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Results: Green Lantern Classics Top Ten Poll

By Ron, on September 2nd, 2010

I deputized Hagop for this write-up of the Green Lantern Classics Top Ten results. But I made him give me back the Brown Lantern ring when he was done. Thank you, Hagop!

And thank you to all of you voters – we had over six thousand total votes, making this the most popular Top Ten to date.

The world of Green Lantern has probably never been more popular than it is today. That world has also expanded greatly over the last few years, with story arcs like the Sinestro Corps War and Blackest Night. If there was any doubt about that, just take a look at our Top Ten; just over half of the winners aren’t even Green Lanterns at all! Whoda thunkit?

Without further ado, let’s get to the winners.

We start of with a tie. It was a heated campaign that went all the way down to the wire, with positions switching back and forth even in the final hours of voting. Stel and Brother Warth were right in it until the end. But when the poll closed, Soranik and Saint Walker each had 168 votes to share the #10 spot.

10. Soranik Natu 168 votes

She may be Kyle Rayner’s love interest and Sinestro’s daughter, but make no mistake – this woman stands on her own. Soranik is tough, smart (a neurosurgeon, for crissakes!) and a Corpsmen as capable as they come.

I think her chances of getting a figure are pretty high, considering she’s become one of the primary GLs in recent times, and her costume would need almost zero new tooling.

10. Saint Walker 168 votes

“Please tell your Master Sifo-Dyas that we have every confidence his order will be met on time and-” Er—wait. No. I mean, “All shall be well.” Yeah, that’s it.

Walker: Odym Ranger is visually dynamic and was a key player in Blackest Night. If you can only have one Blue Lantern, you probably want him. I’ll be truly surprised if he doesn’t appear in the second wave of GL Classics.

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AFP Ask Matty Round-Up for 9/1/10

By Ron, on September 1st, 2010

After missing a round (kind of) two weeks ago, we’re back with our regularly scheduled Ask Matty. Thanks to Toy Guru and the team and Mattel!

1) Great showing at San Diego Comic-Con! Many of the 2-ups shown from DC Universe Classics wave 16 and Green Lantern Classics featured double elbow and double knee joints. Is the plan to carry that through to production? I think the new joints would break up the sculpt less when posing (no awkward break in the knee cap, for example) and would provide more posing options.

We are adding more articulation to some figures where appropriate. We don’t want to cut up the Horsemen’s sculpts just for the sake of articulation; only when it works for the characters.

See more pics of DCUC 16 and GLC here: San Diego Comic-Con 2010 – Mattel DC Universe Classics – Updates

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Hot Toys MMS The Dark Knight Two-Face on Sale

By Ron, on September 1st, 2010

If you’ve been on the fence about picking up a Two-Face from the Hot Toys Dark Knight line, you may not want to wait any longer. Amazon has the Hot Toys Two-Face on sale for $49.99 via specialty retailer Hastings.

>> DC Comics Hot Toys’ The Dark Knight: 1:6 Scale Two – Face/ Harvey Dent Figure

I think Harvey originally retailed at around $175, so this is a great deal. I’d been thinking about putting together a Bruce Wayne, and a Hot Toys body plus a suit would set me back more than the sale price of this figure.

See more pics from my Hot Toys Two-Face review a few months back.

Reminder: Last Day to Vote in the Green Lantern Classics Top Ten Poll

By Ron, on August 31st, 2010

It’s the end of August, and our Top Ten poll to pick our most wanted Green Lantern-related characters for Mattel’s Green Lantern Classics line is closing at the end of the day. There is a very tight three-way race going on at the bottom of our poll – throughout the past couple of weeks it’s been interesting to watch them trade positions pretty much every day. So, your vote can definitely make a difference.

We’ll have the write-up of the results in a couple of days. Don’t forget to vote today!

Limited Number of DC Direct San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Available at Graphitti Designs

By Ron, on August 28th, 2010

Graphitti Designs has a few of the SDCC DC Direct exclusives in stock at their original prices. So if you’ve been looking at the aftermarket, try here first. If I get really motivated, I might pick up a Batman to try to replicate the super-articulated Arkham Asylum Batman custom that Prodigy put together.

After the Con was over, we found ourselves with a very limited quantity of these cool (and desirable) figures remaining. Here’s your chance to purchase some of these figures at the original $20.00 SRP.

In order to get these into the hands of as many different people as possible, sales are limited to two (2) each of each of the remaining figures.

BATTLE DAMAGE BATMAN EXCLUSIVE ACTION FIGURE

BLACK LANTERN: HAL JORDAN EXCLUSIVE FIGURE

WHITE LANTERN: SINESTRO EXCLUSIVE ACTION FIGURE

via Graphitti Designs – Comic-Con Exclusives.

Hot Toys Announces Superman (Christopher Reeve) Movie License

By Ron, on August 27th, 2010

Wow – I am really interested to see what this new license will produce. Will we get a Gene Hackman Luthor? General Zod? The prospect of a Christopher Reeve Superman from Hot Toys is very exciting.

Our dear fans, this Winter Hot Toys will be bringing you surprise from the highly anticipated SUPERMAN (1978) movie license! Long-awaited by fans from all over the world, we’ll launch the first-of-his kind 1/6th scale collectible figure of this American superhero acted by notable artist Christopher Reeve!

Announcing this together is another great news, also much expected by our fans! We now proudly announce our new Korean extraordinary artist Mr Arnie Kim to join the Hot Toys family! Taking the lead is the long-awaiting SUPERMAN project! We hope this unprecedented project and collaboration will bring to fans great excitement and anticipation! More exciting projects with outstanding characters will be coming soon! So please stay tuned with us for update!

via Facebook | Hot Toys’s Photos – Wall Photos.

Mattel Publishes MattyCollector.com Schedule Through November

By Ron, on August 25th, 2010

Honestly, I can’t wait until 2011 when my all-in Club Eternia subscription kicks in. If Tytus was any indicator, September will be a quick sell-out month with the oversized Gygor figure going on sale. And I think November will be interesting too, since Grayskull was the first figure introduced in the line, back at San Diego Comic-Con in 2009.

Remember back then? The first He-Man on MattyCollector.com took weeks to sell out!

No official pics yet of the line-up, which includes a couple Ghostbusters and the JLU Parademon 2-pack, but we included some from our SDCC 2010 coverage.

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DC Universe Classics Custom Green Lantern Tomar-Re

By Ron, on August 24th, 2010

Yes, I know that Mattel is releasing a Tomar-Re with the DC Universe Classics Green Lantern’s Light 5-pack that should be hitting Wal-Mart any day now. From a customs standpoint, I’ve had a recent streak where customs I’ve made or commissioned have been cruelly announced as upcoming retail figures by Mattel – see Sinestro and Riddler from Giants of Doom, our group entry to CustomCon 26. But in Tomar-Re’s case, it was deliberate.

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DC Universe Classics Wave 14 and Green Lantern 5-Pack First Looks – TheFwoosh.com

By Ron, on August 21st, 2010

In case you missed them this week, VeeBee posted a series of First Looks at the Fwoosh for four of the figures from DC Universe Classics Wave 14 and the Wal-Mart exclusive Green Lantern’s Light 5-pack. I’ll post a few of the pics here, but you really should check out those First Looks. Let’s start off with the original boy who lived.

Kamandi

So, I am on cloud nine about FINALLY having this figure, and I know I have not been waiting as long as some who read the original issues as they were published. So, if you actually don’t like Kamandi – neener-neener! We have a Kamandi figure!!! If you don’t know about him – do some reading! And if you still aren’t convinced, you have to get him to build your Humanite.

via First Look – DC Universe Classics Series 14 Kamandi | TheFwoosh.com.

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Green Lantern Classics Wave 1 Available for Pre-Order on Amazon.com

By Buzzy Fret, on August 20th, 2010

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Arkillo can’t believe it either! Just like DC Universe Classics Wave 16, Green Lantern Classics, Mattel’s new DC Universe Classics sub-line, is available for pre-order on Amazon.com now too. Time to do some army building and order multiples of Manhunter and Low/Maash!