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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.
There’s more… click to continue reading Results: Green Lantern Classics Top Ten Poll
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
There’s more… click to continue reading AFP Ask Matty Round-Up for 9/1/10
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!
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.
There’s more… click to continue reading DC Universe Classics Custom Green Lantern Tomar-Re
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.
There’s more… click to continue reading DC Universe Classics Wave 14 and Green Lantern 5-Pack First Looks – TheFwoosh.com
By Buzzy Fret, on August 20th, 2010 
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!
     
The GLC Wave 1 figures are $14.99 each and marked with an estimated ship date of January 1, 2011.
>> More on Green Lantern Classics Wave 1: San Diego Comic-Con 2010 – Mattel DC Universe Classics – Updates
By Ron, on August 19th, 2010      
DC Universe Classics Wave 16 with the Collect and Connect Bane is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Buzzy pointed out that most places don’t allow you to specify which version of Robin you want Amazon didn’t allow you to specify the variant for previous waves, like with Starman in Wave 15 (fixed per Buzzy’s comment).
They’re all listed with a ship dates of January 1st or January 5th. At $14.99 each with Amazon’s free shipping over $25 deal, seems like a good time for me to put in a pre-order.
>> More on DC Universe Classics Wave 16: San Diego Comic-Con 2010 – Mattel DC Universe Classics – Updates
By Ron, on August 17th, 2010 I should know this by now, but Matty can be very strict when it comes to deadlines, even when those deadlines fall on the Sunday the weekend after Comic-Con when we’re still recovering. In other words, we missed the submission deadline for questions this installment – and judging from what I’m seeing for round-up links, so did a few other folks.
Luckily, we had a round of answers from a previous installment that we missed. Unluckily, this was from the weeks leading up to San Diego Comic-Con, so there’s a bit of a time warp effect…
1) The carded pics of DC Universe Classics Wave 14 are a lot of fun – I love Ultra-Humanite’s head peeking out of Hourman’s package, and the placement of stickers that allows that. Quick question on the names you put on the packages – we know you said that the Obsidian name is held by another company now, but we’re still curious why you went with Green Lantern instead of Alan Scott? John Stewart and Katma Tui had their names on the package.
      
At the end of the day, DC Comics lets us know what name to use on package. Sometimes, like with Obsidian, a name may not be available for a toy (if another company owns the trademark, for example) and we will work with DC on an alternative name.
There’s more… click to continue reading AFP Ask Matty Round-Up for 8/17/10
By Ron, on August 15th, 2010
By Ron, on August 11th, 2010 Some of you remember that the DC Universe Classics Legion of Super-Heroes reveal was announced way back in May when Previews provided the solicitation for this issue of ToyFare.
The five LoSH figures gracing the awesome cover were on display at San Diego Comic-Con, but I’m still looking forward to hearing more from Toy Guru and Bill Benecke.
ToyFare #158: On Sale 8/11!
Get excited, people! It’s nearly New ToyFare Day, and here’s what you have to look forward to behind that gorgeous Mattel DC Universe Classics Legion cover…
- It’s the biggest thing ever to hit the red-hot DCUC line…literally! Find out how the mammoth Legion of Super-Heroes 12-pack came together, straight from Mattel’s Scott Neitlich and Bill Benecke.
- Fans are going crazy for Transformers’ new Power Core Combiners figures, which put the fun of a Combiner in every single figure! We talk to Hasbro about the challenges of engineering the line, and what fans can look forward to next!
- Speaking of Combiners, we take a fond look back at some of our favorite combining robots throughout toy history!
- It’s the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, so in Twisted ToyFare Theatre, our favorite Troopers are taking a field trip to beautiful, scenic Hoth! Featuring Wampas, hot tubs and my new favorite TTT character…Dash Rendar! His name is Dash Rendar, people!
- Plus, new toys in Incoming, an interview with Kick Ass’ John Romita Jr., the return of Customizing 101 and much more!
via ToyFare #158: On Sale 8/11! « site.wizardworld.com Blog.
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