New FTC Wonder Woman, Hippolyta, and Nubia?

[tiinacat]

What? I had no trouble reading it, as it was interesting.

But I get the point

[warlock664]

Holy cow!
Paragraph breaks are our friends; how can anyone read a block of text that dense comfortably?

[Slawsb]

It did say that but they also said over three years ago Wonder Woman 77 was coming soon.

[Jrfjr126rock]

Weren't these supposed to be released? I thought when the newsletter came out it said "coming next week" at least for Wonder Woman and Diana Prince.

[drogge]

I am starting to warm up to these versions. I hope Nubia comes with this set.

[dchero66]

I definitely think this wave is a replacement for the Lynda Carter WW figures. When wondering what to do for something in it's place, someone thought of 8" versions of the original 12" Megos. I was 10 years old in 1976 when the 12" Wonder Woman was released, and I saw it in a Zayre store. I was in awe, like Ralphie and the Red Rider BB Gun. I remember when all the Megos were in their heyday, so that makes me more forgiving. The nostalgia makes up for any design issues I may notice - and I will be getting these - but I do notice the issues. The constant re-releases of the exact same figures repackaged, or dressed in a different outfit from existing pieces, makes it obvious FTC is trying to put new releases out there, but keep cost to a minimum. Regardless of end result, this new WW wave is at least actually NEW product. This head sculpt is a copy of the original Mego one, which they themselves recycled for the Daisy Duke - just a change of hair color and face paint. The lip color on the packaged figure in the photo doesn't match, but maybe they weren't trying to. Every additional color is an additional cost and more colors can increase production time. That's probably why they went for the cloth top instead of painting it on like the original - that would have probably cost more to produce. I'm impressed Diana Prince's uniform is different from the Wave 1 Diana Prince - I thought they were the same until I looked at them side by side. The pulled up hair looks odd because of the way it's rooted, but that's the nature of the process - way too costly to have a separate head with hair rooted in a more natural shape around the hairline, and sculpted hair would have looked the best, but requires more tooling. Queen Hippolyta and Steve Trevor may actually have been easier to execute. I'm not an opener unless I buy an extra for that purpose, so I view the package and figure as a whole, like a piece of art. Because these can be open and closed without damage, I can adjust a head turned an odd direction, a twisted garment, oddly posed limbs, etc. The good thing about the body they're using for these is that it's less likely to be contorted in an impossible position like the ones with the standard bodies. It's just less poseable - which isn't a good trade-off if you like to display them out of the package. The original 8" WGSH Wonder Woman was released with a 'straight-arm' body in a very limited quantity - I've only seen photos and never on ebay or anywhere else. A version of Isis was also released with the straight arm body, and the aforementioned Daisy Duke was as well. Mego's 12" WW had hidden joints in the elbows and knees, but these bodies only have six points of articulation. Same overall look as the originals, but lacking the poseability. I'd say the intent with these is as display pieces for fans of the 1970's 12" versions. For that purpose, they are OK, and may be better in person. With FTC it can go either way - I've seen some released product that didn't look nearly as good as the photos, and some that looked better. And that's probably all way more than anyone needed to know...

[Slawsb]

This reminds me of the Sunshine Family Dad

would probably look better with any one of those heads.
the hair line is so odd looking on Diana Prince a Charlie Brown shape for sure.
hopefully a prototype

[RonnyG]

Every time I see that Diana figure I think of this

This reminds me of the Sunshine Family Dad

[Slawsb]

if Wonder Woman teamed up with.....

Every time I see that Diana figure I think of this

Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang!!!!

[monitor_ep]

I have been wanting an 8 inch Nubia to go with my Wonder Woman since the 70's. I also want generic Amazon Warriors so I can build an army.

[PNGwynne]

Oho, I really want Nubia.

[Jrfjr126rock]

Maybe I am crazy but I don't find them to be THAT bad. Sure its not the prettiest face but I think its because the eyeliner/lashes are too thick and the eyebrows are too low. Also, the head seems to be more in scale with the Type-S heads.

Im interested in what Nubia will look like if we even get her.

[drogge]

NA

I hope these look better than what the photos suggest.

[Slawsb]

Actually looks like Red Wonder Girl boots to me...

[rayray]

Also, with the lack of articulation or bendable joints, can we really call these action figures? The bodies look similar to the old Hasbro Charlie's Angels dolls. Too bad, FTC can't get a deal with Walmart or Target, and put them in the girl's aisle for $15 or less. They'll probably be $29.99 on their website.

What’s interesting to me is, the 1977 12” dolls could bend their elbows and knees. These seem like downgrades. And I am still wondering if these figures will take the place of the expected Lynda Carter TV figures.