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Mattel could have easily been putting out New 52 toys but they want to stick to their "Superhero toys can't sell at retail" lie.

That's actually fine with me. While Matty is playing around with He-Man and their subs, I'll be giving my money to Hasbro and DCC.

 

See how easy life can be?

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Haha probably. These look like the DC Legends we have been wanted DC Direct to make all along. While the Mattel figures filled that void, they were a little out of scale with the legends, and the DCUC figures themselves sometimes left you wanting for more (especially the head sculpts). Hopefully, this new line is ever so slightly smaller than the DCUC figures for a truer six inch scale. However, even if it is DCUC scale, there is no denying that most of these versions look better than their DCUC counterparts. Furthermore, we never got that modern blue and grey Batman, which is what I'm most excited about.

 

While most of these are redos of existing characters, the possibility exists for characters that Mattel never got around to being made in this new line(Conner Hawke, Kyle Rayner, Aztek, etc). Since these aren't at mass retail like Mattel's offerings, the character selection may not be constricted in the same way it was for the DC Universe line.

 

The only thing that upsets me about this news is that I was trying to cut back on figures. But between this line, the torrent of new Marvel Legends, Mezco's Mortal Kombat and 1:12 lines, NECA, and Funko's recently acquired licenses (Fallout and Skyrim!!), I might be spending more than ever.

 

While Mattel has never made Conner Hawke and Aztek in their DCUC line, they did made a Blue and Grey Batman, as well as a Kyle Rayner. There were around 3 or 4 modern versions of it - the battle damaged version with the round bat logo that came with Azrael, the round logo one that came out in the Superpowers line, and the non-round bat logo in wave 1 of the DC Superheroes line (someone had already mentioned this above). I forgot about the blue and grey one that was in wave 3 of the DCSH line - the one that looked if it was inspired by the art of Jim Lee (this one might have been the one someone had mentioned already).

 

Mattel also released two versions of Kyle Rayner, one in a Green Lantern sub line and another version (as a Blue Lantern) in a two pack with a Sinestro Corps. Hal Jordon

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Haha probably. These look like the DC Legends we have been wanted DC Direct to make all along. While the Mattel figures filled that void, they were a little out of scale with the legends, and the DCUC figures themselves sometimes left you wanting for more (especially the head sculpts). Hopefully, this new line is ever so slightly smaller than the DCUC figures for a truer six inch scale. However, even if it is DCUC scale, there is no denying that most of these versions look better than their DCUC counterparts. Furthermore, we never got that modern blue and grey Batman, which is what I'm most excited about.

 

While most of these are redos of existing characters, the possibility exists for characters that Mattel never got around to being made in this new line(Conner Hawke, Kyle Rayner, Aztek, etc). Since these aren't at mass retail like Mattel's offerings, the character selection may not be constricted in the same way it was for the DC Universe line.

 

The only thing that upsets me about this news is that I was trying to cut back on figures. But between this line, the torrent of new Marvel Legends, Mezco's Mortal Kombat and 1:12 lines, NECA, and Funko's recently acquired licenses (Fallout and Skyrim!!), I might be spending more than ever.

 

While Mattel has never made Conner Hawke and Aztek in their DCUC line, they did made a Blue and Grey Batman, as well as a Kyle Rayner. There were around 3 or 4 modern versions of it - the battle damaged version with the round bat logo that came with Azrael, the round logo one that came out in the Superpowers line, and the non-round bat logo in wave 1 of the DC Superheroes line (someone had already mentioned this above). I forgot about the blue and grey one that was in wave 3 of the DCSH line - the one that looked if it was inspired by the art of Jim Lee (this one might have been the one someone had mentioned already).

 

Mattel also released two versions of Kyle Rayner, one in a Green Lantern sub line and another version (as a Blue Lantern) in a two pack with a Sinestro Corps. Hal Jordon

 

My favorite Kyle Raynor is still the first DC Direct release which has him in his original 90s look. If you don't mind the 9 poa, it's a great figure that I don't plan on replacing any time soon.

 

That's the daunting thing about this Icons line. I'm just looking at all I have, that I'm pretty happy with as it is. I just don't want to start the process of replacing them.

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Haha probably. These look like the DC Legends we have been wanted DC Direct to make all along. While the Mattel figures filled that void, they were a little out of scale with the legends, and the DCUC figures themselves sometimes left you wanting for more (especially the head sculpts). Hopefully, this new line is ever so slightly smaller than the DCUC figures for a truer six inch scale. However, even if it is DCUC scale, there is no denying that most of these versions look better than their DCUC counterparts. Furthermore, we never got that modern blue and grey Batman, which is what I'm most excited about.

 

While most of these are redos of existing characters, the possibility exists for characters that Mattel never got around to being made in this new line(Conner Hawke, Kyle Rayner, Aztek, etc). Since these aren't at mass retail like Mattel's offerings, the character selection may not be constricted in the same way it was for the DC Universe line.

 

The only thing that upsets me about this news is that I was trying to cut back on figures. But between this line, the torrent of new Marvel Legends, Mezco's Mortal Kombat and 1:12 lines, NECA, and Funko's recently acquired licenses (Fallout and Skyrim!!), I might be spending more than ever.

 

While Mattel has never made Conner Hawke and Aztek in their DCUC line, they did made a Blue and Grey Batman, as well as a Kyle Rayner. There were around 3 or 4 modern versions of it - the battle damaged version with the round bat logo that came with Azrael, the round logo one that came out in the Superpowers line, and the non-round bat logo in wave 1 of the DC Superheroes line (someone had already mentioned this above). I forgot about the blue and grey one that was in wave 3 of the DCSH line - the one that looked if it was inspired by the art of Jim Lee (this one might have been the one someone had mentioned already).

 

Mattel also released two versions of Kyle Rayner, one in a Green Lantern sub line and another version (as a Blue Lantern) in a two pack with a Sinestro Corps. Hal Jordon

 

My favorite Kyle Raynor is still the first DC Direct release which has him in his original 90s look. If you don't mind the 9 poa, it's a great figure that I don't plan on replacing any time soon.

 

That's the daunting thing about this Icons line. I'm just looking at all I have, that I'm pretty happy with as it is. I just don't want to start the process of replacing them.

 

While I forgot about the DC Superheroes wave 3 Batman (who had a pinhead and was pretty hard to find at retail), the other two mentioned are definitely not modern. Also, I meant the real Kyle Rayner costume that yojoebro mentioned, not the post Geoff Johns modern costume, which I pretend doesn't exist because Johns ruined Green Lantern comics with his retro regurgitation and revisionist history comic arcs.

 

Rainbow lanterns... @hmmm@

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Johns ruined Green Lantern comics with his retro regurgitation and revisionist history comic arcs.

Rainbow lanterns... @hmmm@

 

Johns is hit and miss for me. I have some books by him that I really enjoy. Before DC decided all the Superfrieds cast needed to be resurrected, he was one of the three writers that helped make Wally West great (along with Mark Waid and Grant Morrison), but yeah, he's done some stuff that makes his writing come off as hackish. Rainbow lanterns and Blackest Night: The reasoning behind how all those colors work, which color affects which other color, which emotions combine to trump which other emotion, all read like convoluted instructions to a kid's Japanese trading card game. Wipe them all out and stick with Green, I say. And while we're at it...how about ONE GL for Earth?

 

(Also, I'm still really surprised Kyle didn't get wiped out in New 52 a-la Wally West. Of course his book is on the chopping block so we'll see...)

 

Sorry, :OT:

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Yikes....looks like they are on the shorter side of 6" scale. Check the last couple of pages of this thread for Icons Green Arrow and DCUC Green Arrow comparisons:

 

http://thefwoosh.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=92859&start=1095

 

I'm not looking to replace my extensive DCUC collection. I was afraid this line would be too tempting to resist. The apparent $28 price tag is making the decision to pass easier, seeing these height comparisons is making it easier still...

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