{"id":1474,"date":"2009-09-10T03:09:20","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T08:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2012-04-18T21:55:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T02:55:25","slug":"truetorial-a-wave-of-doubt-dcuc12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=1474","title":{"rendered":"Truetorial:
A Wave of Doubt (DCUC12)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toy collecting can be a strange endeavor for me. Sometimes I love it and sometimes I hate it. I imagine there are a variety of factors involved. There\u2019s the joy of finding the latest stuff, usually after a fair amount of frustration caused by not finding it up to that point. There\u2019s the satisfaction of placing an entire collection together tempered by adding up the cost of everything still to come in the next few weeks. Particularly, though, how I feel towards any line seems to come and go in waves. <\/P> <\/p>\n

I know. That\u2019s a bad pun, but it\u2019s also very true. I almost quit buying DC Classics about a year ago. It was during the long summer gap between DCUC2 and DCUC3. If I remember correctly, it felt like forever since I\u2019d assembled Grodd and I wasn\u2019t that enthused by the upcoming figures. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I like a handful of the figures from wave three and four, particularly Hal, the modern Sinestro, and Artemis. I don\u2019t remember if we knew what wave five was yet, but it wouldn\u2019t have mattered. For weeks, I was positive I wouldn\u2019t be building Solomon Grundy. But any toy collector could probably guess what happened next. <\/p>\n

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Of course, I found wave three and bought them all. I had hooked myself into the line again. I picked up wave four with little fuss. I begrudgingly purchased wave five online. But it was wave six that brought me back around completely. Captain Marvel, Hawkman, Miracle, the Regen Supes were too cool to even think about passing on. Killer Moth was too crazy not to get. Kalibak is still one my favorite C&Cs. I was back at the peak of being a DC Classics collector. Then wave seven had a couple nice pieces. Eight was chock full of awesome. Right now, I\u2019m anxiously awaiting only two figures from wave nine (that seem to be everywhere but here). But I\u2019m really looking at wave ten to fight off my declining mood towards DC Classics – Robotman! Keaton Batman! Robotman! Forager! Robotman! Power Girl! That wave will rock, green eagle and all.<\/p>\n

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Next up, I have to remember that Public Enemies is\u2026 a special situation. Then, wave eleven is a Green Lantern fan\u2019s dream and that makes me pretty happy, but still a little empty. After that? Well, I\u2019ve been looking at the recent ToyFare images and I\u2019ve realized that my current round of negative feelings are stemming from wave twelve.<\/P><\/p>\n

First, I have to keep in mind that it\u2019s been awhile since I got to build a C&C. BBTS hooked me up with Giganta way back in mid-April. That\u2019s five months ago. Half a year, minus a few 2pks, with no new DCUC is probably enough to kill a lot of folks enthusiasm. So I\u2019m more than a little willing to concede that the delay between figures may be a factor. And I\u2019m frustrated by the lack of wave nine even if only two of the figures have me excited. But I don\u2019t think it\u2019s just those two things contributing to my overall hohumness.<\/P><\/p>\n

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No, wave twelve is the culprit to my decline. It’s not the lineup per se. I love the JSA, the Metal Men, the Marvel Family, and that Desaad couldn\u2019t get better. But still something about wave twelve is just gnawing at me and I think it\u2019s in the details. I can point to nearly every figure and think about what I\u2019d like to be different.<\/p>\n

First, let\u2019s point to the couple that I\u2019m fine with: <\/p>\n