DC Direct: "we will ban Mattel from making toys that people want...

[regwec]

...so that we can continue to make unimaginative, poorly scaled, poorly articulated, un-accessorised figures for extortionate prices, and without facing any awkward competition".

That's effectively what DCD is telling consumers by prohibiting Mattel from producing anything other than endless Supermen and Batmen.

I felt pissed off, so I thought I'd rant.

 

[SsM]

that sucks I wouldnt mind a dcsh green lantern line... I want the batman line but havent seen them in any stores :/

 

[FEAR THE BAT]

If DC knew a thing or two they'd let Mattel run amock with their vharacters nd pump them out. Instead they just hinder the line completely.

 

[SpiderHulkThing]

so we're definitly not getting anything other than superman and batman figs huh. that sucks. i hate DCD for the reasons you pointed out.

 

[Cyclops]

DCD is overrated and overpriced anyway. I got their Kilowog, I don't need anything else from them ever again.

 

[SsM]

but hush figures... and the green lantern figures.. are so cool :0 poor dcd... NOT

 

[SpiderHulkThing]

only DC fig besides the DCSH figs i have is commissioner gordon. i think he's a hush fig. i dont remember.

 

[SsM]

hush has a commish fig. Dunno if any other lines do.

 

[Saint553]

I don't see why DCD even bothers with articulation. Alex Ross's Poison Ivy looks abosultely horrible...articulation doesn't work with someone who's basically naked.

Make them statues already.

 

[SpiderHulkThing]

i figure they'll end up making poison ivy for the mattel line anyway. maybe they'll make a decent one. i dont know about this leg spliting action though that series 2 of the DCSH line. Doomsday's legs seem like they could get loose very easily. Oh and they are going to be making BAF figs for the DCSH line sometime soon. Like wave 4 or 5 i think they're going to start it.

 

[FEAR THE BAT]

I wonder who the first BAF is going to be in the DCSH line.

 

[SsM]

The Prometheon!!!!!

 

[SpiderHulkThing]

i can't really think of any really big batman villains. and i dont know enough about supes.

 

[Saint553]

BAF Powergirl's bra. God knows it'd have to be big enough.

 

[SsM]

FRIGGIN... the prometheon man >_<

 

[FEAR THE BAT]

mmmmmmm.....Powergirl....

 

[Saint553]

I still think a comic with the lead females from DC/Marvel nude would be an all time best seller. Hell, donate the proceeds to charity. I think the proceeds would cure at least some forms of cancer.

 

[SpiderHulkThing]

prostate cancer?

 

[SpiderHulkThing]

speaking of nude, some of those mate 1 ads are catching my eye. damn.

 

[Saint553]

I heard that jerking the gerkin' may reduce prostate cancer. So the comic alone may cure that.

 

[SsM]

hmm.. I see the tickle your brain adds :P anything is better than those damned nike adds though...

 

[SpiderHulkThing]

I heard that jerking the gerkin' may reduce prostate cancer. So the comic alone may cure that.

i've heard tomatoe paste and tomatoes in general are good to help reduce it. i always figured that jerking the gerkin would cause it. hope you're right though. otherwise i'm in trouble. my girl has to have it at least once a day. course, now she's moved back home and same with me. damn i miss college.

 

[Saint553]

How long have you been with said girl?

 

[SsM]

pre....marital...sex.... UGH

 

[FEAR THE BAT]

You against the bumpin uglies before marriage SsM???