Mattel DC Figures

[AceofKnaves]

Monsieur Mallah and Kraang

Ohhhh well done. Well done indeed.

 

[secondwhiteline]

She's like a Barbarella Dazzler with Psychic Powers.

I never paid all that much attention to the Legion but now I want a solo book about her that's so glammed up that any comic shop carrying it has to install a mirrorball and lighted floor panels.

 

[secondwhiteline]

Amazing. That is giving me SUCH hardcore Kenner vibes. I do hope they make the kids' line fun, at least from time to time, beyond just 'here's a lower-deco, lower-articulation version of this character.'

Seriously. A lot of collectors disparage the Kenner line, but I grew up on that and I loved all the ridiculous metallic and purple and teal Batmen. And the crazy vehicles! Batman's a wealthy guy with serious arrested development, he should always have just the dumbest vehicles and they should all transform or split into tinier vehicles.

 

[Niko (protozoalord)]

Batman's a wealthy guy with serious arrested development, he should always have just the dumbest vehicles and they should all transform or split into tinier vehicles.

YES! Give me my dumb sci-fi Batman vehicles!!!

 

[SDcomics]

Whirly-Bat, baby!

A Legion time bubble would be pretty cool, too.

Ideally it would be big enough to hold at least four figures but at this point I'll take whatever I can get.

 

[The Count von Curdles]

All this Legion talk is just setting me up for disappointment when they don't make any Legion figures.

 

[AceofKnaves]

I think the only way the Legion gets any kind of merchandise pie is if they get a movie or a series.

 

[Damien]

All this Legion talk is just setting me up for disappointment when they don't make any Legion figures.

I'll be laughing at you as I fly away in my adult collectible fully functional Mattel Creations Whirly-Bat.

 

[SDcomics]

It takes care of the rush hour traffic problem.

 

[SDcomics]

All this Legion talk is just setting me up for disappointment when they don't make any Legion figures.

If Hasbro can make a Champion of the Universe figure in Marvel Legends, then Mattel can make Legion figures.

I don't know if they will or not, but they can. It's certainly not out of the question.

 

[The Count von Curdles]

I'll be laughing at you as I fly away in my adult collectible fully functional Mattel Creations Whirly-Bat.

They were more popular than the Teen Titans! One more reboot, that's all it'll take! They have dozens of fans--many of us under 45!!

 

[Chooch555]

I don't think it's a lack of popularity that has held them back in toy form. It's gotta be the volume.

 

[Damien]

I don't think it's a lack of popularity that has held them back in toy form. It's gotta be the volume.

Could be the lameness. Has anyone checked to see if it's the lameness?

 

[AceofKnaves]

I will admit that while I dig the Legion as, like, Superman supporting characters, just as they are they feel like a giant team of sidekicks from the future and they just never thrilled me. I tend not to gravitate towards “youth” characters.

 

[SDcomics]

I don't think it's a lack of popularity that has held them back in toy form. It's gotta be the volume.

True. When you consider the Curt Swan era, the Dave Cockrum era, the Mike Grell era and the Keith Giffen era, plus the Legion of Super-Pets, plus the Substitute Legion, plus the Legion of Super-Villains, then yes. That's a lot.

We won't even talk about the 5 years later storyline.

The Legion by itself could probably take four or five years of full monthly waves of six or seven figures each before you came close to completing it.