I was digging out some of the DCUC and Movie Masters figures the other day and found several of them–particularly Deathstroke, Nightwing and Movie Masters Batman Begins Batman–were covered with that oily, misty substance. There was a lot of discussion of this after DCUC Wave 3–apparently the worst offender for this issue–and in doing some research, I came across this informative Fwoosh post by user BigGuido. (more…)
Toy Aisle Trolls is a feature highlighting acts of vandalism to in-store toy items. If you find a ruined package, a stolen figure, a swapped-out figure, or any other such acts, take a photo (cell phone photos are fine if they’re not blurry) and email them to poe AT poeghostal.com.
Poester MB sends in this oddity.
I just have to ask–who is having trouble finding a regular Superman? I don’t think this troll understands how this works.
I guess he may have returned the package after buying it (or swapped the figure at the store), so he got the Superman for free, which is trollish, but on the other hand, he may have paid for the Cyborg Superman…so…huh. I don’t know how mad am I about this. Kinda, for sure. But not as much as usual.
1.) You recently announced that the Winston w/ Slime Blower was delayed. Is there any chance the delay is because you’re adding the “football pads” part of his outfit?
He is delayed to make him more accurate to the film. He will have the full vest and pads when released. (more…)
1.) FakeEyes 22 asks: Any idea if/when we’ll see a new DCUC All-Star Assortment and are there plans to include Hawkgirl? She’s ideal as the first release was a tough find and she was heavily featured in the JLA/JLU series.
All-Star figures will continue to ship all year, with at least one All-Star in each case pack. No plans right now for Hawkgirl as a single, but she will be back in a Wal-Mart two-pack later this year! (more…)
1.) 3B asks: The larger knee pads on some WWE figures (i.e. Triple H, Batista, and all wrestlers with the kick-pads, etc.) really restrict the leg articulation, is it possible to mold these in a softer, more flexible plastic?
This is something we have been looking into and will pass this comment onto our design team! (more…)
Etrigan the Demon by yorrick
Shoot. This will be for the September 1 round.
Enchanted Toy Chest and Entertainment Earth have some new pre-orders up for the upcoming DCUC and Green Lantern Classics lines.
Enchanted Toy Chest:
Entertainment Earth:
Mattel’s big post-SDCC sale begins today at noon. How fast will Orko and Plastic Man sell out? How about Mo-Larr? Guesses? Here are mine:
I’m not as sure about Starro, particularly because I think he loses a lot of his appeal without the mini-Starros.
Anyway, here’s a link to the general sale page.
Marvel Legends close 1 by Carls Life
At their Marvel SDCC panel, Hasbro said that 6″ Marvel Legends would be returning “in full force” in 2012. I started to wonder why that would be, given how strongly they’ve been pushing Marvel Universe, and I’m wondering if it’s the success of DCUC that has them reconsidering. (more…)