Two Face's Coin

[samurainoir]

They know DC Super Hero collector's will buy a piece of dog excrement once they plop a Bat mask and cape on it and seal it in a package.

How would you want Mattel to handle the paint ap for that? In the classic Blue/Gray or the more contemporary Black?

How about texture and consistency? On the one hand you want it to display well for collectors, but to appeal to the kids, it has to have a certain amount of play-value.

I'm also sure that there are laws prohibiting such a thing from being sold in chains such as Walmart, which also sell groceries these days. I have no doubt that there would be demand as a convention exclusive. Just look at the empty package they sold as Wonder Woman's invisible plane!

[samurainoir]

The DC Direct 13" Two-Face came with a loose coin that's in scale with the figure....so it could have been done if Mattel had wanted to...Unless of course the "small parts choking rule" applies differently to stuff marketed at a TRU level as opposed to DC Direct?

Hot Toys had really good detailed ones as well, and they were quite tiny at 1/6th scale, so I'm sure a 1/9th mini coin would have been even more problematic and instantly lost by any kid anyways.

Most of the the DC Direct ones have the coin molded into the hand, but I guess cost of molding an extra hand just wasn't in the cards (or coin as it were). It would have been nice if he came with a gun.






This one does have a neat coin flipping thing going on with clear plastic depicting the motion, but it's more for display value than play.

[CrimsonGhost]

SA Two Face did not have a green left hand.

I don't care. I'll do what I want!!

Besides, the proto has a green hand and I think it's cool.

[B-Lister]

I guess that is what I mean. But I'm with you, I don't miss it. I do intend to give mine two pistols from the set Dr. Mego made as well as a green left hand.

SA Two Face did not have a green left hand.

[CrimsonGhost]

I think coaster'd be better (i.e. substantial enough to hold, yet not unnecessarily big) than a bigger (full scale) coin.

Ha Ha! "Batman! You'll either live or die based on a flip of this coaster!!"

Yeah, I'll pass on that.

[huedell]

Do you mean full-scale? Or having him look like he's holding a coaster?

I think coaster'd be better (i.e. substantial enough to hold, yet not unnecessarily big) than a bigger (full scale) coin.

[CrimsonGhost]

^ By "choking hazard" you mean "ingestion hazard", right?

It'd be so tiny that including it as an accessory would have been kinda silly, I think. 12" is probably the appropriate threshold, and even that's tiny. I agree with PNGwynne: molding and painting it to the hand would have been the way to go, if they were going to do it at all.

As it is, I don't really miss it not being there. Seems like it could be a pretty easy custom: thin cardboard, glue, tin foil, a hole-punch maybe?

I guess that is what I mean. But I'm with you, I don't miss it. I do intend to give mine two pistols from the set Dr. Mego made as well as a green left hand.

[Sandman9580]

What's with all this talk about it being in scale?
Making a big "out of scale" "Two-Face coin" would've been great
(as well as practical). Shame.

Do you mean full-scale? Or having him look like he's holding a coaster?

[huedell]

What's with all this talk about it being in scale?
Making a big "out of scale" "Two-Face coin" would've been great
(as well as practical). Shame.

[Sandman9580]

^ By "choking hazard" you mean "ingestion hazard", right?

It'd be so tiny that including it as an accessory would have been kinda silly, I think. 12" is probably the appropriate threshold, and even that's tiny. I agree with PNGwynne: molding and painting it to the hand would have been the way to go, if they were going to do it at all.

As it is, I don't really miss it not being there. Seems like it could be a pretty easy custom: thin cardboard, glue, tin foil, a hole-punch maybe?

[CrimsonGhost]

A scale coin would have been ridiculously tiny. If it wasn't simply lost immediately, it surely would have been a choking hazard. I don't think making a coin holding hand is a good solution either.

[The Toyroom]

I'm sure there must have been behind the scenes discussions around whether or not to include Two Face's coin with the Retro Figure.

Not that any previous figure Two Face figure has presented much of an eloquent solution for such a tiny accessory, other than including 1:1 scaled coins or having the coin sculpted into the hand.

The DC Direct 13" Two-Face came with a loose coin that's in scale with the figure....so it could have been done if Mattel had wanted to...Unless of course the "small parts choking rule" applies differently to stuff marketed at a TRU level as opposed to DC Direct?

[enyawd72]

There was No discussion. This is Mattel you're talking about. Mattel has NO quality control whatsoever. Their entire business model is based on the "good enough" philosophy.

Why should they pack in character appropriate accessories, why should they redesign a horribly constructed body? - Will they sell more units that way? That would only cut into their profit margin. They know DC Super Hero collector's will buy a piece of dog excrement once they plop a Bat mask and cape on it and seal it in a package.

Gee, now we're comparing the Retro Batman to dog crap? That's a little overboard. These figures aren't perfect, but what is? Plenty of people seem to like them just as they are, including myself. I have all nine standing tall on my shelf and they look great. I don't delude myself into thinking the original Megos were any better either. I played with the originals too when I was a kid, and I remember knees and elbows that broke easily, emblems that fell off, boots that split at the seam, and oven mitts.

The Retro-Action figures are light years ahead IMO.

[PNGwynne]

The best solution, imo, would've been to mold one of his hands in a pinched position, holding a coin which is molded-on & painted.

A .45 could have been included for the other hand.

[Meule]

Hmmm, the only thing they maybe could've done is have a giant coin on the back of the card and make it a cut-out, like the Kiss instruments. But then the back of the card wouldn't have been the same as the others, which is another problem. I guess not including one was just easier