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Don’t Miss the Fwoosh DC Universe Classics March Madness Tourney Final Four

Argh! Blue Beetle took out Batman with a late afternoon surge. And now we’re down to the Final Four participants. Looking at the entire field, there’s a lot of other figures that I think were worthy of making it this far, but there’s the luck of the draw, and there’s no telling who people are actually going to vote for.

I’m pulling for Deathstroke and Kilowog this round. Go vote!

124 down, just three to go! We have reached the Tournament Semifinals (better known to most as the Final Four) and while we say “smell ya later” to Thanagar, Rann, Qward and Korugar the action is about to get even bigger. Good thing for us the next two stops for the tournament are Apokolips and New Genesis where EVERYTHING is bigger and we are set for two match-ups of Fourth World proportions! Before we go, let’s look at the wrap-up of the last round:

  • On Thanagar, Green Arrow soundly dispatched Darkseid 65-35 promising the latter will only play host and not participant on his home planet in the next round.
  • Qward hosted the biggest margin of victory of the round as Deathstroke barely broke a sweat againt Metamorpho 75-25. Rex had a great run, but 90% brain utilization just proved too much for him.
  • Rann, on the other hand, was the scene of the closest match-up of the tournament thus far as the Blue Beetle took down Batman to the tune of 51-49: it was an actual margin of victory of near single digits. Finally, we can put it to rest once and for all: Blue Beetle > Batman!
  • Not to be outdone, Korugar produced the SECOND closest round of the tournament as Kilowog barely held off a late-surging Joker 51-49. The big K’s victory gap was only two votes wider than Ted’s. Kilowog finally faced a challenge in the voting and he is now surely battle tested.

Now it is your responsibility to whittle the field down to the final two, so vote wisely. Who do you think are the best two figures of the DC Universe lines? Vote now, and remember: voting for this round ends on April 4th.

View the full Bracket HERE

The remaining schedule is as follows:

  • Semifinals: April 3-4
  • Finals: April 5-6
  • Wrap up on April 7th

See you on Oa!

via DCUC March Madness – The Final Four | TheFwoosh.com.

Hot Toys Clash of the Titans Perseus Teaser Pic

Hot Toys has made a Marcus Wright figure from Terminator: Salvation, and now they’ve published a teaser image of Perseus from Clash of the Titans. When will they complete the Sam Worthington trifecta with Jake Sully from Avatar?

The clash begins now!

Can’t wait to preview the collectible figure of the main character Perseus starred by leading actor Sam Worthington? Teaser is available now! Stay tuned with us for update!

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

Vote for Batman in the DC Universe Classics March Madness Tourney Quarterfinals!

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Quarterfinals at Rann: Batman vs. Blue Beetle

As you may know if you’ve stopped by AFP recently, I’ve been linking to a really great event that VeeBee organized at the Fwoosh – the DC Universe Classics March Madness Tournament. We’re now determining the Final Four in the Quarterfinals, and the most tightly contested race is between Bats and a very worthy competitor, the Blue Beetle.

Now, I won’t suggest that VeeBee did anything to rig the draw for his favorite character, but Blue Beetle hasn’t faced any real competition through four rounds of this thing. To get here, Blue Beetle has completely crushed Mary Marvel, Braniac, Firestorm, and the Spectre. Meanwhile, Batman has had to go up against Gorilla Grodd, the Parademon, Mr. Miracle, and even the second half of the Dynamic Duo, Robin!

When I checked late last night, Batman and Blue Beetle were neck and neck. The poll had them each at 50% of the vote, and when I looked at the actual votes, they were separated by single digits. So go and vote! And make sure you vote for Batman! Do it now, because the quarterfinals end today.

Here’s a few of the pictorials we’ve done that demonstrate just how awesome and worthy of winning he is.

Enjoy!

Don’t Miss the Fwoosh DC Universe Classics March Madness Tourney Quarterfinals

The exits of Aquaman and Black Adam last round were a little surprising to me, and seeing the last of Hawkman in an extremely closs to the Joker might be the biggest moment of the tournament so far. Each of the matchups this round is going to be awesome, but I’m most interested in Batman vs. Blue Beetle – just because I know VeeBee wants Blue Beetle to win it all, and this may be the first chance to knock him out of the tournament!

Now we have come to it – we have the winners of each of our original regions and they are set to go off-planet it battle it out in the Tournament Quarterfinals! That’s right, Earth is just not big enough to house this tournament any longer so Thanagar, Qward, Rann and Korugar now play hosts to the final eight competitors. There were some close calls and some upsets in the regional finals! Let’s take a look at the results:

  • Green Arrow is now an official ghostbuster with a huge 67 to 33 win over Gentleman Ghost.
  • Darkseid pulled off a very surprising, not to mention close, 52 to 48 win over Aquaman.
  • Metamorpho just barely handled Black Adam with a 54 to 46 victory.
  • Deathstroke showed Wonder Woman who wears the pants with a huge 61 to 39 win.
  • Batman is still the boss, putting Robin in his place with a 66 to 34 victory.
  • Blue Beetle bested the Spectre with a too close for comfort win of 58 to 42.
  • The Joker just barely claims a victory over the mighty Hawkman with a score of 51 to 49. WOW!
  • Kilowog made a poozer out of Kalibak with a huge win of 75 to 25.

It is a veritable pantheon of DC Universe action figure powerhouses! But now it is time for you make your tough choices, cut the field in half and send those that are destined to advance off to Apokolips and New Genesis!

Voting for this bracket ends on April 2nd, so make your picks now!

View the full Bracket HERE

via DCUC March Madness – Quarterfinals | TheFwoosh.com.

WonderCon Exclusive DC Direct Hal Jordan and Sinestro from Graphitti Designs

Do you remember the “Rainbow” Hal Jordan set from last year’s San Diego Comic-Con? It was a DC Direct exclusive set of five Hal Jordans, sold at SDCC by Graphitti Designs. At WonderCon (this weekend), they’ll have a new set, this time with Hal as a Black Lantern and Sinestro as the White Lantern – sorry for the spoiler!

At SDCC, the sale was somewhat of a nightmare, because you had to wait in line each day, often multiple times a day, because only a single new figure was offered on each day. You had to be a lucky bastard and put in the work to reap the rewards. At least with this set of two figures, you can pick both up in one shot.

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