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I have to admit to being saddened by the news. Did it ever mention how long the agreement was extended, though?

I've fallen away from the six inch lines because they cost too much and the 4 inch ones are just more fun in my opinion. I can see how six inch fans can be happy about this.

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Originally Posted by Crazy Jetty

I *really* don't think the GL or IH line are nearly as bad as everyone keeps ranting about. They're not deserving of how badly they get trashed.
They're fairly meh figures. Sure they don't have enough articulation. But all they need are knee and elbow joints, and in the case of IH, some accessories. They both had terrific sculpting.

"Terrific sculpting" is a bit of a stretch. The first wave of DCIH all had giant hands, and the later waves were far too skinny for most of the characters they represented. The quality was extremely low on the Mattel toys. Consider the plastic that turns chalky, or the later figures with limbs that would snap off because of the poor peg construction. I collected these figures because I loved the comic guys, but DCIH was a garbage line. Don't get me started on the waste of space that was GL.

The whole avatar thing kills me with Mattel. They're capable of doing something decent, just not willing.

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And based on my sampling of the MU, I also don't think those are nearly as deserving of the praise they get. They haven't lived up to their nearly infinite praise.
They're *also* fairly meh figures. They're extremely fragile, don't work right, and have too *much* articulation. Their sculpting also leaves more than a lot to be desired.
(Seriously, my X-23 has less usable articulation than my GL Kilowog, and I had to go through half a dozen of her to find one with decent paint and claws that weren't bent to hell)

Hasbro's MU has its issues. Paint apps are a problem, but I think the sculpts and articulation have been steadily improving since the line began. I don't think they're fragile, either. The worst I've ever had with a Hasbro MU figure was a leg pop off that popped right back on again. Even the lesser lines blow anything Mattel put out at that scale totally out of the water.

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For me, Mattel continuing the 6" line is great! DCUC are the best action figures I've ever collected. They beat the snot out of Toybiz' and Hasbro's ML. They could use some work, but everything has room for improvement.

I just wish the 6" market wasn't pretty much dead, and boarderline too expensive to collect due to production costs.
I miss the day when a figure like a DCUC would cost $8 bucks.

What is the plan with the regular DCU? I know the six inch line is ending at retail, but are they relaunching or just moving towards sub-lines?