Comments on: Mini-Review: DCUC Captain Cold!

By: SpyMagician

SpyMagician — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:21:27 +0000

Well,

For me, I’m all DCUC. I barely buy any DCD and there’s not a single one I wouldn’t rather have a DCUC version of.

As for Cold? Each DCUC wave tries to match the “main” hero in the wave (Flash) with an arch enemy (Cold representing the Rogues), so I think he was a great choice.

Plus Barry has the bonus of the previous C&C Grodd so he’s got two great signature villains!

But hell, I LOVE the Flash Rogues and would love to see them ALL in DCUC!

Spy

By: Its

Its — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:06:03 +0000

I honestly don’t get releasing this figure. It was just remade in the Alex Ross JL line very recently and its still relatively cheap on the E-Bay secondary markets. So why bother with wasting a slot in a high profile line like DCUC?

By: SpyMagician

SpyMagician — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:52:21 +0000

Lt. Clutch

Thanks man!

LOL! Yeah, I try to be as upbeat as I can. I like to point out things that I think are problematic, but I try not to just bash stuff, especially subjective things (I try to keep my criticisms to function/quality/accuracy issues and less about subjective judgments on aesthetics.)

Poor Atom Smasher! LOL! It just cracked me up that they paired the head w/ the crotch!!!

By: Lt. Clutch

Lt. Clutch — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:41:38 +0000

I love reading your reviews, Spy. Mostly because you’re always positive about the stuff you write about and you sweat out the details better than most. Cold is a great figure. That last pic with Atom Smasher’s head is too funny for words.

By: SpyMagician

SpyMagician — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:22:50 +0000

You know, to me the “actual” size of the character in the comics is less important than how well he displays with the rest of the DCUC.

I think Captain Cold should probably be average height, meaning if he was the same height as the standard male DCUC body then that would look right to me.

When he and Sinestro are closer in height to Robin than, say, Black Manta (even without the helmet) to me that looks a bit odd.

Spy

By: J1h15233

J1h15233 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:33:16 +0000

I was asking what size should he be? You know like how big is he in the comics? Not the actual size of the figure haha.

By: SpyMagician

SpyMagician — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:19:23 +0000

Okay,

I could break out a ruler, and take back to back pics, but honestly, once Cold starts to hit it’ll become very obvious that he’s the same size as Sinestro, i.e. small.

My pics aren’t great, but I’ve held the figures in my hands, compared them to my DCUC collection and trust me, he IS small.

Besides, what would be the point of claiming he is small if he in fact isn’t?

So I can look like a jerk later? I do fine making myself look like a jerk in much less time consuming ways! LOL!

By: J1h15233

J1h15233 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:31:18 +0000

What size is Captain Cold anyway?

By: Ou Sooner 1997

Ou Sooner 1997 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:17:00 +0000

Ok, with all that said… Look at the pic again. Cold is positioned a little behind Hal yet from the pic he seems to almost be shoulder to shoulder to Hal so I’m wondering if it’s the positioning that makes him look a bit smaller. Include that and the fact that his parka hat is all tight to his head and maybe he isn’t as bad as it looks there. A back to back comparison is needed.

By: santo

santo — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:18:00 +0000

i couldn’t resist i ordered flash from a scalper in ca……i’ve been waiting for him since they announced wave 1

i think my patience can hold out on the rest of them…especially with part 1 of wave 7…part 2 with booster and beetle is another story

cold is nice…im not so mad about the scale

WOOOOHOOOO bout time i got my favorite member of the JLA

By: j1h15233

j1h15233 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:48:16 +0000

I just saw all of wave 6 today. I’ve got Hawkman, Captain Marvel, and Killer Moth. I’ll be passing on the others even though it’s incredibly hard to do so.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:39:59 +0000

Yeesh, I have only found Mister Miracle of Wave 6 (Hawkman, wherefore art thou?) and absolutely NO wave 5s, and now Wave 7 is starting to appear?!?
What is up with that?
Yeah, jealous. What of it?

By: elvis8batman

elvis8batman — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:10:40 +0000

Hey a bit of “shrinkage” is expect when its cold, so with him being Captain Cold, he really can’t help it!! LOL

Seriously though, that looks like a great figure, and I can’t wait for this wave.

By: Thatman

Thatman — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:05:52 +0000

I think he looks great; the height doesn’t look like it’ll bother me too much (less so than Sinestro, at any rate), but I’m kind of hoping they retire that smaller body, or at least restrict it to characters that are supposed to be shorter.

At any rate, looking forward to getting this fig!

By: Captain Cold

Captain Cold — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:34:01 +0000

Awesome! I can’t wait for this figure! A bit sad that they haven’t fixed the scale on some of their characters. It’s okay for a figure to be shorter but the smaller proportions are just off.

But Cold is one of my favorite DCU characters. I plan to buy 3, one for my Flash shelf, one for my DCUC shelf, and one to keep MIB.

By: Quinn

Quinn — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:50:25 +0000

He’s a great-looking figure…usually I don’t like “extreme faces,” but for Cold somehow it works. Nice review–I’ll keep my jealousy in check.

For now.

By: J1h15233

J1h15233 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:30:43 +0000

And if I ever decide to get Atom Smasher it is not going to be easy tracking down the parts as I’ll only have Kid Flash and maybe Captain Cold.

By: J1h15233

J1h15233 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:29:32 +0000

I’m still on the fence with this figure but if I keep looking at these pictures I know which side I’ll fall on.