Mattel has dropped a whole load of previews–well, a few anyway–on us via their News page on Mattycollector.com. Info and links after the jump.
Toy Fans, Are You Sitting Down?
I hope so, because what follows is the biggest preview of products to come since SDCC! So get yourself a comfortable chair and prepare to be wowed…
Green Lantern Classics – Wave 2
Here’s your first official look at the second wave of dedicated Green Lantern comic-style figures! Includes interchangeable heads and hands on the two Green Lantern characters (Nautkeiloi and Medphyll), as well as the two Red Lantern characters (Skallox and Night Lik). Night Lik is an all new character created by the Four Horsemen and named by Geoff Johns. He will appear in an upcoming issue of Green Lantern, but appears first as a Mattel toy in the Green Lantern Classics line! This wave also includes a 3-pack of mini-characters: B’dg as a Green Lantern, Dex-Starr the Red Lantern, and Despotellis the Sinestro Corps member. The sixth and final figure is a Green Lantern movie preview figure, in movie style. For now, we can only show it in shadow… look for the full reveal in January in an issue of Toy Fare magazine!Panthor® – March 2011 Club Eternia™ Monthly Figure
Back at SDCC, we showed a helmet in the display case. We can finally reveal that this spectacular large-scale beast is its owner! Includes saddle, newly sculpted head, and an all-new vintage style removable mask.Ghostbusters™ Courtroom Peter
This new 6″ scale Peter Venkman™ figure is our first single-carded Ghostbusters™ 2 figure! Comes with a brand-new Scalari Brother Ghost figure with swappable feet (flying feet and standing feet). NOTE: This figure will be released in January and Ghostbusters™ 2 Winston with Slime Blower has been moved out (release date TBD).Walmart-Exclusive DCUC 2-Packs from Wave 1
All new 2-packs of best-selling, previously-released DCUC figures available only at Walmart! Just like all other previous 2-packs, these packs contain figures and accessories only, not the Collect and Connect™ figure parts. Packs include Gentleman Ghost/Hawkgirl, and Superman/Parasite.MOTUC vs DCUC – Wave 2
Originally shown at SDCC, the next two MOTUC 2-packs feature original art from DC Comics and a collectable poster of both characters fighting it out! Packs include Hawkman vs Stratos® and Aquaman vs Mer-Man®.MOTUC Weapons Pak Great Wars Assortment
The product was shown at SDCC and now here’s the package. It’ll be available November 15th 2010, so click here to see the full description.MOTUC Weapons Rack
Coming spring 2011! Please note, this item will not be included in 2011 Club Eternia™ subscriptions.
My thoughts, unwanted or otherwise:
- Panthor looks…like Panthor (not that that’s stopped the inevitable He-Man.org complaining thread). A much cooler photo of Panthor, where he’s wearing the helmet, can be found on the Mattycollector Facebook page.
- The Green Lantern Classics Wave 2 look awesome. I’m not really even a GL fan, but those are some great action figures.
- Courtroom Peter – Pass, I’m afraid. I only need the core ‘Busters and maybe GB2 suited versions (w/ slimepack Ray and Winston). And why are we seeing him and not Slimeblower Winston? Winston comes out in January, CP’s next March. Never mind, I didn’t read the press release and am an idiot.
- Walmart-exclusive DCUC 2-Packs: I’m glad people who want Gentleman Ghost are finally get him again, but holy crap, did Mattel actually just pass up another chance to release a light-blue Superman? They hate Superman fans, don’t they?
- MOTUC vs. DCUC – Are the Hawkpeople really popular and I was just unaware?
- Weapons Rack – I’m almost shocked to admit this, but I don’t know if I’m on board for this thing. Will it include any exclusive weapons? If not, I may have to think about it.
monkey boy
i would think at least somebody would be happy that the ghostbusters line is actually beginning to include, y'know…ghosts…right?
lemonfreshviper22
–Panthor: I think he looks great! I don't really know if I'm going to be using the helmet but I dig the fact that he's not flocked (who am I kidding though? I'm going to buy the flocked version too probably). The unflocked Mossman pictured on the back of the first weapons pak looked great and I still kind of hope we may get it at some point.
–GL Classics 2: Stel, the CNC is pretty accurate to how he looks in the comics (at least to the way he looks now; in the past he kind of looked like Maximilian from the Black Hole with a bucket head). I'm thrilled we're getting Carol and the interchangeable Lanterns are cool. They're going through them really quick though as all Orange Lanterns are constructs, the Indigo Lanterns don't wear uniforms so much and there are only 3 or 4 Blue lanterns. Night Lik is kind of a goofy name but Geoff Johns is a busy man so I can't say I blame him. I'm THRILLED that there are no Black Lanterns though.
–MOTUC Vs. DCUC: Not that interested in these but I'm glad they're out there since they could help us get things like a fixed Hector Dr. Fate.
–DCUC 2-packs: Wow this light blue Superman is going to end up being the most demanded figure in the line if they keep holding out. The GG/HG pack is comically offensive as I'm pretty sure 80% of people don't care about Craddock as much as they wanted the Giganta parts.
–Courtroom Peter: I'm glad that they're taking time to fix Winston but this does mean that we're getting 2 Peter's, one after another. Still it's a cool enough look but I really hope Mattel realizes the longer they hold out on figures that aren't the 'busters, the more interest people are going to lose.
–Weapons Pak 2: I think it looks great. Hopefully the double sale dates in November won't give me heart failure.
–Weapons Rack: Where was it implied it wouldn't come with weapons? That's crazy but just crazy enough for me to be afraid of it actually happening. I sure hope it does have the gear though as I really want a Silver mace that doesn't have the vines on it.
Mose
Green Lantern Classics Wave 2 looks awesome! They all look great. Could of sworn Skallox had a larger body like Kilowog.
Night Lik (not crazy about the name) seems to be a shaman like Atrocitus. He’s either going to be Atrocitus’ disciple and second-in-command or a rival trying to take over command of the the Red Lantern Corps. He looks awesome none the less.
Panthor looks great and I’m happy that the sub takes care of him. The weapons rack I’m undecided on. As much as I would like to have it I’m sick and tired of having to go on their crappy site.
The MOTUC vs. DCUC and the DCUC two paks I never find up here so I’m indifferent of them.
As much as I like Ghostbusters I could care less for the line.
Overall I’m happy with what was shown.
toyman2581
Panthor looks amazing. I was super pissed when I heard he wasn't going to be flocked and I still hope they make a flocked one at some point, but this looks too awesome to be mad about.
GL Wave 2 is decent. Don't get me wrong, the figures look great but as a GL fan I'd rather see C'hp instead of B'dg, Vice instead of Skallox, and almost any other GL at this point besides Broccoli head and Fishbowl up there. Night Lik is cool looking but the name is pretty bad.
Courtroom Peter will get picked up just for the Scalari brother but if I don't start seeing some more non 'Busters then this line is gonna be a BUST.
The Weapons rack is nice. If it comes with the weapons shown hanging on it then I'm in.
Mountain-man
Panthor is great, he looks just like the vintage art. That helmet is cool looking…Weapon rack looks neat too, especially those castle weapons.