Originally Posted by Crazy Jetty (Post 250972)

Well... there's the fact that Cyborg and Aquaman would take up a spot for yet another Barry Allen, or Batman. :p

Either way, it's Mattel. You never can tell what they may do. They seem to get easily distracted by shiny objects.

Even without being announced, I'd be confident that Batman, Superman, Flash, and Wonderwoman would get made. Wonderwoman would probably be one of the last.
Green Lantern, Mattel may be starting to back away from for a while, after the movie glut (And with new atention on Batman). Also, his costume is relatively the same. And there's only so many times you can release the exact same toy.
Aquaman is starting to get into unpopular territory, and Cyborg is one of those C-Listers they say they're going to start to shy away from.
I'm not nessisarily big on "sets," but the New 52 doesn't do much for me without an entire set.

Originally Posted by vimagnum (Post 251025)

No disrespect intended but how is Aquaman becoming unpopular? Just curious.

Originally Posted by vimagnum (Post 251037)

Getting away from the Aquaman discussion how the hell can Mattel think that Poison ivy is more obscure than Kingdom come red robin? I thought that the sub was for obscure characters not a-list bat villians. Does anyone else think this is screwed up?

Originally Posted by Crazy Jetty (Post 251035)

He's not becoming unpopular. He's always been fairly unpopular.
Hence, when we start getting to Aquaman, then we're starting to get into the unpopular crowd. Which would be simular to c or d list characetrs, like cyborg.
But Aquaman has always been not terribly popular. Hell, it's only just recently that people have started to take him seriously. And it's only recently that they've started writing decently for him.

Originally Posted by vimagnum (Post 251037)

Getting away from the Aquaman discussion how the hell can Mattel think that Poison ivy is more obscure than Kingdom come red robin? I thought that the sub was for obscure characters not a-list bat villians. Does anyone else think this is screwed up?

Originally Posted by ToyAddict (Post 251267)

I have a suspicion (that Mattel will of course never admit to) that Poison Ivy was going to be in a main retail line. . .DCAS or Batman Legacy, either one. But the subscription numbers were so low that they pulled her from the main line and put her in the sub as extra bait. As best as I remember, when the sub was first announced, we were only promised Starman, Jay Garrick, Atrocitus, and whoever won the poll for the oversize figure. Either near the end of the sign-up time the first time, or after they re-opened the subscription, did we find out Ivy was in the sub.

Originally Posted by Greenskar (Post 250857)

Actually, that's exactly how Flash is drawn in the New 52 JL Sketchbook at the end of issue #4. I actually think it sets him apart from previously released Flash figures so its a plus for me, though I suppose I could see how it could annoy some people.

I'm confused about your Superman comment though. What do you mean the buck is way too big for a younger Superman? Are you referring to the one in action comics (who is very much a kid) or the one from Justice League who is much older?

Originally Posted by Americhampion (Post 251492)

I think the buck is still too big for the "5 years later" Superman. He's still younger in the present-day comics than he was pre-Flashpoint. I would have preferred a slimmer buck, like the Flash, for example.

Or maybe it's that his head is too small. I think it's both, actually.

Originally Posted by Americhampion (Post 251492)

As for the Flash, I know the lines are accurate, but that's only when he's running.