[TheBlueMarvel]

@3233rafael

Thanks for posting that checklist pic! It seemed familiar and I believe I have seen it before, but your reminder was very useful.....it taught me a few things I didn't know until now. For example, I now know that my Martian Manhunter and variant have the correct biceps (Jemm also)! J'onn is one of my all time favs and if I didn't have the correct biceps, I would have had to track down two new ones.

What this made me realize is that even though my collection is pretty expansive, many of you guys on here know a lot that I don't know about Mattel DCU. With this in mind, I was hoping you all might help with a couple of mysteries I recently purchased.....

First mystery: I just bought an ALL translucent C&C Brimstone. I'd never seen one like this, which prompted me to buy it in spite of owning one already. As you can see from the pics(the one with my window behind it - I know the pics stinks, but hopefully the see-thru bits can be made out), along with the typical translucent arms it has a translucent chest piece and a pair of translucent legs. Anyone know what the deal is with this?

Second mystery: I came across this Black Lightning. Again, I already had this version, but there was something odd about this one that made me buy the same fig again. If you look closely at the figure, his fists are balled. Not unusual for DCU figs, but most BL's have open hands for holding an object. Additionally, the fig came with those crackling fist attachments that come with Blue Superman. I was thinking that this BL might be a test shot from some PR event? I don't know....