DCUC Wonder Twins Packaging in all its Glory

July 8, 2009 | Paul

Poe is away doing whatever it is he does on Poe Base Alpha, so it’s up to me the Power Pal known as Paul to bring you this extra juicy video from Mattel:

Yep, it’s the promised Wonder Twins San Diego Comic Con ’09 exclusive packaging in action. This is clearly a cool package with some awesome lights and sound effects. What do you say, Mattel fans? Does it beat last year’s King Greyskull’s cool packaging? I’d say it comes close at the very least, but I guess that depends too on if you’re more a He-Man fan than a DC fan.

Show and Tell > Paul’s Batmania

July 8, 2009 | Paul

After doing my Robocop Show and Tell the discussion seemed to focus more on Batman than Robocop. Well, here’s my Batman collection Show and Tell inspired by that conversation. For my Show and Tell, I’m going to do something a bit different. I’m going to show and tell as usual, but there’s a little bit more to the story than what I’ve got here. For the rest of the story, head on over to my blog Toy Bender to get the rest of the scoop. Think of it as the director’s commentary over there. (more…)

Poe’s Point > Time to Come Clean

July 7, 2009 | Poe

As you all are aware, I’ve been suffering from some burnout lately, and it’s affected the site somewhat. While there are a number of reasons for the burnout, there’s a particular issue related to the website itself. The truth is, I’ve lost a lot of my interest in DC Universe Classics. (more…)

DCUC Fan Poll 2009

July 7, 2009 | Poe

The Question will be out sometime late this year or early 2010, and in the meantime, ToyFare and Mattel present the next DCUC Fan Poll. The poll should go online sometime this month.

Here are the contenders for your vote:

  • Raven
  • Uncle Sam
  • Geo-Force
  • Toyman
  • Captain Marvel, Jr.
  • Libra

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that Toyman’s going to win, with Raven as a potential dark horse.

Spengler? I hardly know ‘er

July 7, 2009 | Poe

Mattel has posted in-package photos of Egon on their Facebook page. Some fans are complaining about the packaging, but I like it, particularly the way the blister resembles the Gozer building.

The toys look good too (except for Egon’s glasses…I may have to see if I can find a good replacement for those). Oddly enough, I think this set has become the SDCC exclusive I’m most looking forward to.

Magma Corps trailer

July 6, 2009 | Poe

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The Four Horsemen and the students of the DAVE School of animation have produced this excellent Magma Corps trailer (sorry, no embed available). I can easily see this as a Cartoon Network show.