Comments on: DCUC Wave 14 announced in ToyFare

By: americanhyena

americanhyena — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:01:49 +0000

@Newton Gimmick: Newton I've got a buddy in PA who found me my Wave 10. He says his local Walmart can't seem to get rid of them. He's a pretty cool cat, usually picking figures up for cost plus maybe $5 in time and gas money (for the lot, not each). I can put him in contact with you if you want.

By: Newton Gimmick

Newton Gimmick — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:20:42 +0000

No real characters I want other than Humanite (Though I haven't seen the actual sculpts yet so that may change) but the fact that it's a Walmart wave counts me out.

Yeah, I'm surrounded by Walmarts, but they never carry DCUC exclusives, so I don't care.

In fact, frack it. I quit DCUC.

I'm never gonna find the Joker anyway. I'll enjoy the ones I have, maybe buy someone if I really, really want them, but otherwise screw it. I'm out.

You can keep your Walmart waves. Oh, that's right… You already do.

By: Kamandi, the Last Toy on Earth (and Others)

Kamandi, the Last Toy on Earth (and Others) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:19:39 +0000

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By: Dan C.

Dan C. — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:33:27 +0000

Don't like the fact there's no Zatanna variant. I guess could bother with either Gold or even Tyr.

I'm sure a few people are little angry about Tyr being in a Wal-Mart exclusive since it is one of the last Superpowers to get done, not to mention the amount of people waiting for Zatanna. But it'll probably be nowhere near the furor of having Joker in Wave 10.

By: PrfktTear

PrfktTear — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:24:02 +0000

@Santo: You make a great point. Every wave IS a WM wave… most of my Targets are still littered with Wave 4 and 7. All I get are Capt. Colds, Wonder Womans, Bardas, and Cyborgs.

Greymattersplat: Another good point… if Wal-Mart says jump, companies have to say "how high" and then "thank you sir, may I have another".

I think the ONLY silver lining is that there are no variants in WM waves…

By: Greymattersplat

Greymattersplat — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:30:14 +0000

For those upset about it being a Wal-Mart only wave, I ask you to remember this: these waves exist because Wal-Mart has requested it, and you don't tell Wal-Mart "no" if you want to sell your figures at all. We don't have to like it, but they are the single biggest point of distribution for these, and without them this line would likely be in some serious trouble. I think the lack of "star power" is actually a bit of a calculated risk on Mattel's part, seeing as many of these are characters we'd like to have but don't have to, and the Wal-Mart buyer doesn't know that Alan Scott is a completely different kind of Green Lantern from Hal. If I had to bet, Zatanna will have the rare variant (I'd assume the Satellite era costume) and Hourman will be the 50/50 with the current and robot versions. It also wouldn't surprise me if they picked Kamandi because of his lack of flashy parts which frees up some budget for the CnC…and also because there's not a New God in this series, and he's at least still a Kirby.

By: Fengschwing

Fengschwing — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:42:10 +0000

I have this horrible feeling that as this line has no 'big names' in it, it's going to be produced in lower numbers and just be a wave 5 all over again…

By: Nik

Nik — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:22:10 +0000

Zatanna is bought.

By: The Flash III

The Flash III — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:15:10 +0000

I think you do pose a good point, Poe, about anchors to the waves. There aren't a lot of big guns left that would be well-known to average toy buyers. I think Mattel and Wally World are banking on collectors to go out and pick up whole waves. With Mattel handing Wally World the repaint 2-packs for Batman/Robin, Aquaman/Black Manta, and Superman/Bizarro, they will have well-recognized figures on the shelf as well.

By: Thomas B

Thomas B — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:38:04 +0000

Yeah. I honestly have never had a prob finding figures yet. The worst wave to find was prob wave eight. The wal mart waves were way easier than that wave. Ihave just been very lucky though.