check your stores for the '89 wave editionin stores now:poison ivybig hair wonder womanhawkgirlsentinelblack maskpink shirt brainiacblack adamthe questionbeast boypreorders:alex ross supermanalex ross batmanbatman 89two face 89previous: >>11844032
>>11851588If you look at what DCMV was in 2020-2022 it was exactly "Todd just wants to have as many Batmans on a shelf as Hasbro has Darth Vaders." and not "Todd's line was for lifetime collectors who wanted cool, definitive versions of characters they already had."Everything has gone mad if somehow the opposite can be said. Up is down, down is up. Cats and dogs living together, fish raining from the sky.
>>11851591You used the wrong image
>>11851591I won't
do we know anything yet about Mattels Collectors line? Like price or scale?
>>11851614We are expecting more info this weekend at SDCC
>>11851595How many years will people have to wait for Mattel to release their Happy Meal versions of Power Girl and Starman Jack? I'm holding a Billy Dee Williams Two Face that got made just because it's a cool fucking figure. Todd's DC line was a wild ride, there was a cool mix of classic designs, movie versions, and newer stuff. The best figure of the line is probably the Page Punchers Brainiac, and that was just McFarlane Toys going off and doing their own thing, playing to the company's strengths to create something weird and different.Imagine if Mattel were told to come up with their own version of Brainiac. It'd be some generic unpainted robot, soulless and boring. Mattel has stayed alive by always playing it safe, never taking risks, and making cheap products for five year olds. After almost two decades of grimdark Snyderverse stuff that drove away an entire generation of kids, DC is really keen to get back to offering products that kids want. Masters of the Universe proves that if a franchise is allowed to wither and loses that connection with kids then it's just going to die and fade away.Right now DC is trying to cover the basics and make sure the franchise can survive. It's going to be really interesting when Superman and Batman go public domain in a few years.
>>11851620This guy is a scalper and supports scalping
>>11851619but that's SIX more days.
>>11851620>It's going to be really interesting when Superman and Batman go public domain in a few years.Actually it won't matter at all. For example, Mickey's first incarnation already entered public domain and nothing major has changed. The issue is only the ancient version of Mickey from Steamboat Willie is public domain and Disney still holds the trademark to his name. So no one can release a tv show or movie called Mickey Mouse still or call their character Mickey Mouse. The same will be true for Batman and Superman. DC will still own them lock stock and barrel besides ancient looks from the late 1930s that are very little like modern versions of the characters. And even if a product was made mimicking those looks, it can't even be called by the name Batman or Superman. There are already bootleg Batman and Superman figures made in China that are in a better market position to sell.
>>11851609same, and im the biggest 89 faggot here probably. reusing the crappy head and not painting the emblem properly 5 times in a row is pretty fucking bad.
>>11851620you're holding the cheapest of toxic chinese trash featuring the image of a liquor salesman that couldn't get through his latest role without being drunk off his ass, and never even got to star in the feature you idolize him for as anything other than a background character.It will break within 3 years should you unbox it, which you won't, because you don't even actually enjoy this hobby.
>>11851630There are those lame public domain horror movies with Mickey and Winnie the Pooh, but those are just edgy deconstructions of characters nobody really gives a fuck about and are inherently shallow and boring.Imagine a no shackles hard R horror movie with Batman fighting even a generic serial killer like in Seven, or finally getting a Superman movie about Superman that doesn't have dipshits like the Justice Gang taking up half the screentime.>>11851658>>11851621It isn't my fault I went to walmart to buy diapers for my buddy's kid on the way to his birthday party and saw a full wave of McFarlanes sitting there for msrp that will easily go for double or triple that on ebay. Honestly, I kind of suspect I have Q powers or God loves laughing at me because I swear there was a beam of light coming down through the roof window shining right down on that aisle, like the clouds were parting or a quest marker in a video game.I don't know why you're wasting your time being angry at God's favorite McFarlane collector instead of just posting your own stuff.
>>11851669I told you last thread, I saw the Wonder Woman wave a week or two ago and other than taking a picture to make fun of you for paying a scalper $120 for Poison Ivy, I just left the figures there. You really do nothing to help your case against being one of the most irredeemable attention faggots on this site.
>>11851669You're lying to yourself about the resale value. No one's actually buying this stuff for very much over MSRP, certainly not enough to outweigh the credit card interest you're undoubtedly putting the initial purchase on + selling fees and shipping costs.
>>11851675Ironically enough he is one of the people that overpays for figures to get them early. He just was bragging about paying a scalper $150 for the Poison Ivy that's hitting stores right now.
>>11851677He's got main character syndrome and that's why he likes Todd so much. Todd is the main character of main character syndrome.
>>11851614Wed or Thurs night
>>11851678You like thinking of yourself as an NPC?>>11851675>>11851673If the value drops then I get to keep a cool Two Face. I'm hoping the Alex Ross Superman goes cheap, I only grabbed the Batman so he can be shelf buddies. Batman 89 is neat as a shelf buddy for Chris Reeve Superman but not necessary. Like I said last thread, it all depends on what happens on ebay.I also have them up for grabs in a follower freebie thing but I'm betting whoever wins will choose something else up for grabs like Silver Age Supes or one of my extra Power Girls.A lot of variables. In the meantime for the next week or so I'll just chill and enjoy them.
>>11851687Todds are collectible figures made by Todd. Surely they will go up in value once Mattel starts serving their un-wired capes on every store shelf in the country, while our Todds remain strong with high quality wired capes.
>>11851620Fuck I hate I missed him, that head looks great. I was going to ask you to post it but now I can avoid that >>11851687Sheesh. Money, power, bitches,followers and toys.....No wonder you won't be my friend .
>>11851704Fuck I hope so, Im trying to save up for a down payment on a 2004 Accord
>>11851687>le npcprojection
Massive accessories for $34.99.
>>11851716Massive jawline for $34.99
>>11851687No one likes you enough to be your follower.
>>11851717picrel is what a real woman looks like
>>11851733your comic stylized Ivy should not look more like a man than Uma Thurman's representation
>>11851737And yet here we are. Todd put his worst sculptors onto DCMV because he knows these will sell no matter how bad the figures are, even at $35. Collectors just need to stop being easy marks and no one would be able to take advantage of them, but they never will.
>at least ten years until someone makes another Poison IvyBetter buy your ticket now.
>>11851743we need a real plague, not that pussy covid shit
>>11851751I already got my Mafex, I'm good. Buy once, cry once.
>>11851760holy based
>>11851751In 10 years there is no guarantee DC toys will still be made, anon.
>>11851785this is called fomo. stop it. you are a fool if you truly thing this. In 10 years the figures getting put out will outclass the ones we have now by miles, just as it's always been, and you'll just be selling your old stuff to get the new ones. This line of thinking is a trap that locks you into a life of constantly buying anything you only kinda sorta want.
>>11851785Oh please. You lil faggots are such pessimistic retards you don't even know what you're talking about. It's more probable you'll die of retardation in the next 10 years than fucking Batman toys no longer being made.
actually good figures with un-fucked faces coming in hot
>>11851791>>11851792Nice floors. The statues on top of it are alright too. Which SHF did you get?
>>11851796I'm memeing they are essentially statues and also suffer the same scale as Todd figures. I don't really want to display them and am probably listing them soon, but they were cool 15 years ago or whenever it was I got them.The figuarts that is absolutely not the one I clicked is Fighter of Rage Goku
this is definitely better than Todd's Ivy tho
>>11851801>The figuarts that is absolutely not the one I clicked is Fighter of Rage GokuNice, i just got mine in as well, need to open him.
>>11851806I'm waffling on keeping him. I was about to crack him when I remembered he's gonna be next to a fucked up battle damaged full power Frieza which doesn't really make sense, but he is a great figure. Decisions.
>>11851801I have so many DCD figures sitting in a tub in my garage. I want to get rid of them but I'm also afraid they're just sticky messes at this point since I live in the desert and they've been subjected to some extreme heat over the years. I don't want to open the tote to find out.
>>11851810As long as it wasn't humid in there you're probably good. You'll be thinking about it til you check so just check now and post pics, it'll be fun. No one ever talks about these anymore.
https://youtu.be/2YC7nGcrUKI?is=i_Qa5LBMfEK13hH5
>>11851808A new Final Form Frieza is going to be coming out soon enough to pair along side him.
>>11851812>mobile fighteroh my fucking god why. There's that engine they just used to put out the Invincible and Avatar games.
perhaps we have been too harsh on Toddbut probably not
this is 100% a re-used multiversus back drop
>>11851813yeah but that ones for the Hyper Dimension shelf, this is the Frieza I was referring to
>>11851810>I want to get rid of them but I'm also afraid they're just sticky messes at this point since I live in the desert and they've been subjected to some extreme heat over the years. I don't want to open the tote to find out.Like >>11851811 said, as long as it isn't too humid where you live, you'll be fine. I have a box of childhood toys and other nicknacks like trading cards, Game Boys and other consoles, stuff like that. All stored in a non climate controlled storage unit for about two decades. I also live in the desert and summers exceed over 110 degrees where I live, although we have very little, to no humidity for 90% of the year. Even after almost twenty years the toys in there were fine, some were sticky from plasticizer but not any more so than other childhood toys that my mom kept in her house. Others were fine too. In fact, my old Digimon toys from when I was a kid still sit on my shelf to this day, they're fine other than some loose joints, but they got that way long before getting stored from heavy play. All my old consoles still turn on, display video, and run games no problem, both my Game Boy Color Advanced, and my NDS all still work, my old Pokemon Blue save from 1999 even still works. I think you'll be fine.
>>11851804oh shit I'm 100% printing a flower crown for my Ivy nowthat's dope as hell
>>11851820pls do yourself a favor and get those consoles recapped soon. They do leak mobo and chip destroying acid and they are at end of life.also i must now admit to owning the McFarlane 89 Batmobile, oh well.
>>11851823You should tell people it's your Batstation. It only plays Batman games.
>>11851823Meh, I don't have the hardware at my own house to plug them into to play them, plus everything I have on there I have downloaded and backed up. I prefer digital preservation for games, emulation up to the PS3/X360 era has gotten good enough that the games run and look better on emulation than they did on the original hardware. Anything after the 7th gen has a good enough PC port that you don't need emulation outside Nintendo games and a couple of handful exceptions. I've been on a big media preservation kick the past few years gathering as many old games, comics, TV shows, and movies as I can store. I still get movies on physical media, as I don't have the storage for my entire UHD Blue Ray collection, but for games, comics and other stuff, it's all digitally stored and backed up with backup drives stored in my fireproof safe. I have like 2TB of console games and old PC abandonware games, about 150GB of comic scans (about 6000 individual comics), and a couple TBs of TV shows. And then my Steam account is 20 years old and has like 450 games on it. I'll be alright.
>>11851788>In 10 years the figures getting put out will outclass the ones we have now by milesEverything must come to an end one day, anon. Whether it be physical media, action figures, a country, or civilization itself. Your confidence towards eternal progress is naive. Especially with the inevitability of continuing price increases that price more of the base of collectors out with few new collectors to take their place. Eventually action figures simply will not be profitable to make anymore, and they will cease being made. Whether that is in 10 years, 20 years or more, it is a certainty.
>>11851821i got that figure loose on eBay and the guy did fuck around with it a bit, the flower crown isn't original I don't think. he had good taste>>11851824THIS Batman game>>11851826fair and same here, I was even more keen to play Godzilla PS4 on the emu than my PS5 recently until it got too annoying to keep working. It's just that if you actually have that hardware I think it's worth keeping operational and in good condition>>11851828nothing ever happens and at this point I can't be convinced otherwise
>>11851828Again, the chances of you dying of retardation are higher than no more DC figures being made in a decade.
>>11851833How many Indiana Jones figure lines are running right now?
>>11851837how many people care about Indy vs Batman? How many canon Indy figures are left unmade after the Adventure Series line wrapped up? How long til Harrison Ford is a corpse?
>>11851837Indiana Jones has less juice than Batman, and you're a fool to compare the two
>>11851832I have my original consoles just for the sake that they were my consoles when I was a kid. I didn't even have all of them until a year or two ago when I bought my house and my mom dumped all my old stuff into my garage. It would be cool to display them, but even then, meh. It's much more convenient to just have everything playable on my PC.
>>11851837You are actually deluding yourself if you think Indiana Jones has the same level of staying power as DC comics which have been around for nearly 100 years.
>>11851843>actually playing TaskforceSadist. In reality I never really use my big complicated CRT setup, and I even have a much smaller one tied to a Mister FPGA now and default to emulation anyway. Whatever way you choose to play doesn't really matter at this point.
>>11851838>>11851840>>11851844Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, Indiana Jones, Batman. They all had their day. Now the kids want Minecraft Steve.
>>11851847the kids aren't the target demographic and haven't been for 20 years
>>11851847Batman (and Spider-Man) will always be popular, for better and worseEven when their movies flop, they don't flop
>>11851846It was just for the pic and because I already had the game extracted from my SNES rom set. Game is just as terrible as it was when I was a kid.>>11851847If you're not trying to troll, you're actually stupid.
>>11851848>>11851850>>11851851>my favorite superhero is the Odyssey-Man I like when he pokes the cyclops they'll never stop making sculptures of him
>>11851847Also, Tarzan had immensely popular Disney adaptation not even thirty years ago. And Sherlock Holmes has had several adaptations in the last like 15 years with the Robert Downy Jr. films and the Benedict Cumberbatch TV series. Kind of terrible examples anon.
>>11851855Ah, we're at the point he just spams buzzwords that don't even make sense in the context of the conversation. Don't you have some bugs to eat Tan?
>>11851846at least you moved past the title screen
There's no guarantee anything will be made. Everyone knows you need to finish your collections with McFarlane's DCMV or you're going to have to settle for whatever Mattel is allowed to make.
>yfw the SNES version does not have this absolutely kino creepy introhttps://youtu.be/VTA0ARWrIhU?si=pFb-Uf4ABN1Xvha_&t=22
>>11851860There's no guarantee you'll be alive tomorrow. Shut up retard. Your doom posting isn't convincing anyone of anything.
>>11851862I also have the Mega Drive version but it isn't currently extracted from my Mega Drive rom set.
>>11851855a movie about odyssey man came out 5 minutes ago, chiefit's breaking box office records
>>11851860>There's no guarantee anything will be madethere's literally always a guarantee every DC toyline from Mafex to Mattel with have 8 Batmen and and enough side characters and villains to fill out an entire shelfStop being a fag
>>11851865the SNES version plays/sounds better, it's just that the only good part of the game on either platform is that intro
>>11851658>featuring the image of a liquor salesman that couldn't get through his latest role without being drunk off his ass,Holy shit Lando is based like that!?
>>11851880I wouldn't call it based but his line reads in that last Star Wars movie were pretty fuckin funny, and I also laughed real good at how he was trying to fuck the asian piggy right before the credits rolled
>>11851832>Sunsoft made another 8bit Batman game>PC-Engine fuck yes>it would be so awesome if this was just the NES game but with better graphics>play it>it’s this Bomberman shitI mean it’s fine, and better than Return of the Joker, but still one of my more memorable gaming disappointments
>>11851891yeah I don't like it either. Peak for me is Genesis Returns (sadist tier game that I have memorized, also the master system/game gear versions are good) and Genesis Adventures of B&R
There haven't been any leaks for Matty 2.0?
>>11851833So you admit there is a chance DC figures will stop being made.>>11851832>nothing ever happens and at this point I can't be convinced otherwiseWe've been through about 3 crises with significant economic impacts in this decade alone. I am not sure where you are getting the idea that nothing happens.
>>11851866And yet Odyssey Man has no toys.
>>11851907yeah but nothing actually happened in any of those. Iran is still Iran, America is still a laughing stock that's more comfortable than anywhere else, nukes still can't do as much damage as you've been convinced they could
>>11851935so pre-ordering Elliot Page's character if they drop
>>11851906Silver age Batman Superman and Wonder Woman A deathstroke A jokerThat’s it so far
>>11851935But Batman does, and there hasn't even been a Batman movie in like 5 years or whatever
>>11851943busted line unless he comes with turban
>>11851944You can't find any because of this shit >>11851620
>>11851994that's not the argument and I don't even care about mcfarlane
hahahaLast thread someone said they'd trade an Alex Ross Superman for a Two Face. I'll wait a day to see if they reply then I'm putting this on ebay.
>DC General: Scalpers Edition
>>11851938I'm not even talking about Iran.Covid caused a huge shipping shitfest that made toys more expensive, upended people's lives for years. Then the tariffs caused another huge shitfest that increased the price of everything including toys. Now the AI shitfest is making computer components, and other items tied to usage of AI double or more in price as well as having an effect on electricity. Even if you were only looking at toys, two of those have have an impact that otherwise wouldn't have happened. We'd probably be paying like 23.99 for MLs at the moment if not for all this instead of 27.99 and maybe 21.99 for McFarlanes instead of 26.99. Maybe Maximum series and Elite Editions wouldn't exist. Maybe CEs wouldn't exist or at least would not be 34.99.Hormuz could impact plastic prices through oil but it's not 100% certain it will raise prices on toys permanently yet but its caused plenty of short term chaos.
>>11852021Does he really not even come with any accessories? Kind of crazy
>>11852021Why wait a day? I don't use eBay.
>>11852036How do they do it in the BST thread?
>>11852038Idk, in person over email is how I did it. I'm not really sweating it or anything, so if you can flip them for easy money then go for it.
>>11852045Scalpers like you are scum
>>11852045Well I saw it and remembered you were looking for one. No offense but I'll ship Two Face after I get Superman. This place is shitty and it isn't unreasonable to assume you'd burn me, and I could just as easily burn you but then I'd never hear the end of it here, and making a couple extra bucks scalping is one thing but scamming is not how I roll.It's no biggy to me either way. I like figures with stories and a Superman that represents a trust between two anons on 4chan sounds pretty cool.
is there some reason Mafex did specific storylines like Death of Superman and Hush? I assume they get commissioned by the media companies to make the figures
>>11852100>why did they do two popular more modern stories for two of the most popular charactersIt's a real headscratcher.
>>11851866And destroyed critically by people who aren't paid off kiss asses nor those afraid of being called racist for hating it's retarded casting.
>>11851609>>11851637>>11851678>>11851677We All Win -- With J-Rot, Everyone's Blessed!
>>11852112they really thought a suited man would sell for 35 dollars. how did that not end up all over ross across the nation?
>>11852112Now he's making an anon decide between trading for Two Face or else it'll get scalped on ebay. Full-on supervillain shit.
>>11852109>>11851591
>>11852118He had two paths to choose when Hush Batman was withheld from him in a cruel act by Amazon and ultimately by McFarlane for improper distribution practices.He could've walked away from the DC Multiverse line and remained blameless. But he chose the darker path. He now buys up figures, looking for rare, expensive figures that would be prized so he can sell them to the highest bidder. He follows now in Todd's example, depriving ordinary people of modest means of figures they would love and cherish. He has become the monster he once cried out against.This is the curse of DC Multiverse.
>>11852057Works every time.
>>11852112I can't wait for someone to make decent figures of this cast. I'm 50/50 on supes himself but I need an actually good quality toy of Lex, Mr. Terrific, and the Hammer.Guess I'm stuck hoping for... What... Mafex at this point? God, Mezco? What a terrible thought.
>>11852108>modern storiesnigga death of superman is 30 years old and Hush is 20but that wasn't my pointtypically a company would just do a non-specific version of the hero/villain, I'm curious if there's a known reason for why they did the opposite
>>11852029everything you just rattled off is fake economy bull shit that doesn't actually matter. Nothing actually changed. You're still buying toys. >Boo hoo I live in the country where I can make more money than someone with the exact same job title anywhere else, my Goku costs an extra $5 this yeardo you realize how retarded that sounds now
>>11852137Hush in particular is known for being a gallery of iconic batvillain looks, I understand why they use it as the basis for their American superhero line.Death of Superman is a little stranger. Steel and Hank Henshaw the Cyborg Superman have their most iconic looks in that book but Superboy's most iconic look is probably his fuck-ass t-shirt look circa Infinite Crisis. In this case I think they are still coasting on the name and reputation, decades later it's still remembered as a major event with lots of cultural clout. Some millennial dickweed with the ultimate helicopter parent was able to parlay talking about it with his Hollywood friends into a briefly successful film career.
>>11851938How do you go through life being this stupid?
>>11852156>inflation is "fake economy bull shit" and increased prices on everything doesn't matter You must live in a far more gilded cage than most of us, the effects outside just toys are palpable and force people to adjust their budgets. I take it you don't have a budget.
>>11852325>>11852312pfft euros
>>11852203Right, but now they're doing Doomsday and he was just branded generically as being from "Superman" And Lobo, who is just classified as "Justice League"But Batgirl is still "Hush" even though Barbara in the costume is only in Hush for like half a page in a flashback whereas she's Oracle for 99% of the story
Bones is back
>>11852435Well Doomsday is from krypton or a krypton scientist right? Like that's why he went after Superman because krypton blew up and supes was the only one left.
>>11852137You asked a question & I answered with the obvious. Yes, Death of Superman is still modern by comic book standards. And just like Hush, the storyline featured a wide variety of characters letting them pull from the same story.
>>11852515But Doomsday is a significant character in Death of Superman but they aren't using that branding, they're just using generic Superman branding>>11852521>the storyline featured a wide variety of characters letting them pull from the same story.Again, you didn't answer why they did that instead of why they didn't just do a nonspecific "Batman" subline
>>11852535Because the story is popular & already has a lot of major rogues plus side characters, retard.
>>11852618againwhy did it need to be attached to a story at all
>>11852623Because they felt like it. Maybe it was a stipulation when they originally got the DC license. Who fucking cares?
>>11851669Weak bait sanjay
>>11852626>Maybe it was a stipulation when they originally got the DC license.Why would it be a stipulation for them but no other companies making DC figures?
>>11852633You forgot to take the name off when you hopped threads fake Marvel OP
>>11852634It could've been that they initially were only to get the license for that one story. Or maybe they were only interested in doing this one story and then expanded to other DC properties. It really doesn't matter at this point.
>>11852641So, you don't fucking know either.Don't be a hostile fag next time.
>>11852646My point is no one fucking knows. You continually screeching about it isn't going to get you an answer. And, to be fair, you were being hostile first, I was just matching your energy.
>>11852633Shut up crimson commander
>>11852648>screeching about it>"why is this happening?">"shut up, retard, the answer is obvious (even though I don't know either) so stop asking stupid questions"
>>11852651I never asked "why is this happening"
>>11852655I did, retard
>>11852657I mean, you've been harping on it for like an hour and a half now. There are a number of reasons and you should be able to gleam some of them all on your own. Drop it already.
>>11852662>there are a number of reasonsSuch as?Again, because you kept ignoring this part, they could just do a "Batman" subline and make all these same characters and they would look near identical, and wouldn't need to be tied to a specific arc that is finite and doesn't actually include every character, but they did not do thatThough they seem to be doing it nowAnd, once again, I'm asking if anyone (but not you, since you don't know a fucking thing) knows why
>>11852664I listed several probable ones earlier. >And, once again, I'm asking if anyone (but not you, since you don't know a fucking thing) knows whyLiterally no one has been able to explain why they do DC the way they do. You're not going to get an answer that will satisfy you. If you don't like the possible answers I gave earlier, then that's on you. Chill out and post some toys or something.
>>11852664Because it's easier to differentiate specific versions of characters based on the stories & thus the artists depictions, stupid. You have actual autism & will probably still not be satisfied with this answer.
So whomever claimed the nu52 Superbro was a Ross Con mcfart was probably confused since I have the other four (but not the Action Comics #1, but I assume scalpers are beating me to all of the good stuff).
>>11851621That is insane.
>>11852693This came out last month and I haven't seen it anywhere. How is it at Ross?
>>11852727Toy companies do not know distribution. They do not understand. It is the furthest thing from their mind. Rarely have I ever seen a product that actually had good distribution in this day and age besides like Black Series Darth Vaders and MCU Ironman and Spider-Man
>>11852772It isn't so much the toy companies fault as it is the retailers that order from those toy companies. Stores like Target and Walmart do not give a fuck about toys. The toy section is probably the lowest priority in the entire store outside of the two months leading up to Christmas.
>>11852843Pretty much, I guess there just isn't enough margin for big retailers to push toys outside of their collector cons and Christmas. It's irritating AF that stores like WM have so many store exclusives to help drive foot traffic but it's either boom or bust with those. I can't tell you who many trips I took looking for Krang or Mutated Mer Man.
Mattel wins. See you at sdcc. :)
