I don’t know about you guys, but I’m going to need another job. For all the talk that toys are doing horribly at retail, whether they aren’t selling or aren’t being stocked, I find myself making a wishlist of action figures for this year that is getting way bigger than my wallet. Just look at this line. Batman: The Animated Series. Came out of left field really. Who expected six inch nicely articulated figures from a cartoon that is pushing 20 years old? DC Collectibles, I have to say, you are starting to do things right. Not that you were doing things wrong, there are a lot of people out there that dig limited articulation, preferring sculpt over movement. And I can’t say I didn’t buy more than a few, either to put directly on the shelf or custom fodder. But this new push to marry a lot of articulation with superior sculpting? In my eyes, you’re now doing it right.
I posted about Batman and Catwoman from this line in Happy Hour a couple of months ago. This week DC Collectibles showed sculpts for Two-Face and Mr. Freeze.
Both are based off their 1997 designs. Mr. Freeze comes with his freeze gun and his robotic spider legs. Two-Face is loaded, shown to have a gun, a watch, a key, and a gas mask. But don’t fret, on Facebook DCC assured fans that Two-Face will indeed come with a coin. It’s funny, they show all the accessories except the most iconic one. We have to wait until November though.
I’m going to end up losing half of those, I just know it.