[ScottyHawkeye]

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Originally Posted by EternianJerkian

One of the biggest complaints from customers according to the toy stores I've spoken to seems to be there's rarely a 'normal' looking Superman or Batman among all those variants. A lot of people just want a figure of those guys looking how they know them as and don't read all the comics these crazy variations and other universe versions are from. With Batman you can more or less be satisfied with some of his many, many looks, as a few look mostly similar to each other. But Supes, his iconic look appears to be so much more ingrained into public conciousness in a more specific way. Most people don't want him in black or Death Metal or with Joker face or whatever. They just want a regular Superman which was seen in wave 1 but then became super difficult to get. The Rebirth figure was alright but again casual customers were put off by the lack of red trunks and boots. Been trying to find the wave 1 figure for my kid who's very specific. I've taken him to Forbidden Planet a few times and that huge wall of McFarlane figures and each time he just isn't interested in any of them, he thinks most of them look ugly and weird. I pointed out the DKR Superman has the classic costume but he finds the Frank Miller aesthetic hideous (which to be fair, I kinda agree, that Supes looks kinda hulk-like. lol)

Yeah. Miller's Superman is just so weird looking, Dark Knight Returns marked the downturn in Miller's artwork because it's just getting worse. The DC Direct Dark Knight Returns figures don't look much better, I think Miller's art style doesn't translate to plastic well, it doesn't help that it's not a very good art style. The broader point is true even as a kid I wanted figures of characters that looked like the normal version, sometimes I settled for slight recolors as long as they didn't deviate far from the OG. For example when it came to the 4" The Batman figures I settled for a Batman that had a light blue body paint and grey utility belt because it resembled the standard Batman close enough that I didn't complain. I did get a Batman that had the normal color scheme but it had the grapple gun sculpted to its right arm and was a stiff arm to hold the string. Still love that figure because it looks like Batman from that show. For the Batman Begins figures on that scale, I got a Batman that had a black and grey color scheme, it was basically the same sculpt as the standard Batman from the Begins line but had the comic book color scheme so I was very satisfied. I did get the normal Batman for the Dark Knight toy line on that scale. Yeah, I think Superman's look has been planted into the casual consciousness because the films went with the trunks until Man of Steel, while Batman always had a solid black suit on screen after Batman The Movie (1966) and until Batman V Superman where he had the black and grey suit. So Batman's trunks aren't as ingrained into the casual consciousness. Personally, I can live without the trunks, I have plenty of Superman with them, and I can have a few without them. I also find them outdated. I still like to have figures with them for the purpose of showing off classic looks.

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Originally Posted by GizmoTron

I've looked for that Action #1000 Superman quite a few times at various stores, but he's become quite a challenge to find. You can find other Supermen, but I agree that most fans really don't want the Metal, or Zombie, or Jokerized, or even the Snyder and DKR, they want the original.

Or the Animated look, but frankly I think the Animated style figures in this line look weird.

The McFarlane DCAU Superman figure looks more like the Superman Doomsday (2007) Superman than it does the STAS/DCAU Superman. DC Direct does a better job at translating the animated looks to plastic. I will say with the Snyder Superman that appeals to folks who like to collect movie inspired figures, if you like to have movie inspired figures then it's for you, if you prefer comics inspired figures then the figure isn't for you. That's my broad reading of movie inspired figures. I completely agree with the Zombie, Jokerfied, and Metal figures, I'm not even a fan of those looks in the comics let alone in the form of an action figure. I will get the Solar Superman suit if I find a good deal for it.