I've been struggling with this as well. I was a comic book kid too. Always favoring Marvel but my late Father was a huge DC fan. As I got older I would buy Marvel Comics and He, DC Comics and we would read each others books. Eventually I got into the action figure stuff. I have a nearly complete line of DCUCs from wave 1-20 Except Artemis WW, Gentleman Ghost, Classic Dr. Fate and All of Wave 17 except Star Sapphire. I also have most of the Subs and a lot of others like Mattel DC Superheroes line, Batman Legacy, Unlimited, All Stars, Multiverse. A lot of Variants are still unopened, a lot of the later stuff is unopened. I don't have a lot of space anymore and display all the Hasbro ML now. I sold off my extensive Toy Biz ML and DC Direct stuff years ago. I also sold anything movie related ML and DC. I only buy ML stuff that's on the retro classic type design now. I'm 50 and have 3 teenagers and my basement was just refinished and I was trying to get a built-in wall shelf done to display a lot more figures but it wasn't in the budget. DC stuff is all bubble wrapped in boxes. The unopened stuff is starting to show a lot of wear. So I struggle with what to do. My wife says I take up too much room with my action figure boxes as well as my childhood 80's toys I still have (GI Joe: Real American Hero, Transformers). I love looking at them all. What to do, What to do. Always feel bad that most of my stuff is in boxes, especially DCUCs.
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Love that cape on Superman! Looks beautiful! Too bad I don't particularly love the Mattel Superman figure...
So I finally just got the Huntress figure from this line, and was shocked at how juvenile and tiny she seems next to other figures. She's WAY too short.
Also, the shiny red Wally Flash you've got at the left of your display: is it just me or does his head seem too small for his body? And his expression is a bit serious and sour, especially compared to the regular (I assume Barry?) Flash.
And doesn't Wally have the wings on his boots in the comics? Why were those left off the figure, I wonder?
Love that cape on Superman! Looks beautiful! Too bad I don't particularly love the Mattel Superman figure...
Also, the shiny red Wally Flash you've got at the left of your display: is it just me or does his head seem too small for his body? And his expression is a bit serious and sour, especially compared to the regular (I assume Barry?) Flash.
And doesn't Wally have the wings on his boots in the comics? Why were those left off the figure, I wonder?
The Superman isn't perfect, but I don't know of a Superman figure that IS.......not short of a high end import, at least. Actually, even including the high end imports. I'm kind of big Superman guy and if I found the "perfect" one, chances are I'd have bought it. I'm being patient.
The Wally Flash has half a smirk on his face that is not easy to see at that angle. His suit has minor tweaks over the course of his 90's run, but that figure is pretty accurate to his first look.
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I love DCUC, and I still have mine displayed. I have thinned a few out, and added in some One:12, Mafex, DC Direct, & McF figures that I can fudge in, but for the most part my DC display is still primarily DCUC. Such a great selection of characters, great sculpts, and a fun factor missing from the McF figures.
Yeah, some of the articulation is REALLY dated, but I doubt I'm going to get a more cohesive DC line with such a wide array of characters any time soon.
Yup. Since last year MaC had me appreciating my DCUC collection even more. Sure the line had its share of problems like outdated articulation, but at least everything looks like it belonged together. I think I’m only missing Naked Cheetah. I should find time to track her down.
I love DCUC, and I still have mine displayed. I have thinned a few out, and added in some One:12, Mafex, DC Direct, & McF figures that I can fudge in, but for the most part my DC display is still primarily DCUC. Such a great selection of characters, great sculpts, and a fun factor missing from the McF figures.
Yeah, some of the articulation is REALLY dated, but I doubt I'm going to get a more cohesive DC line with such a wide array of characters any time soon.
Yeah, the McFarlane figures can be impressive in some of their details, but DCUC just fits together so nice. It was a fantastic update of the Super Powers line. I'm keeping all mine for the long haul. I only have Batman-related from the line, but that's still an absolute ton. I really liked the direction they were headed when they ended. Bummer, but collecting McFarlane just isn't as fun for me. They don't display as well all together.
DCUC really blazed the trail for the heavy reuse of the standard buck. And in all honesty, these might be my favorite standard superhero bucks ever made in 6" super-articulated form. Broad shoulders, v-shaped torsos, arms and legs of appropriate proportions. These figures look like super heroes. And as a result you get, as others have pointed out, an overall set of figures that looks really, really good together. Yes, you can present a list of their shortcomings, but you can make a list just as long of the shortcomings of any modern figure as well.
That's why I always hesitate to use the word "dated" when describing most 6" action figures (Marvel or DC), yes they've advanced in some areas, but in others they've regressed. To me that just gets you a figure that's different but not necessarily better.
I dont think DCUC articulation is dated. they 'hold up' quite well in modern times. the articulation from old toy biz figures was "dated"
IMO the articulation was outdated when more than half the line had single knees and elbows or couldn’t get past that 90 degree bend. Their Jaime Blue Beetle was a step in the right direction but it seemed like a one off thing. They even had that Kyle Rayner prototype with the double joints built in but the final product removed it. Also remember how the head articulation actually got worse after what…..the Despero wave? I remember the Chemo wave having less head rom than the early waves.
I would have bought the Alisters all over again had the included more functional articulation but apparently the bean counters at Mattel couldn’t be bothered.
I've been sorting through all of my stuff, fortunately only a few figures have caught the dust disease - Nightwing, one of the Hal Jordans, Tim Drake Robin, Deathstroke, and sadly, the Solomon Grundy C&C on his forearms and shins. Plus Lightray's torso has gone yellow.
Clayface's waist joint crumbled into dust but I have the BAF from the end of the line to replace him. I would have thought his arms would have decayed like the old Morbius face but they were still good.
Chemo and Giganta are still my favorites (lucked out and found Gentleman Ghost at a comic store right when the wave started showing up)
@nightwolf Thank you. I can also display the baw haw haw league and have some others I could display but I don't have the space.
And doesn't Wally have the wings on his boots in the comics? Why were those left off the figure, I wonder?
Wally didn't have the wings. Or at least he started out without them.
I used to have nearly all of these then sold them years ago. I've recently been rebuying some of them. Anyhow, I opened a few yesterday and the plastic basically broke apart like peanut brittle on a few of them. Tomar-Re from the Green Lantern 5-pack was one of them. His head was down and all I did was pushed it up and the back of the neck just broke apart.
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