Comments on: Wave 10 Line-up posted on AFi

By: Rimmer

Rimmer — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:52:43 +0000

“Ideological issues” with Walmart?

Get real and quite drinking the Kool-Aid. Why not complain about beloved Target or K-mart, then? Grow up.

From a politically conservative, independant action figure buyer.

By: batfan#1

batfan#1 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:51:55 +0000

walmart sucks, they should of thought wave 10 through

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:14:03 +0000

HALLELUJAH, BROTHER!

The CAC figure is Imperiex who I don’t know and don’t care about.
I can find these guys loose and not sweat it.
And I’m sick of sweating it.
Sitting quietly and meditating on all my 6″ guys killing each other on my various shelves is how I enjoy this hobby, not hunting all over creation trying to out-wit the local toy-scalpers.
However, if Mattel is listening here still and not weary of our abuse (though I dare-say warranted, sadly) how about making giant guys like Imperiex and Mongul and Chemo as 12″ plastic figures instead of junk that makes no sense like Killer Croc? Honestly, does anyone have a use for a 12″ Croc-ster?

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:43:29 +0000

*laughs* I didn’t mean that literally – just an amalgamation of a whole lot of sub-canon DC crud I don’t care about. Earth One, Earth Two as it was pre-1984, that’s all I care about.

DC thought they were simplifying things back then, when all they did was make them lame. I mean, c’mon! Infinity Inc., one of my fave books back then, didn’t make any sense after the Crisis and the characters lost all their gravity. Who are these guys and who cares, if they weren’t the kids of the All Star Squadron etc.? They may as well ahve been anybody at all.

I lasted all of a year and a half post Crisis before I got bored and gave up.

So now I see they’re going out of their way to complicate it again. Bully for them, but I’m OUT.
And I won’t be buying any of these absurd new version characters/figures – leave that to the DC Direct to achieve, where it seems like every single one-shot issue gets it’s action figure.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:21:52 +0000

Earth-3 Green Lantern…you mean Power Ring(I think he was called)?

By: Norge

Norge — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:43:16 +0000

WAL-MART! I knew it! They couldn’t have it everywhere, so instead they are going to have it nowhere. No one I know has or has seen wave 5, and now it will be the same story all over again with wave 9.

So upsetting. What is the point of having an exclusive wave if it isn’t distributed to the place where it is exclusively sold?

By: Gladiator

Gladiator — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:27:23 +0000

I happy to hear about this line up but sad to hear that Walmart is getting them. I haven’t seen a figure in Walmart (MN) since the DC Superhero days. Oh well I’ll have my buddies back at home (VA) get these for me. This line up sounds great but Walmart just puts a damper on thing.

By: Lightsource

Lightsource — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:15:28 +0000

Gideon…..Yes obscure characters have been made in non-exclusive waves, but Forager and Robotman are only possible because of Batman and Joker’s inclusion. People have to remember that Wave 10 is intended to run alongside other waves as it is an exclusive and an “extra wave”…an extra wave that wouldn’t exist without Walmart. Who knows if Forager and Robotman would even make the cut for a non-exclusive wave over other characters or not. Only Mattel would know that.

By: Gideon

Gideon — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:06:01 +0000

The comment “these figures (the more obscure ones anyway) would never be made without Walmart asking for an exclusive” has no basis in fact. From the very start, we had Metamorpho, Etrigan, Orion, Black Manta…these are not the most recognized characters in the DCU. There are no excuses for what Mattel is doing here; its a poor business/marketing decision, and the only way the customers are going to stop it is to not buy these figures when they cost $20.00 and up. If you go to Target or the like, have you seen the endless rows of the Hulk, Iron Man, and Dark Knight figures collecting dust?? Have you seen the huge mark downs in price the stores are doing, to get rid of these things?? Furthermore, why on earth would you do “exclusive” business with a company that ALREADY botched the first go-round??

Mattel should
(A) NOT do business with wm again,
(B) Re-issue wave 5
(C) Work on the quality of the figures they are releasing
(D) Take CARE of their CUSTOMERS!

The American auto industry refused to do the right thing for decades and finally got what they deserve. Mattel should take note.

Let’s not give in to stupidity and greed.

By: John Jones

John Jones — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:26:30 +0000

But this is the same thing that happened with Marvel Legens when they switched to Hasbro, they went from 8 to 10. The extra 2 dollars for a poorer quality action figure didn’t make any sense to me, so I stopped buying them. Unless DCUC gets some sort of epicly awesome display base or like a comic, as weel as the CC piece, I’m only buying the ones I deem necessary, like Joker and Man Bat.