I must say this- My job requires me to travel all day long, across the state, and occasionally out of state. I was in a town some seventy miles away from my house, and I stopped at a Wal-Mart. To my surprise, I found a Riddler, yes, a RIDDLER from wave 5! I don't have ANY of wave 5, as I really just got on board while wave 6 was on the shelves. (I went back and got everything else, after that.)
So there is the Riddler. Of course, The Riddler is one of my least favorite DCUC figures, but hey, I am a terrible, terrible obsessive completist. But hey, the Metallo is worth the price of admission alone, right?
…EXCEPT someone STOLE the torso out of the package. EPIC FAIL! EPIC FAIL!
Luckily I found a loose torso for five dollars on ebay, so it ended up working out.
But what does it say- when I have to drive almost 100 miles to find a toy I have NEVER BEFORE SEEN in person, only to find it missing the CC piece, and having to buy it on ebay?
Mattel should read this post, because it basically sums up what we're all worried about, for wave 10.
One thing could help a lot of these issues-
What if Wal-Mart sold them on their website? It's still an exclusive, so what's the difference?
Oh well, I guess we can always be happy buying 15 Captain Colds and 15 DCIH Spectres and Dr Fates, because that's all I'm seeing.
At least there are plenty of Red Hulks around these parts…
I don't mind buying certain things online,and I've bought all but Wave 1 through online retailers, but of all the waves I've bought online, only Wave 7 was defect free. Wave 6 was godawful. I probably won't order online again, so I am glad to see the DCUC stuff hitting toy aisles around here.Actually just picked up Supes/Braniac at TRU in Matteson IL. They had 4 of them, and I think 4 Bats/ clayface, but I couldn't bring myself to waste the money on it.
It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.
– Logan Pearsall Smith
I'm excited about:
DCUC: Four waves plus one Walmart wave in 2010 (that’s entirely in 2010, and doesn’t include Waves 10 and 11). Mattel swears(swears!! Get it!!) that Walmart has placed considerably larger orders and the figures will be easier to get.!!
They'll be easier to get!!
DCUC Wave 10: Beast Boy, Batman (all black w/ yellow symbol and yellow belt) w/ bat-laptop; Forager; Joker; brown Man-Bat; Power Girl; Robotman–opening head so you can see his brain; CnC: Imperiex
(I'm really excited about Robotman… and his brain… and The Joker…and Power Girl!! Forager is neat!! I love it.!! And the others are great,too!!
DCUC Wave 11: SC Cyborg Supes–couple pieces of new tooling, hands w/ rings; Deadman; variant Deadman w/ fading to translucent legs; John Stewart w/ GL constructs; Katma Tui; the Question(who looks great!!); and Shark (Silver Age)(him I'm not so sure of–maybe one I'm not too wild about); Steppenwolf (50/50 green armor vs. Super Powers-style);
Have you seen Kirby's green Steppenwolf!!
The 4H have done a wonderful job on him.
CnC 9″ Kilowog
DCUC 2-Packs: SC Romat-Ru and Karu-Sil, comes w/ at least one construct; Animal Man and B’Wanna Beast(gotta have this guy!)
DCUC 5-pack exclusive to Walmart: Black-and-gray Batman w/ no mud, Superman (normal eyes), Two-Face repainted in Silver Age colors, purple Catwoman repaint, new Silver Age Lex Luthor–Great 5 pack…. I love it. I think it will sell well.!!
I think we did Amazingly well. Even Eclipso on the way!!
O-boy!!
Those "Public Enemies" figures are horrible. Mattel's cheapness has hit a new low. You can just imagine them saying in a meeting "Now how can we make Ed McGuiness-style figures while only giving the standard Four Horsman bodies new heads?" Answer: you can't, and the result looks like crap.
I like the Public Enemies figures…as regular DCUC figures. Finally I get my black-and-gray Batman with a pouch belt and bat black symbol. That fact that they're not really McGuinness-style is a plus in my book.
Man, very underwhelmed by the DCUC reveals. Robotman looks really good and the Steppenwolves look pretty darn awesome. B'Wana Beast! But for me way too may Green Lanterns, I thought they were planning to start with the inevitable Legion of Super Heroes roll out. The MOTUC line is making DCUC look like a third tier neglected step child. Time to crank it up a bit Mattel, the DCUC line is really getting boring, especially when old school fan boys like myself are finding it hard to get excited by this line. World Greatest Super Heroes really did it for me, I prey this line survives many waves to come and keeps it firmly planted in the 70's, they look AMAZING!! Please Marvel/Hasbro follow suit.
oops forgot to mention Forager looks great as well and Deadman is an interesting looking fig, we'll have to see what they look like when they hit retail. Better for me anyway. Less figs to look for and stuff my already over crowded shelves with. I just hope the next few waves have some more interesting selections and a lot less Lanterns.
Would any of you fine upstanding honkeys be able to point me in the direction of some pictures of the new DCUC figures? If there are any floating around that is.
DCUCinfo.com has some great picks of waves 10 and 11 as well as the mattel DCUC classics presentation
Thank you Shadeslord! Good stuff and bad stuff.
Good: Power Girl
Bad: Shark (Blech!)
@Fink: Toynewsi.com has some good pix of the figure in their cases. I haven't been to dcuc.info yet, so I don't know if they're better/same/worse.
I think the Public Enemies Batman looks interesting. Something worth looking into picking up.
Yeah Shark is godawful….as for the public enemies stuff…. I hope I'm working by that time so it'll be a moot point, but I'll be sticking to the comics accurate figures, no matter how much I'd love that black and grey batman….. ok who am I kidding?
Ok after checking out Toynewsi.com(thanx pffkttear) great public enemies pix, I now will be looking for two jobs
Agree with AJ. You can't blend the two. But on one hand they don't look like McGuiness to me anyway, they look more like Timmversions and they pushing the DVD here not the comic. People bitched about the DCSH Superman's face being blocky now this Public Enemy one is even worse. Granted, I'm seriously considering doing a head swap on the metallic blue variant version with non-red Eye Supes. That's how I justify buying Superman yet AGAIN for Brimstone…which once he has that translucent head they mentioned we'll all be clamoring for come X-mas!