I hope they correct the Reverse Flash lightning bolt and make it red instead of yellow.
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This one is an easy pass for me. Don’t like the box logo and the paint apps on the head. Along with the botched chest logoLast edited by thunderbolt; Nov 28, '22, 5:28 PM.You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks -
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I don’t know about this one specifically, but WB sometimes comes back with notes that they want more modern takes on the characters. They may have asked for the black and red eyes for approval.Expectation is the death of discovery.Comment
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Yeah, that is always a solid theory, especially with characters that fall between the cracks like this.Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions
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Pretty sure that's a place holding mock-up using Barry's head. I wouldn't count on the finished product looking like this.Comment
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Even if the corrections are made, and I’m sure they will be, I’m not completely sold. Reverse Flash wasn’t an original Mego, I wouldn’t consider him to be an obvious omission (like I would Lex Luthor), and he’s not a character I was pining away for as a kid.Comment
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That is an interesting take, when I think about it though, at that time, I'm not sure I could name a Flash villain in the mid-70s. Maybe Captain Boomerang, maybe...Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions
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I always loved the opposite characters. Bonus with the Reverse Flash I can make Bizarro Flash!!
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That's surprising to me. The Flash always get credited with having a great Rogues Gallery. But I was also an avid reader of The Flash comic, so I was very familiar with his Rogues.Comment
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As for Reverse Flash, I don’t think they ever released any Flash villains originally, so this is as good as any, and likely much cheaper for Mego to produce with the limited, if any, new tooling they’d have to do.
Hopefully later we get some other classic villains like Captain Cold and Sandman.Comment
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They aren’t just doing originals, otherwise we wouldn’t have Green Lantern.
As for Reverse Flash, I don’t think they ever released any Flash villains originally, so this is as good as any, and likely much cheaper for Mego to produce with the limited, if any, new tooling they’d have to do.
Hopefully later we get some other classic villains like Captain Cold and Sandman.
For example, I was never crazy about the Mego Catwoman as a kid, but she was still an original Mego, so that’s a consideration when the WGSH 50th version comes out
I never had any real desire to have a Mego Lex Luthor as a kid, but he’s an obvious omission, so that’s a consideration if Mego releases him as a WGSH 50th figure.
Mary Marvel wasn’t an original Mego, and I wouldn’t call her an obvious omission, but I wanted a Mego of her in the worst way as a kid, so if she was released as a WGSH 50th, she would be a must buy. (As I mentioned elsewhere, my Mary love was heavily influenced by an early 7-11 Slurpee cup.)
Having said all that, I get it. These days, regardless of the line, a Reverse Flash is pretty much a given as soon as a Flash figure is released. There’s the obvious cost savings as you mentioned, plus Professor Zoom/Reverse Flash has become a far more important villain not only in Flash’s Rogues Gallery, but in the DC Universe as a whole since the 70s.
He’s just not a character that 1970s me would have been excited about, even if a Mego Flash had been previously released, but if 1970s me had a fat Mr. Mxyzptlk, 2020’s me will probably end up with a Reverse Flash.Comment
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