{"id":18548,"date":"2012-05-04T03:19:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T08:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=18548"},"modified":"2012-05-04T03:20:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T08:20:24","slug":"dc-classics-com-nekron-week-white-lantern-flash-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=18548","title":{"rendered":"DC Classics.Com Nekron Week!
White Lantern Flash Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>I have no idea what I\u2019m going to say in this review. I really enjoyed DC Universe Classics over the years, warts and all. So much so that I\u2019m a bit disenchanted with the prospect of wrapping up my reviews on the original line with a figure like White Lantern Flash. <\/p>\n

Like Sinestro, White Lantern Flash appeared to have been a late addition to the DC Universe Classic Wave 20 lineup. He wasn’t ready in time for the announcement at SDCC 2011, relegated to a text blurb to let us know he was coming. His arrival is similarly low-key.<\/p>\n

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I should say upfront that I’m not opposed to this figure. It’s interesting in its own way. If I had a Rainbow Raider, then an all-white Flash could come in handy<\/A>. I don’t mind repaints of one-off costumes, far from it. I’ve come to enjoy my Blue Lantern Flash<\/a> as a similar example. I’ve bought plenty of DCUC Batmen because the costume variations appeal to me in different ways. Not to mention Mattel’s love affair with Hal Jordan. That said, this Flash isn’t really my cup of tea. My disappointment is two-fold. <\/p>\n

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One is his placement in the line. He’s one of the last figures. I presume that Mattel didn’t intend for this wave to be the last one. That’s just something that seems to have happened suddenly. As such, the lineup isn’t really collector friendly. Reverse-Flash was a much needed rogue, Hawk & Dove fill out the generic roster, but a Speedy that doesn’t go with our Teen Titans? A Green Arrow in his short-lived 2010 costume? GA ended up with a great figure, but I just don’t care about it. There’s Sinestro<\/a> who, like I said, appears to have been last minute addition. He certainly feels it, but he was an addition that improved the line. <\/p>\n

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White Lantern Flash also feels like a last minute addition, but he doesn’t really add that much to the line. He doesn’t right any wrong. He doesn’t fill any untenable void in our collections. He’s easily the weakest figure in the wave. I don’t want to look at this figure that disdainfully. I forgot where I read it at, I think it was on Twitter, someone was poking fun at the opposition to MOTU Classics Vykron and said something to the effect of he “Vykrom commited the cardinal sin of not being Ram Man”. That is so true. We should try not to just a figure by what it isn’t, that’s usually irrelevant. I’m having trouble with that here. There are other characters or versions of characters that could’ve easily filled this low-development, repaint spot. Heck, there are other Flash figures could’ve easily filled this low-development, repaint spot. It’s difficult to separate disliking for Flash for what he is and and what he isn’t. Fortunately, Mattel gave me some ammunition in the “what he is” department with their execution. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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My other primary disappointment with this figure is the design. The operative word in the title “White Lantern Flash” is white. This figure isn’t white. DC Direct, who also found the time to make White Lantern Flash (as well as Batman, Hal Jordan, & Sinestro) did a great pearlized white and silver mix for their figures. The problem for Mattel is that the great pearlized look requires paint over the entire figure. Mattel’s not into that if they can help it. When Mattel did their own version of White Lantern<\/a> Hal, they did a decent job of molding him in a (slightly dingy) white and painting the silver areas. It worked! For some reason they didn’t follow their own precedent. For Flash, they opted to go for “silver” all over, but since they couldn’t paint it, they molded it. The final effect is a Gray Lantern Flash. <\/p>\n

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After you accept the fact that Mattel made a Gray Lantern figure, you turn him over in your hands and you’re greeted with one of the dumbest things in the entire line, and I do mean all 20 Waves. I appreciate that someone at Mattel thought it would be cool to give him lightning effects, I really do. But that piece has got the electric Superman symbol on it and once that came up, the plans should’ve been scrapped. It just looks shoddy and it only served to waste Mattel’s budget on unneeded development costs. The good thing is that it’s glued on, so you can peel it off and just have the gaping rectangular hole back there instead. That is preferable. Since it’s removable, I’m not going to knock this guy down to the level of uni-boob Starfire and Lil’ Sinestro, but between being gray and sporting Superman’s symbol, he’s very close. <\/p>\n

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I’m sure there are some of you out there that enjoy this figure. Like I said, the idea behind it is something I’m okay with – a White Lantern Flash without Superman’s symbol might really pop on the shelf. What’s the word? “Toyetic?” I think a figure like that would qualify, but that’s not what we got. We got a figure that reminds me why I have an Extras Box in the first place. A figure that makes me a little bit less sad that the Collect & Connect is going away. Maybe Mattel was just trying to make the breakup a little easier, but I doubt it. <\/p>\n

It’s not all bad news though. My reviews of the 6″ DC Universe Classics line might be ending here (though Nekron looms this weekend), there are still more DC reviews to come in the form of the Signature Series (or whatever Mattel is calling Club Infinite Earths these days). So while I may have to wrap up my 6″ DCUC reviews a Flash that appeared in a few panels a couple years ago, I’ll be kicking off a new era with DC’s original Flash in just a few short weeks. I’m looking forward to it. <\/p>\n

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For more DC reviews, check out our
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