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December, 2005
— December 20, 2005
Posted on Superhero Times, the new 6″ DC Superheroes have been found in stores. These are reportedly being found at Wal-Mart first. They come with a comic but no base. I have heard they are $9. They are also supposed to be superposeable.
My opinion of these figures is they will not do well, at least not as well as Marvel Legends have done. Although Marvel Legends did not take off for a while either. I do not think Mattel can handle this line though, and most of that is due to the mismanagement of the recent Batman line and the Masters of the Universe Line. They do seem to be succeeding with the JLU line so you can give them some credit.
Here is what I think will happen. Although there are 3 villians in the first wave, Batman will be heavily packed in the case. We’ll be lucky if the villians are 2 per case. This is a smart move though because most kids will want Batman, leaving collectors to snatch up the 1 or 2 per case villians. This “rare” factor is probably intended to drive collectors and scalpers to the line. It may work for Mattel if they continue to do one good version of the main characters per wave. However, I think they will srew it up in light of their track record. I also don’t think DC has enough interesting supporting characters to support the line as long as Marvel Legends has. They don’t have a build a figure either. Overall, I think due to the higher cost, no bases, limited characters and tendency to mismanage toy lines by Mattel, the line may survive for a while but ultimately go the way of previous Mattel lines with potential.
— December 19, 2005
Now Available to Pre-order:
Now In Stock:
- DC Direct: Elseworlds Series 1 Action Figures
- Marvel Legends Series 10 Case of 12 Figures - Going Fast!
- Marvel: Abomination Bust - Bowen Designs
Arriving This Week:
- Man-Thing Statue
- Marvel Milestones Thor Statue
- Superman/Batman Deluxe Bookends
Coming Soon:
- Marvel: 1/4 Scale Elektra Premium Format Figure
- DC Direct: Batman Black and White Statue by Joe Kubert
- DC Direct: Secret Files Series 2 Action Figures
— December 15, 2005
20th Century Fox has provided The Continuum with large versions of the character shots from X3. Pictured are Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), Storm (Halle Berry), Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page), Rogue (Anna Paquin), Professor X (Patrick Stewart), Iceman (Sean Ashmore), Mystique (Rebecca Romijn), Pyro (Aaron Sanford), Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), Juggernaut (Vinnie Jones), Beast (Kelsey Grammer), Cyclops (James Marsden), Magneto (Ian McKellen), Angel (Ben Foster), Colossus (Daniel Cudmore) and Callisto (Dania Ramirez).
On a side note, Comics Continuum has learned not only is Nightcrawler not in the film, it’s likely he won’t even be mentioned.
— December 15, 2005
The new Elseworlds series from DC Direct is out and Michael Crawford has a review up. In short, he seems to like them. I haven’t seen them yet but the pictures look pretty good to me.
— December 15, 2005
I wanted to take this time to mention a site I recently heard about, toyswap.com. Toy Swap was started by a mom to allow her son to trade his toys. It was launched in October. You can trade, buy or donate new and used toys with other users. It is like eBay only it is strictly for toys. I’m pretty sure there is a fee for every transaction. Let me know what you think about it!
— December 15, 2005
I would like the readers here to let me know what you think were the best and worst Superhero related things this year. You can let me know by adding to this post in the comment section. I am going to write up my personal opinion on this later, and in that post, I will include what your overall thoughts were for Best/Worst of the Year. Here are the categories:
Best/Worst Superhero Action Figure:
Best/Worst Superhero Comic:
Best/Worst Superhero Movie:
Other:
— December 14, 2005
New Marvel comics for March were posted at Comics Continuum although I found the more complete list at Newsarama.
Some quick news bytes from the March Solicitations are the debut of Squadron Supreme #1 and Ultimate Deadpool appearing in Ultimate Spider-man!
Also, Comics Continuum has news of a new “Wolverine and the X-Men” animated series. 26 episodes are being produced and will be available in 2007.
— December 14, 2005
New polls are up at Marvel.com.
After weeks of waiting we’ve turned YOUR nominations into 32 classic Marvel battle scenes to do…um..battle with each other. So what are you waiting for? Get started voting now or check out the brackets to see our upcoming matches.
http://www.marvel.com/toys/legends.htm
— December 14, 2005
Hi - Here is a big update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about a
variety of new arrivals and tons of new preorders!
NEW ARRIVALS:
MARVEL LEGENDS 11: The first half of our shipment has just arrived and we
now have stock of: First Appearance Thing, Vengeance, Wonderman, and
Logan in stock for $9.99 each! After filling preorders we have a very
limited number of the other 4 figures in stock. The rest of our ML11
shipment arrives in about a month in mid-January (along with ML12)
Preorders for full sets of 8 are available at $84.99 (The
Scarlet Witch was included in this wave, so we are guessing it may be
included in the next shipment as well)
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=461&company=0&category=1632
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED: We’ll be working with Mattel to carry more of
this line as well as most of their other comic and superhero lines in
2006! Three different 3-Packs have just arrived and are now available at
$8.99 each.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=137&category=1846
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NEW PRE-ORDERS:
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MARVEL LEGENDS: A TON of new Marvel listings including The Young Avengers
and Monsters Gift Pack, Twinpacks Series 1 and 2, Masterworks Series 1 and
Series 2, 12″ Marvel Legends Icons Series 1 and 2, Marvel Shodown Series 3
and 4, Figure Factory Cases. We don’t have any images on these since most
are mid 2006 or later releases, but you can count on BBTS to carry all the
upcoming Toy Biz releases.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=461
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=462
— December 12, 2005
DC Direct Solicitations For August 2006 include:
- Elseworlds Series 1
- Elseworlds Series 2
- Green Lantern Series 2
- Superman Through the Ages Gift Set
The Superman Through the Ages Gift Set consists of four different 6″ scale versions of Superman, including the Jim Lee Superman, John Byrne Superman, First Appearance Superman and Robot Superman. Each figure features a new head and cape, multiple points of articulation and a display base. This set is packaged in a 4 color window box with a full-size 48-page comic book compiling material from ACTION COMICS #1, SUPERMAN (Second Series) #7, and AMAZING WORLD OF SUPERMAN. Don’t get too excited though, they are all rehashed figures. The Jim Lee Superman is from the Hush line and the John Byrne Superman is from the Alex Ross Justice League line. The Robot Superman is from the Superman/Batman Public Enemies line. These are all planned to be released next August.
My personal opinion is that DC Direct is in trouble so it remains to be seen if they will or not. Thanks to Toy News International for the info.
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