Matty on Facebook: Wave 11 Slightly Delayed, MOTUC & DCUC News in ToyFare #150
Yesterday on Facebook, Matty brought us up to speed on DCUC Wave 11
Category: Toys
Most Requested Figures: DC Classics Arkillo (Poll)
Sometimes as toy collectors, we can look acro- Hold up. We're interrupting our regularly scheduled MRF for a late special edition. I had another article for today. It was for a character that, at the very least, should've already had a DC Direct figure or even a JLU figure from Mattel by now. It was a character that's over sixty years old and though he's never been a front-liner, he's always top of mind when you think of Golden Agers. But I decided against running it today.
MattyCollector.Com: Sneak Peek of Battle Cat in Package
Last night, Mattycollector.com's News Section was updated with a first look at Battle Cat in package:
MOTUClassics.Com: Scareglow Review
When I was a kid, my grandparents would take me to flea markets on a regular basis. I would happily run around looking for the stray action figure while they looked at whatever it is grown-ups look for (I never figured that out, I'm still looking for those stray toys at flea markets). Now, there was one flea market that usually delivered more than the others. I remember getting Ghostbusters, Gobots, Joes, M.A.S.K., and even Super Powers figures there. I picked up Cyclotron and my first Golden Pharaoh for $1 each one time. When I was nine, I found a He-Man figure I'd never seen before. He was a skeleton, so I assumed he was some version of Skeletor. I didn't know there was a cape and a halberd missing. I didn't care though, he was made of glow-in-the-dark plastic and I thought that was the coolest thing (still do). He quickly became one of my favorites.
Amusing Articulations: Tendons are for the Good Guys
Ask Matty – December 1st Edition
Ask Matty
December 1st, 2010
ItsAllTrueReview: DC Direct Kryb & Indigo
Today we have a Blackest Night double feature! Last week, DC Direct released the second wave of Blackest Night figures hot on the heels of Mattel’s release of the DC Classics Color of Fear two-pack. In this review, we’ll take a look at Kryb and Indigo from DC Direct and then we’ll follow up with a review of Romat Ru and Karu-Sil from Mattel.
Blackest Night is the biggest story in comics right now and we’re only about halfway through the ninety books it runs through. The basic outline is simple: the Green Lantern Corps is now part of a larger mythos with other ringbearers who utilize various emotions that correspond to their particular color of the rainbow. The different colors don’t all get along, but they’re being forced to fight alongside one another against an eighth corps of reanimated dead, the Black Lanterns, that feed on emotion and want to end life as we know it. Creepy, huh? Of course, it’s fantastically more complicated than that and if you’d like to learn more, check out the Blackest Night mini-site at DCComics.com.