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ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE to Premiere March 18 on HBO Max
iRandom replied to JayC's topic in Entertainment News
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Could Super7 Be Planning A ThunderCats Thundertank?!?
iRandom replied to JayC's topic in Action Figure News
All except Pumyra seem oblivious to the threat that is right beside them. Guess hunting down Ro-Bear Berbils is too much fun! And what is Pumyra doing there in the first place - and what did she do with the Thunder Kittens? -
McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse Gold Label Batman Review
iRandom replied to FigureAttack's topic in Toy Reviews
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The staggered release does tend to make more sense for a single store. It seems like it would make more sense to do a simultaneous release if it was multi-store.
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I won't be surprised if each is an exclusive for a different store.
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Almost looks like a cost reduction since it seems like there are less paint application steps and colors. I do think that the figure looks better this way.
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I would like to see Mezco do a One:12 Indiana Jones. I long for this every time I look at the amazing One:12 Blade figure.
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Spawn looks kind of nice in those colors. Although it is kind of hard to tell what the colors are exactly since it looks like there is colored lighting in the photo.
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I'm also skeptical that this will appeal to kids. The designs still have the wacky and colorful charm but I think they need to be $10 in order to succeed. I'm looking forward to seeing the new line that is coming this year.
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I totally agree. The standard Tri-Klops for which there is the carded photo and the fan choice Tri-Klops are different figures with the former coming soon and the later coming in a future assortment. Everything in the fan poll was an easy variant of tooling that was already available or committed. Most just required a new chest covering. Mattel already had the standard Tri-Klops in the works (he is forever bound to Trap Jaw who we already knew was coming ) which is why they included the Mini-Comic look as a choice. If he didn't win I suspect that he would have still shown up sometime down the line since I suspect that the LoP and Mini-Comic variants had been on the roadmap from the beginning. I expect all of the figures in the fan choice poll to be produced at some point except for maybe the Man-At-Arms.
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I believe that the Tri-Klops in the fan poll is indeed a different version that should fit in nicely with the LoP stuff. Putting that one in the poll was a good choice for Mattel since it'll allow them to reuse a head that is very character specific. I'm sure that the chest covering of the fan poll figure will get repurposed for some other figure down the line. MotU was all about gimmicks to sell the line (beyond the first assortment which was all power-punch) and parts reuse to keep it cheap to manufacture. Seems like this line is staying true to the gimmicks at least somewhat (glad to see that battle armor figures retain the gimmick) and are embracing the parts reuse (they'd be fools not to). I expect to see more of the LoP / Mini-Comics inspired figures since they are a great way to offer new figures without too much development cost.
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A more resistant armor damage gimmick may be better than the hair-trigger of the originals. I remember that mine would sometimes trigger when I moved the arms, had them 'walk' or laid them down.
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The cape being wrong kills this for me. The cape is supposed to go under the shoulder armor giving him a permanent cape silhouette. They should have at least had it cover his shoulder blades. I don't think that would have limited the articulation. Or better yet, a decent soft goods cape. I think they also missed some paint on the torso. I believe that the 'six pack' armor panels are supposed to be gray like the chest armor.
