This time it is Mattel which shows its love of the Legion of Doom.
Even when they had just permission to make the Batman and Superman related characters, the Legion’s influence on Mattel could be seen.
Scarecrow & Bizarro
Lex Luthur & Brainiac
When Mattel gained the overall DC license, the LOD expanded its sphere of control.
Wave 2: Black Manta & Gorilla Grodd CNC
Wave 3: Sinestro & Solomon Grundy CNC
Wave 5: Riddler & Wave 7: Captain Cold
Just Announced for Wave 8: Giganta
That leaves only Cheetah and Toyman. What happens when they arrive and the Legion of Doom is at full force? I suspect a lot of reenactments of "This is the Challenge of the Super Friends!"
Hmmmm,… Toyman would be a good candidate for next year’s Walmart wave based on the choices included this year.
Here’s hoping. The DCD Justice Toyman’s not a bad stand-in for the time being, although I hope Mattel makes their own. And Cheetah is a must have.
Nice piece – I didn’t realize they were that close to completing the whole set. How many more members of the Super Friends do we need? Just MM & Green Arrow? Very cool.
Actually, texgnome, MM was never one of the “Super Friends”. If Green Arrow pans out for next year that would only leave Plastic Man from the comic-to-series Super Friends, but there would still be the show specific characters (I’ll skip Black Vulcan since DC claims he was Black Lightning all along) like Samuri, Apache Chief, El Dorado, Rima, Zan, Jayna, Gleek, Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog.
Rima was also a comic book character, Jim, but has no relation to the JLA.