DCU Classics Matty Sub Figures

[Earth 2 Chris]

Okay, so Mattel doesn't think Jay Garrick will sell on shelves, but these guys will?

I'm totally confused. Why not offer the most famous characters at retail? Batman Beyond is a re-release, Plastic Man is an inferior redesign for a figure they never offered at retail in his classic form. Superboy Prime would have been hot 5 years ago. Larfleeze has his GL fanbase, but the GL Classics line is being discounted everywhere.

Ugh.

Chris

[The Toyroom]

Okay, so Mattel doesn't think Jay Garrick will sell on shelves, but these guys will?

Actually I think this whole line is getting pretty stagnant at retail...
around here Toys R Us has TONS of the "exclusive" red Nightwing, Wal-Mart has a lot of Kamandi as well as Samurai/OMAC/Tyr, Target has a lot of Magog as well as Golden Age Hawkman, and K-Mart still had most of the Validus wave. This stuff is not flying off the shelves like they used to...

[madmarva]

Ya'll are right about the series being stagnant. Kids don't know the characters nor do Moms and because of the spotty distribution of the line from its inception, hard-core collectors have been trained to order from online toy stores or ebay so they know they can get every character so they can have the collect-and-connect figure.

I haven't even tried to buy these figures at retail since the fifth or sixth wave, other than the Wal-Mart exclusives. Plus with retail charging $15 to $18 for the figures there is no big incentive to hunt for them.

[BlackKnight]

Larfleeze, and Superboy Prime will move for sure ....
These could go into the Top 10 most asked for characters on various Websites.
so will the Batman Beyond ..., I never saw the 1st 1 in retail here, nore the JLU Version .

.... I suspect I will see that Plasticman everywhere. His Design is so lame.

[ScottA]

I'll get Larfleeze and Prime.