December 4, 2008 | Poe
I’ll be doing separate reviews of each figure for OAFE, but I can already tell you I like these figures more than I expected to. This is easily the DCUC wave I was least interested in, but as action figures the characters are quite likable. I was particularly surprised by how much I like Amazo.- Almost every single hip on every figure was stuck. Fortunately, with a combination of the freezer trick, heating, and patience, I was able to free every stuck joint. There have been a lot of reports of breakage on DCUC figures, though, and I sometimes wonder how much of that is due to a lack of patience. I’d much rather spend an hour loosening my figures’ limbs than weeks looking for a replacement.
- Metallo’s joints are very loose, especially his torso ball joint and the sockets in his hips. I ended up supergluing his hip sockets, though you can still pose his legs by popping out the peg and putting into the socket in a different position.
- For the most part, the paint work on my set is very good. Only the Eradicator has a major flaw on his abdomen. And as far as I can tell, there are no incorrect limbs or feet.
- The Eradicator loves his BluBlockers.
- Amazo looks like a Christmas elf on steroids.
