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Well, after much bally-hoo and fanboy whining, here is Mattel's DC Universe Classics Wave 5.
For the uninitiated, it's probably very difficult to understand how grown men can get all huffy and throw their toys out of the pram* over action figures, so I shall try to explain...
While the boxes may say 'Ages 4+' the real market for these toys is adults (in fact the newer toys say 'for adult collectors'). While I certainly wouldn't disagree that kids would love them, the figures are really aimed at us comic geeks and we span an age group that is traditionally 'males aged 15 to 35'. Of course, that's a massive generalisation, there are plenty of lovely ladies** out there who collect comic book toys and fellows 40+ and beyond who do the same***.
The thing is, not many of the hard working general public are going to know who Amazo the Android and The Atom are. Of the two figures above, the most recognisable are The Riddler and Eradicator, and Eradicator is going to be mistaken for Superman in some kind of new suit by most folk. It's part of what we love about the line; the fact that us fanboys are getting relatively obscure characters, great, well done Mattel.
So, the above wave is announced and everyone says, 'Ohh, aren't they pretty' and then Mattel advises that they will ONLY be available from Wal*Mart stores.
The thing is, the damn things were like gold dust, they came and went in a flash and quickly became the stuff of legend.
Take a look at that Eradicator figure. Does he look like he's worth $199 (£132) to you? Not by a long shot, but that is how much I have seen that figure selling for in his box.
Us geeks were up in arms. Never mind oil spills**** and wars and famines, where the hell are our Black Lightning action figures!?!?
Well, Mattel relented and made the entire wave available for sale on their website last month, and here they are. So we're all happy now that place in our collection has been filled.
Aren't we all nuts?
*We'd never throw our toys out of a pram, they might break! Never, never throw the precious toys!
**Of course, we never get to MEET the lovely ladies, we're geeks, we fear girls.
***Didn't you see 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' and man, what a kick ass collection he had! I wept when Catherine Keener helped him sell it.
****Damn you BP, not only are you killing cormorants and fish but you are also loosing all that oil which goes into plastic that makes our precious toys! For the love of God sort it out man!
PS - Yes of course we can talk to lovely ladies, I'm married to one (even though she would love to see all my toys 'accidentally' tipped into a massive, flaming pit in the back garden) and yes of course the BP disaster is not really a laughing matter. Seriously BP, sort yourselves out, right?
Ryan, a pretty Star-Lord, the Riddler, Jessica Hamby from True Blood and the Mighty Thor at C2E2. Picture taken at McCormick Place in Chicago Illinois.
The Riddler, Poison Ivy, the Joker, Two-Face, Catwoman, Harley Quinn and the Punisher at C2E2. Picture taken at McCormick Place in Chicago Illinois.
A pretty Winnie the Pooh posing with the Mighty Thor. Picture taken at McCormick Place in Chicago Illinois.
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Louis Tussaud's Waxworks; Niagara Falls, Ontario.
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Four billboards near the Blackberry Way, from the Stratford Road between Springfield and Hall Green, Birmingham.
The Riddler in a Batman movie, first time since Batman Forever in 1995.
The Riddler was also in TV's Gotham in recent years.
View from the top deck of the no 1 bus.
Cincinnati Comic Expo held in the Duke Energy Center in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio.
From Wikipedia:
"The Riddler (Edward Nigma) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. Created by writer Bill Finger and artist Dick Sprang, the character first appeared in Detective Comics #140 (Oct. 1948). The Riddler takes delight in incorporating riddles and puzzles into his criminal plots, often leaving them as clues for the authorities and Batman to solve. The character is one of Batman's most enduring enemies and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up Batman's rogues gallery.
Frank Gorshin and John Astin portrayed the character in the 1960s Batman television series, and Jim Carrey portrayed him in the 1995 film Batman Forever. Cory Michael Smith currently portrays Edward Nygma in the television show Gotham. In 2009, the Riddler was ranked as IGN's 59th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time."