New DCUC figure revealed

Man, busy day here on PGPoA. For those of you who get these missives via an RSS feed, I apologize for all the new items–but this couldn’t wait.

The New York Comic Con is this weekend, and Mattel has been hinting that they’ll be revealing all sorts of DC-related goodness at their Saturday panel. But to get the ball rolling, they’ve sent some photos to Action Figure Insider of the latest addition to the DCUC ranks–Lightray! Click on the pic for the full article and more photos.

My thoughts: Mattel continues to intrigue me with its DCUC characters choices. As a big Jack Kirby fan, I have no complaints about getting another action figure of a New God. Perhaps this is the SDCC exclusive, rumored to be an alien?

As always, the Four Horsemen’s sculpting and paint work look amazing. But I found it a bit amusing AFI’s article states, “This has been a good year for Lightray”–since he just got killed off in the comics. Fortunately, this is comics, so he should be back in a month or two. A year, tops.

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7 Comments

  1. He looks gorgeous, but i probably won't be touching this.

  2. The only reason I know this guy is because he was in a Justice League episode.

    It's good that they aren't burning through all the core characters right away.

  3. Poe

    Rumor is he'll be part of a retailer exclusive two-pack, so he's not eating up a spot in one of the waves.

    Personally I like the guy, and over on the Fwoosh, Cornboy wrote that this is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the obscure characters we'll be seeing. Kite-Man anyone?

    But yeah, the DC Direct New Gods set will be out this year.

  4. Isn't there a DC Direct Lightray scheduled as well? Two figures for a dead second banana…he looks nice, yeah, but wouldn't a Kirby OMAC or Kamandi be a better idea? You know, a character that did something?

    Sorry, there was new snow on the ground this morning, and I'm all snippy.

  5. He looks fantastic.

  6. Poe

    The New Gods are something of an acquired taste, but once you get a feel for what Kirby's doing, it gets pretty fun.

    You sort of have to think of it as a project similar to what George Lucas was trying to do with Star Wars–create a kind of modern mythology.

  7. The DCUC line is giving me a great education in all things DC. Since my knowledge is mostly limited to Batman, this is really branching out for me.

    -x

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