The Wave 5 wait

[LOU]

LOL! It really is pathetic Tom! I really wanted to fall back asleep so bad just so I could go through with the sale! I've had similar dreams about original Megos as well but for some reason this one was especially hard to wake up from. Probably because I was last reading in the thread where people were asking if the line was dead last night before I laid down. It was in my head as I dozed off I suspect. I'm really hoping to see a glimpse of Wave 5 as I just have this feeling there's going to be another female in the next Wave since Mattel already has the female body and only used it twice on the Super Heroes thus far. Stands to reason they'd want to get some more mileage out of it. Any idea what this big announcement on Matty.com was supposed to be today Tom?

[MIB41]

Today or tomorrow. Should be fun no matter how it comes out. I'm betting we'll get a Supergirl or Batgirl out of the next lot.

[LOU]

Me too Tom, I really do feel as though another Super Gal is in the next Wave. Are we even certain that this big announcement is Retro Hero related?

[CrimsonGhost]

You know, I was surprised when they announced wave 4 at SDCC. I thought it was way ahead of the game. I won't really be surprised if what we've seen already is all we're going to see.

[MIB41]

You know, I was surprised when they announced wave 4 at SDCC. I thought it was way ahead of the game. I won't really be surprised if what we've seen already is all we're going to see.

And you may be right. What I do know is more are coming, so that works for me.

[LOU]

Agreed Tom, I'm much less concerned about seeing photos now and more concerned with the confirmation that more are on the way. I just feel as though if there are more coming, it stands to reason that we'll see a Robin, the Super Gals and a couple more Bat Villains.
I still haven't picked up Wave 4 yet so I'm in no rush to buy Wave 5 anyway, just excited to see what they will look like.

[CrimsonGhost]

And you may be right. What I do know is more are coming, so that works for me.

Yeah, not to be downer. I just setting myself up to avoid disappointment!!
I hope I'm wrong!

[LOU]

What's even stranger is Retro Action figures aren't even mentioned here:
MattyCollector.com Online Store

[pmwasson]

What's even stranger is Retro Action figures aren't even mentioned here:
MattyCollector.com Online Store

This is a list of what new items were being shown. They do list one retro-action:

8" Retro-Action® DC Super Heroes Kyle Rayner

[THE FALCON]

Man, this sucks wet monkey. I was really hoping to see images of wave 5. Here's hoping we'll see something before Comic Con.

[MIB41]

The more I think about it, we got some really early sneak peeks of Wave 4 and the Matty exclusives, which I believe were accidental leaks. So this might be their way of just settling back into the original process. Plus Mattel may not want to announce future lines too early if that keeps some from buying the current releases. People could bypass some waves to wait for others if they knew what to expect ahead of time. Just a thought.

[LOU]

Yeah Tom, I agree. The E-Bay auctions from a couple weeks ago were the "leak" pics and it caused us to expect to see Wave 5. If you pretend for a moment that we haven't laid eyes on Wave 4 yet, those Toy Fair pics would've been the usual eye candy. For me they still are anyway as I can still stare at them until I get my Wave 4 set in my hands.

[dchero66]

Yes and with Wave 3 being very late, and Wave 4 being a lot earlier than expected, they've been released almost on top of each other. I noticed the notecards on the display at Toy Fair said Summer release for Wave 4 - too late! If that was their originally planned release date, Wave 5 most likely won't be announced until SDCC, and won't be released until Fall. I'd hoped we'd see three waves this year. Maybe we still can...