2009 EDIT: It's obvious now that the remaining Super Powers characters should all be on the "no-brainers" list, along with other themes and characters that have become apparent within the past year. But I don't want to revise the list now; rather, I will still keep this going, just for the heck of it and see where we end up, based on what we knew and assumed at the point when the line began.

Inspired by this thread: http://www.thefwoosh.com/forum/viewtopi ... sc&start=0 , I started thinking about what we can realistically expect to see over the next few years in DCUC. Using the basis that the line will succeed and Mattel will produce roughly 200 individual figures before the contract is up (whether they be unique characters, costumes, or variants), I started breaking down the character list into what we logically should see produced within the next few years.

By taking into account:

- a character's popularity and/or visibility within the DCU
- the use and re-use of existing tooling/sculpts
- appealing designs and costumes that would translate well to figure form

The following list is what I came up with. I know I forgot a few characters too. Granted, this is a total guess and a good solid waste of a lunch hour so take it as you will. Some of your favorite characters may not be near the top, but I tried to take an educated guess on how Mattel and the 4H would decide who would get the top 200 spots, when taking into account the criteria mentioned above.

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no-brainers - these are 100% guaranteed to be released, based on logic and what Mattel/4H has mentioned:

Batman classic black/grey repaint
Batman Knightfall armor
Big Barda
Blue Beetle
Captain Marvel
Dr. Fate
Flash Barry Allen
Flash Wally West
Green Arrow
Martian Manhunter
Black Canary
Hawkgirl (modern)
Zatanna
Robin Dick Grayson
Green Lantern John Stewart
The Question (classic)
Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick
Golden Age Green Lantern Alan Scott

Joker (new sculpt)
Black Adam
Captain Cold
Man-Bat (brown)
Parademon
Poison Ivy
Professor Zoom/Reverse Flash (classic)
Zoom (modern)

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26 figures here
(5 removed after SDCC = 21 characters remaining)
(2 removed, wave 8 = 19 remaining)
(3 removed, wave 9 = 16 remaining)
(5 removed after SDCC = 11 remaining)
(5 removed in 2010 = 6 remaining)
(2 removed after SDCC 2011 = 4 remaining)
(2 removed after SDCC 2012 = 2 remaining)
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excellent chance of being made - these are near the top of the list of B- & C-list characters. These are the characters that always topping fans' wish-lists. Also included are logical repaints of the Trinity, main supporting cast, and characters that are constantly requested for various DC teams. I would think 90% of these will make it into the line before it is over:

Adam Strange
Alfred
Aqualad
Aquaman (beard/hook costume)
Animal Man
Atom Smasher (C&C)
Batman 1Million
Batman Kingdom Come
Booster Gold(C&C)
Blue Devil
Commissioner Gordon
Elongated Man
Golden Age Batman
Golden Age Dr. Mid-Nite
Golden Age Hawkman (hood)
Golden Age Hourman
Golden Age Superman
Golden Age Wonder Woman
Green Lantern Guy Gardner
Green Lantern Kilowog (C&C)
Green Lantern Kyle Rayner
Hawkgirl (classic)
Huntress (modern)
Kid Flash Wally West
Lightning Lad
Metron (w/ chair C&C)
Mr. Terrific (modern)
Oracle
Plastic Man (C&C)
Power Girl
Raven
Red Arrow
Robin Tim Drake (red/green costume)
Saturn Girl
Spectre (classic)
Starfire
Superboy Kon-El
Superman Kingdom Come
Superman 1Million
Wildcat
Wonder Woman (armored)
Wonder Woman 1Million

Batzarro
Black Hand
Brainiac (classic)
Captain Boomerang (classic)
Catman
Charaxes
Cheetah (modern)
Composite Superman
Cyborg Superman (Sinestro Corps repaint)
Deadshot
Desaad
General Zod
Giganta (classic, C&C)
Granny Goodness
Hush
Johnny Quick
Killer Moth
Lex Luthor (business suit)
Lex Luthor (purple/green superfriends)
Mantis (Super Powers)
Mirror Master
Mr. Mxyztplk
Owlman
Power Ring
Star Sapphire
Steppenwolf
Superwoman
The Shade
Ultraman
Ultra-Humanite (C&C)

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65 figures here, plus the above list = 91 total
(59 figures here, 6 removed after SDCC + above = 80 total characters remaining)
(55 figures here, 4 removed for wave 8 + above = 74 total remaining)
(51 figures here, 4 removed for wave 9 + above = 67 total remaining)
(44 figures here, 7 removed after SDCC + above = 55 total remaining)
(40 figures here, 4 removed for wave 12 + above = 51 total remaining)
(37 figures here, 3 removed for wave 13 + above = 48 total remaining)
(23 figures here, 14 removed in 2010/2011 + above = 29 total remaining)
(19 figures here, 4 removed after SDCC 2011 + above = 23 total remaining)
(16 figures here, 3 removed after SDCC 2012 + above = 18 total remaining)
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A solid chance of being made - these are right in the middle to the bottom of the B- & C-list characters. Fan favorites and recognizable names, and characters that round out the rosters of various teams. We might see some of these as variants of other figures. These have an above-average chance of making the cut into the line, but this is where a good chunk of the cut-off occurs.

Batwoman
Bat-Mite
Beast Boy
Black Racer
Captain Marvel, Jr.
Cosmic Boy
Creeper
Crimson Avenger
Deadman
Donna Troy (modern)
Dr. Mid-Nite (modern)
Elasti-Girl (C&C)
Fire
Geo-Force
Golden Age Atom
Golden Age Hawkgirl
Golden Age Sandman (gas mask/suit)
Golden Age Starman Ted Knight
Green Arrow Connor Hawke
Green Lantern Abin Sur
Green Lantern Tomar Re
Hourman (modern)
Huntress Earth-2
Ice
Jade
Jonah Hex
Krypto
Manhunter Paul Kirk
Mary Marvel (classic)
Mera
Negative Man
Obsidian
Phantom Lady (classic)
Phantom Stranger
The Ray
Robin Earth-2
Robotman
Rocket Red
Shining Knight (classic)
Stargirl
S.T.R.I.P.E. (C&C)
Supergirl Kara Zor-El
Supergirl Linda Danvers
Swamp Thing
Uncle Sam
Vigilante (classic)
Vixen (modern)
Wonder Girl Cassie Sandsmark
Zauriel

Anti-Monitor (C&C)
Chemo (C&C)
Chronos (classic)
Copperhead
Doomsday (new sculpt C&C)
Dr. Chaos
Dr. Light
Eclipso (classic)
Felix Faust
Heat Wave
Kanto
Killer Frost
Major Force
Manhunter robot
Mr. Mind
Ocean Master
Parallax
Psycho-Pirate
Silver Banshee
Starro (C&C)
Toyman
Trickster
Trigon (C&C)
Ventriloquest & Scarface
Weather Wizard

_____
74 figures here, + above lists = 165 total
(73 figures here, 1 removed after SDCC + above = 153 total remaining)
(73 figures here, 0 removed after wave 8 + above = 147 total remaining)
(72 figures here, 1 removed after wave 9 + above = 139 total remaining)
(68 figures here, 4 removed after SDCC + above = 123 total remaining)
(66 figures here, 2 removed for wave 12 + above = 117 total remaining)
(65 figures here, 1 removed for wave 13 + above = 113 total remaining)
(55 figures here, 10 removed for 2010/2011 + above = 84 total remaining)
(49 figures here, 6 removed after SDCC 2011 + above = 72 total remaining)
(45 figures here, 4 removed after SDCC 2012 + above = 63 total remaining)

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A 50-50 shot - these are right in the maybe/maybe not range. There are definitely some recognizable names and big fan favorites, but are they really what could be considered to be in the top 200 of the DCU? Maybe. I am guessing we see more than a few of these, but this list is really hit-or-miss.

Ace the Bat-Hound
Amazing Man
Ambush Bug
Apache Chief
Atomic Knight
Aztek
Beautiful Dreamer
Beppo
Big Bear
Black Alice
Black Condor
Blackhawk
Black Lightning (classic)
Black Orchid (classic)
Blue Beetle Jaime Reyes
Brainiac 5
Bronze Tiger
Bulletman
Bulletgirl
Bulleteer
Bumblebee
B'wana Beast
Captain Atom (Silver Age)
Captain Comet
Chameleon Boy
Colossal Boy (C&C)
Commander Steel
Congorilla
Crimson Fox
Cyclotron
Damage (modern)
Dark Flash
Dawnstar
Detective Chimp
Dollman
Dove (classic)
Dr. Occult
Dream Girl
Dr. Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)
Dr. Mist
Enchantress
Ferro
Firehawk
Flamebird
Flash 1Million
Flash John Fox
Frankenstein
Fury
Ganthet
Gold (Metal Men)
Golden Age Blue Beetle
Golden Age Black Canary
Golden Age Johnny Thunder & Thunderbolt
Golden Age Mr. Terrific
Green Arrow (Silver Age)
Green Lantern Arisia
Green Lantern Guardian
Green Lantern Katma Tui
Green Lantern Sinestro
Green Lantern Soranik Natu
Guardian
Gypsy
Halo
Harbinger
Hawk (classic)
Highfather
Hourman (Tyler android)
Human Bomb
Icemaiden
Impulse
Ion Kyle Rayner
Iron (Metal Men)
Isis
Jakeem Thunder & Thunderbolt
Jack O' Lantern
Jericho
Jesse Quick
Johnny Quick
Joker's Daughter
Karate Kid
Katana
Kamandi
Lady Blackhawk
Lady Quark
Lar Gand
Lead (Metal Men)
Liberty Belle (modern)
Lighting Lass
Looker
Lois Lane
Martian Manhunter (new costume)
Max Mercury
Maxima
Mercury (Metal Men)
Miss Martian
Mister Bones
Mon-El
Nemesis
Nightmaster
Nightshade
Nuklon
OMAC (Kirby)
Oberon
Pariah
Platinum (Metal Men)
Power Boy
Ragman
Red Star
Rip Hunter
Samurai
Sand (JSA mask/jumpsuit)
Sargon the Sorcerer
Sentinel (Alan Scott)
Sgt. Rock
Speedy Roy Harper
Star Boy
Star Spangled Kid
Starman (modern)
Starman Jack Knight
Starman Will Payton
Starman Mikaal
Starman 1951
Streaky
Sun Boy
Tasmanian Devil
Terra
Tempest
Thunder
Timber Wolf
Tomorrow Woman
Triumph
Vibe
Viking Prince
Ultra, the Multi-Alien
Warlord
Wildfire
Wonder Girl Donna Troy
Wonder Twins Zan
Wonder Twins Jayna
Zatara

Abra Kadabra
Atomic Skull
Black Mask
Black Spider
Blackbriar Thorn
Blockbuster (C&C)
Brainwave
Bolt
Calendar Man
Calculator
Catwoman (Silver Age)
Cheshire
Circe
Clock King
Cluemaster
Count Vertigo
Doctor Alchemy
Doctor Destiny
Doctor Polaris
Doctor Psycho
Doctor Sivana
Emerald Empress
Enemy Ace
Fatality
Firefly
Floronic Man
General
Gentleman Ghost
Girder
Gog
Hector Hammond
Hougan
Human Flame
Icicle
Inertia
Jewelee
Johnny Sorrow
Kanjar Ro
Kestrel
The Key
KGBeast
Kobra
Lady Shiva
Lashina
Libra
Livewire
Mano
Match
Merlyn
Mad Hatter
Major Disaster
Manchester Black
Mantis (comic)
Matter Master
The Mist
Mr. Atom
Monsieur Mallah & Brain
Mordru
Murmur
Neron
OMAC robot
Per Degaton
Persuader
Phobia
Pied Piper
Plastique
Prankster
Prometheus
Psimon
Punch
Quakemaster
Queen Bee
Rag Doll
Rival
Royal Flush Gang
Shadow Thief
Shado
Shaggy Man
Shiv
Shriek
Signalman
Silver Swan
Sinestro Corps Arkillo (C&C)
Sinestro Corps Karu Sil
Sonar
Sportsmaster
Superboy Prime (Sinestro Corps)
Talia
Tattooed Man
Tharok
Thinker
Titano
The Top
Tyr
Vandal Savage
Warp
Wrath
Wizard
Wotan

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A whopping 238 figures here, plus the above lists = 403 total.
(238 figures here, 0 removed after SDCC + above = 391 total remaining)
(235 figures here, 3 removed after wave 8 + 9, + above = 374 total remaining)
(229 figures here, 6 removed after SDCC + above = 352 total remaining)
(228 figures here, 1 removed for wave 12 + above = 345 total remaining)
(224 figures here, 3 removed for wave 13 + above = 338 total remaining)
(207 figures here, 17 removed for 2010/2011 + above = 291 total remaining)
(204 figures here, 3 removed after SDCC 2011 + above = 276 total remaining)
(197 figures here, 7 removed after SDCC 2012 + above = 260 total remaining)

We are already way passed the possible number of slots filled, so many of these will not make it. Unless Mattel renews that contract...

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Doubtful of being made - these we probably are not gonna see. Some have unique tooling size and/or sculpt, which already puts them in a tough spot. Some are just too obscure or unknown, and some just seem too bland visually to make into a figure. There are some great characters here, but I will be really surprised (but happy) to see any these. I just do not think it is gonna happen for this crew.

Agent Liberty
Argent
Air Wave
Alexander Luthor, Jr.
Aquagirl
Arsenal
Bat Lash
Black Flash
Bloodwynd
Blue Jay
Captain Action
Challengers of the Unknown
Dan the Dyna-Mite
Dial "H" for Hero
Doiby Dickles
Dr. Fate Inza Nelson
El Diablo
Firebrand
Forerunner
General Glory
Golden Pharaoh
Golden Age Red Tornado
Golden Age Sandman (gold/purple costume)
Grace
Green Lantern Boodikka
Green Lantern G'nort
Green Lantern Ke'haan
Green Lantern Salaak
Green Lantern Sodam Yat
Harvey Bullock
Hitman
Hoppy the Marvel Bunny
Jester
Kid Crusader
Kid Devil
King Faraday
Lana Lang
Light Lass
Major Bummer
Manitou Dawn
Minute-Man
Mr. America
Miss America
Mr. Scarlet
Mogo
Osiris
Phantasm
Pieface
Prysm
Red Bee
Red Torpedo
Resurrection Man
Rick Flagg
Risk
Secret
Shadow Lass
Silent Knight
Silver Sorceress
Solivar
Space Ranger
Spoiler
Spy Smasher
Shade, the Changing Man (C&C)
Space Cabbie
Starman 1Million
Tarantula
T.N.T.
Uncle Marvel
Vril Dox
Wandjina
Whip
Will Magnus

Justice Lords
Angle Man
Baron Bedlam
Baron Blitzkrieg
Blackfire
Brain Wave
Bug-Eyed Bandit
Captain Nazi
Cicada
Doctor Poison
Double Down
Drakon
Effigy
Egg Fu
Equus
Fiddler
Gambler
General Wade Eiling
Golden Age Harlequin
Goldface
Hellhound
Imperiex
Infinity Man
Killer Wasp
Knockout
Mad Harriet
Mammoth
Maxwell Lord
Magenta
Manga Kahn
Mongal
Morgan Le Fay
Multiplex
Onimar Synn
Onomatopoeia
Onyx
Orca
Paragon
Professor Hugo Strange
Professor Ivo
Qwardian Weaponer
Rampage
Roulette
Scalphunter
Scandal
Shark
Spellbinder
Sobek
Ten-Eyed Man
Tigress
T. O. Morrow
Zsasz

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Being made, but not on the above list - these didn't appear on the above lists, but are being produced.

Aquaman (blue camo)
Batman (all black)
Lex Luthor of Earth-3
Vigilante (80s costume)
Steppenwolf (comic costume)
Forager
Sinestro Corps Romat Ru
Two-Face (Silver Age)
Sinestro Corps Batman
J'emm
Darkseid C&C
Black Vulcan
El Dorado
Matter Eater Lad
Ultra Boy
Blue Lantern Flash
Orange Lantern Lex Luthor
Yellow Lantern Scarecrow
Indigo Lantern Atom
Sapphire Lantern Wonder Woman
Black Lantern Hal Jordan
White Lantern Hal Jordan
White Lantern Flash
Red Lantern Atrocitus
Blue Lantern Saint Walker
Orange Lantern Larfleeze
Superboy Prime
all the DCnU crap



OK, so that's it. Maybe some of you totally agree. More likely, you think I am way off base and full of crap. Or maybe you are amazed that I actually took the time to compile all of this garbage and are laughing at me in ridicule. Either way, lemme hear what you think!

Great list! Now, because I saw his name on your list, I really want Jack O' Lantern.

I didn't notice modern Giganta. That's okay though, if we got Giganta, we'd probably only get one. I think most people want Classic anyway.

Also, you had Toyman listed but didn't say what version. If we get Toyman, I want Superfriends style.

-Seth!

Nice work Superfly.

It will be fun to look at this in 4 or 5 years...you will have to remind me then...

No matter what happens each of us will have a list of characters that we will wish would have been made...

Well personally I hope Spoiler jumps from the bottom list to at least the 50/50 list- I mean she was a Robin for a run of issues. And I think the way they are pushing her the past couple of months she may have a chance--


Ive been wondering if that just because they planned it all along-- or in response to all the womens groups that complained about how she was "killed".

Well, Superfly, you may want to look into getting out more...

But seriously, I think your list is pretty good. I have a few disagreements, naturally.

Wonder Girl (Cassie) is appearing in Infinite Heroes, so she is definitely on Mattel's radar. I would say she has as good a chance to appear as Superboy (Kon-El) and a much better chance than either Oracle (lady in a wheelchair?) or Lois Lane (lady in a smart dress suit?). Just noticed that you have Lois listed as both having a "great chance" and a "50/50 shot." Pick one!

I love that you have Zauriel so high on the list. I think that they'd be fools to not use the wings they've sculpted over and over again, so that puts characters like him, Hawkgirl, and other winged folks at a great advantage. A 4H Zauriel would probably be one of the most beautiful action figures ever. Seriously.

I also think that there are some great possibilities for all the humanoid Green Lantern characters. John, Kyle, and Abin are shoo-ins since they require minimal new tooling, and Guy is popular enough to warrant the small additions required to make him right. The only GLs that I think would pose a real problem are Mogo (obviously) and Salaak.

Fly, where are these 'want lists' you are pulling these names from? Have there been any DCUC polls, like the DCSH one we ran at AFI in 2007 or AFI's just ended JLU poll, to gage fan demand of one character over another?

I think swamp thing and a well done c&c plastic man might be the thing that makes me finally start buying this line. I've recently been considering just buying the Super Powers ones, but I'm still on the fence. those two, however, would probably push me over.

I like these lists, but I would say that for the most part, as far as character selection goes, if a character has been made in the JLU line then its a given that it will show up in DCUC. Then its just a case of what "comic only" characters or story specific costumes are there to be done.

i think the justice lords have a higher chance of being made because the were in JLU.

I didn't see these 3 anywhere on your list

Sorry for the double post

This isn't a "want list" - it's just a list of the most common DCU characters, organized by my own logic of what will likely be released. It's not based on any polls. Did you even read the post?

Personally I would love to see TNT, Air Wave and Silent Knight. But with only roughly 200 or so spots to fill over the next 4 years of the Mattel contract, the chances of seeing these are slim.

I mostly did this to show how quickly those spots fill up when listing out the DCU.

Hmmmmm... I like the lists in general, but I have obscure fan favorites that I hope get made despite their lack of visibility in comics (Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers come to mind).

Right now, two figures I really want to see are Captain Marvel and Plastic Man, both of whom are comic characters that my Grandfather knows. Glad to see that you think both of them will almost certainly be made.

DC just launched a new House of Mystery title under the Vertigo imprint. If the ban on Vertigo characters is legitimate, then Mattel might not be able to make them.

However, I do have some questions about the Vertigo ban that I brought up in the Mages, Mystics & Magicians thread.