Thread 11538827

McFarlane is reduced to putting comic book floppy issues with their variant covers on their website's DC pre-order pages:

Meanwhile, in stores:
- DC Super Friends wave two pre-orders have been shipping and also showing up in stores.
- Deathstroke, Mirror Master, Dark Archer have been in stores
- SpinMaster Retro Super The Movie figures (Target exclusives) are in stores and being regularly restocked

Earlier Announcements:
- HotToys: Killing Joke Joker, Peacemaker S2
- Mafex: Lobo, Green Darkseid, Clark Kent, Superman (For Tomorrow), Wonder Woman (For Tomorrow), Batgirl, Batman Knightfall (reissue)
- Mezco: 5Point Batman 1989 WV2 figures
- NECA : Batman, Penguin, Catwoman tooney, Arkham, Penguin action figure pre-orders still available
-Super 7: Batman Begins (2005) Tumbler
- McFarlane: Mad-Love Joker and Harley; Mr. Bones, Obsidian, Starman, Static Shock, Dr. Midnite, Zatanna and Detective Chimp PLUS loads of Gothamites - Riddler, Scarecrow, Batgirl, Batman
- InArt: Wonder Woman BVS (pre-orders this week)

Since no one else was doing it. And before someone bitches about the thread imade, I wanted to use PICREL for the OP post but wasn't sure if the board had rules about shilling or advertising for a specific company, since no one else seems to ever really do it, I felt best not to risk the entire thread and forcing everyone to deal with the usual BS.

Also, I could find nothing about Deathstroke at InArt so I deleted that. And I couldn't find anything about Metreon being in stores (or shipping out to people) ....

>>11538829
Shut the fuck up

>>11538827 (OP)
Kek

>>11538827 (OP)
Man, he really had no charisma

>>11538827 (OP)
most of you guys don't know this but Superman has a patio out back from the fortress of solitude where he chills in the arctic cold with Krypto and his robot chums.

>>11538883
But he said “dude”. I can relate to that!

>>11538827 (OP)
Nice patio, DC General Patio Edition

>>11538827 (OP)
The figure's left eye looks like its bending

>>11538888
Ok. I wasn't commenting on the figure, I commented on the patio.

>>11538827 (OP)
Howcome he's not smiling and playing in the grass?

>>11538890
Because he doesn't have a wired cape so he can't frolic in the grass since the plastic cape blocks his legs' backward movement.

>>11538829
nice fucking dolly

>>11538900
Gooners certainly feel that way, son.

>>11538904
Damn right they do champ. Tell me son when are you going to move out? You know me and your mother don’t own this home? We’ve got 20 more years on our mortgage bud. Once you hit 18 your out the door unless your paying us at least 2k a month. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

>>11538908
I'll move right after I kill you and bury what's left of your body in the backyard.
Step-fathers make good manure for the lawn that will edge the patio, 'daddy.'

>>11538914
Thanks for admitting your underage

Does this Kenner Batman fit inside the Batcopter from Super Powers?

>>11538949
i would hope theres no one under 17 here, or I'm reporting you guys to the authority for owning mcfarlane toys.

>>11538827 (OP)
>McFarlane is reduced to putting comic book floppy issues with their variant covers on their website's DC pre-order pages:
hasbro sells comics on their store too. if mattel had any viable ip they probably would

>>11538827 (OP)
>Waits an appropriate amount of time to make a new thread
>Updates the OP
>Doesn't want to shill
>Used my patio pic as OP
Dare I say is this new OP based as fuck?

>>11539055
No idea about the batcopter but it fit in my ass just fine

>>11539191
He also puts the Edition in the title subject as well, so I like this OP.

>>11539215
I agree, I like myself and talking about myself, too.

>>11539238
Lmao, old OP is mad that a new guy has taken his place. Please don't spam the thread anymore. Thanks.

If this is the future of DC I am a little scared

>>11539241
Yeah let's look at one of the spin off toys that's intentionally in a different style instead of what it's more likely going to look like. Moron.

>>11539246
As a long time origins guy im actually excited for him. He looks like a survivor from a game i play but he just looks bad ass overall.

>>11538827 (OP)
Why is this DG General?

>>11539377
Schizo has been having a meltdown for attention.

>>11539381
At least the retard isn't copy pasting five threads at the same time anymore.

>>11539399
He did a few posts earlier.

>>11539246
Why would you take such obvious bait?

>>11539377
Dollar general board new friend.

>>11539241
Leaked image of MOTU x DC

>>11539452
I’d buy that

>>11539452
I’d be stoked

>>11539452
Better than anything from Todd

>>11539460
Those look fucking awesome

>>11539460
Where's the articulation?

>Sunday afternoon
>talking to yourself about DC He-Man shit

DC Gen is turning into one of those ghost generals haunted by one schizo that talks to himself. Wild how the Power Girl hype was only a few months ago, now here we are, just vultures and some retard babbling about patios or whatever.

>>11539635
Have you got any figures recently? Is there something youd like to discuss about an upcoming figure? Better yet, has anyone ever seen the strange lives superman or the most recent bizarro?

>>11539644
Bizarro seems to be consistently on sale at walmart's site for me but who knows if you actually order it if youll get it. Any DCMV figure I've ordered directly from walmart and they say in stock says its gonna ship by tomorrow and then they cancel it in 3 days

>>11538829
>risk the entire thread
That's a lot of bullshit, if you miss something in the OP just link in the next posts and fuck that one autistic anon who wants to be OP everytime, it's beyond time someone bans that schizo.

>>11539246
Believe it or not plenty of people LIKE that figure's look. Well I sure don't, so I'd be out. But if you think that is some kind of horrific future for DC like I do, I have some bad news for you: there are plenty of people who would WANT and ENJOY it if their DC toys looked like that.

movie effect: there is precisely one black mask JSA Mr. Terrific on the entirety of eBay and Mercari right now. zero on Amazon

>>11539686
Okay.

>>11539686
Todd left money on the table. Instead he chose to make a 5-6 poa megafig of a noncharacter like that Kaiju, that isn't even named in the movie. I thought it was going to be some major plot point, but nothing of the sort. Strange move.

Also can anyone explain why Mr. Terrific is for "fair play" when he was born smarter than everyone else and thus has an innate advantage?

>>11539719
He just stole the name from a white hero from the 40's. Like that new Blue Beetle stealing from Ted.

>>11539724
Many such cases

>>11539452
>Super-Man
>By the Power of Kryptonite
>YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH

>>11539676
>that is some kind of horrific future for DC like I do
Then you're very stupid to think that.

No one under 50 likes this gay ass shit.

>>11539848
Enjoy your regression in articulation.

>>11539719
He only adopted the identity on behalf of the Spectre (who saved him from suicide after his wife died in a freak accident) to help him stop the supernatural villain the Spirit King, who stole Jay Garrick's body ala Malice possessing Polaris and made him kill the original Mr Terrific and has recently resurfaced, using innocent people as hosts to possess and kill people.

>>11539859
At least it's functional, unlike Todd's

>>11539872
It isn't as functional as Todds. These cannot bend 180 degrees at the elbow or knee like many of Todd's double jointed figures can. They don't have even pseudo butterflies to get extra range there. They can't lean backward, while Todd's usually can, they just cant lean forward. The only improvement is the guaranteed boot cut.

>>11539887
None of Todd's crap can even do that.

>>11538953
Fuck off.

>>11538829
does she comes with Gaza strip babies to feed with?

>>11539893
Works on my machine.

>>11539719
He was a super atheist black science man then his wife died so he was going to kill himself but the Spectre showed up. He told Michael (Mr. Terrific) about the original Mr. Terrific, Terry Sloane. Terry was a millionaire but not a pedophile so he became a superhero after stopping a suicide. He also created the "Fair Play Club" an after school program to combat delinquency. Unfortunately, cause he wasn't a pedophile, he was murdered by the ghost of a satanic serial killer. I hope that clears things up.

>>11539856
What's gay about it?

>>11539939
kek.

>>11539686
I got one in my closet. Dunno why but i left it boxed. Didnt they do one for the movie or was it just pirple and yellow?

>>11539686
Good?

>>11539653
Pk, so thats my situation too then. Frustrating! Id like to get a superman level villian but walmart is getting in the way.

>>11538827 (OP)
I hate the new suit for 2 reasons

This continued overdetailed hollywood shit. Marvel movies do it too, it's a suit, not a circuit board.

Fucking with the S. Stop it.

The Reeve suit was perfect. Oh well at least it yas the red shorts, not that New 52 jumpsuit shit.

>>11540393
You have the 'tism

I hope you guys all have your wired cape figures by now, anons, we are entering the toy dark ages >>11540362

Is Summer over yet? Where's the Batman Returns figures? Delayed again?

>>11540507
Who gives a shit? Everyone abandoned Todd's slop after the $60 Zatanna announcement.

>>11540393
I just hate the panties. That dated look doesn't work with the spaceman suit.

>>11540520
works for me, trunks are need for superheroes or it just fucks up the whole design and you're left with a weird color imbalance within the suit.

>>11540528
It's dated and a joke nowadays. It's time to move on. The diaper look on Todd's figures sticks out more when they're wearing panties on the outside.

>>11540507
Idk but id like a keaton batman. Itd be my last batman unless they somehow do a venomized batman or an absolute batman. Im really kicking myself for passing on silverstone batgirl, she was hot af in that movie.

>>11540549
the Dave suit is a million times better than the Hank suit and they’re both awful.

>>11539241
Thank God we'll finally have pinless figures

>>11540850
But you'll lose double jointed figures.

>>11538827 (OP)
What kind of neck peg/joint does this catwoman figure have? I'm planning to buy this figure (either the original or the bootleg) and put a custom head on it

>>11540884
These are the head options

>>11540852
That's fine. Most double joints aren't that beneficial because the sculpt of the figure just runs into itself usually before the full range of the joint is used. You can get almost the same range with single joints provided the cuts are deep enough and you get the benefit of not having awful looking gaps if the person who cut the joints sucks at it. Like most of the recent McFarlane figures or those BST AXN TMNT ones.

>>11540891
With Mattel you cannot get anywhere near the range with single jointed. I have the Masterverse Evil Lyn and Origins figures. I know their game. I'd rather have bad looking joints than 90 degrees (or less) range.

>>11540884
its similar to a figma I guess

Who does the best elbows? I'm starting to actually lean toward single jointed.

>>11540954
Imports (as usual)

>>11540954
The gamerverse wolverine makes a very strong argument for single at least for muscular characters

>>11540968
Hi Dwight. No, we are not going to let you reduce POA on Marvel Legends the way your friends on the Star Wars team have done with their line. If you cut POA we will stop buying.

Love,
anon

>>11540988
Shut the fuck up

>>11540988
If butterflies were added it wouldn’t matter

I think we all can agree that mattel would'nt have gotten the license again just to fuck it up again with he man lite figs.

>>11541164
Correct.

>>11541164
Who knows what evil lurks in the boardrooms of corporations?...The Question knows.

>>11541164
I don't agree.

>>11541164
heh. wrong, bitch.

>>11540957
Wrong

>>11538827 (OP)
I got my TDKR page punchers 4 pack in yesterday. I preordered it from walmart.com at the beginning of the month and it only now got delivered.

Picked up the new Digital Batman and desu he's a wreck.
The lack of a wire in the cape (despite the seam being there and perfectly fit to hold one) leaves you basically no posing options other than "standing there" or "hanging up side down unconscious." He feels WAY lighter than any of my other Batman figs (pictured), almost hollow, and imo the face sculpt looks very "toy". Joints feel a bit loose as well.
I know you get some NFT thing nobody gives a shit about, but for the extra price above the usual DC Multiverse pricing, this feels like a ripoff.
I don't expect "much" out of McFarlane. They aren't Mafex or SHF or something, but come on.

>>11541761
Ive had a hollow feeling figure too, it was the gl vs dawnbreaker(?) two pack. Really bummed me out and i shouldve just quit buying them then but i didnt and look at the mess of a man i am now.

>>11541623
fuck those are some gay looking toys

>>11541889
I too enter the DC general to laugh at them from time to time.
It's bizarre and kind of amusing in a train wreck kind of way seeing how they keep buying this junk. Truly a cursed fate to be a DCuck

>>11541901
Our time is coming, with Gunn at the helm, DC will rise again!

>>11542102
I just can’t deal with Superman’s characterization and don’t want what are supposed to be solo films to be multi hero ensembles. On top of my personal issues Gunns world building is terrible to nonexistent and writing is juvenile. He should not be in charge.

>>11541761
I agree with you on the cape issue but the other complaints don't resonate with me... he seemed about as heavy as my other figures when I posed him doing a flying kick and threw him on a flight stand, but maybe they removed some material from inside the abdomen or thighs or something? I did feel like I was getting way more ab crunch and thigh pivot than usual, with the thighs rotating 150+ degrees and the ab crunch being good enough for the belt to almost touch the bottom of the chest cut.

>>11539686
It's less a movie effect and more that Movie Mr Terrific looks the most like comic Mr Terrific compared to the two other versions that use the new 52 look and are too bulky looking/have the wrong color face paint

>>11541761
He's so shiny. The finish is terrible.

someone had posted a pic of power armor Lex with rocket booster effects parts on his feet..what did you use to do that?

>>11542149
Yeah, the people with millions of dollars on the line should listen to your dumb opinions instead.

>>11541761
>losing the cash cow
>hail mary time
>release the Batman all the incels want
>but cheap out on wire
>but hollow out the plastic
>profit
dastardly

has anyone tried painting in the lines on deadshot? it's a nice sculpt but the light grey washes out a lot of the detail

When will McFarlanes cost what they are worth again?

>>11542236
Youre right man, thats be a massive improvement. Maybe even just a simple wash would be enough to make it pop.

>>11542220
Yes. I could’ve written a better movie with the exact same outline.

>>11542289
No.

>>11542335
Superman

Start 3 years into Superman’s career

Start the film on krypton with him being launch as the planet blows up
Then cut to a montage of his life starting with the Kent’s finding him,his childhood, teenage years, discovering his powers, finding the fortress of solitude, moving to the city, getting a job, meeting Lois and them dating and a handful of adventures like fighting different villains

Him fighting a giant monster is part of it at the end and Superman is knocked into orbit by it that when it goes from the montage to real time

Superman flys back to find the justice gang killing the monster.

A Luthorcorp employee put a hair Superman lost in the battle into a vile while Superman argues with the justice gang

Ultraman gets created in the movie from that hair

Lex sends ultraman to fight Superman. For the first time ever Superman bleeds. He’s forced to crash land at the fortress. Lex was tracking him and now he knows where it’s at.

Lex stages the conflict in the other country to distract Superman while he goes to the fortress with ultraman. That’s where he finds out about kryptonite.

Superman is now in hot water for stopping a war.

Clark confesses that he is Superman to Lois out of frustration and he gives Superman side of things in an interview

He turns himself in the next day and gets imprisoned by lex. He uses mattalo to make artificial kryptonite to keep Superman weak.

Lex sends ultraman out in Superman’s suit to be bad and further ruin his reputation

Fights justice gang

Overtime ultraman starts to mutate from the cloning being imperfect becoming a more classic looking deformed bizzaro Superman down to his speech because his mental capabilities also declined

>>11542247
Mcfarlane has given up man. Time for you to do the same.

>>11542377
Shut up, stupid man.

Which Mcfarlane DC figure exudes the most power?

>>11542614
None. They're all cancer. Fuck off unless you're here for Mattel's line.

>>11542620
How can I discuss what once was and has yet to be?

>>11542620
mattel's last attempt with the license fucking sucked

>>11542377
Damn that sucks.

Mcfarlane DCM leaks December
B&W BMWL
PP Jessica Cruz
PP Hal Jordan GL vol.48
pp Jay Garrick The Flash #123
PP Barry Allen The Flash #123
CE Zatana
CE Prof. Pyg
CE Black Hawk (classic)
CE Cosmic boy
CE Elongated man
Superman: Superman and the Authority
Wally West JLA: New world order
Rocket Red (justice league generation lost)
Rocket Red (plat)
Static Shock (static shock #1)
Ice (fire and ice welcome to smallville)

BTAS
Batcave 225 USD

>>11542698
Garbage

>>11542377
Kino but needs dog

>>11542698
Feels good I’m not gonna miss anything worth a shit

>>11542698
Lpz might me doing comic dc as well

>>11542698
Why does your list say Zatanna is a ce when we all know it's elite edition?

>>11542713
Chinese retailer listing. Someone was probably just confused by all the different editions when listing.

Unrelated to dc but related to elite there will be an elite spawn

>>11542698
Based leaker

>>11542725
I got the list of twitter

>>11542698
>BTAS Batcave
Dc collectibles reissue. TIGHT

>>11542718
>elite spawn
I expect it'll just be more throne spawn reuse with a bunch of useless trinkets like guns.

>>11542705
Lex shoots Krypto with a Kryptonite bullet.

>>11542698
>CE Black Hawk (classic)
>CE Cosmic boy
>CE Elongated man
Someone is using the last gasp of this line to make their weird unknown dream characters that max 200 people in the world want a figure of.

>>11542778
Krypto takes bullet meant for Superman

Fantastic Superman

>>11542794
>>11542807
You're really annoying and gay

>>11542807
I can dig this as something ma made him

>>11542794
>>11542807
I still don’t like the emblem

>>11542832
Fleischer shield would look clean af on it

>>11542847
:)

>>11542858
It’s not centered

McFarlane sure perfected a great financial strategy of making stuff people want in small quantities, while releasing bloated quantities of stuff people didn't want.

>>11539238
Hi, Jarrett - back from the Great Unwashed and the lack of attention from reddit?

>>11538871
Anything for you, zoomie.

>>11539191
>>11539240
Sorry, I'm not signing up to be "New OP"
You Boys will need to grow a pair, an take turns or someone will need to step up or Valley Forge will just take over again.

>>11542980
I almost got the Batman Beyond Batmobile when it went on sale a few months ago, just couldn't do it though.

>>11542981
But anon, you have done a nice job so far, you can be the hero we need, even if we don't deserve you.

>>11542794
>>11542807
>>11542858
how was your ban?

>>11539856
Literally the only time I buy he man toys are when I’m on a budget because those things along with the ninja turtle stuff go for heavy clearances after a few months because no one wants them

>>11543065
I was never banned. I violate no rules.

>>11543036
Yknow id rather just have hot wheels. Vehicles are great but they eat up space and its not like im taking outside to play with it in the dirt or anything cool.

Bizzaro

>>11539381
>>11539407
>>11539635
>>11541901

>>11543154
Go away

Fellas, please show some decorum and focus solely on the topic of dc action figures. Take the dick waving piss party to a diffrent board, this is for the mature, frank and often times sophisticated discussion of action figures based off of the dc comic book line and the many television, radio and movie serials that have grabbed our imaginations for decades.

>>11542698
Still fucking need the way to fucking make Wildfire and Dawnstar for fuck's sake

>>11543086
You're a shitposter

>>11543205
No. If showing off different designs was shitposting half of Motu general would be banned

>>11543219
>showing off
You’re a low effort spamming idiot, and your “designs” are objectively garbage.

>>11543219
Yeah, no. Your shit is low effort.

>>11543198
Im waiting for robot man. Id be ok with your choices if they were star sapphire or manhunter though.

>>11543272
>>11543280
If it was low quality my works wouldn’t get any engagement. Checkmate.

>>11543332
>everyone tells you your shit sucks and is spam and calls you a faggot retard
>”muh (You)s”
kys like srs

>>11543344
>I post new images
>retards REEEEE saying the same shit over and over
Pretty low effort

>>11542377
Not bad. Better than MCUman

>>11542377
This unironically would’ve been better

>>11542698
fairly low effort

Depending on the price and how the look, maybe these:

>PP Jay Garrick The Flash #123
>PP Barry Allen The Flash #123

And I'm curious about:

>Superman: Superman and the Authority
>Wally West JLA: New world order

>CE Cosmic Boy
but since I didn't buy Electric Lad or anything, would be pointless. Actually any McFart Losh will be pointless due to how incomplete.

>>11542764
Oh boy, a worse version of a good thing! My favorite?

Why are we already getting new leak lists when the previous ones have not yet been finished? Heck, even some stuff they announced officially is not out yet, like the Batman returns wave

Guess no one is buying thes?
Trying to find the Jor-El chase (black suit) without paying an arm and a leg on EB.
Didn't pick up Kidder Lois when I saw her and now I regret it since she seems hard to find which is weird since they come in a box as a set of 5, with multiple sets per box, per the manager at the Target I was at yesterday.

Can I just have a line of DC toys like one pictured? Cheap, smaller scale, limited posing, with toy sculpting? I just want fun affordable desk toys. Spin Master was ok but I hated the capes. I just want that sweet spot of not too kiddy but also it’s a toy.

>>11543606
There should be one more leak list before it’s over with poison ivy and black canary. After that it’s just the supergirl movie.

I know the render is using the hush cape but this body looks way too thick to be hush. It looks like a modified wave rider to me.

>>11542981
VF hasn't posted here in weeks. He probably fucked off back to /trek/ since the last posts he made were about those star trek statues.

>>11542698
>PP Hal Jordan GL vol.48
I assume that’s grey streaks? fine, I guess
>Flashes
mite b cool
>CE Zatana
not paying $60 for those boots
>CE Elongated man
mite b cool
>Rocket Red
will buy the 80’s look
the rest is either cancer or zero fucks

Supposedly mcfarlane backed off on making Zatanna an elite and that’s why she’s listed as ce in the leaks

>>11543666
Shut the fuck up Jarret we know it’s you

>>11543670
Did you make that up or was it the voices in your head again?

>>11543672
A Mexican teenager told me

>>11543640
>>11543645

Its very hard to make anything out of renders beyond just the barest glimpse of a finished figure. It could just be a new torso piece, but even then it will likely look rather different in reality than that render

>>11543677
>>11543670
There's zero guarantee the leak video guy knows that for sure. He's just going off the listing which is not always right

>>11543684
delusional

There was another two at the electronic department and 4 on the peg, next to a buttloads of other, future peg warmers, Metamorpho.

>>11543691
It's more delusional to think mcfarlane toys would take the effort to modify an existing tool

>>11543670
Todd never backs down

>>11543708
That's what they did with deathstroke Thats on the textured green lantern buck

Another Target (not pictured) visited still had their end cap up and it was filthy with Metamorphos. Yet to see the Kaiju mini-fig in the wild.
Surprised few, if any, Hoult Lex figure are in the wild, thought that would peg warm mostly because it's overpriced.

Has this dude really been talking to himself all night? Why are so many mental defficents attracted to collecting toys?

>>11544005
They're all overpriced now

Why is the Mcfarlane Batman: The Animated Series stuff made of such shitty plastic?

>>11543708
Especially nowadays.

Gonna waste my time checking a store near the dispensary after work today
May Todd smile upon my faithfulness and allow me to find a figure id like to purchase. Specifically a dc multiverse figure.
Blessed be Todds graces upon us all.

>>11544101
Cool blog

>>11543702
Did you pick up the platinums?

>>11544101
if they have Deathstroke, grab me one

>>11543702
It makes me kinda sad in a way. Metamorpho is a cool character and has had some neat comics.

>>11544005
When is the last time we actually had a decent Lex figure?

Real talk with no bullshit company fagging, what is the actual probability that Mattel's DC line will genuinely be better? Does anyone have some top tier examples of the current lines they have?

So far, I've seen rather peculiar current figures where I really cannot tell whether they're legit better than McFarlane in some aspects except for maybe articulation, face paint jobs, and accessories.

>>115hem44244
Their He-Man Masterverse stuff is probably a good indication of the quality we can expect.

>>11544244
Its hard to say given what mattel makes at the moment. I think origins has been awesome up until recently, im just not into these cross overs, i think the wwe figures are good but with the face scanning it can be hit or miss, charlotte flair being an example of a miss but overall i think both the basic and elite figures have solid articulation but obvioisly the elites are much better than basic. Masterverse has been a solid line, decent everything and a fair value overall.
So id say masterverse is this better line to use as a gauge of what the dc line could be. I dont want masterverse sized figures though. Idk, just my thoughts on the matter.

>>11544244
The adult dc line will be everything we could ask for in terms of quality and articulation but keep in mind they will still be designed to be on toy shelves so everything will be pull test compliant.
The cheaper kids lines will be good enough for both children and adults.

>>11544272
>>11544274
You guys actually think it'll be as good as Masterverse? DC is super popular, that means they can afford to cheap out because they know people will buy it regardless.

>>11544277
They won’t be cheaping out on the adult line

>>11544078
Saves costs

>>11544244
DCUC was samebuck: the line, and their multiverse line that came after was really half-assed and uninspired. I think their WWE figures are hideous but probably not relevant to what they might do with DC. those New Eternia figures look fine, if the DC stuff were like that I think we would probably be okay.
so it’s hard to say. people bitch endlessly about Todd’s distribution, but I guess they weren’t there for the Giganta wave. or the Matty Collector bullshit. they’ll at least be in the toy aisle, for whatever that’s worth.

Protip: MotU Masterverse does not have a huge license payment hanging over its budget like DC or WWE. So WWE is a better line to look at for what to expect from Mattel's DC line,

>>11544330
Dc license isn’t expensive and Mattel paid for it but they weren’t the highest bidder. DC chose them. They want dc products everywhere. Boys, girls, toddler and adults. They aren’t going to be held back because of licensing fees. The collector focused line will be $32-$35. That’s just where the collector pricing is going. They will be better value than legends and the pack outs will be comparable to deluxe masterverse and the maximum line.

>>11544358
>Dc license isn’t expensive
Everyone already knows you're BSing.

>>11544318
Being in a toy aisle is a big deal for those impulse buys or quick gifts etc etc

>>11544363
Look at how many companies make official dc products. People have a misconception about how much licensing is because of Disney. Could a single individual get a license? No. Could any profitable toy company? Yes. Mcfarlane only ever had the line because nobody else domestic wanted it. Why do you think they broke it up into pieces. A perfect example of this is tmnt which funny enough Todd has a sliver of now too.

>>11544384
They broke the master license up because it was so expensive Todd or spinmaster alone couldn't afford it . But Mattel paid that big fat license fee.

>>11544384
Saying any profitable toy company could get a license like DC is kind of missing how the game works. It's not just about having money. You need the whole package. Manufacturing, distribution, retailer relationships, QC, ability to hit deadlines, brand alignment. Big IP holders like DC or Nickelodeon aren’t just giving licenses to whoever’s interested. They want to trust that a company can handle the brand without screwing it up. That limits the pool more than people think.

As for McFarlane, he didn’t just stumble into DC because no one else wanted it. Yeh, Mattel didn’t renew, but Todd wanted the license and went after it hard. He pitched a clear vision (7 inch, more sculpted detail, collector focused), and DC liked what he brought to the table. He’s not everyone’s cup of tea but his stuff sells. DC wanted to go in a new direction and Todd delivered.

And the license being broken up into pieces isn’t a bad thing. It’s smart business. You’ve got McFarlane handling collector stuff, Spin Master doing kid stuff, Mezco and others in the high end premium lane. Same thing Disney does with Marvel. Multiple companies, multiple tiers, more money.

Using TMNT to make your point kinda proves the opposite. Viacom split that thing like crazy, NECA for cartoon/comic collectors, Playmates for legacy/kid lines, Super7 for high end retro, and now McFarlane’s doing that new comic line. That’s not because nobody wants it, it’s because EVERYONE wants a piece. It’s a goldmine if you do it right.

Also blaming Disney for this idea this idea that licensing is hard? Disney is strict, sure, but all these big IP holders are careful now. The toy market’s not what it was, retail’s tougher, margins are thinner and fans expect more. Licensors want to protect their brands and work with proven partners. That’s just smart. Licensing’s not about who wants it. It’s about who can handle it.

>>11544384
>>11544402
See you at toyfair.

>>11544402
>Super7 for high end
>Super7
>high end

>>11544449
I mean it’s more high end than NECA will ever be

>>11544458
Not even close.

>>11544465
Search your feelings. You know it to be true.
Super7 often leans into deeper cuts from a
franchise, appealing more to hardcore fans. Puts more emphasis on display, collector friendly packaging, multiple heads, hands, weapons, soft goods. Prioritizes nostalgia, sculpt and vintage aesthetics over articulation.

Also, NECA BREAKA.

>>11544465
That figure looks like shit without fancy lighting.

>>11544449
>>high end
It's high end according to the price point, if nothing else. A little kid is not going to buy a Super7.

>>11544465
>>11544506
Just kiss already, goddamn.

>>11544508
This standard variant looks good in normal lighting

McFarlane Toys actually did something better than someone. They beat Beast Kingdom in wired capes. Embarrassing. Do better, BK.

>>11544465
NECA already MOGGED McFartlane with DC figgers.

>>11544458
Do you just exist to be wrong all the time?

>>11544611
Legit talk? Those DC figures from NECA are some of my favs. I even got two of the Lantern pack to have both Hal and Jon.

I got a yellow batman.

>>11544654
Pissman

>>11544662
I guess so yeah. I was thinking of yella bellied grass snake batman but ofcourse pissman crossed my mind first. I gotta say though, todd came through and i found a multiverse figure id buy. Dunno why i bought it, guess cause its yellow.

Would (You) personally be okay with Mattel being $35 if they were essentially DC’s version of maximum series loaded out with accessories? Well also assume they’re 6.5 inches like most navel legends and that they have wired capes.

>>11544767
No, stop falling for the accessory meme. It always starts out with a lot of accessories and then they gradually reduce them until you're left with what used to be a basic figure and people keep buying it due to their plastic addiction.

No bullshit, $25 only, final destination.

>>11544786
No that’s just Todd being cheap

>>11544801
All toy companies are cheap.

>>11544806
Do you think a company is going to wash your balls and give you things for free? They exist to make money and have to follow budgets.

>>11544115
Nope, I agree they look like ass, especially the face. If they had an entire translucent body, instead of the pins in the leg for example, which are distracting, and the face didn't look like shit with the painted on goggles (they should have gone with the more recent black face look from the comics - I have no idea what issues this blue look is from).

I actually returned the Page Puncher Superboy (and the Platinum Cyborg Superman) because I ordered a SB and used $6 rewards to get it for less than retail and since I had two other things I needed to buy, shipping will be free.

>>11544147
I hope Gunn does the series they are talking about, even an animated one, I think it would help. But they had even more at a different Target I was at this afternoon.

I did pick up the Spin Master version since they had a damaged one on clearance, and decided to go ahead and build Robot #4 since I can't find Todd's fucking Walmart exclusive SP and it probably won't look too bad.

>>11544825
>they should have gone with the more recent black face look from the comics - I have no idea what issues this blue look is from

why do I even bother checking this general
it's just children and retards

>>11544767
If they're going to be that price they'd better have wires capes as well

>>11544836
ah sweetie, sorry to disappoint you.
I'm sure I've read more superman funny books than you, I just think post COIE supes was reductive shit with everything up to death and returns and immediately afterwards dumpster fire worthy, at min

you didn't even address my point, zoomie, you just shitposted tired low effort bait tropes/pic

>>11544767
The real problem with tariffs is that companies will use them as an excuse to artificially keep prices high even after that shit stops to exist, either because the flip flopper acknowledges he's stupidly wrong, or the government changes again, or sales for certain shit (as we're already seeing) tank.

>loaded out with accessories
$35 is way too fucking high for a basic action figure, no matter how many POA. And Mattel is not going to offer a collection of accessories, even if that's what they do with Barbie. They don't do it on their other two major lines and didn't do it in the past, by and large, with DC, so we're not likely getting two heads and/or multiple hands, and/or other accessories with super hero action figures from them in 2027.

Six to ten figures, every two to three months, in waves with chases or not, at $35 a pop is some $625+ with sales tax, if a collector only purchase four figures every wave and there were only four waves.

If you take into account their Retro lines, Super Powers, Page Punchers, etc., and all those chases, jokerized, patina or B+W and other bullshit editions, McFart actually pushed out a fuckton of individual figures a year, so we're talking your minimalist collector would grab 16 of those each year.

It's not manageable. It doesn't matter if a collector lives in Mom's Basement or can afford a patio. Or has pallets or actual nice green grass. It's not realistic at nearly $40 with sales tax and more with shipping.

>>11544972
You managed to thoroughly not answer his yes or no question.

>>11544767
Not at all. Having proper and a decent amount of accessories shouldn't be a plus but the standard. The same way a 25 dollar price point should be the standard, yet only Jada really follows through so far. Hasbro has been testing the waters in the worst possible way and McFarlane has been shitting all over the place with his stupid versions nobody really wants.

Let's not fool ourselves that all the price increases have been due to corporate greed and not because the companies would actually suffer a loss. Especially Hasbro is a prime example of that

>>11544767
If the base price isn't $25 for regular figures, I'm genuinely not interested at all. I'd be willing to pay $30 for deluxe figures with tons of accessories but if Mattel doesn't offer a mix of great articulation, sufficient accessories, decent paintjobs, and wired capes at a decent price, what exactly is the point to switch to Mattel in the first place?
To me, it has never been a topic of affordability but about fair pricing. Mattel is in no way offering such a high quality that it could warrant a +$25 price point for their standard DC releases. Even if McFarlane has had tons of crappy releases, they have covered so many different figures that fans need a proper incentive to change from McFarlane to Mattel

>>11544894
Idk man, funeral for a friend and reign were pretty cool. Lots of stuff going on and it served as a great reset until zero hour.

>>11545096
>>11545098
>$25 should be the base price
Weren't these things only $20 like four years ago? They're doing this with vidya too. Bumping up the price a bit, then bumping it up again to something exorbent only to back it back down to that first price increase while people sing them praises. They tried this with the Outer World 2, making it $80 only to drop it back to $70 due to backlash, and people praise $70 fucking Dollars for a video game like you guys are saying right now $25 is fine. Watch, in a few years everyone will be saying drop the price back down to $35!

God bless Todd and god bless America

>>11545174
>god bless the Canadian

Lego considers the critical and commercial success of Superman 2025 a fluke, so don't expect much Superman from Lego in the future. Instead, Lego is eagerly anticipating the much delayed Batman 2.

>>11545232
>hurr durr hurrrrrrrrr
more schizo nonsense

>>11545174
Say it again friend, say it again! If it wasnt for todd we wouldnt have these lifelong bonds and friendships we all take for granted.
Thank you todd, from all of us in the dg general.
Fka dc general

>>11545232
There will be a Lego Superman collection next year along with supergirl

>>11545068
I, personally, would probably waste $35 on a very few select figures, depending on WHO and HOW it looked.

tl;dr Maybe, a VERY few

A few people will always be willing to waste their money irregardless.

tl;dr Yes, some

Most people (the point of my word vomit) won't as explained above.

tl;dr No, most

>>11544822
Do you think paying $25 for a figure is "FREE", shill-kun?

>>11545125
Collectors dont really backlash against higher prices like gamers do. Collectors are far more addicted while gamers can use alternatives to engulf their time.

>>11545596
I mean page punchers has a free comic book, AND the standard mcfarlane multiverse trading card. Which is quite the value. I dont see anyone else packing FREE comic books AND trading cards into their products. Shit, todd is even giving an oppertunity for generational wealth with his dc digital line and their FREE trading card (again todd spoils us) in addition to a FREE non fungal toenail.
Im happy to pay $25+ for all these FREE items but god damn if an alt head or something wouldnt be nice

>>11545643
What if they collect games? Like those LRG fans?

>>11545648
Those are considered collectors

>>11545647
I don't want the comic books or the cards, Todd is scamming like double and triple packs.

>>11545670
You don't like it, stop buying it.

>>11545687
I did. It helped that Todd raised his prices to unreasonable levels as well to make the figures totally unpalatable at the asking price.

>>11545687
They never buy them. They're just here to cry.

>>11545712
We cry because these toys should be $20

>>11545705
Well SOMEONE still is.

>>11545773
People extremely deep into DC really like the weird deep cuts he is putting out in the CE line and will pay anything for them basically. And scalpers of course.

My Baiman from CT toys finally arrived. Never had a maefx proper but fuck this is incredible for the price. I hope our Chinese overlords gimme the Knight Fall Batman and Bane.

>>11545792
I've heard that CT Toys in particular makes great bootlegs.

>>11545795
I didn’t buy into the hype but this figure has made me a believer. I think I might check out some of the spidey knock offs.

>>11545795
You heard wrong

>>11545806
How many CT figures do you personally have? Yeh, I thought so. Keep sucking Hasbro.

>>11545740
Everything is overpriced now.

>>11545792
with the money you saved you can afford a dusting cloth

>>11545687
I do buy them and then return them for full refunds and make sure to point out they are crap; Crapazom is now even marking things as 'frequently returned' so people know not to buy them in advance.
Guess which toy company has the most returns on Amazon?

>>11544244
i keep an eye on a lot of mattel's output, from barbie to hot wheels and wwe to motu, and there's no real reason to expect it will actually be good. the wwe line is reusing parts from 15 years ago that sucked then and suck even more now.

>>11544358
>Dc license isn’t expensive and Mattel paid for it but they weren’t the highest bidder. DC chose them.
zero proof of this, faggot

>>11545811
Get a job.

so has anyone seen Deathstroke in the wild?

>>11545976
Jeez Louise some of you queens have a Martha Stewart like severe boner fetish over dust.

>>11545792
Doesn't look too awful - how much was it shipped with taxes and that was a pre-tarrif price, I presume?

Anyone buy this Titano?
Couldn't find anything digging through old DC Gen's.
Watched a bunch of unboxings and aware of the articulation and reuse problems but since I'm never buying Kong, don't care.
I also don't really want the two pack unless it's dirt cheap but would sell off the Flash if that's what I get.
You can still buy online and it's even in stores in my area.

>>11545976
I like the dust, it lets the world know I was here.

>>11546268
In hand it feels great, I swear I’m not trying to shill CT Toys but having never held a maefx I assumed this would feel hollow and cheap but it feels real for lack of better words. I got off eBay for 40, that was with shipping and such. I assume it’s shop stateside to avoid tariffs. Ali express has a state side CT toys shop but didn’t see Hush Baiman on there. Hell you can get it off the shop in china and the shipping and such is trivial. Really no reason to not pick one up.

>>11546282
I already have both Hush Batmen and Knightfall. I don't need knock offs. I got my black Hush Batman for like $70. Was worth it, I've gotten a couple CT figs and the quality ranges all over the place. My Anti Venom was solid as fuck. Brown suit Wolverine still good,but not quite on par with a real Mafex, and my Spider Ben was actually outright bad. For $40, I'd rather not risk the shitty QC.

>>11546277
I got it on the mcfarlane website when it was on sale. It's based on an appearance he had in the cold opener of I think a Flash/Superman team up story? They never explained why he was a cyborg or robot. The Flash that comes with it has really noticeable mismatched red plastics and a "Bleach" expression face. Titano seems stable while standing but I find him on the floor a lot.

>>11546286
It’s mix of principle and the wife for me. Maefx is ridiculously over priced. The wife is supportive of my hobbies but there is no way in hell I can buy a 100 dollar toy and she be ok with it. I expect cucked and simp reactions but every healthy relationship ever has compromises.

>>11546295
Well yeah bbts markup is bad. Before the whole de minimis thing went away, you could get Mafex figures, shipped from Japan for $70-$75. Dunno how this is going to be going forward though.

>The wife is supportive of my hobbies but there is no way in hell I can buy a 100 dollar toy and she be ok with it
I don't get wives like this. $100 is literally nothing. I have a buddy who pisses away thousands of dollars buying and selling firearms. He collects them much like we collect toys. His toys are just exponentially more expensive. I know toy collectors are on the low end of the financial spectrum, but come on bruh.

>>11546296
Is she going to yell at me and stuff if I got one? No. But she would be bit disappointed and not understand it. She’s not a toy person and doesn’t understand that yes it’s 6-7 inch of plastic but you are paying for it being “official” and license fees and whatever else makes it 100. Or I get it for 30-40 and she can wrap head around it a bit more, I save a little cash and I don’t feel like I gotta be super careful with it. That was the other part I meant to mention for me personally. I feel way more comfortable posing and playing around with something that’s 40 buck range over 100. That’s cool 100 isn’t much to you but for most folks it is. Not trying to woe is me pity me.

>>11546297
I mean that's fair, and good for you. At least you're not making up some lame excuses like some of the guys in the Marvel thread do as to why they'd prefer sub par knock offs using lead based paints.

>>11546306
>lead based paints
If you lick Baiman, would you die?

>>11546295
You don't have a separate bank account from your wife? How would she know how much it costs?

>>11546322
I used to have separate but I like having someone that can see what I buy to keep me in check a bit. I have issues with spending money and impulse spending and I feel like it helps. She doesn’t meticulously keep eye on my spending I’m not looking for mommy to scold me. But it helps me take an extra second and REALLY think before I purchase something. Do I really need it right now? Do I got something more important coming up? So on, I’m trying to fix that best way I can think of.
We have joint account and I prefer that way for personal accountability. We also communicate very openly. I grew up in really segregated isolated environment that was also emotionally abusive. I people please and over explain and tell on myself to avoid conflict. Something I am also working on but long and short of it she knows what things cost because I tell her simple as.
>tldr
We have joint account and I am a fag.

>>11546343
>i am a fag
Nah, not really. But you will be if things dont work out.

>>11546378
Been together 8 years, 4 years married. Wish me luck brother, she’s best thing that ever happened to me.

>>11546343
Well if you have noticed you have spending problems in the past it probably was a good idea to keep yourself honest and have someone to check it

>>11546386
Oh yeah dude! I was just teasing man, you got this.

>>11546290
I don't have issues with Titano's cyborganic parts - when DC used him again in the current Supergirl on-going, they showed him chimp size with those body parts.

>really noticeable mismatched red plastics
Yeah, every single YT review video I saw or skimmed mentions it and it's also in the comments. Several commentators wrote things like a "gentle acetone wash" evened it out and the like so I assume I would have to do that. I do like the gold and if I end up with a two-pack (I keep hoping my local Super Target puts it on clearance since they have been hanging on to the same two for months now, they did mark it down once 5% and I was hoping it would go further but they marked it back up after a week.

>on the floor
I use museum putty or poster paste for that, I have a silver age DC Direct Kara and Superboy that are always falling down.

>>11546282
>shop stateside to avoid tariffs.
Yeah, I noticed that with the one Chinese knock-off I purchased, shipped from China "to Nebraska" and then shipped from Nebraska to the west coast but when I looked at the actual tracking, it very clearly went "Port of LA to my address" - shipping was included in my case, but that was last year, under the "de minimis" trade exemption everyone was enjoying, particularly China.

>>11546386
best way to be in any relation, bro.
if you were friends/friendly and are still keeping lines of communication, you should be doing well
which is better than many here, I bet - who live alone and/or are loners

>>11546343
you are doomed

>>11546386
>4 years married
Ew

https://youtube.com/shorts/T6zbxCUIRe8?si=L6nZ8S6VID5B5AlL

I dont watch any toy related stuff outside of a few history of type things but ive been enjoying this person and their hot toys shorts. It may be too asmr(?) With all the bullshit plastic sounds etc but its interesting to see what these high end dolls really offer.

>>11546792
Buy an ad

>>11546069
I have a job. The anon I replied to can't afford toys over $20.

>>11546843
no

>>11547080
Yes

>>11546733
must be rough, being an incel, zoomie
especially when todd releases such inadequate coom

>>11545647
>Which is quite the value
who knew todd could afford interns?
or do you do this shit posting for the college credit?
go grand canyon technical institute or whatever now that 'university' of phoenix went fully bankrupt

>>11546314
It would be extremely distasteful...

>>11546792
gonna mass report your channel and have it banned. don't advertise your shit here.

>>11547094
Why

Do you guys think Mattel will be six inch?

>>11547319
Why not?

>>11547331
It's really impossible to say from the outside. There's so many things pulling them in different directions.

-Previous Mattel DC lines were 6".
-But Masterverse, their collector MOTU line is 7".
-But Todd's DC Multiverse was 7" and people complained.
-But by now there are people rampantly collecting 7" DC Multiverse and would likely not buy the Mattel line if it doesn't fit with Todd's, so you have point/counterpoint.
-So you definitely will have people complain whether it's 6" or 7".
-Their Vietnam factories are already used to 7" from Masterverse and that is the only logical location to manufacture for the new DC line.
-They might be able to get people who never bought in to Todd's line if they go 6".

There are pros and cons either way.

>>11547331
Yes.

>>11547331
no

>>11547331
Why

>>11547331
toytubers are saying that people working at mattel know the fans want 6 inch figs, so take that as you will.

>>11547521
Sounds like 6in it will be. But that makes it all the less likely I will get into the line as I have McFarlanes aplenty. Plus Mattel has not been shown to be able to make good 6in figures. They make decent 5.5in Origins figures and good 7in Masterverse. But their 6in has always been bleh. McFarlane too sucks at 6in, with those Batman '66 figures looking like engineering from decades ago.

>>11547365
Why ask why?
Why ask why not?
Why why why?

>>11547380
>But by now there are people rampantly collecting 7" DC Multiverse and would likely not buy the Mattel line if it doesn't fit with Todd's, so you have point/counterpoint.
I didn't think of this. A lot of people probably don't want to feel like starting over.

>>11547470
I dunno, really. I mean, sure, it's better for action figure photography but I know that's a thing a lot of people aren't into.

>>11547546
At least with those you can chalk it up to a retro thing. The reused Mattel B:TAS sculpts are pretty horrible.

>>11547592
no

>>11547331
My bet is yes. 6'' is more popular and tons of people complain about Todd weird decision to go for 7''. Also there is always ego involved and you bet they will go "this is a new direction so we are going to change things", just like Todd did with 7'' and the weird side eyes.

>>11547380
>Their Vietnam factories are already used to 7" from Masterverse
Yes but those are going to be all new sculpts, for a factory dealing with plastic one inch into a mold is absolutely nothing

>>11547626
lol wrong

>>11547626
Think about why they chose 7" for masterverse in the first place though.

>>11547635
nta seems easier to manufacture and build and paint.

>>11547639
Wrong. It's because the customers are getting older and their vision is getting worse so they make larger toys so old blind men have an easier time seeing them.

>>11547639
It's no easier nor cheaper to produce a six inch figure vs a seven inch figure. Are you actually stupid?

>>11547643
>old blind men have an easier time seeing them
sweetie, if you think the old men are most concerned about 'seeing' their toys, you're doing DC Patio Gen all wrong

>>11547643
We're notblind, but hwferder gluh.

>>11547627
Great answer kiddo
>>11547643
Kek, no you dumb faggot. It was to charge more and call those figures deluxe, just like Todd did with his. The customers are getting older not bigger, they can afford glasses.

>>11547784
Wrong. Customers are getting bigger, roads getting wider, and figures are growing, too. Leave the house once in a while and you'd see the big new world we live in.

>>11547794
The thing is, customers are definitely getting bigger, but you should've said cars are getting bigger rather than roads. I enjoy the old man yells at toy he can no longer see meme though.

>>11547822
Wrong. Roads are getting bigger because cars are getting bigger. Bigger is better.

picked up superboy today, realized $30 was a ripoff for two extra hands and a shitty reprint comic was a ripoff, and put him back down. I assume a jacket piece and jacket arms would have been $60 “Elite” shit
Deathstroke nowhere to be found. did get armor Hal for $22 via Walmart but missed Bizarro for a decent rate
blog conclusion

NEW THREAD:

>>11547920
>>11547920
>>11547920

And really someone else needs to step up and do these.

>>11547923
I don't want to.

>>11547931
Sidn't want to do it either, pal.
But no one else was stepping and who knows when some schizo would get tired of spamming LEGO threads?

>>11547938
I bet it's hard to get tired of it when people feel compelled to post in each one and give him the attention he wants instead of just reporting spam.

>>11544318
>they’ll at least be in the toy aisle, for whatever that’s worth.

lol lmao

I got bit by the DCUC bug by the second or third wave, and what a nightmare that series was to collect. With the first few waves not selling for shit and peg warming, so stores never received new stock, to Mattel doing exclusive waves. I wasted so much time and gasoline hunting these things down. I still enjoy the series, but I hope any future DC toy line doesn't suffer a similar fate.

>>11543636
The SuperPowers are great for this. I wish they were easier to find.

>>11547960
You are confusing me with an actual attention whore, son

>>11538953
>The Human Kite!

>>11539241
>they cast Fabio as He-Man
I'm actually tearing up from laughing so hard at that head sculpt.

>>11539460
that Golden Age style Batman with the giant buckle utility belt is actually pretty dope.

>>11544571
>>11544465
>when splashed with mutagen, curved metal blades naturally evolve and mutate into evenly spaced serrated metal blades
LOL