Figures Toy Company Announces the Justice Leagure

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Six of the World’s Greatest Heroes will be united in the latest 8 inch retro figure release from Figures Toy Company…the Justice League of America!
Legendary DC Comics superheroes Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Arrow, and Shazam! are being released in a new special edition assortment. These special edition retro variants have all been re-styled to more accurately match the comic book art, but still maintain that original Mego charm that Figures Toy Company is known for! As always, each figure will be packaged inside the resealable plastic clamshell, and will be packaged on Justice League of America cards featuring new artwork for each hero.
This release comes at a perfect time, when Justice League movie hype continues to be a hot topic of conversation. Fans of these famous DC heroes need not worry, though; while the movie might be a while away, you’ll be able to have these awesome figures in your hand very soon! Stay tuned to both Figures Toy Company (www.figurestoycompany.com) and Mego Museum for pre-order details and updates, and don’t forget to track all the news on their retro action figures on social media by using the hashtag #MMFTCNEWS!

[BATMAN89]

Wow! That's really cool!

[silveralex]

Awesome! I saw this and for 1 sec thought "pass" as I already have Bats, Supes, and WW by FTC. But then I noticed the costume differences and the cards are gorgeous . And I fneed the other 3 (passed on the fist fighters). So I think I'm in on this one !

[Earth 2 Chris]

Nice. My only suggestion would be to add the black shadow to Batman's cowl. It'd be nice to have an "official" version of the classic Mego sculpt with the shadow painted on.

The hardcore fanboy in me wants to call foul on Captain Marvel being in the JLA (sorry Alex Ross, I love your stuff, but he wasn't there), but who cares because they are finally going to do the cape right.

Chris

[boss]

Emblem sizing is a little wonky, but no oven mitts is great!

[TomStrong]

I must have these!!!

[The Bat]

These are in easy pass for me.

[Wee67]

Love the updated gloves, but a question- why is the Bat emblem so small? Was that the it looked at some point in JLA? IIt doesn't look that way on the card art.

[LonnieFisher]

These all look way better than the Mego figures. I like the new detailing.

[EMCE Hammer]

I am tickled that there is an absence of pleather. Mego may well have eventually gone that route, I know, but fabric feels so much more right to me. I'll do something with the Batman emblem if it's still that small when the figures hit the bricks, and I will probably tweak the way Superman's belt was done. Otherwise I like 'em just fine. They'll be fun to play around with for me.

[MIB41]

These are fun. A kind of variant/update of the old line up. I like them! But putting my money aside for the Superfriends iteration.

[Bronxboykev]

Trying so hard not to rain on this "Good News" so forgive me.
I am THRILLED that they are doing these....BUT... If you are going with an accurate Robin Head Sculpt for this group why wouldn't you do the rest, Batman's Cowl Need the Black and Blue contrast as well as a bigger chest emblem, Wonder Woman needs to have boots and not a silk screened stripe running down the red AND SHE STILL NEEDS TO BE ON A BETTER BODY, I love Shazam and are glad they are doing a more accurate outfit but where are Green Lantern and Flash!!! This just looks like they are trying to sell off excess stock on some new outfits... Sell me the outfits at this point FTC because I can put them to use on better bodies!!!

Hoping these were just for show at this point and the end result will be better than this!

[darkbros]

At first Pass:

* Batman's emblem-- Needs to be scaled correctly. I agree the black needs to be added to the mask
to make it Different, otherwise outside of the "custom costume" why Spend $30?---maybe

* Aquaman--How about a screen print of "Scales" on the Orange part of the suit, but not as prominent as
the Mattel Retro version? again no great improvement, pass

* Green Arrow-- Gloves are better and how they should have been made by mego, but no real
improvement over what I already own ( Retro Mego, OEM Mego) so....-- pass

* Superman--Shorts and belt are nice, but no buckle ( even an oval sticker?) --pass

* Wonder Woman--New Screened Costume, but would have preferred an attempt like Mattel Retro Mego,
getting away from the screened bodystocking to an actual bathing suit type suit. --pass

* Captain Marvel ( sorry I'm old school..no 52 crap for me): This figure is actually the best out of
the bunch, and I can actually see buying this figure. My only concern is that I buy this one, and then
they turn around and release a "Marvel Family" set with "Marvel Family" backer cards, which I would
prefer more....maybe they'll start offering the figures "early bird bagged" so we can just make / get the cards
we want later?--maybe

[wise guy]

I am both happy and disappointed at this announcement. I like the upgrade on Aquaman and the others (long overdue) but I am disappointed that
FTC has whole DC rights and does not even announce or show us Hawkman ,Flash ,and GL. Many other toy lines have produced repaint after repaint
in place of different figures and that can get old after awhile. I will say that I did ask for WGH news and that I plan to get 2 each of these

[Earth 2 Chris]

Love the updated gloves, but a question- why is the Bat emblem so small? Was that the it looked at some point in JLA? IIt doesn't look that way on the card art.

Batman's emblem did get pretty small in the Bronze Age. That may be what they are going for here.



Chris