[Fortune]

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Originally Posted by kenm2474

Just cancelled my preorder. I was going to him and 01 Rocket Red. Now Just 01.

whats the difference between rocket red and 01 rocket red?

[thechris]

Man I just don't understand this company sometimes. They made Rocket Red oversized but made Atrocitus regular sized... Who approved this?

[thechris]

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Originally Posted by FancyPants

I think riddler is too built for his character. He's like buffer than my GL and flash. Him too. flash should be slender and quick.

Am I just a DC noob or do they repeat more bodys and molds than anyone else?

I think it's cool though how wonder woman is bigger than other females. Like super girl. bat girl is like nothing but legs

They do, which is fine since a lot of heroes have pretty much the same build. I just don't like it when they use ones that don't suit the character. Riddler is pretty buffed up in the jumpsuit version they made of him. I'm not sure but that may be the Batman buck they used for him. In the comics, he has been pictured as very muscular in some comics. The Blue Beetle mould would probably have done the trick.

I think the Flash on the otherhand looks just right. He has been drawn much thinner than some heroes in the past but he's also been depicted as quite built, Barry Allen looks about as buff as Hal Jordan and I think they chose the right bodies, I think the body they used for him works. It depends on the artist. Some of them draw the Flash (especially new age artists) with no muscles at all, they use totally straight lines but other artists draw him as a built looking guy you would not want to mess with. As a little boy growing up, I was really into the DC comics of the 80s and 90s and that's how I've always seen him portrayed.

I'm not an anti-Marvel/pro-DC guy but I will say that I like the fact that DC re-uses bucks because a lot of heroes have the exact body size even in the comics and I think it works. I don't want them to resculpt an entirely new body for Superman, Batman and Captain Marvel just for the sake of making them look a little different. They have the same body type. With the Marvel Legends toys, you get figures that don't even look like they belong in the same line because they try TOO hard to make the bucks look different to the point where some of the figures just look malformed and weird. I'll use the new Masters of the Universe Classics line as an example. Most of those guys have the same bodies and it works as well. If they made 50 different body types, would it improve the line just because Skeletor's nipples are a few millimeters higher up on his chest than He-man's and they gave Man-E-Faces an outy instead of an inny for a belly button and made Tri-Klop's arms half a centimetre longer than King Randor's? It would start looking weird.

My biggest gripe are the obvious height issues and when they use the WRONG body type. Using a S.T.E.E.L. sized body for Rocket Red and then a Superman body for Atrocitus is stupid. They have a buck of perfect height for Atrocitus, Despero. He's shorter than the majority of CnCs but taller than all the regular sized figures. Heck even Bane would have been a good start. Rocket Red should have just utilized a Batman body. Should've been no bigger than AzBats.

I used to be a lot angrier about Golden Age Atom but now I have him with his knees bent and his fists in a boxing position and I suppose it's passable but they really screwed up on him, too. Tim Drake and Kid Flash had JUST enough parts to make Golden Age flash without having to do any new sculpting except for the Cape, the head, the wrist guantlets and the waist. The exact same pieces they had to do anyway.

There's been a lot of complaining about the choices for characters in Club Infinite Earths but I could not disagree more. I think they made great choices. Jay Garrick has been a long standing must have for hardcore DC fans who want to complete their Golden Age Justice Society (sans Johnny Thunder). Batfans finally get Poison Ivy. Lantern fans are getting Atrocitus. We're getting Platinum and Tin and a lot of other guys that people who have been loyally buying most of this line have been begging for. Yes, they made a poor job of some of the characters, but the selection was stellar. I like most of the hardcore DC collectors already have the big seven.

I don't need more Batman variants and something tells me that Mattel knew that if they gave us another Batman, especially in a subscription based line, we would declare war on Mattel. They could have given us bad choices, they've done it in the past, even at a retail level. Shark and Tyr are great examples. I've never even HEARD of Shark. I thought he was an Aquaman bad guy. Tyr is a Legion bad guy who hardly anyone would have lost sleep over if they simply omitted him. It's not like they made ANY other Legion villains except Validus and they aren't even on the same team.

All I know is that could've been Huntress and Dr. Arthur Light, or Elongated Man and Trickster or Madhatter and Ra's Al Ghul. There were tons of more deserving characters for goodness sake but what can one do but make a long post on a toy forum and hope that Mattel employees skim over it at some point and make a decision influenced by your post? Well obviously that's happened already because we got Club Infinite Earths and like I said, SOME of the guys were poorly made, but they've got a great selection in my opinion and Jay Garrick looks just like Jay Garrick, what more do you want? If you think the character sucks, there's nothing more they can do for you but some of us actually want this guy.

[Poison Shadow]

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Originally Posted by Morzilla

We have those figures on clearance for like $11 (will double check tonight), I had I known you wanted aqua lad I could have helped you there!!

...You wouldn't happen to have a Young Justice Red Arrow, would you? I've never seen one around here, let alone on clearance! I just paid $23 each for a Aqualad and Robin from target about three days ago. The high prices kept me from getting Sportsmaster as well.

[Tiberius]

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Originally Posted by Poison Shadow

...You wouldn't happen to have a Young Justice Red Arrow, would you? I've never seen one around here, let alone on clearance! I just paid $23 each for a Aqualad and Robin from target about three days ago. The high prices kept me from getting Sportsmaster as well.

Sportsmaster would be the only one I would get. Looks flipping sick.

[hrothgars]

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Originally Posted by Tiberius

Sportsmaster would be the only one I would get. Looks flipping sick.

There are a ton of Sportsmasters at a local Target store, but none of the Targets in this area have marked the figures down quite yet. They are still $26 each with local & state sales taxes.

[jaybird7072]

just got these in from JustryGT thanks bro.. been looking for these for ever over here..

[Barefootabe]

youll love those figures^^

[kenm2474]

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Originally Posted by Fortune

whats the difference between rocket red and 01 rocket red?

There are hundreds of Rocket Reds but a few a iconic due to joining the JLI team. Dmitri Pushkin was RR 1-4 and was part of the JLI. Gavril Ivanovich was RR 07 but was ejected out of the JLI because he was found to be a Manhunter android.
EDIT: Out of Frustration with the scale of Mattels RR I mistyped the correct number I am getting a custom of. I am getting 07 RR.

[Bubba304]

yeah the size of the Rocket Red we're getting sucks, he's wayyyy to big, what were they thinking?!? I was really excited to be getting that figure, but now its the one I least look forward to.

[Morzilla]

HOLIEE GIVE AWAYS BATMAN!!! those are on clearance as well and at that price?!?!

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Originally Posted by jaybird7072

just got these in from JustryGT thanks bro.. been looking for these for ever over here..

[Morzilla]

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Originally Posted by Poison Shadow

...You wouldn't happen to have a Young Justice Red Arrow, would you? I've never seen one around here, let alone on clearance! I just paid $23 each for a Aqualad and Robin from target about three days ago. The high prices kept me from getting Sportsmaster as well.

What I have seen is Aqualad, Robin, and Artemis. But yeah I'll check tonight and let you know tomorrow at some time.

[jaybird7072]

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Originally Posted by Morzilla

HOLIEE GIVE AWAYS BATMAN!!! those are on clearance as well and at that price?!?!

hahaha yea at JustryGT target they were on clearance.. There still 20 bucks hear in san antonio but the only ones you ever see is that catwoman and fa batman.. Really happy to add these to my collection of batman

[JustryGT]

I had hoped to find more but it turns out that not every Target is marking them down at the same intervals. Some stores are only 30 percent off and they only have the classic comic colors Catwoman.
I also saw some decent looking DC universe classics at the Tuesday Morning stores(out of town) for $7.00 each. They had a 2 different Batmans among others. If you haven't been to one of those TM stores lately, it may be worth checking out.
Is there a good photo archive somewhere of most of the current DC universe figures?

[Tiberius]

Curious as to what Batmen those where...

[Morzilla]

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Originally Posted by jaybird7072

hahaha yea at JustryGT target they were on clearance.. There still 20 bucks hear in san antonio but the only ones you ever see is that catwoman and fa batman.. Really happy to add these to my collection of batman

Wait, wait, did you justtyped that the target there has thecatwoman & batman??? Is this the first appearance catwoman or the AC: catwoman???

[Morzilla]

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Originally Posted by JustryGT

I had hoped to find more but it turns out that not every Target is marking them down at the same intervals. Some stores are only 30 percent off and they only have the classic comic colors Catwoman.
I also saw some decent looking DC universe classics at the Tuesday Morning stores(out of town) for $7.00 each. They had a 2 different Batmans among others. If you haven't been to one of those TM stores lately, it may be worth checking out.
Is there a good photo archive somewhere of most of the current DC universe figures?

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Originally Posted by Tiberius

Curious as to what Batmen those where...

Me too.....

[BigHanksCustoms]

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Originally Posted by Tiberius

Curious as to what Batmen those where...

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Originally Posted by Morzilla

Me too.....

In my neck of the woods Tuesday Mornings have Yellow Sinestro Corps Batman, from the Validus wave.

In fact I've seen gotten the whole Validus wave from there.

[FancyPants]

Put up man bat

[jaybird7072]

I so need that bane...

[Tiberius]

I need more Batman things and less Superman and GL.

[jaybird7072]

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Originally Posted by Morzilla

Wait, wait, did you justtyped that the target there has thecatwoman & batman??? Is this the first appearance catwoman or the AC: catwoman???

Ya that purple catwoman and the batman with pink gloves

[FancyPants]

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Originally Posted by Tiberius

I need more Batman things and less Superman and GL.

clayface is next on my list or steel. Dunno how I ended up craving so many batman villains other than the fact batman is awesome. If that arkham city freeze is in scale he'll be on that shelf too. I'd looooove to see a bad ass scarecrow. Like even a repainted sinestro corps one would be cool

[Tiberius]

I do want Mattel to start focusing on New 52 figures. Hopefully in 2013.

[BigHanksCustoms]

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Originally Posted by FancyPants

clayface is next on my list or steel. Dunno how I ended up craving so many batman villains other than the fact batman is awesome. If that arkham city freeze is in scale he'll be on that shelf too. I'd looooove to see a bad ass scarecrow. Like even a repainted sinestro corps one would be cool

Love tha ManBat, nice pickup!

I passed on that Batman/Clayface two pack so many times, now I want one so bad I regret never pickimg him up.