My wife actually looks for figures for me when she's out an about, so I can't complain at all.  With the picture that surfaced of Blue Beetle, hopefully that means Booster Gold won't be too far behind. <-- just read the post above - guess he's coming.  Awesome.

Regarding the Lobo, has anyone been able to get into the mattel website?  I've read reports that people can browse the site, but not order till monday.  I go to the main page, and I just see the coming soon countdown.

I really hope I can get a Lobo without resorting to ebay.

That blue beetle is awesome.  Now my only question is, where the heck are the DCUC figures?  I thought wave 3 was supposed to hit late June/early July?  Has anyone seen them yet?

I was a huge MOTU fan as a kid, and when the line re-launched (in 2002?) I was really excited to collect it.  Even though distribution was spotty I managed to get all the retail figures from the first few waves.  Starting with the buzz-off wave I missed a bunch, but wasn't too upset because I was getting burnt out from hunting.

Now that the DVD sets have been coming out, I've been watching with my 4 year old.  We've dug up all my figures and he's been playing with them.  It's reminded me how well done these figures were, and how sad it is that the line died prematurely.

With this announcement I'm really curious to see what Mattel does with this website.  It could be awesome, or just another source of increasing frustration with Mattel.

Via the Mattel Q and A at TNI, the SDCC exclusive Lobo will be $25 (and the JLU Giganta set is $20).

Is there anyone here who is planning on going to SDCC and not looking to get the Lobo for themselves?  I'm extremely interested in this figure, and am hoping to avoid going the ebay route.  I know I'm not a known commodity on these boards (though I have been posting on and off for a few years) - but I think/hope that Brent would vouch for me (umm, you would, wouldn't you Brent?  ). 

My understanding is that the alternate firestorm and aquaman aren't really variants (same as Red Tornado from wave 1).  They are, but they aren't chase figures (with skewed ratios).  Rather, the first release of the figures is supposed to have the classic look of the characters, after which each release will alternate the figure.  Can't remember where I read that, and don't know if it's true.  But the next batch of released figures should have the modern look of the characters.

Oh yeah, got my Aquaman this weekend.  Really nice details on him - he may be my favorite of this wave.  Nice to complete Grodd too.

Oh yeah - that's what I've been waiting for.   Really looking forward to that one 

I also found everything except aquaman.  And even without an arm, Gorilla Grodd is awesome.  I picked them up at a flea market from a toy dealer - paid about $1.50 more per figure then I would have had I waited to find them at retail - which isn't too bad.  These aren't in Canada yet, so I'm not too worried that I've supported a scalper.  I'm pretty sure the guy just orders case assortments.