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Odds ‘n Ends > Thor’s Day Edition

January 17, 2008 | Poe

ODD: Well, Raving Toy Maniac has managed to get their RTM Spotlight of the DCUC wave one up, while I continue to dither on my own mega-review. I have a good reason for dithering, as I hope you’ll eventually get to see, but I’m still gonna be real late to the party.

In the meantime, Mattel has released some PR images of mock-ups of the second and third wave figures. You can see them all at the DCUC Info Archive. For fun, I edited together this image of the DCSH series eight Batman and the upcoming Robin, shown here next to their 1984 Kenner Super Powers counterparts (the latter taken from Jason Geyer’s Super Powers Archive).

Talk about coming a long way, baby. (On a side note…Batman went through three or four costume alterations from the 1940s through the 1980s, but DC Comics left Robin with that exact goofy uniform for fifty years. Why?)

END: In other news, Paul from Toy Bender has for some reason decided I would make for a gripping interview…but you can decide for yourself.

ODD: It seems I started a trend with my review of Cleatus the Fox Sports Robot; both Michael Crawford and OAFE have hopped on board the bandwagon.

END: I think I can declare PGPoA’s first contest a success–seventeen entries and counting! There are still plenty of days left in February and March, so if you haven’t entered yet, go for it.

ODD: You may have noticed this blog has its first ads. More are on the way. Have I sold out? Short answer yes, long answer…more or less, yeah. But I just can’t do this sort of thing for free anymore. If I can make back some of my expenses with a few relatively unobtrusive ads by retailers I approve of, then my conscience is clear.

END: I finally received my proper, horn-less Gentle Giant Hellboy. There are photos on my Flickr page, and I’ll try to get a quick review up soon.

Dark Knight photos leaked

January 13, 2008 | Poe

Some good photos of the “Movie Masters” 6″ Dark Knight line (sculpted by the Four Horsemen) have leaked (intentionally or not?) to the Web. For now, I’m just going to link to another site that has them, until I’ve got confirmation from the Horsemen or Mattel that it’s okay to post them here.

Dark Knight figure photos

Also, Entertainment Earth has a bunch of Dark Knight, including the Movie Master figures, up for preorder. There are some new photos, but I’m skeptical about how much information EE really has–for instance, the photo for the Movie Masters figures is the old prototype photo that came out last week, and the product description says “Each case includes 4 individually packaged Action Figures which may include: Batman, The Joker. (Subject to change.)” Hmmmm…

I do believe the May release date, though. That’s the usual release date for a July blockbuster toy line.

First pic of the 6″ Dark Knight figures

January 8, 2008 | Poe

Toy News International has posted a photo of the Batman figure from the upcoming six-inch line based on The Dark Knight. The line’s sub-title is apparently “Movie Masters,” which presumably means it will cover more than just this one film (and possibly non-Batman films such as Superman Returns and Justice League).

Over on their FANtastic Exclusive forums, the Four Horsemen are a bit uncertain whether the photo is definitely of their prototype or not, but they do offer this tidbit about the figures: “They match up in both scale and articulation with the DC Universe Classics figures. The articulation is really well hidden in that figure.”

More details about the Movie Masters line will be revealed at Toy Fair next month. Along with DCUC and the NECA Ninja Turtles, this is one of my most-anticipated lines for 2008.

Batman, circa 1990

January 4, 2008 | Poe

I dug out this old Kenner Batman a few days ago. I really liked this figure, and the way the cape fell around his shoulders, so I took this pic (some Photoshopping to fill in the rock, but the stained glass and steps are really there).

My new Batman figure review is up at OAFE

December 27, 2007 | Poe

My review of the black-and-gray repaint Batman has been posted over on OAFE. Be sure to check it out–my editor, yo go re, added a nice effect with one of the photos that shows what some other possible repaints might have been.

Batman review

On a related note, I was reading The Dark Knight Archives Volume 1–one of my Xmas gifts–when I came across the following panel from an old 1940 comic. The context is that Batman has figured out that an old woman is actually Catwoman in disguise and is taking off her make-up. When she resists, he says the obvious thing. (I swear this isn’t Photoshopped–this is the real panel. And keep in mind, Robin is standing nearby–way to set an example, Bruce.)

Batman wallpaper

December 4, 2007 | Poe

I think original Bob Kane Batman is pretty cool, so I whipped up this wallpaper a few months back. Sorry, only have it in size 1024×768…at least until I get a bigger monitor and have to make it again.

Batman wallpaper

The lavender background is in honor of Batman’s original gloves.