{"id":24337,"date":"2013-07-31T00:39:32","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T05:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=24337"},"modified":"2013-07-31T00:51:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T05:51:54","slug":"dcclassics-com-club-infinite-earths-wally-west-flash-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=24337","title":{"rendered":"DCClassics.Com Club Infinite
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<\/a>This is going to be a tough review to write. It\u2019s not because of the figure itself per se, but it is still a figure I\u2019m pretty much disappointed by. <\/p>\n

I love the Flash franchise. I love Jay, I love Barry, Bart, Max, Jesse, the whole crew. It was one of my favorite books to pick up growing up (even if it wasn\u2019t always the best book growing up). But in recent years, I\u2019ve learned that I was a Flash fan during the wrong time period; during that twenty-three year sliver were Wally West was The Flash. <\/p>\n

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A funny thing about being a comic book toy collector is that the current happenings in the comics affect the toy line in subtle ways. We were lucky to get a Zauriel in Hasbro\u2019s JLA line back in the 90s. DC Direct making Hourman III & Tomorrow Woman was a rare, but happy, fluke for me. Similarly, Mattel\u2019s Classics line came into its stride just as Barry was returning to the comics. It wasn\u2019t a good time to be a Wally West fan (it still isn\u2019t five years later).<\/p>\n

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To be fair, Barry & Wally were both introduced into the Classics line at the same time. That\u2019s a point I largely ignore in my pictures (and will no doubt hear about in the comments), but it\u2019s true. Classics was seven waves in and it was building in random, inconsistent directions. The Flash franchise went largely ignored the first year and when it finally came time to do them, Mattel went super-early Silver Age. Wally came into the line as Kid Flash, a particularly young Kid Flash that has never squarely fit in with any other Teen Titans figures that have blooped out of the line. That figure was a wash to me, so much so that I forgot to even pull it out when I was getting figures for the review. Duh. <\/p>\n

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While the Barry figure is one of the best figures in the line, an adult Wally West has really been just as crucial to the collection. But despite all the years at retail, Mattel never managed to get around to it. Barry was reissued several times (even once on the wrong buck) and was repainted three times (a metallic deco, Blue Lantern, & White Lantern versions). It could\u2019ve been a Mattel thing. It could\u2019ve been a DC thing. Who knows? When the second subscription year was announced and Wally was finally going to make his adult debut, I was ecstatic. <\/p>\n

And then I saw the figure. <\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll be honest. This is probably just a case of my being a fussy, unappeasable collector. To be sure, the Wally West figure was always going to be cheap. It\u2019s the most basic of bucks \u2013 heck, I usually use the Flash figure when I need a quick DCUC silhouette. The boots are Flash-centric, but they\u2019re tooled and ready to go. The figure really only needed a new head \u2013 and it got one. So that should do me. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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But it just doesn\u2019t. Part of it is the deco. Quick story, when Hasbro made that aforementioned JLA line back in the 90s. They repainted Total Justice figures into comic accurate decos (mostly). Kyle Rayner went from being grey & pearl white, to being black & white. I switched that one out immediately. Wally went from being basic red\/yellow to a dark red and gold. And I\u2026 um, gave away the metallic one and kept out the classic colors. Flash just looks better in basic, bright colors. <\/p>\n

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I get the decision to go pearlescent for the costume. Wally\u2019s costume did get that metallic sheen to it as he went on and it differentiates the two Flashes even more. Mattel did already do the metallic CherryBarry (which I\u2019m sure some folks use for their Wally), so that likely necessitated this pearl direction too. It makes sense. And taking that first Flash figure and just repainting the yellow deco on the belts and gloves would\u2019ve gone over like a ton of bricks in the sub to be sure. They pretty much had to do this, but I still would\u2019ve like a simple flat, dark red better. <\/p>\n

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The other way they chose to differentiate the figure was a new head sculpt. Smart. I didn\u2019t much care for it at first, but the smirk is growing on me. <\/p>\n

Flash features the basic articulation for the line. I still would love to see Mattel bring back the rocker ankles on the runners, but Flash still has a good complement to work and once you track him down a stand to get him to into some cool running poses, you should be pretty happy with him. Flash included no accessories, but he doesn\u2019t much need anything. <\/p>\n

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Overall, it\u2019s tough for me to decide where to place the figure. I\u2019ve wanted a Wally West so long that I might\u2019ve expected too much. I hate that I\u2019m comparing him to an ideal instead of just taking him on his merits, but it\u2019s just difficult for me to separate that out when it comes to this figure and judge him for his merits. No matter what, I\u2019m happy to have an adult Wally in the line, even if it\u2019s one that I\u2019m not quite happy with. <\/p>\n

Now, the real question is, who do I have to blackmail to get a Walter West figure? <\/p>\n

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