Batman, Aquaman, Two-face, Black Manta

[palitoy]

For the record, I don't get the Removable Cowl fascination, it's not even my favourite on the original WGSH but I am pretty sure I'm in the minority there. I'm also sure that if the line is even mildly successful, we'll see more batmen. History tends to repeat itself.

[Ivaniski]

Improvement is a "Quick tip" away.........

What ever happened to the "Defined Jaw line look"...Slightly narrower chins that many Superheroes possess in the cartoons/comics. I know that they're Prototypes......But, sometimes the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. These heads look like they were molded from the Claymation show "Davey and Goliath".



Please Mattel comb his hair to the side....Don't like the Monk hairstyle with receding hairline on Bruce Wayne, and narrow the chin a little.

Same with Aquaman, The chin/jaw line needs to be a tad bit more squared.



The Wave 1 Superman and Green Lantern heads suffer from the same pudgy (round) looking jaw line fate.

[bondtoddbond]

I'm almost afraid to give an opinion. I think they're pretty cool. If Mattel was reproducing Mego's down to the detail, I'd appreciate the wild negative opinions, but that said, these are in the ballpark anyway. Be glad they've given you something else to collect. It's cool that they picked Two-Face, it's a new character. Aquaman, what can you do? He's pretty basic. Black Manta is pretty awesome. Batman, he's not Mego cool, but at least they did a removable cowl, they could have just said the heck with it. If you only like real Mego's, then buy more of them. I like the line, I hope to see them get Flash made yet. I'd rather not have them make the whole DC Universe myself, but we'll see.

[haggis]

I'll be very happy to buy all 4 of these.

[hedrap]

These are fantastic.

I don't think people get what Mattel seems to be going for. If it's called "Retro-Action", then they designs are going to be Retro. If you want a current version of Batman, then they want you to buy the DCU or Public Enemies version.

Manta stepped right out Challenge.

Aquaman is a cross between Superfriends and the Filmation cartoon.

Two-Face is a great rendition of his Dick Sprang days.

And Batman - that is awesome. He's one-part Superfriends, and - Just look at this helmet -

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kjisMm3M9...pe-ideal-2.gif

That's from Ideal, 1966. It came with a cape and was one of the great tie-in products to the Adam West days. Matty added Sprang features which was the goal of all the Batman products back in the Silver Age.

The line really is becoming this fantastic union of Silver Age and Superfriends.

[wonderfan32]

Aquaman and Black Manta look great. Two face sculpt looks really good. I will wait to see non prototype pictures of Batman before I bash him.

I agree whole heartedly that the gauntlets should be tighter and a lot shorter, and the body still needs some refining.

That being said I am still psyched that these are coming out, way to go Doc!

There's so many examples of customs here that look great with the gauntlets/cuffs. I was so glad when Toybiz went with this as opposed to what they did early on with the Famous Covers and the treatment of the gloves. Just make it tighter around the wrists, shorten them just a tad, and they'll look more like gloves than cuffs.

It may be better to hem them at the top near the forearms as opposed to the wrists and separate from the costume (in other words, not sewing them into the suit). I can only speak of myself on this but it would be nice to have the option of taking the gauntlets/cuffs off like we can with the boots. That was the only thing that bugged me about Hasbro's 9 inch. Loved everything else about it except for the boots and gloves treatment.

[palitoy]

No one can say a d*mn thing about any of these figures without someone's feelings getting hurt or someone crying "melodrama". Complaining about the critiques IS melodrama.

Let me clarify my "Crying", not liking the toy's design or having criticism on how to improve? Not Melodrama. Comparing a batman dolly you are unhappy with to rape? Melodrama. I'd be scared of the world where everybody agreed on everything but let's not be so careless with our words here.

I showed the figures to my kids and they wanted the whole set, I'm not saying you are wrong with critiquing the Batman, strong opinion is important and obviously invited but people may not like what you are suggesting for batman either. It's never going to be perfect and everyone thinks they know how to "fix" the line, including me.

[MIB41]

Honestly I'll be glad when this line is over. No one can say a d*mn thing about any of these figures without someone's feelings getting hurt or someone crying "melodrama". Complaining about the critiques IS melodrama. If you want this line to succeed then you better listen to some of the things being said here. I showed that Batman prototype to my wife, kids and two of their friends spending the night last night (part of Mattel's market by-the-way) and they all gave Batman a unanimous thumbs down. They all liked Black Manta, big thumbs up on Two-Face, and a 'eh-okay' on Aquaman. It's not rocket science folks. If the Batman prototype was made by a close friend of the forum, hey I'm real sorry the returns aren't coming in favorably. But let's be objective about what is being said. If you knew the prototype would be rough looking then accept the criticism that goes with it...especially from collectors who are asked to pay for that "nostalgic" feeling. I poured out some nice cash to get wave one and there are some problems after my initial buzz wore off. Now I'm keen to the quality, or lack thereof, and justifiably more critical of what they do next. That's the market you guys are playing in. And companies like BBP that are competing for that money toasted this line yesterday. Laid it to waste. This is a business. I'm the customer. I don't need to be grateful about anything. I'm giving Mattel my money and telling those who have a voice (to the manufacturer) that improvements need to be made to get my money again. If that goes ignored or gets criticized, your giving the line a bad fibe from the very people you want to purchase the product. Your choice.

[supes]

Aquaman and Black Manta look great. Two face sculpt looks really good. I will wait to see non prototype pictures of Batman before I bash him.

I agree whole heartedly that the gauntlets should be tighter and a lot shorter, and the body still needs some refining.

That being said I am still psyched that these are coming out, way to go Doc!

[palitoy]

I can see how people can be disappointed with the design, as everyone has their own vision of how a "perfect mego" batman could be. However, I can't abide some of the ridiculous melodrama going on with the one presented.

I can't imagine this will be the sole Batman of the line....

[The Toyroom]

Well said, The Bat is alone in his whining

Not quite alone....I think Batman needs some SERIOUS work done to make him a truly great figure...like he should be. Right now the prototype looks like nothing more than a quick kitbash IMO.

[Meule]

MEGO is back 100% and I love all four of these choices. They are spot-on and for many of us collectors, a dream come true!!

Thanks to all involved!

Well said, The Bat is alone in his whining

[Brown Bear]

MEGO is back 100% and I love all four of these choices. They are spot-on and for many of us collectors, a dream come true!!

Thanks to all involved!

[Meule]

Two-Face's sculpt is dead on, easily my favorite of this wave so far. We can't really comment on Batman since we don't know yet what he will actually look like. Sure the sculpted cowl gives us somewhat of an idea, but a removable cowl will look a lot different than this. It'll either look great or it'll look too bulky and suck, time will tell

[david_b]

Hmmmm.....I'm really hating those glove cuffs......And Two-Face is a poor choice IMO....would have rather have seen Riddler (in keeping with a Challenge homage) or The Joker

Me NEITHER..!! It looked fine on prototypes, but they're the first thing I'd remove/customize..

And I'm HOPING for a decent Robin figure with a nice collar and 70s hairstyle and expression. GL still needs a better collar up the neck, like the prototype had.

david_b