[TheBlueMarvel]

DrKain:

I'm not certain one can ever be sure of what others know or don't know. For example..did you think I was promoting purchase of this fig?!?! I would think "F'd up paint app" would be enough of a hint as to what my overall impression was...

I'm no sycophant for Mattel, but I do see what they were going for (however misguided that may be in my opinion). As much as I might not be interested in this portion (or the entire line-up for that matter) of their "Superpowers" offerings, maybe there is someone in South America that will do back flips when they see “El Acertijo"....or maybe not.

As it pertains to letting Mattel get away with something, what can you really do other than choose not to buy? Sometimes, as fans we forget that we are just that...."fans." No more, no less. I'm guilty of it (TH anyone? HAH!)...many of us are guilty. In our fandom we think we have "ownership." Fans complain about Dante being re-tooled in Devil May Cry...Fans complain about Johnny Storm being African-American in the FF...or Heimdall...or Kingpin (I'm black and this irks me - what a waste of the late Michael Clarke-Duncan he could have been a great Luke Cage)...Fans of Game of Thrones complain about Lady Stoneheart not making it into this last season (or potentially, not at all in any season). I know, as a fan of many things, I can sometimes forget to sit back and try to enjoy "wherever" this "thing" I'm a fan of is going to take me. Ultimately, I'm not in creative control of "whatever" it is...be it games, movies, or toylines. That said...if I don't like it, it won't get my money...which is really my most powerful recourse.