Hmmmm. It's an interesting development, to say the least. I am glad to see DCUC given another shot, after not doing well initially on Matty. Judging by the fact that two Mercuries have been camped out at my store for months, I tend to think this may be the way for Mattel to finish up the Metal Men and if I had to guess, I'd bet that Elasti-Girl from the Doom Patrol will be one of the deluxe figures. (I don't know if they plan on making Mento or The Chief, but if they do, I bet they're part of this club.) The Legion is also one of the properties that I could seeing doing better through this route. I would guess we'll see them cutting back on these more obscure characters at retail and shifting that line to more of an "All Star" line. Hopefully, for me, that doesn't mean a shift toward a more contemporary line. There are a handful of modern characters I still want, Batwoman, Saint Walker, Vixen, Dr. Light, Renee Montoya as The Question... maybe a few more, but like I said before, I'm more of a 70s-80s guy. OR on the flip side, will those be the kinds of characters that will pop up through the subscription club rather than retail? I know "girls don't sell" in action figure lines, so maybe this is a better path for them. A lot of question marks, still. Eagerly looking forward to updates, though!
EDIT: Mr. Yuck, when I click the link, all I get is the order page which isn't active and none of this info. Can you post a link to where it says "To vote click here?" (If it's active.) I wanted to see who the options are for the first figure.
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That's my concern that we see more female and certain lesser known characters end up online. For example I could see them going either way with Saint Walker, a character who has been in demand but may not sell that well at retail.
I have no clue how well it will go over, the line is a cherry pick line for most people I think. I wouldn't mind see them making the CnC figures deluxe, and I wouldn't mind getting some figures online since they can be very hit or miss at retail.
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Maybe that's why they are being so cautious with it? I hope more news comes out before Friday when they go on sale! I'd like to think this is a positive move, allowing Mattel to fill in teams like the Metal Men and Doom Patrol and other obscure choices that may not work at retail. But I think we all want to know what we're jumping into before committing. I'd hate to invest and every figure be a different colored Lantern or something!
I had a thought, maybe the first large figure will be Lobo? They offered him in the JLU line on Matty, so maybe they'll do it again? I know there are lots of fans and he's a big enough name that he could get people on board.
Except that he was already the 1st DCUC SDCC exclusive figure. I would hope that this online sub would stay away from the redos, and give us more obsure characters w/more accessories that would normally pegwarm at retail. Especially at a premium price + tax/shipping, they sure as hell better not try to offer up the "modern" Red Tornado variant that never materialized in Wave 1 or a Super Powers repainted Penguin....Originally Posted by Wonderboy_JMB
Give me the Crimson Avenger, Warlord or Sgt. Rock! (Or at least FINALLY pull the trigger on Poison Ivy/Huntress)
I bet we get Granny Goodness/Metron this way...
If it turns out to be a "We already made all this movie GL merchandise but the stores already have GL on clearance and don't want any more, but we've got to do something with it" line, no thanks....
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Seriously, what does this mean for the retail line? Will it become just the star characters over and over again and only matty will have new and/or obscure characters?
12 figures a year is less than we were getting, but I guess if DCUC is doing badly then yeah, go that way. I still hope that when Man of Steel comes out that we get a ton of Superman characters like Jor-El, the Krypton Man, modern Superboy, Zod, Faora, and Kru-El, Fine Brainiac, Myxplk, the Terminator sized Metallo, etc. If it's how I can get Granny Goodness, I'm all for it too. But it does feel like a bad sign for the line's future (well, a bad sign combined with a last hope--I just didn't know we were going to the hospital).
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Skullface, I actually didn't even realze Lobo had been done! But you're probably spot on about Granny Goodness and Metron. The New Gods are another property that would benefit from this sort of line. The repaints are another possibility, although I think Penguin needs to be resulpted not just repainted. He needs to be much fatter!
Is the retail line ever going to go back to being NOT Green Lantern figures?! I've only been seeing GL wave after GL wave at retail for months now, and even the new waves being brought into the retail stores are GL.
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Wave 18 which has already come out for some is a Super Friends wave, and wave 19 is JSA wave which should be out in the Fall.
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I'm more concerned about what will follow the announced waves. The line has been fractured by GL and Batman Legacy lines, now with all the Matty exclusives, I'm wondering if they are going to only produce new characters there and the retail line will just be rereleases of the big guys.
I have similar concerns that the retail line will become generic with Superman with heatblast vision and Arctic Thunder Batman.
But then I could see the online being full of Metal Men type figures, the ones that have their fans but are definitely in the minority. I could see people getting upset when this information is released after they sub.
I think the idea of Green Lantern Classics and the Batman Legacy would have been better suited for the line as a whole then being a sub line but from the start. Basically each year have there be a theme, alternating with teams. Things like themed waves work better when you start that way. Which waves have had loose connections throughout most of the series.
The subscription thing has the potential to either do great for this line or sink it. And putting it into the hands of potential subscribers when they don't have much information is a bit scary. Sure it worked for their other lines, but they also didn't have content coming out elsewhere. To me this just seems like there is a very delicate way to really pull this off, and then I look at who is doing it and get the feeling we aren't going to see certain figures produced.
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Speculation or announced or personal view?
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No, Scott said that the DCU line will no longer be available at retail after Wave 20. That is why they are doing the subscription. The series will become a new line of figures based off the new comics coming out in Sept.
The first three figures of the sub are Jay Garrick, Atrocitus, and Starman (not sure which version though). There will also be a poll to vote on which figure we want as the subscription figure, which will between Shaggy Man, Metron with Chair, Rocket Red, and Black Lantern Swamp Thing. I am going to vote for Metron when this poll comes out.
hmmm i bet metron with the chair will win fan choice.....I want the chair for Zodak though....
I want NA Skeletor and Rio Blast and I want them now!
Wait, so there will be a non Classics DC line based on the rebooted DC stuff similar to the figures DC Direct showed? Or is DC in retail dead apart from movie tie-ins?
I suspected this would happen though. The mention of matty figures of "obscure" characters just did not bode well. I hope this is a big enough hit to keep it going though, there are a lot of characters I'd like to see get made....though Starman and Jay are not even close to being among them.
Also, did they announce wave 20?
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Holy Crap! That wasn't even remotely what I thought was going to happen! I'm definitely getting the subscription then, and dropping the retail wave. DC seems like they are purposely trying to drive old school fans away!
YEAH, I saw the SDCC(Stupid Damn Comic Convention) photos. The original Flash figure is the only one that perks my interest. I'll expect that one anytime after October, just because Mattel sucks like that.
No, Scott said that the DCU line will no longer be available at retail after Wave 20. That is why they are doing the subscription. The series will become a new line of figures based off the new comics coming out in Sept.
The first three figures of the sub are Jay Garrick, Atrocitus, and Starman (not sure which version though). There will also be a poll to vote on which figure we want as the subscription figure, which will between Shaggy Man, Metron with Chair, Rocket Red, and Black Lantern Swamp Thing. I am going to vote for Metron when this poll comes out.
Ah, well no surprise there!!!! Mattel seems to only want to sell any of the GOOD figure properties online only! Seeing as how I don't trust online shopping, I'm obviously not a consideration by Mattel.
And, I thought that I heard that ALL of the new Voltron Force figures will only be online exclusive as well!! I'm honestly just about through with giving Mattel any of my business.
So, does this mean ALL of next year's MOTU 30th anniversary merchandise will be online only too??
Mattel are a bunch of *******s.
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What do you expect? I hate it too, but online is the only way to shop now. Stores just don't carry what we want. I am an anime buyer, and it is pointless to even go out to get anime in a B&M store because the stores do not carry it, and if they do, they are like $20 more than online. It sucks, I hate it, but I have no choice but to go with the flow.
Just curious, do you read/watch Bamboo Blade or Kenichi: History's Strongest Disciple? Those are just about the only anime and manga I follow right now (at least now that I own Teknoman/Tekkaman Blade), and I definitely see what you mean. (Okay, I'm still trying to find the Tekkaman Blade II OSV at a price lower than $60 either online or a B&M store.) I do feel, however, that Mattel has never given any due consideration to using Diamond Distributors to sell their product just as DD sells its Marvel Select and Retro lines.
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My shopping for things like this as gone almost purely online. I haven't used matty yet though. In the announced only Arkillo peaks my interest so I probably won't sub. Will figure out what to do with a sub only figure I want.
Hopefully we don't have another packaging change.
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Pictures of Starman look like Thom
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Wikipedia says wave 20 will consist of :
Green Arrow (One Year later costume)
Reverse-Flash
Hawk
Dove (Dawn Granger)
Red Arrow
Can anyone confirm this?
Also if DCUC is ending at wave 20 will a new toyline be made to show the new dc 52 universe (the new relaunch)?
If so will matty be the only place to get older DCUC figures?
I dont want the line to end only to have missing charecters (e.g. Posion Ivy/Commissioner Gordon/Shining Knight) done in post-relaunch style
I'm glad were finally gonna get Jay Garrick & Atrocius though (even though he should be a CNC)
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