Enchanted Toy Chest and Entertainment Earth now have pre-orders for upcoming DCUC sets and singles.
Enchanted Toy Chest
Entertainment Earth
I think someone should create a pool where you guess where a particular wave of DCUC will show up first. BigBadToyStore? CornerStoreComics? Enchanted Toy Chest? Entertainment Earth? Specialty stores? Big box stores?
A specialty store won this round, it seems…interesting, because DCUC8 hasn’t had much big box store penetration so far. I’m not sure how well that bodes for wave 9, particularly when some Targets are still restocking with wave 4.
On a side note, the Marvel Legends 2-packs of Iron Man & Maria Hill, the Hand Ninja & Nick Fury, and Kree & Skrull are being spotted at TRUs.
Entertainment Earth has Wave 11 up for pre-order:
Also – a few Wave 9 singles:
Many (most?) DCUC fans will never own a Gleek. It’s a sad fact of life. But anyone registered Fwoosh members have one last chance (aside from eBay, of course) to win a Gleek: Gleek Week – Mattel and Fwoosh Powers Activate!
Notes: You need to have been a registered Fwoosh member prior to Monday, July 27 to submit an entry, and there will be a $6 shipping fee for winners.
I’m not going to discuss what happened with the various exclusives and so forth–Rustin has promised a rant later in the week, and I’m sure that will cover it all and more.
Instead, I’m just going to list the things that interested me the most. (more…)
Here are Rustin Parr’s notes from the DC-Mattel panel:
ToyFare has posted their second DCUC Fan Poll. Raven’s going to win, in case you were wondering.
Despite being the archetypal superhero, Superman has a surprisingly limited rogues’ gallery. However, he does have a few heavies aside from Lex Luthor, and arguably the #2 Super-baddie is Brainiac.
We had a version of Brainiac in DC Super Heroes, based on the short-lived robot version that, despite is brief time in the comics, managed to inspire a much-loved Super Powers figure. To the best of my knowledge, the Silver Age version of Brainiac has never had an action figure until this year–suddenly he’s getting one in both DC Direct’s upcoming History of the DC Universe and here in Mattel’s DC Universe Classics “Clash in the Cosmos” two-pack.
To be fair, it’s not all that hard to see why the Silver Age Brainiac has had a hard time getting made–he’s absolutely, 100% goofy-looking. The electric pink shirt, the white polo shirt collar, the black shorts and knee socks…seriously, what was artist Al Plastino thinking when he designed this guy? I think he probably looked ridiculous even in 1958; by the late 1970s, his design was flat-out ludicrous.
However, that hasn’t stopped good writers from making Brainiac a force to be reckoned with, from his appearances as a major big bad on Justice League Unlimited to his recent retcon/reboot at the hands of Geoff Johns.
Oh, and there’s a Superman figure, too. (more…)
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…)
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:
I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that Toyman’s going to win, with Raven as a potential dark horse.