Ladies and Gentlemen, The World's Greatest Superheroes

[huedell]

The Sinestro head sculpt/paintjob is killer---I'm a bit on the fence about
the cuffs (no section demarcation?) and the blue neck piece
(a bit odd of shape). As usual I'll wait until the actual product release
to really comment "officially".

[pmwasson]

That Sinestro is really growing on me! He looks very sharp.

[CrimsonGhost]

A couple of really clear pics. The one of Hal is especially good.

http://www.cooltoyreview.com/SDCC09/03-Mattel/

Ah, much petter pic of Sinestro. Thank you to whoever took the photo.

[Ivaniski]

Ladies and Gentlemen, The World's Greatest Superheroes

Ok...here's what I'm hoping he'll look like(or similar to). Troy Younger totally captures the 70's Neal Adams style Batman with this Sculpt(just Food for thought).
http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/file...2_original.jpg

Agreed a Neal Adams or Aparo looking Batman with slightly larger ears and a better jaw line will be......AWESOME!!! The icing on the cake will be a R/C (Removable Cowl) version also.
Additionally, a Barry Allen Flash version just screams to be made for tier 2.

[EMCEtoys]

You know, you and I usually agree Chris...but God No...NOT INFANTINO!!!!! I hate him as much as Gene Colon!!

careful now, i studied under gene for 2 years back in the '80s and i'm a total tomb of dracula *****

[Werewolf]

A couple of really clear pics. The one of Hal is especially good.

http://www.cooltoyreview.com/SDCC09/03-Mattel/

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Thursday I became the father of perfect baby girl

Hey Brown Bear, Congrats.

And I'm also hoping for NO Shadowing on the Cowl...it's just not needed

I just hope it is made removable.

[The Bat]

That Batman is pretty good Dane. I'd like to see the perma-shadow on the cowl, ala the DCD 13" figure.

They could either go Adams or keep it New Look Silver Age like Infantino.

Chris

You know, you and I usually agree Chris...but God No...NOT INFANTINO!!!!! I hate him as much as Gene Colon!!

And I'm also hoping for NO Shadowing on the Cowl...it's just not needed!

[vulcan2074]

Hello!

Andrew Covalt here, and I sculpted GL and Sinestro and tweaked Green Arrow and Superman. I wanted to wait for a few reviews to come in on the new sculpts before I made myself known.

I wanted to thank Paul and Joe for giving me the opportunity to sculpt new heads for our favorite heroes. I hope they are well received and we'll get to continue making more and more.

So I'm as excited as anybody! I'm still waiting for some really sharp pics too!

You did a Magnificent job on the Sculpts. You and everyone involved Rocks. I still can't believe it. This is so COOL
Sammy

[Earth 2 Chris]

That Batman is pretty good Dane. I'd like to see the perma-shadow on the cowl, ala the DCD 13" figure.

They could either go Adams or keep it New Look Silver Age like Infantino. Most of the merchandise at the time still had the 60s stock art.

And what about Robin? Will we get a new double curl sculpt, or more time-accurate parted hair style like Burt Ward?

I can't wait to find out!!!

Chris

[Brown Bear]

Thursday I became the father of perfect baby girl and today I read about WGSH returns!! How in thee blue hell will I sleep tonight??

Thank you to all involved. You've made a lot of forty year old VERY happy!!

[jds1911a1]

On the one hand, I'm a bit disappointed that this announcement doesn't include any Marvel characters.

On the other hand, this news is FREAKIN' AWESOME!!! I mean Hal Jordan GL, Jon Stewart GL AND Sinestro?!? I'm feeling woozy. I might faint...

I have to imagine any attempt to get the license for marvel would make DC and mattel walk away from the table and get Hasbro's dander up to boot

[The Bat]

Ok...here's what I'm hoping he'll look like(or similar to). Troy Younger totally captures the 70's Neal Adams style Batman with this Sculpt(just Food for thought).

[The Bat]

A sure way to **** off a partner is to leak pictures of works in progress.

Mattel has been really great about working with us, so I must respect
their policies.

When I'm allowed to show future releases, this will be where they will
be posted.

Sorry.............you can't blame a Guy for trying.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Seriously. Did I read that correctly? OK, I was surprisingly 'on board' with this whole "new Mego Super-Heroes" thang... until I went back and read the above post.



This is an abhorrent concept, tantamount to Levi Strauss selling "weathered" acid-washed, pre-slashed blue jeans. Remember that crap? An abysmal idea (and a failure to boot).

Look, if I want to leave my carded Mattel "World's Greatest Super-Heroes" (still struggling with this usage, too) Green Lantern out in the sun... I will do it myself.

I REALLY don't need Mattel to virtually "leave it out in the sun" for me.



Seriously, in this day and age — with perfect digital printing — what kid will even GROK a mis-registered print job on a backer card?!



Pffff. I am extremely unhappy about this news. Can you tell?

I can see your point Benjamin. As a graphic designer, the idea of creating a weathered, worn packaging design for toy retail seems somewhat out there for any mass market toy line, but I think it's a valid way to go with this one. Clearly these are designed to have the same naive charm Megos have, and not just be in a similar size and material format like FC and Hasbro 9" before them.

But part of me laments that we won't see vibrant, popping colors and a truly updated look at what Mego would have advanced to if they'd kept going, pacakge-wise.

But I will reserve judgment until I see them in person. I'm far too jazzed about this to let it get me down any.

Chris