Which figures should Mattel make?

[MIB41]

... That's Harsh.
I grew up on Aparo... Read his books for the better half of a decade. I actually prefur his books & designs over Adams personally.

I have to agree with Jason here. I really liked Aparo when I was growing up. I loved the long eared look. I thought he was second only to Neil Adams in nailing what I thought was the classic "iconic" look of Batman.

[WilRadcliffe]

Well, I'm glad to see a few people throwing Aquaman's hat (or crown) into the ring. I know he's not the most popular hero, but he's always been my absolute favorite. I remember begging my grandparents for a Mego Aquaman when I was a kid. They searched everywhere until they finally found him sitting on a shelf at our local Hooks Drug Store. Definitely my fav Mego. And even though there's a certain charm to the design back in the day, I would like to see a new head sculpt more in line with the Super Friends version, as well as scales on the shirt and a trident accessory. But please, no Peter David version! Much as I admire Mr. David as a writer, I prefer old school Aquaman.

Now, the great thing about re-releasing Aquaman is that you can pair him with one of the most visually exciting super villains of all time, Black Manta! This guy had the rasping voice & black helmet thing down when Darth Vader was still sucking his asthma inhaler! Gotta see Manta in this line! Really adds to the whole "Legion of Doom" vibe Lex and Sinestro are giving off.

So my vote for the next waves are...

Wave 2
Aquaman/Black Manta
Batman/Riddler

Wave 3
Flash/Captain Cold
Wonder Woman/Cheetah

I picked Riddler over Joker because for whatever reason (perhaps his psychotic nature?) Joker wasn't used in the Super Friends show. Scarecrow would be another good Bat Villain choice, as he never got the Mego treatment and was a big part of the LOD. Anyway, I feel my choices give a nice mix of old and new.

But no matter what, I am saving my bottle return money to buy these figures! They are retro without feeling stale, and updated without feeling exploitive.

Great job, EMCE, Mr. Abrams, and Mattel!

[ctc]

>Since the pattern with the first series is two heroes and their respective arch foes, series two should reflect the same pattern.

Yeah! I think it's fantastic that they've done a hero AND a villain! Nobody ever does enough bad guys! Think of Mego's original ratio. "Look! It's the Penguin! Alright everybody GET HIM!!!!"

>if they make Angel and the Ape I'm there.

HAW! So I'm not the only one thinking this, eh? (They WERE in Crisis after all! The ORIGINAL one anyhoo....) I think they'd need a new body design for Sam.

....and then you'd need a Stan Bragg to go with 'em....

Don C.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I'd like to see the focus kept on the 70s Bronze Age versions of the characters first, like wave 1 is doing. It will keep the line more unique, I think, and it's an era DC Direct has been ignoring, for the most part. And I want EVERYONE Mattel has access to license-wise (which is practically EVERYONE). It's just a matter of when and where we get them.

Chris

[Timothy2251]

Howsabout 8" versions of The Dark Knight Batman and Joker? Mattel's already got the likeness rights to Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, this'd be an easy one. They could even make the Bat-outfit from Batman Begins as well!

Definitely down for a new Wonder Woman - much as I like the Mego version, the silk-screen suit and head need upgrading. Again, should be easy enough to scale down the Barbie versions for the new WGSH line. Same could be done for the Barbie versions of Batgirl and Supergirl (alas, no Mary Jane, Elektra, or Invisible Woman. Curse You, Gods of Licensing and Character Rights!!!!).

I do like the initial release theme of hero and arch-enemy, as well as having at least one-two retro characters per line, and I hope this continues for each wave. Of course, the number of figures might increase with each successive wave if the line does well (I hope, I hope!).

Is it 2010 yet?

[Meule]

I'm looking forward to anything Batman related. New Batman and Robin sculpts, a more modern Catwoman, new villains like Scarecrow, Two-Face, Mr.Freeze, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, ... bring it on and I'll be buying them ALL

[Tothiro]

I dont care if all they do is the lame duck characters like B'wana Beast and the Inferior 5...I want them!!!!!!

WOOO!! Bouncing Boy and Bat-Mite! Yeah-Baby!

How Ironic would a Warlord pitch be, considering the He-Man history?

I hope we get new characters in future waves, but there's an option to keep current waves available... It would be nice to see the whole family available in smaller numbers.

I like all of the suggestions from everyone so far, and while my love tends to push deeply into Vertigo territory, I realize the unlikely nature of that and mego-innocent match-up, so a line up roughly super-friend or JLA themed would be awesome (*cough* Black Lightning *cough*).

Despero.

... if they make Angel and the Ape I'm there. I could list third and seventeenth stringer characters I'd be into all day, (Shade the Changing Man!!!) so listen to everyone but me. Because I want this to be successful :(

Except Hawkman rules. Just like anything Kirby.

[Captain]

I dont care if all they do is the lame duck characters like B'wana Beast and the Inferior 5...I want them!!!!!!

[jwyblejr]

Since they don't have smaller sized bodies at this point in time,how about Nightwing to go with Batman(whenever you get around to him)?

[Ivaniski]

Which figures should Mattel make?

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.
Barry Allen Flash version just screams to be made for tier 2.

[BlackKnight]

(of course, IMHO, Jim Aparo was a serviceable but not brilliant artist who was aping Adams anyway).

... That's Harsh.
I grew up on Aparo... Read his books for the better half of a decade. I actually prefur his books & designs over Adams personally.

[CrimsonGhost]

Ha! I don't care what you say Joe, I love Aparo!! He could draw anybody and make them look cool! That's more than serviceable in my book!

I love Adams too, don't get me wrong!

Andrew

[Werewolf]

My only suggestion is, if you guys get to female characters rooted hair is a must. They're just not Mego if the women have molded hair.

That and a Wonder Woman that doesn't look like a 12 year old girl wearing WW pajamas. Don't get me wrong I adore the Mego WGSH Wondy. But something closer to how she actually looked in the comic would be awesome. Kinda like the 12 inch Mego WW or the recent WW Barbie but in 8 inch scale.

[The Bat]

Okee-doke...just wanted to make sure there was nothing else more specific...as you described it you could be referring to Jim Aparo or anyone else who drew Batman during that time.

J

As Neal Adams himself put it..."there's was no need for him to keep drawing BATMAN...as everybody else was aping his style, at that time". And I DO want to see, something more specific in terms of jawline, mouth shape, etc., that looks like Adams Art.

[EMCEtoys]

EMCE,

I meant make a new Mego Batman head resemble Batman as drawn by classic 1970s Batman artist Neal Adams, LONGER ears, BLACK forehead on cowl, grimmer look! Adams is considered the DEFINITIVE Batman ARTIST! *BTW I'm also dcdrew who started the NEW DC Megoes thread on the DC Direct board which you replied to! Thanks

Okee-doke...just wanted to make sure there was nothing else more specific...as you described it you could be referring to Jim Aparo or anyone else who drew Batman during that time (of course, IMHO, Jim Aparo was a serviceable but not brilliant artist who was aping Adams anyway). I'm a big Neal Adams fan myself (I even hired his company to do some storyboards on a Universal project a decade ago!), so I thought you may have wanted to see something more specific in terms of jawline, mouth shape, etc.

And thanx for the kind words on the DC board. I just came back from spewing a bunch of details on GA's sleeves for those who asked.

J