I'd heard something about McFarlane continuing the Super Powers line as an offhand remark in Todd's interview for SDCC. A couple of the "leaker" channels mentioned "surprises" regarding the Animated line as well. Whether that meant the floodgates will open before the license ends, or the line will continue is up for debate though.
I don't know anything, but my guess is that if Todd is able to carry on making DC figures at all, it would center on "DC Direct," since that was technically a separate license. How that's legally tangled up in whatever deal Mattel made is anybody's guess. Currently, the DC Direct stuff includes the animated re-issues. Page Punchers, and the statues. (Not sure about Super Powers.)
Or I could be way off base.
Animated and Super Powers are the only two lines I collect from McFarlane. I wouldn't mind if they were somehow able to continue after Mattel takes over.
if McFarlane could continue the Animated line even after the main licence goes to Mattel that would be great - and hopefully would mean more of the never made figures getting done to fill in the gaps in our collections 🙂
went to target this morning and saw the jokermobile was down to $18 bucks! so i finally grabbed it.
i'm keeping it in the box for now as i don't have shelf space to put it yet.
Received the Jonah Hex wave from Target today. Kinda surreal looking at these figures and seeing how plain they look without the "toon shading." After a while it sets in how much better they look though. Happy to finally add Ra's Al Ghul to the collection. Grey Ghost and Jonah Hex himself are also unique adds to the lineup considering they're deep cuts. Somewhat strange that I'm finishing Jonah Hex before the Bruce Wayne BAF, but I'm happy with this wave. Only negative would be that there's little to not definition for mouths on Ra's and Grey Ghost. But it definitely beats the fine point Sharpie marker line that the DC Direct line did for Mr. Freeze.
Bring on the next BAF wave. Personally I'd like to see Rupert Thorne or Ubu.
According to a leaked list on Reddit the BTAS Batcave is getting a reissue (2nd photo)
https://www.reddit.com/r/McFarlaneFigures/comments/1n6kavb/spawn_elite_figure_and_other_leaks/
@jag2045 That’s great news! I’ve been kicking myself for years for not ordering the Bat Cave the first time around when DCB Service had it half off as a preorder. Now I need to find an Alfred somewhere.
I hope its true for those that never got it (I also missed out on the DC Direct one originally, but eventually managed to get one on eBay with Alfred)
I wonder if they will reissue Montoya at some point, probably not in the whole "Rogues Gallery" 5 pack - but maybe a GCPD 3 pack of her, Gordon and Bullock
@jag2045 That’s great news! I’ve been kicking myself for years for not ordering the Bat Cave the first time around when DCB Service had it half off as a preorder. Now I need to find an Alfred somewhere.
I hope its true for those that never got it (I also missed out on the DC Direct one originally, but eventually managed to get one on eBay with Alfred)
I wonder if they will reissue Montoya at some point, probably not in the whole "Rogues Gallery" 5 pack - but maybe a GCPD 3 pack of her, Gordon and Bullock
Or a 2-pack with her and Bullock. Hopefully with their guns.
I have Montoya as I got the rouge’s gallery box, but I hope they do re-issue her for everyone who doesn’t have her. But if they do her in a two pack I’d like to see her with Harvey Dent.
McFarlane rereleased Bullock in a Walmart-exclusive four pack with Batman (original No ab-crunch mold), standard Joker, and Harley. That was their first foray into Batman animated. I think that’s why none of those figures have shown up in the build-a-figure waves. Aside from Batman, they haven’t forced collectors to rebuy any of the same figures.
I’m skeptical we’d see Montoya as a single release, but McFarlane has been better than usual with women in this line. So maybe it will happen in the build-a-figure line. I think any multi-pack would force us to rebuy characters we already have.