{"id":13218,"date":"2011-07-06T11:22:26","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T16:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=13218"},"modified":"2011-07-06T14:39:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T19:39:14","slug":"vault-review-dc-directs-brightest-day-deadman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=13218","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: DC Direct’s
Brightest Day Deadman"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>With DC\u2019s new universe looming above us, they toy companies are still playing catch-up with the last big event.\u00a0 No, not Flashpoint.\u00a0 I\u2019m talking about Brightest Day.\u00a0 \u00a0Even though Mattel hasn\u2019t quite caught up, DC Direct is pumping out figures like Deadman before they become obsolete.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s not much you can do to a character who\u2019s been dead for his entire superhero career.\u00a0 But Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi through Boston Brand a curve ball when they brought him back to life at the end of Brightest Day.\u00a0 I\u2019m not always a fan of these two writers, but I have to admit that was definitely a great idea.\u00a0 But nothing in life, or death, is free.\u00a0 Boston was now the bearer of the white lantern and ring, and charged with finding the true champion of the white lantern\u2019s powers.<\/p>\n

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One of the more interesting things to me about this story is the White Lantern Entity.\u00a0 Not powered by emotion like the other corps, the white lantern is fueled by life itself.\u00a0 This comes through in the story throughout the Entity\u2019s mission.\u00a0 The Entity is the cause of many of the events in Brightest Day in order to discover the new white avatar and protect all life on Earth.\u00a0 But the Entity shows little concern for the individuals it uses and their feelings in the matter.\u00a0 At the end of the day the Entity may be good, but the methods it uses are definitely on the dickish side.<\/p>\n

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If DC Direct is good at one thing, it\u2019s making a figure look great.\u00a0 I don\u2019t really mind Mattel\u2019s buck body system, but it sure is a nice change of pace when you can buy an entire wave and they all have different body sculpts.\u00a0 One of the interesting things about this sculpt is that his collar is part of the torso, while his white neck\/chest is a separate piece.\u00a0 This is a great way of using the natural lines of the character\u2019s design to break up the sculpt, and I really appreciate how well it works.<\/p>\n

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Since this is the White Lantern Deadman, his right fist is sculpted with the ring.\u00a0 But unlike most of the rainbow lantern characters we\u2019ve gotten from DC Direct, Deadman\u2019s ring has no sculpted design on it.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is a bit disappointing because I\u2019ve seen them do it before, so I know it\u2019s possible.\u00a0 But it\u2019s also not a deal breaker, just an annoyance.<\/p>\n

This figure comes with two heads.\u00a0 One is his classic Deadman look, while the other is of Boston\u2019s human appearance.\u00a0 I\u2019m actually a fan of alternate heads and this is a great way selling this character again with more than just a ring hand.\u00a0 The only thing that concerns me is the clear plastic used for his neck peg.\u00a0 Deadman\u2019s head don\u2019t exactly pop on and off easily.\u00a0 You have to put a little force behind your tugging and clear plastic doesn\u2019t have a great reputation of being sturdy.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t had any problems yet, but I doubt I\u2019ll be switching his heads much in the future.<\/p>\n

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DC Direct may be known for their excellent sculpts, but the other side of that is their notoriously limited articulation.\u00a0 That\u2019s why I was so surprised to discover Deadman actually has a decent range of motion.\u00a0 His head is a ball joint with good flexibility, while his shoulders are the classic swivel\/hinge.\u00a0 He\u2019s got swivel biceps, wrists, hips, and boot cuts.\u00a0 His elbows and knees are hinge joints.\u00a0 Although I wouldn\u2019t mind seeing a waist and better hip joints, this figure\u2019s still has better articulation than I\u2019m used to seeing from DCD.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Boston\u2019s most interesting accessory is his Deadman mask.\u00a0 When he was a circus acrobat, his Deadman costume is what he used to perform in.\u00a0 Even the cadaverous mask he wore was part of the act.\u00a0 Unfortunately when he was assassinated during his act his costume became the clothes he was stuck with and his deathly visage was no longer a mask but his own face.\u00a0 It\u2019s nice to be able to showcase the figure as a performer with his mask in hand.<\/p>\n

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His other accessories are a white lantern and a base with the white lantern symbol on it.\u00a0 Like Noisy, I\u2019d also like to get all the lantern colors done in this simple lantern mold.\u00a0 Sure, they all didn\u2019t have this style of lantern, but I don\u2019t care and I don\u2019t think we\u2019re alone either.\u00a0 Being able to display every color of lantern together is just cool.\u00a0 Plus, it\u2019s easy to do since the molds are already done.\u00a0 It\u2019s just an extra accessory that\u2019d be nice to have.<\/p>\n

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All in all, this figure\u2019s pretty good.\u00a0 Sure he won\u2019t be doing any dynamic posing, but there\u2019s enough articulation there to get some good stances out of him.\u00a0 Plus, he can actually double on your shelf as Boston Brand figure.\u00a0 Which is pretty cool, and something I doubt we\u2019ll see from Matty.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With DC\u2019s new universe looming above us, they toy companies are still playing catch-up with the last big event.\u00a0 No, not Flashpoint.\u00a0 I\u2019m talking about Brightest Day.\u00a0 \u00a0Even though Mattel hasn\u2019t quite caught up, DC Direct is pumping out figures like Deadman before they become obsolete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[34,10],"tags":[1076,616,111,381,702],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bddmTN1.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-3rc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7598,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=7598","url_meta":{"origin":13218,"position":0},"title":"DC Direct Announces Brightest Day Line","date":"July 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"DC Direct has announced their newest line, based on the hit biweekly Brightest Day with a look at the first eight figures on the schedule. 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