[Startaiger]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Best pic ever!!

[snake5289]

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Originally Posted by DarkToyLord

Picked up these two today. Was a tough choice on which two to get first...but sexy women always win out ;o)

Atomica's head has ZERO movement. Her extra hands I wanna say are "almost" useless.
Harley's expression is rather...so-so...for being Harley..an extra head for her would have been great.

Aside from that...I'm really liking these.

Aquaman, which i thought would be the most boring of the bunch..actually has a nice upper body sculpt...the scales on his "top" look good.
Please make a Plastic Man.

Does anyone know what the next batch is... is it John Stewart and Firestorm?? I dunno who else.

How's the Ryan Choi Atom that comes with Atomica? Would he fit in alright with the other 3 3/4 DCC figures? I'm hoping I can score one on eBay if he's not too bad.

[Dr Kain]

I have no interest in Atomica. The only CSA members I want are the main five, which they probably won't do for the next few years since they just did them in the 7inch size.

[Augustus_Cole]

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Originally Posted by snake5289

How's the Ryan Choi Atom that comes with Atomica? Would he fit in alright with the other 3 3/4 DCC figures? I'm hoping I can score one on eBay if he's not too bad.

Decent i guess... 5 POA...decent sculpt and paint. I don't have any of those figures to stand him next to.


I didn't know Atomcia was a badguy.
Didn't know she was a member of the CSA
Also didn't know she was Latina.....cool.

My criteria was.... Hmmmm..woman action figure..nice sculpt, comes with TWO Atoms....Sold.

[lordbest]

Wasn't there a rumour that DCC were intending to make full scale Ryan Choi and Ray Palmer figures each with smaller version of the other and Atomica so if you get all three you have one in each scale?

I skipped Aquaman because I thought he looked dull.

The reviews I've seen have all said Atomica and Harley are the best figures of the wave, but if Aquaman is better than the pictures I might have to pick him up too.
I'm still angry they killed Atomica, she was the most interesting thing to happen to the CSA in the New 52.

[Ravenxl7]

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Originally Posted by lordbest

Wasn't there a rumour that DCC were intending to make full scale Ryan Choi and Ray Palmer figures each with smaller version of the other and Atomica so if you get all three you have one in each scale?

I forget what the exact wording was, but a DCC rep did at one point say that if the line sold well they would consider doing the other variations on the Atom set.

Even though they're barely into it atm, I do really hope we get some Rebirth designs in this line at some point. Most especially for Batman and Superman.

[OGTrilogy]

I saw 5 different Harley Quinn figures yesterday and all of them had horrible paint on their faces, so I passed for now. DCC missed the boat by not including the alternate open mouth smiling head that had been shown off at SDCC. I might have bought two Harleys if they had included it so I could display her with both heads in my Harley set up.

I picked up the Superman figure though and I'm pretty happy with him. I think I'm going to get out some black paint and make his eyebrows a little thicker. I wish they would give the waist and upper thighs a swivel and just do a standard ab crunch on the male figures at least.

[PanicPuppet92]

Ugh, the wait for Joker is painful lol.

BTW what's the deal with Icons Batman now? Is he still considered Bruce Wayne, or is this whole "Dick Grayson Bats" thing official? If its the latter it'd make no sense, because the upcoming New 52 Icons Batman has the exact same headsculpt.

Personally I'm happy with him as is; I'm just hoping he's still tall enough for future releases.

[lordbest]

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Originally Posted by Ravenxl7

I forget what the exact wording was, but a DCC rep did at one point say that if the line sold well they would consider doing the other variations on the Atom set.

Even though they're barely into it atm, I do really hope we get some Rebirth designs in this line at some point. Most especially for Batman and Superman.

I hope it does well then, I'd love an Icons Ryan Choi and I'd get Palmer just to have the set of little figures for Atomica and Choi.

I saw the whole of this wave at my local comic store just now, the owner bought them from America rather than domestic suppliers so they were expensive $50aud apiece ($37usd) so I didn't get them but they looked great, especially HQ and Atomica. Supermans face sculpt looked a little funny but the paint was ok.

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Originally Posted by OGTrilogy

I saw 5 different Harley Quinn figures yesterday and all of them had horrible paint on their faces, so I passed for now. DCC missed the boat by not including the alternate open mouth smiling head that had been shown off at SDCC. I might have bought two Harleys if they had included it so I could display her with both heads in my Harley set up.

I picked up the Superman figure though and I'm pretty happy with him. I think I'm going to get out some black paint and make his eyebrows a little thicker. I wish they would give the waist and upper thighs a swivel and just do a standard ab crunch on the male figures at least.

I really hope they don't start giving the male and female figures different levels of articulation. I would like to see a waist swivel included in the line though.

[Dr Kain]

Yeah, I want this line to do so well so that we can get a wide range of characters and variations. I also hope they JL pack sells well enough (even though it is N52 and will probably barely sell) so that it might intice DC to try more team packs like the New Teen Titans, the CSA, Metal Men, etc.

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Originally Posted by OGTrilogy

I wish they would give the waist and upper thighs a swivel and just do a standard ab crunch on the male figures at least.

It's taken me time to get used to it, but I really like how DCC is doing it as the poses look more realistic.

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Originally Posted by PanicPuppet92

Ugh, the wait for Joker is painful lol.

Agreed. I have some pictures I really want to do with Harley and Joker, but I want to wait for the Icons Joker instead of using Mattel's.

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Personally I'm happy with him as is; I'm just hoping he's still tall enough for future releases.

Until I have a different costume of Batman, the Icon is Bruce and only Bruce to me.

[Augustus_Cole]

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Originally Posted by lordbest

I'm still angry they killed Atomica, she was the most interesting thing to happen to the CSA in the New 52.

Dammit she's dead?!?!...awww....R.I.P

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Originally Posted by OGTrilogy

DCC missed the boat by not including the alternate open mouth smiling head that had been shown off at SDCC.

maybe they'll include it in one of those overpriced accessory packs.

[lordbest]

Yes in Forever Evil I think it was, very stupid, pointless death of a really good villain in my opinion. I'm hoping they might bring her back post-Rebirth.

[Augustus_Cole]

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Originally Posted by lordbest

Yes in Forever Evil I think it was, very stupid, pointless death of a really good villain in my opinion. I'm hoping they might bring her back post-Rebirth.

off topic but...what the hell is Rebirth...didn't they just reboot with new52??

[lordbest]

It's not a reboot exactly, it seems to be sort of smashing the old 52 and New 52 universes together. New 52 stuff is still canon, but the old characters and characterizations are coming back as well? I've onyl read Rebirth #1 so far so I'm not entirely sure what's going on.

[Augustus_Cole]

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Originally Posted by lordbest

It's not a reboot exactly, it seems to be sort of smashing the old 52 and New 52 universes together. New 52 stuff is still canon, but the old characters and characterizations are coming back as well? I've onyl read Rebirth #1 so far so I'm not entirely sure what's going on.

continuity-shmontinuity...
oh ..if it just started...i'll check it out...

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by DarkToyLord

off topic but...what the hell is Rebirth...didn't they just reboot with new52??

Rebirth is the greatest thing to happen to DC since Flash Rebirth!!! The stories are so damn good so far. Batman is back to not being a jerk and is actually asking people for help. The N52 Superman is dead and the real Superman is back.

Basically, [spoiler]Wally West is trying to get through to the people he knew before the Flashpoint altered reality and in doing so, he has started to put some of the timeline back together. Barry is the first one to remember who he was which brings him back into this universe an Barry remembers what happened. Wally reveals that there is someone who has been WATCHING their universe and saw an opportunity thanks to Flashpiont to bring all of the heroes down to his level. That person is presumably Ozymandias from Watchmen.

In Titans Rebirth, Wally gets Nightwing and gang together and ends up restoring their memories of who they were before Flashpoint.[/spoiler]

[Zorn88]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Rebirth is the greatest thing to happen to DC since Flash Rebirth!!! The stories are so damn good so far. Batman is back to not being a jerk and is actually asking people for help. The N52 Superman is dead and the real Superman is back.

Basically, [spoiler]Wally West is trying to get through to the people he knew before the Flashpoint altered reality and in doing so, he has started to put some of the timeline back together. Barry is the first one to remember who he was which brings him back into this universe an Barry remembers what happened. Wally reveals that there is someone who has been WATCHING their universe and saw an opportunity thanks to Flashpiont to bring all of the heroes down to his level. That person is presumably Ozymandias from Watchmen.

In Titans Rebirth, Wally gets Nightwing and gang together and ends up restoring their memories of who they were before Flashpoint.[/spoiler]

I've been struggling to follow the rebirth series. I have most of the new rebirth comics, but I didn't really read most of the new 52 aside from Aquaman and Nightwing.

I also don't really understand the whole Watchmen thing, or why they are involved. Wouldn't it be Doctor Manhattan who is "watching" them, since he's basically God?

[Augustus_Cole]

Good lordy all that sounds confusing...
Kain what would you suggest reading for me to keep up with the main things that happened...(or IS happening).
how the hell is New2 superman dead...smh..i'm so lost. I though that was the reboot. ARe they CORRECTING their reboot?

[OGTrilogy]

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Originally Posted by lordbest

I hope it does well then, I'd love an Icons Ryan Choi and I'd get Palmer just to have the set of little figures for Atomica and Choi.

I saw the whole of this wave at my local comic store just now, the owner bought them from America rather than domestic suppliers so they were expensive $50aud apiece ($37usd) so I didn't get them but they looked great, especially HQ and Atomica. Supermans face sculpt looked a little funny but the paint was ok.


I really hope they don't start giving the male and female figures different levels of articulation. I would like to see a waist swivel included in the line though.

I passed on the Harley and Atomica so I don't have any of their female characters yet and I don't know if the same articulation scheme works for them or not. I wouldn't really mind if different figures have different types of articulation as long as there is a standard minimum. I get that many people liked DCUC because they are kinda uniform with their body types and articulation, but I would have preferred more variety. Also, I think that most male characters look fine with an ab crunch joint but I generally dislike seeing them on female characters. I like how Hasbro uses a diaphragm joint on the females because it looks so much better even if it doesn't give you the greatest range of motion.

[lordbest]

I prefer diaphragm joints in general, more realistic in my opinion, the human body tends not to rotate and the abs the way ab crunches do. I just worry if we start seeing changes in articulation based on gender it will ultimately result in less articulation in female figures. I don't have a problem with varying the articulation where it suits the figure (Black Series 6" Rey doesn't have double knees but doesn't suffer for it owing to the design). I'd hate to see Icons backslide and end with female characters that have almost no torso articulation from the diaphragm down.
I get the aesthetics argument for female figures, but I'd rather they focus on giving them a high level of articulation, especially since the ab crunches on Harley and Atomica seem very well done, no big gaping holes in their torso.

[Augustus_Cole]

oddly enough ..i never tried to pose these figures much..until now.
My initial thought was...why in the world did they not make a waist twist (swivel)...then when i saw what the diaphragm/torso actually does..it's actually MUCH more realistic. BUT..the range of motion i got with Harley was much better than the range of motion I got with Batman. Haven't tried on the rest of them as of yet.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Zorn88

I've been struggling to follow the rebirth series. I have most of the new rebirth comics, but I didn't really read most of the new 52 aside from Aquaman and Nightwing.

I also don't really understand the whole Watchmen thing, or why they are involved. Wouldn't it be Doctor Manhattan who is "watching" them, since he's basically God?

I think Rebirth has been excellent so far. The best DC comics we have gotten in years.

As for The Watchmen thing, we'll just have to see how it plays out.

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Originally Posted by DarkToyLord

Good lordy all that sounds confusing...
Kain what would you suggest reading for me to keep up with the main things that happened...(or IS happening).
how the hell is New2 superman dead...smh..i'm so lost. I though that was the reboot. ARe they CORRECTING their reboot?

N52 Superman got toasted against I believe Doomsday and then when the real Superman tried to bring him back, he learned this universe does not have a Resurrection Matrix, so N52 Sups is permadead.

[Dr Kain]

Okay, so first, Aquaman:













Overall, despite the normal complaint about the lack of a thigh swivel, Aquaman is pretty awesome. The sculpt is fantastic and he can hold his trident. The alternate head with the fish call thing is a nice touch and his heads are pretty nice looking. Unfortunately, the trident is very flimsy, so you need to becareful with it or it is going to break with ease. I love that he also has three sets of hands to choose from.

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So uh... Superman... yeah... He is probalby my least favorite Icons figure to date. It is a shame too because he has so much greatness going on. The sculpting is great, especially on there hair. The chest and cape have the pentagon shape for the symbol sculpted on. The hair is fantastic. However, his left arm looks off when the elbow isn't bent due to how big his bicep is and the gaps between the legs and the waist is HUGE!! It looks fine some certain angles, but when you look at him straight on, it just looks terrible. The bigger gap doesn't even help him with leg articulation either. In fact, I don't get why this wave was delayed because there is nothing on him to show any sort of improvements to justify it. He doesn't even have boot rotation like all of the other Icons with boots do.

Don't get me wrong, I think this figure puts the Mattel one to shame still, but I don't know what happened with this figure when they designed him. I just hope the next incarnation of Superman they do in the Icons line (that isn't N52) is done with a lot more care. If you are like me and need to have him in your collection, don't let the negatives stop you. However, if you are pretty meh on Superman overall, and are just collecting your favorites in the Icons line, you might want to skip him.

Oh, his robot is pretty cool though. He is a great edition despite the fact that we lost out on a third set of hands for him.

[305Batman]

I think I'll wait for the inevitable STAS or JLU animated Superman from DCC,this looks horrible!

[Dr Kain]

I wouldn't say it looks horrible, just that the gaps and one bicep are kinda blah. Other than that, he looks great.