Mattel DC Figures

Reno said:
I'm happy to have the DCUC Killer Moth and the DC Collectibles animated Klarion and Teekl figures (came with an Etrigan the Demon) in my display. I generally don't love animated figures, but the Klarion one has worked for me. I would love to see these characters revisited by either McFarlane or Mattel at some point.
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I do remember that set now that you mention it. I need to track that down, especially since it’s the animated version of Klarion that I’m most familiar with.
 
Speaking of travesties…

That’s why I specified “classic” Captain Boomerang. 😉

Is it true that DCUC going with that version of Captain Boomerang was a Geoff Johns “Executive Order”?

Also, I think there may have been a Weather Wizard or a Top in Mattel’s short lived 3.75” line.
 
Reno said:
Yes, it's weird to me that he's never been made by any of DCD, Mattel or McF. I have a 3.75" figure of him from Mattel from their Infinite Heroes line that was out around the same time as DCUC, but nothing in a larger scale. He's a want.
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Xavion2025 said:
Also, I think there may have been a Weather Wizard or a Top in Mattel’s short lived 3.75” line.
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Weather Wizard, yes. Top, no. I still have that entire collection. I bought them ALL for some reason. I was collecting those around the same time that Hasbro was doing their own 3.75" Marvel Universe line that they tried and failed to replace Marvel Legends with.

Here's a link to a checklist for the line but it doesn't have pictures for all:

DC Universe Infinite Heroes Archive - joeacevedo.com

List of DC Universe Infinite Heroes action figures
www.joeacevedo.com
 
I don't know if that was executive order, but that being the Boomerang look at that time and him getting a resurgence of focus from Brightest Day probably made it seem like a sensible choice. I actually like the longshoreman look for him quite a bit -- Boomer having a darker-toned look for stealth, skulking, and cowardice fits him well -- although I'd love to also have a classic one.
 
Unfortunately the disparities between Rogue Boomer and Suicide Squad Boomer require some difficult choices to be made. At least that’s what I chalk it up to.

Even before he became CCO and co President of DC, Johns was a powerful man in DC. Having unspecified editorial and creative responsibilities. Even as much as I enjoy his work, he’s reputedly not a nice guy. Particularly on the Hollywood side of things. It makes sense that Neitlich would toady up to him. It’s funny (not amusing funny) to me how that Deputy Lantern wave got made. It’s so terrible.
 
It was a bad wave attempting to tie into the popular crossover at the time, a crossover that had demonstrated success as a figure line through DCD. It was just a misread of the DCUC audience, although I'm guessing they were also trying to play ball with retail after sticking them with tons of pegwarmers for years. Nothing more dramatic than that.
 
Reno said:
Weather Wizard, yes. Top, no. I still have that entire collection. I bought them ALL for some reason. I was collecting those around the same time that Hasbro was doing their own 3.75" Marvel Universe line that they tried and failed to replace Marvel Legends with.

Here's a link to a checklist for the line but it doesn't have pictures for all:

DC Universe Infinite Heroes Archive - joeacevedo.com

List of DC Universe Infinite Heroes action figures
www.joeacevedo.com
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I kind of love(d) the Infinite Heroes line. They were fun toys.
 
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