Weren't we supposedto get Wave 3 news by now

[Timothy2251]

I always preferred well-toned thighs, gently taping down to a well-sculpted calf, and ending in a nice set of pumps, closed toe, and...

WHOA! This ain't the Leg Lovers Forums! I'M IN THE WRONG FORUM! BAD TIMMY!! BAD,BAD TIMMY!!!

So, yeah, where were we?

[scott metzger]

There you go confusing your opinion with facts again.
Who says the bodies are poorly made? All seven of my figures stand just fine.

They're from Mattel, so "poorly made" is almost a given these days. Mattel's quality control hit a all time low a couple years ago and they have overall risen back to the point of mediocrity on that count. And the Mego's show the same attention to quality. There are basic design problems, as well as the common problems with loose hips, several of which I have in the ones I bought. THe hip design itself is flawed, lacking enough surface area to really allow the figures to hold a pose solidly even if the bands were tight enough to do so. THere are significant, documented problems, including the peg in the hip that is blocking and causing the hump-back syndrome in mant of the figures. Poorly made seems an accurate description from the production side at least.

Who says the sculpts are "bad"? Whatever that means. They look good to me.

Luthor and Sinestro evoke the characters quite well, Luthor especially, but both Supes and GL don't. There's nothing in the Supes sculpt that would make me think Superman other than black hair (even the curl isn't really a spit curl); the original wasn't based on a specific artist's version, either, but I could still look at it and see Kal-El. And Hal's head is too big and stuck in a perpetual upward glance. Nothing even in the hairstyle makes it more than a guy with brown hair and Hal's mask. All the sculpts are soft, far more so than what we've seen in the other new Mego lines.

There are a lot of problems with this line I don't have with any of the other new Mego figures. I understand that the bodies had to be re-designed to satisfy whatever external or internal standards Mattel has, but the fact that the result has more problems than figures made decades ago doesn't speak well for the world's largest toy company.

[sprytel]

Luthor and Sinestro evoke the characters quite well, Luthor especially, but both Supes and GL don't. There's nothing in the Supes sculpt that would make me think Superman other than black hair (even the curl isn't really a spit curl); the original wasn't based on a specific artist's version, either, but I could still look at it and see Kal-El. And Hal's head is too big and stuck in a perpetual upward glance. Nothing even in the hairstyle makes it more than a guy with brown hair and Hal's mask. All the sculpts are soft, far more so than what we've seen in the other new Mego lines.

Certainly, we are all entitled to different opinions here. But Mego was able to pass Superman off as Don. I have a hard time imagining you'd ever be able to do something like that with the Mattel version, with that iconic curl (however well executed you think it is). It may not look like the Superman you were hoping for, but... it does look like Superman, right?

[drmego]

DC Comics reviews every sculpt and accessory we make. If they thought that
Superman did not look like Superman, they would have told us to change it.

Same for all the others too.

[enyawd72]

DC Comics reviews every sculpt and accessory we make. If they thought that
Superman did not look like Superman, they would have told us to change it.

Same for all the others too.

And there you have it...

I think the new Mattel figures are beautiful just the way they are. If they make some improvements to them, fine. If they don't, I'll still buy them. If the biggest problem you have in life is the boots or the hair on your Superman dolly, you don't really have any problems.

I really wish all the complainers would just go start their own toy companies. Then every figure would be perfect, right?

[rcbats1]

I happen to think the Mattel Retro Superman is one of the Best Looking Superman action figures ever. Its better then any of Hasbros executions....any of them.
I also think, in my opinion that it is more Superman then the Mego Superman....and believe me....the Mego Superman is my third favorite figure ever!

[Boywonder0]

Guys, let's just keep buying them. There will always be whiners about everything... And Mattel... Just keep them coming! Wave 4, and 5 and so on... I look forward to a decent Richard Grayson Robin with no cow licks!

[LOU]

I WILL be buying all of them, as they are! They only way I'll stop buying is if they start making "modern" characters and weird "modern-era" costumes. Classic Mego-era costumes only, just as the line is. Judging from the looks of the prototypes for Wave 2, they certainly are intending on staying "classic" costuming...so I really don't see characters like Superman Blue or Superman Red in the line's future. I simply love them so far.