{"id":1463,"date":"2009-09-08T09:59:22","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T14:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2012-06-13T17:46:24","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T22:46:24","slug":"mr-rant-asks-wheres-the-jsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=1463","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Rant asks <Br>&#8220;Where&#8217;s the JSA?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"resources\/images\/really.png\">As I stare at my shelf of about 100 DCUC figures and think about the ones that are confirmed for the next few waves, I try and figure out what rhyme or reason Mattel is using to decide on who they are going to make and when. Although Martian Manhunter is the glaring omission in all of our collections, he\u2019s not one of the ones I&#8217;m talking about today. \u00a0What I don\u2019t understand is how few JSA members, both golden age and modern, Mattel has produced so far. \u00a0Maybe things are more difficult than I understand, but what is the problem with putting one JSAer into every wave? \u00a0They\u2019ve been doing it with the New Gods, and those are just the New Gods. \u00a0Some of the New Gods are nice to have, but Mattel is churning out some others that aren&#8217;t really in high demand. \u00a0So my shelf almost has a complete Fourth World, and still lacks enough members to make any decent semblance of a JSA. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The rumors for next year\u2019s theme are Green Lantern or Super Powers, possibly both. \u00a0I hope this doesn\u2019t lead Mattel into thinking they can keep ignoring the JSA. \u00a0If it is Green Lantern, we may get lucky since Alan Scott could fit in just fine. \u00a0I still haven\u2019t heard any talk about a Jay Garrick though. \u00a0Let\u2019s just hope that the truly classic characters in the DC Universe start getting a little more attention.<\/p>\n<p>As an addendum to above, I just wanted to also mention one more thing to Mattel. \u00a0Stop wasting the variant figures! \u00a0Do we really need two Wildcats? \u00a0Can\u2019t you just make one or the other? Maybe instead of making a useless color variant you could have made the second Wildcat without his mask on, since he walks around like that in the comics half the time anyway. \u00a0Or, you could have given Deadshot his variant head with his mask off, since he also walks around like that half the time. \u00a0Or, you could have made the modern equivalent of the Guardian, the Manhattan Guardian; new head, vest, shield, easy as cake. \u00a0But no, we get a useless second Wildcat.<\/p>\n<p>This also brings me to another upcoming figure you are already ruining the variant of, the Spectre. \u00a0Although the identity of which character you are doing hasn\u2019t been confirmed yet, it&#8217;s safe to say that the variant of that figure will just be a glow-in-the-dark version of that same character. \u00a0Really Mattel, this is the best you can do? \u00a0There have been three notable Spectres in DC comics, and we are only going to get one, even though a variant would be extremely easy. \u00a0I know there are a lot of people out there who want Jim Corrigan, and this is the character I assume we\u2019ll be getting. \u00a0But, instead of giving us the glow-in-the-dark feature as a \u201cbonus\u201d, why not simply sculpt the Crispus Allen head for the exact same body, you know, \u2018cause the costume is pretty much the same. \u00a0And then, to make it even cooler, if you were so inclined, you could make them both glow-in-the-dark, that way we get two very cool characters that can both be spooky.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, these very small changes might cost a tiny bit more money to produce, but the fans would probably appreciate it more. \u00a0Hell, you could save a little cost by getting rid of that crappy blue stand that doesn\u2019t work that well. \u00a0So c\u2019mon Mattel, do like you did with Dr. Fate. \u00a0If the Golden Age and Modern character are similar, make both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I stare at my shelf of about 100 DCUC figures and think about the ones that are confirmed for the next few waves, I try and figure out what rhyme or reason Mattel is using to decide on who they are going to make and when. Although Martian Manhunter is the glaring omission in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":[10],"tags":[2557,259,20,30,2560],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-nB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17072,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=17072","url_meta":{"origin":1463,"position":0},"title":"DC Classics.Com S.T.R.I.P.E. Week Golden Age Atom Review","date":"February 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"S.T.R.I.P.E. 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