The source of ire this week so far: Toys R Us. First, they put up the Marvel Legends All New X-men boxset up for preorder, $119. Which is high. Then they take the page down. Alright, okay. Then it was put back up with the price of $139. No. No way. Personally, I like the set, faults and all. And I would have begrudgingly bought it in store for $119. Maybe. I probably would have walked around the store with it for a while. Put it back. Grab it again. Call myself a sucker and pay for it, then be happy afterwards. But for $139? No thanks, I can buy some fodder and make my own. Or do without. $139 makes me not even want to hunt for it. Because on top of all that I’d have to stalk the local TRU and hope for a miracle to even find it. Yeah, I’m looking at you, Soundwave. Which was about the same price as this set, except he’s a big hunk of dedicated sculpting awesomeness with a lot of accessories. Argh. Happy thoughts, happy thought, Happy Hour!
DC Collectibles solicited some new action figures this week and they are some doozies!
What? Two complete teams in one fell swoop? Unheard of! You led me astray Mattel, it can be done!
I know Red Hood and the Outlaws isn’t everyone’s favorite comic, sometimes I don’t even like it myself. I don’t like the otherworldly magic crap. What I do like is the relationship between Arsenal, Red Hood, and Starfire. And I LOVE the first half of the first issue. I know that doesn’t say much for the series itself, but that first half would have been my preferred direction of the whole run so far. Clandestine, down and dirty, spy type stuff. And then Starfire can come in and throw some muscle when Roy and Jason get in it too deep.
Back on point, the figures look awesome. And remember, Roy has the first ever hat articulation, where you can his cap around backwards! Amazing! Great sculpts, decent amount of articulation, DCC is about to force me to start bumping DCUC figures off my DC shelves. Sad and exciting all at the same time.
Powergirl and Huntress both look amazing too. This is the Huntress costume I passed on the DCUC version for and I am not disappointed in missing it. And I know we’ve had a couple of Powergirls but this one looks, well, powerful.
Oh, and there’s also these guys…
Joker seems decent, but man that Batman is bad. Not DCC’s fault.
Here’s the full solicitation for these and Arkham City Clayface:
BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY CLAYFACE DELUXE ACTION FIGURE
The monstrous Clayface can take any shape—including that of an awesome action figure like this all-new one based on the villain’s appearance from the best-selling video game Batman: Arkham City.
Clayface comes with accessories and two interchangeable arms.
$99.95 US • On Sale July 2014 * Allocations May Occur
POWERGIRL & HUNTRESS ACTION FIGURE 2-PACK
The Worlds’ Finest team of Earth 2 burst from the pages of their comic book series and onto your display case with these articulated action figures based on the designs from their monthly series.
POWERGIRL – 6.75″
HUNTRESS – 6.75″
$44.95 US • On Sale July 2014 * Allocations May Occur
INJUSTICE: BATMAN & THE JOKER 3.75″ ACTION FIGURE 2-PACK
The Dark Knight faces off against his greatest adversary with this special action figure 2-pack of Batman and The Joker based on their designs from the best-selling video game Injustice: Gods Among Us.
$29.95 US • On Sale July 2014 * Allocations May Occur
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS: RED HOOD, ARSENAL & STARFIRE ACTION FIGURES
From the designs seen in DC Comics RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS, come the next wave of action figures from DC Collectibles. Renegade ex-Robin Jason Todd, exiled Tamaranian princess Starfire and disavowed Green Arrow protege Roy Harper all unite to take on whatever this or any other planet has to throw at them.
ARSENAL – 6.75″
STARFIRE – 6.6″
RED HOOD – 6.75″ (DIGITAL SCULPT SHOWN)
EACH FIGURE SOLD SEPARATELY
* Action Figures * $24.95 US • On Sale July 2014 * Allocations May Occur
On the subject of Clayface, here’s the final installment of the Clayface sculpting series:
Old news to some, but here’s a look at the Select Sin City series!
The only Sin City figure I own is the Legendary Comic Book Heroes Marv, so this is right up my alley!
Sin City Select Series 1 Action Figures
Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything, but you don’t need to live in Sin City to get high-quality Select action figures of the movie’s main cast! The first series of 7-inch-scale, fully poseable figures from DST includes Marv, Hartigan and Nancy, all based on their appearances in the 2005 feature film. Each figure comes packaged with a deluxe display base and accessories in the famous Select display packaging, complete with spine reference artwork. Sculpted by Jean St. Jean!
Marv Figure (SRP $24.99, item #FEB142055)
Hartigan Figure (SRP $24.99, item #FEB142056)
Nancy Figure (SRP $24.99, item #FEB142057)
Aren’t they working on a new movie? Excellent timing DST!
Keeping with Diamond Select, here’s a new product update video featuring DSTZach (MSWord)!
You can follow along with Zach on the Art Asylum website too.
And then there’s this…
Very tricky, Hasbro. I thought he looked off without the bracers but nope, there’s the reference right there. Now I am content.
Happy Hour’s over!