John Stewart Retro Action

[Krypt0nite]

Has the sale date been announced for John Stewart? I know he's due in February.

[jimsmegos]

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/q...ewartCrdFt.jpg

Okay, now I want it for sure. Man they all look so cool on the card!

[ScottA]

I actually like the mask (and the color of the card too).

[jasonmego1277]

Looks like Kyle Raynor is the 4th GL. That is interesting. I too really like the John Stewart fig. Pretty cool.

[samurainoir]

It occurs to me that it is an interesting choice going with the masked version given the fact that John Stewart only wore it for a handful of issues, and it was an important aspect of his character over the years that he does not have a secret identity.

Hopefully down the line we might get to see Stewart in his contemporary costume... maybe around the time of a second Green Lantern movie!

I dig the 'fro.

For those wanting to make a custom of Stewart in his more current outfit, I think this might make a good base...

[MEGOMAN]

[boynightwing]

I'd love to see a Retro Action Arisia. The RA female body is fantastic. You guys should take advantage of that and make some cool female heroes.

[megowgsh]

^^^^ROTFLMAO

[megocrazy]

Actually I wanted to do John Stewart in his more recent JLU outfit, but
Mattel said that Retro Action was the only place they could do the
'70s afro hair style and not have it look out of place.

I think the afro hairstyle looked out of place in the 70's.

[drmego]

Actually I wanted to do John Stewart in his more recent JLU outfit, but
Mattel said that Retro Action was the only place they could do the
'70s afro hair style and not have it look out of place.

[megocrazy]

Dude ... you need to get out more, and Read Green Lantern Corps ... Kyle is Cool.

I never had an issue with him, but early on a lot of GL fans wanted him gone. he never had a big following. That has changed in recent storylines. The resurge in the GL title may have had a hand in that as well. New fans new opinions.

I have the 12 inch Hasbro version of his figure and love it. I wish they would have made it 8 inch though.

[samurainoir]

Also note we live in a day and age where Broccili Lantern and Fish Lantern have their own action figures. No one should feel deprived of their favourite incarnation given the amount of Green Lantern merchandise and likely variants that are heading our way this year.



Although MattyCollector might want to give Alan Scott some love... SDCC exclusive?

[samurainoir]

I find if you ordered things like the Green Arrow (both times) or the Chris Reeve Superman within the first week or so, you were fine.

I can't remember how long it took for the Peter Venkman SDCC exclusive to sell out, but I do remember getting it within 24 hours of the sale beginning and not sitting by my computer waiting for the sell time.

As Earth 2 Chris says, it's mostly the MOTU stuff that is the hassle.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Matty is more of a hassle for MOTU fans. That's what crashes the site. If you try and get a non-MOTU figure on the first day of the sale, my experience is you can usually get through, eventually.

But it is ridiculous that they haven't fixed this problem yet.

Chris

[puckace]

I like the figure just fine. What I don't like is the Matty Collector site and all the bs with shipping and trying to order merchandise through them.

puckace