Comments on: Warner DC Animated Movies – They Need Figures!

By: CDS

CDS — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:34:42 +0000

There were actually figures for a number of these DVDs. In fact I believe First Flight came packed with a GL figure in IH style. There was also a similar Owlman with Crisis 2E. DC Direct did a large number of characters in Cooke’s style from New Frontier.

I distinctly remember a small line of figures on black cards for the Death of Superman DVD as well. Not sure who made them though.

By: superfriend

superfriend — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:10:42 +0000

I’m sorry that my reply came across as “snarky”. That was not my intent. The Wonder Woman movie did not fit the pattern I was trying to establish and I thought it would detract from my point.

By: George

George — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:07:23 +0000

You should’ve wrote it in your article then, instead of being so snarky about it.

By: superfriend

superfriend — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:54:04 +0000

I did not forget Wonder Woman. I left it out on purpose. The DVD sold poorly. Wonder Woman is not a strong enough seller to anchor a 3 pack. Mattel knows this. Wonder Woman only appears in 3 packs where we also get another main JL member, usually Superman. There is no sales potential for toys from that movie.

By: demoncat

demoncat — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:28:50 +0000

i agree with the post. for Mattel could exercise its rights to do figures for animated dc stuff. like a tie in and maybe sell more dvds if collectors and fans knew they could get the characters for their collection though hal. Mattel can not do an animated hal unless he is unmasked due to Warner’s making that rare xmas gift animated Hal for their execs and thus saying no more. for Red hood is coming and should really let fans have jasson todd for their collection. Mattel dropped the ball so far when it comes to having the rights for dc figures from animated stuff.

By: GLsector666

GLsector666 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:17:50 +0000

Agree completely, and yes, I see what you did there with Batman.

By: Geof

Geof — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:38:17 +0000

You could always visit your local comic store, DC Direct’s been making 6″ scale figures from countless comic series/storylines for years. New Frontier had it’s own series of figures, and Superman/Batman had at least 6 waves based on different storylines, including the original Public Enemies.

By: George

George — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:33:02 +0000

You forgot Wonder Woman.

By: red Ricky

red Ricky — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:15:44 +0000

I think that JLU is a better fit for Animated Movies than DCIH or DCUC. Both products (the DVDs & JLU toys) appeal to a specific type of consumer/collector. I think that the animated look killed some of the interest DCUC collectors had on some of the figures, but the same would not have happened with JLU fans.

Nonetheless, I can see why Mattel went with them. Those two lines were available to all retail outlets and that meant more money/presence. JLU wasn’t. Hopefully, if JLU stops being a Target exclusive; then it will be easier for Mattel to issue action figures “in the animated style” that is also associated with new DVD releases.

But they would also have to time the releases correctly. And we all know how Mattel is with deadlines.

By: red Ricky

red Ricky — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:06:10 +0000

I think Superfriend is suggesting for Mattel to drop the JLU brand logo; but keep the existing JLU tooling and scale. The end result would be an easy to produce animated “sub-line” that fits with JLU, but… *wink*, *wink* isn’t JLU and as a result, doesn’t have its legal trappings.

By: Shellhead

Shellhead — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:11:13 +0000

I disagree. I liked most of the DCUC PE offerings. Didn’t care for the six month delay between Wave 1 and Wave 2, but when all was said and done, Banshee, Force, and Brimstone all fit in with the rest of my DCUC collection just fine. Icicle, not so much, but put him in the back row and its not very noticable. I don’t like the JLU style. Keep it with JLU where I can safetly ignore it and produce more DCUC friendly spin offs a la PE. Just don’t make ‘em store exclusives!

By: alcinde4

alcinde4 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:04:37 +0000

Good stuff superfriend. Only if it were so.

By: superfriend

superfriend — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:17:13 +0000

Well, there is that Green Lantern animated series WB has announced. Kind of hard to sell toys for it without its main star.

By: Christophe

Christophe — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:31:47 +0000

I’m in agreement with every single word of this blog.

By: bnjmnrlyr

bnjmnrlyr — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:36:15 +0000

See, its intelligent thinking like this that could make JLU the line to end all lines.

It seems so simple, and yet it will NEVER happen.

By: j1h15233

j1h15233 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:02:18 +0000

Very nice blog. I don’t think the Hal Jordan works if it’s JLU style though. They’d have to do him without a mask again.