One thing the end of Multiverse kills for me is enthusiasm for McFarlane's figures for the new Superman movie. That and Supergirl will be the only things released before Mattel takes over, and the figures won't fit with future releases of DC Studios characters. I'm kind of glad that the toy license changeover is happening early in the launch of the DC Studios take, so that the scale and style of figures isn't changing once people have dozens of movie based characters already. And surely a new fresh (and hopefully better and more successful) slate of tie-in material on the horizon probably helped push Mattel to increase their bid to win back the rights.
Photos of the back of the boxes are floating around, and the design art for Fate and Two-Face is hyper-classic. No idea how that will translate into Fate’s deco re: yellows and golds, though. I have a feeling he’ll be all-yellow. I’ll be interested to see if Harvey’s “good” suit is bright orange or more tan/brown.
While I really only bought the movie Batmen from this line - I was very happy with all of them. It would be kind of a relief if Legends just... ended for me as I've been completest since Spider-Man Classics in 2001.
Very curious if Mattel will steer right into Legends articulation and scale with the license back. I'd probably pick up some comic Batmen and Supermen.
One thing the end of Multiverse kills for me is enthusiasm for McFarlane's figures for the new Superman movie. That and Supergirl will be the only things released before Mattel takes over, and the figures won't fit with future releases of DC Studios characters. I'm kind of glad that the toy license changeover is happening early in the launch of the DC Studios take, so that the scale and style of figures isn't changing once people have dozens of movie based characters already. And surely a new fresh (and hopefully better and more successful) slate of tie-in material on the horizon probably helped push Mattel to increase their bid to win back the rights.
I wonder if the prospect of a single company handling both the kiddie toys for their movies and the stuff aimed at older collectors instead of splitting that between two separate companies also made a difference.
Let's not make out that McFarlane's scale issues are unique to this line...
Finally someone said it, i was looking for this comment !!!
Legends has MAJOR scale issues.
So more in line with the Silver Age Batman, Riddler, Joker, Penguin and Red Hood? If so I'm kind of grateful. I was hoping McFarlane would fill out more of this menagerie before his tenure was over. As much as I love the Bronze Age, 90's and Y2k era of DC, I will always have a soft spot for the Golden and Silver Age eraPhotos of the back of the boxes are floating around, and the design art for Fate and Two-Face is hyper-classic. No idea how that will translate into Fate’s deco re: yellows and golds, though. I have a feeling he’ll be all-yellow. I’ll be interested to see if Harvey’s “good” suit is bright orange or more tan/brown.
@stoopid_sandwich Fate appears to be straight-up Super Powers-era art, and Two-Face’s look in that color scheme is one I’d associate with really any era before the 90s, although I most associate it with the Bronze Age (mostly because that’s when Two-Face started appearing most regularly). I’m guessing he will fit great with Joker/Penguin/Riddler. If anything, he’s probably gonna feel like a “lost” Super Powers entry right at home with all those 70s-80s “classic” designs.
Case pack: 2x Silver Age Superman
1 Dr. Fate + 1 Plat
1 Two-Face + 1 Plat
I'll just take an entire case!
Well, judging by the picture the Gold Dr. Fate had the Platinum sticker on, which would make the Yellow Dr. Fate the regular. But if the case pack out is one of each then what's the difference really between regular and platinum at that point? There will be the same number of each so the platinum isn't actually any more special, it's just a variant released in equal numbers. I will be happy though if that makes the "regular" version easier to find since that is the only version I would be remotely interested in owning.
Case pack: 2x Silver Age Superman
1 Dr. Fate + 1 Plat
1 Two-Face + 1 Plat
I'll just take an entire case!
That beats me having to buy a 6 pack of Two Face's in hopes of getting one Platinum and one Classic. I'm likely going to get the Digital Superman for his 80s look, so this build out would be an easy means to sell me a case worth.
Man I was hoping there wouldn't be a platinum I want. BBTS eventually sells platinums on their own but they pop up randomly and sell out quickly. Kinda hard to get a hold of.
Lots of pics online the last couple of days, including the standard looks for Dr. Fate and Two-Face.
There's also a whole wave of Batman figures (shocker), but they're all basically repaints of existing figures (shocker #2):
- Cowardly Lot Batman- Basically Jorge Jimenez Batman; looks nice, but it's the Y2/Hush buck again, with a new head sculpt and a slightly different Bat emblem
- Justice Lords Batman- Repaint of the Earth 2 Batman from a while back
- 1,000,000 Batman- Repaint/slight retool of the Speeding Bullets Batman
- Repaints of the Silver Age Batman, as shown @ ToyFair (purple & Orange)
I pretty much get all of the McF Batman figures, but this wave is a pass for me, other than the Jimenez Batman.
Just found classic Lightning Lad at Wal Mart at cost.....$30 at cost, but at cost never the less. Better than after market.
Lots of pics online the last couple of days, including the standard looks for Dr. Fate and Two-Face.
There's also a whole wave of Batman figures (shocker), but they're all basically repaints of existing figures (shocker #2):
- Cowardly Lot Batman- Basically Jorge Jimenez Batman; looks nice, but it's the Y2/Hush buck again, with a new head sculpt and a slightly different Bat emblem
- Justice Lords Batman- Repaint of the Earth 2 Batman from a while back
- 1,000,000 Batman- Repaint/slight retool of the Speeding Bullets Batman
- Repaints of the Silver Age Batman, as shown @ ToyFair (purple & Orange)
I pretty much get all of the McF Batman figures, but this wave is a pass for me, other than the Jimenez Batman.
Bats 1M is on the Y2 buck too unfortunately, boggles my mind but in the last 2 days I've went from feeling meh on this wave to ordering CL Bats and needing 1M when I can get him.
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