McFarlane DC Multiverse

Larfleeze is still showing as up for preorder for me on McFarlane's Amazon page. I don't doubt you at all- this has always been a weird line with weird distribution, but like some other lines, it seems that most figures are able to be gotten once they release widely, even if you can't get a pre-order in (at least in my experience).

That sounds about right—I was getting the “error, something is fubared” message for him which usually means they’re sold out and the app isn’t synched yet, but also when does Amazon ever work correctly.

I don’t even super want more McFarlanes but it might be a decade before Mattel makes Larfleeze and probably won’t ever do Jack.
 
Because it's the body from The Batman Catwoman figure. They reused it for Ice as well.

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So many of these current McFarlane releases are just so half-assed that it makes me question if I want to stick around for the final year. The knee-jerk reaction to a lot of them is, “Yes! We’re going so deep into the DC roster!”, then you look close at these offerings and they just aren’t there. There’s corner cutting everywhere you look. Taking literally any available buck and painting on the character-specific details, whether it's appropriate or not, painting on articles of clothing (Black Canary’s top, the Supergirls’ boots), 50% of the capes not being wired, figures coming with zero accessories. Look at ALL that empty space in that big Supergirl box. By what metric is that a $35 figure? These figures are dripping with apathy. But the fans are the ones that set the bar with their wallets, and the bar is on the floor. That CW Supergirl was sold out on BBTS in minutes. We’re telling McFarlane, “We’ll take anything that gets made, just please make it”. Todd spent 6 years on Batman almost exclusively, now time's up and he figures he'll get the entire DC Universe out in a year and a half, well, variety is great, but are these the best figures they could be? Are they even trying to be?
It's not the Catwoman body - I checked before I commented. It's missing a lot of the detail of that body, so it's either new or heavily re-done.

Also, this doesn't matter, but Canary's bustier is sculpted. The straps are not, but the torso is First Appearance Wonder Woman - hence again the reuse of those ginormous legs.

Those legs really piss me off - they don't look good on ANYONE but the character for which they were sculpted. That one throwaway character did lasting damage to this line. Well, Todd did it, but y'know what I mean.

I don't disagree with the corner cutting comment - how could one? - but the voting with your wallet is not what it once was - it's either pay retail or pay double. Of course crappy products are going to pre-sellout in that scenario.
 
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I don't disagree with the corner cutting comment - how could one? - but the voting with your wallet is not what it once was - it's either pay retail or pay double. Of course crappy products are going to pre-sellout in that scenario.
Well it's a novel idea for this particular line but my unspoken third option would be don't pay for crappy product at all. Just say,"pass". I'm shocked that that option doesn't even seem to enter into anyone's mind. It's what I was alluding to when I said "We'll take anything that gets made, just please make it." Really? That's how desperate we are for a version of x character that we will take even the lowest effort imaginable? Crap is better than nothing?

Now there ARE good offerings in this line which makes it even more maddening. If it was ALL cheap junk there would be no issue. But it's so inconsistent.....and that's where the love/hate relationship comes into play. I LOVE the Cyborg Superman figure, but completing the Reign of Superman roster means getting a Steel with a noodle hammer and a black suit superman that's just a regular Superman with his belt buckle and boots all cast in black, and some painted on silver bracelets. Those two Superman costumes are completely different, but Todd doesn't care. "Just cast what he already have in black, they'll buy it". So........though a complete Reign of Superman roster is offered, I only have part of it because the other part sucks. It's so frustrating.
 
Had a dental appointment today. Did a little hunting. Two Wal Marts, two GameStops. No Page Punchers, no Supergirl end cap. But then again, I’m on the East Coast. Might be a bit before I see anything. I’m hedging my bets on Miss Martian and Bloodwynd. I got a message from GameStop this morning that said my payment didn’t through. From the card that gets paid off every month and the alternate card with $$$ in the account. If GameStop can figure out a way to cancel my order, they will. Unreal.
 
It's not the Catwoman body - I checked before I commented. It's missing a lot of the detail of that body, so it's either new or heavily re-done.
I don't have the figure to verify, but I read in a couple places it reuses a lot of the Sasha Calle Supergirl body.
 
PO'd Shazam. Sucker for the character and nice to see one in comicbook Red and Yellow. I wish he looked like the artwork, but you apparently you can't have everything.
 
I found the GameStop Gangbuster link. Hasn't been available yet as far as I can tell (the app says "Coming Soon"). Still haven't found Black Condor link yet.

Coming Soon is what BestBuy puts when it's already sold out. I dunno if Gamestop is similar or it's legit not gone up.

Was able to get Larfleeze and Shazam from EE today because Amazon kept saying it was sold out when I check out even though it'd let me add to cart. Probably will go Gamestop for Johnny Cage and Ermac so I can toss in Noob Saibot for the free shipping. Should be all the MK I need this year until they do the even lesser known ninjas and Sonya.
 
Hello folks. DC collector from Vancouver. Some of you may remember me from the Critical Mess back when it was around. Large DCUC collection, and managed to avoid most McF (because of the scale difference) until recently when he started pumping out classic figs that Mattel never did. Rather have a character I want slightly out of scale than not at all. But I'd be lying if I didn't say I resented it a little bit every time. Picked up a Vigilante today. Looking forward to hanging out here.
 
I have the SashaCalle supergirl figure.
I don't have the figure to verify, but I read in a couple places it reuses a lot of the Sasha Calle Supergirl body.
Wow that's spot on. Now that I look at it, she's still got the sculpted sleeve thingies on her hands that are dead giveaways. So her Legion ring is just painted on. From memory, that Supergirl figure is quite tiny.
 
Coming Soon is what BestBuy puts when it's already sold out. I dunno if Gamestop is similar or it's legit not gone up.

Was able to get Larfleeze and Shazam from EE today because Amazon kept saying it was sold out when I check out even though it'd let me add to cart. Probably will go Gamestop for Johnny Cage and Ermac so I can toss in Noob Saibot for the free shipping. Should be all the MK I need this year until they do the even lesser known ninjas and Sonya.
Yeah, I realized that when saw another McF release with the same status. Still, I don't think these ever went up. Gangbuster was not in stock from the moment the link started working and the Black Condor link never went life at all, and now both links are dead. I guess I'll make a trip to GameStop tomorrow and see if they let me preorder, or give me the 15 day window bull.

They did put through the charge for Miss Martian and Bloodwynd, so hopefully I'm good on those. I don't trust GameStop until I have the figures in hand.
 
Yeah, I realized that when saw another McF release with the same status. Still, I don't think these ever went up. Gangbuster was not in stock from the moment the link started working and the Black Condor link never went life at all, and now both links are dead. I guess I'll make a trip to GameStop tomorrow and see if they let me preorder, or give me the 15 day window bull.

They did put through the charge for Miss Martian and Bloodwynd, so hopefully I'm good on those. I don't trust GameStop until I have the figures in hand.
Was interested in Gangbuster. Tried the link and the GameStop website around the time it was supposedly going up and had the same experience. Maybe the release was delayed ?
 
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