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Community => Other Toy Lines => Hall of Justice => Topic started by: Brian on December 31, 2010, 10:14 AM
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Not technically "Green Lantern Classics", but it looks like a possible figure of Tomar Re from the movie line has shown up online (http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/joshw24/news/?a=27201). I'm not the best judge of scale, but I believe it may be 6" (which I think Mattel said there would be "Movie Masters" for the GL line, but also mentioned "big plans" for the 3 3/4" scale too).
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Now an official first look (http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/113018-first-look-at-mattels-new-hal-jordan-figure) at Mattel's Hal Jordan movie figure, with display base.
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The reveals continue, HERE's (http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/joshw24/news/?a=27383) a look at the large scale (14" tall) Green Lantern (movie) action figure. Also, a couple of other movie figure reveals:
Rot Lop Fan (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/joshw24/news/?a=27345)
G'Hu (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/joshw24/news/?a=27331)
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Now an official first look (http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/113018-first-look-at-mattels-new-hal-jordan-figure) at Mattel's Hal Jordan movie figure, with display base.
$25(!) for a 4" scale preview action figure? (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10880798) Pass. ::)
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Well I like that I am buying even one of these figures in GL Classics wave 2. The movie figures just look worse and worse with each one i see.
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Now an official first look (http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/113018-first-look-at-mattels-new-hal-jordan-figure) at Mattel's Hal Jordan movie figure, with display base.
$25(!) for a 4" scale preview action figure? (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10880798) Pass. ::)
I'm not getting anything with that link, so maybe they embarassed themselves enough to take it down.
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I guess the pre-order sold-out. Apparently, it was limited to 2814 pieces and didn't last too long, even at the $25 price.
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OK, the limited run would explain a sell through then, Ebayers rejoice.
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$25(!) for a 4" scale preview action figure? (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10880798) Pass. ::)
Same here. It looks spiffy enough and all (probably to leave in package - and is sold out now anyways), but that is quite steep. And we thought $13-15 for Hasbro SW exclusives was bad, yikes. Also, if this is what the "new and improved" 4" scale DC stuff from Mattel is going to be like, it doesn't seem too impressive. It seems to still be lacking a lot of articulation, but maybe this preview isn't indicative of what the line will be like (which I believe came up as $9.99 in Target computers, with Movie Masters at $15.99).
I know I'll likely get sucked into some of the movie stuff (I nearly always do with the comic book movies), but if so, I think I'll opt for the Movie Masters. Unless we see a big improvement in the Infinite Heroes scale stuff (which would be nice, it is much more space-friendly), it just doesn't seem worth it.
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Warner Bros. Pre-Toy Fair Press Release (http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/greenlantern/45306/) - some random toy pics included.
I can tell already that my boys will be clamoring for the Green Lantern Colossal Cannon™ Blaster. :P
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I've only seen a few pictures from Mattel's GL display so far, but it looks to me like I'll be sticking to the Movie Masters stuff. From what I can tell, their smaller scale line doesn't look to be all that spiffy or improved over the Infinite Heroes stuff - which is disappointing. Like I said though, I didn't see super clear pictures, so maybe Jeff or others have some better opinions on it. The Movie Masters stuff looks good though.
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From what I can tell, their smaller scale line doesn't look to be all that spiffy or improved over the Infinite Heroes stuff - which is disappointing.
Yeah, the 3 3/4" stuff was really... sad, I guess is the best word for it. Some pretty neat sculpts, but the articulation is almost a step back on a lot of them (no knee, no ankle, no elbow) because of the "action" feature they are supposed to do. Right now, I think it's a big pass for me on the 3-3/4" stuff. :-\
The movie masters looked really nice though. They said there are 14 figures (2x Han and 12 others) plus the "Mega-Size" figures (Kilowog and Green Man) that will be at Matty. And you need them all to do the CnC Parallax! :o I'm on the fence on this one - they would give me a chance at some nice Mattel figures, but if they are going to be impossible to find all 14 over the summer and fall, I'll probably bail on this one too.
Kind of sad to think about a line Green Lantern movie toys where I don't end up buying anything, but honestly I don't want sucky 3-3/4" figures or impossible to find 6" figures - guess I'm too picky for my own good... >:D
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That stinks that the 3 3/4" isn't improved, it really seemed like they were building that up after getting rid of Infinite Heroes (at least for the time being). They kept saying "big plans" for the GL movie. I didn't think they looked all that great (particularly the articulation like you mentioned), and it sounds like it was the same in person. Thanks for the info Jeff.
I think I might bite on the Movie Masters stuff. I know many don't care for movie figures, but I'm usually a sucker for getting at least the best version of the main hero for many of the movies, and this GL MM line in particular looks like it could have a lot of neat Lanterns too. I see BBTS has the first wave (of 3) up for preorder, so I suppose they will be trickling out throughout the year. My only fear is the Matty exclusive ones would be a MOTUC-style bloodbath trying to get. It would really bug me not being able to get Kilowog. I can understand him being exclusive due to the size, but you would think he would be one of their "big guns" from the movie to get to retail. Either way, it is a little disappointing the smaller scale stuff isn't too great. It looks like they have a kids line and a collectors line, and I guess that's a good thing too.
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Saw a ton of new GL figures at TRU. Not bad, I think they'll be popular.
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Saw a ton of new GL figures at TRU. Not bad, I think they'll be popular.
Really? I saw the figs at TRU today too and thought they were God awful. I can't get used to the movie version of Hal. I thought at least Killowog would be cool, but I thought he looked like crap as well. The only one that looked decent to me was Sinestro.
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I wouldnt mind getting the BAF but no interest in the figures.
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No sign of GL stuff at retail here, although I see BBTS has the first wave of the Movie Masters in stock. I'm always a sucker for at least a bit of the movie lines, so I'm sure I'll pick some up (unless the movie is for some reason awful). I haven't seen anything in person yet, but as of now I'm planning on just sticking with the Movie Masters for the GL line if I pick anything up but I guess we'll see once everything hits retail. It is the type of franchise that could really have a nice lineup if handled correctly.
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The SDCC exlusive for the Movie Masters line is Kilowog (http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=241&itemid=17187), as I think we already knew. I hope it isn't too tough to get on Matty after the show, because I'd really like to pick one up. My favorite Lantern not named Jordan ;).
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He looks pretty massive.
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I saw some of the GL movie stuff at our local TRU today. They didn't have the individual Movie Masters, although they did have their exclusive 2 packs (Hal/Tomar, Hal/Abin Sur). They had what looked like one case of the 4" figures, priced at $9 each (!). Also, a few deluxe figures, the GL cannon/role play thingy, and an exclusive 12" Hal Jordan (DCUC style), similar to the "Giants of Justice" that they've had before (I think that was the name anyway). As excited as I am for this movie, I couldn't bring myself to spend $9 on a Hal Jordan for our daughter (she's probably more interested in the ring anyways). I haven't seen them at retail anywhere else here yet, but hopefully the prices will be at least slightly better. $9 is bad enough for a 4" figure, let alone one that just basically has the basic POTF2 style articulation. Yikes. The Movie Masters looked pretty good though, and I've got the first wave coming from BBTS this week to check them out in person.
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After much deliberation between movie masters and the 4" guys, I went ahead and picked up Kilowog and Green Man from the 4" line. Cruddy articulation aside, I think they look very nice sculpt wise and they're much easier on my wallet. I do not regret my purchase. The lack of pose-ability really doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would, since I probably just would have stuck them on the shelf in a neutral pose anyway, and the price was right. I'll probably get some more of the alien guys, Hannu, Isamot Kol and Stel all look pretty neat. The humanoid looking characters are rather weak looking though. It really is a shame they didn't include more articulation though, Mattel probably could have sucked a lot more people into the basic line if they'd just included knees, elbows and wrists, because they really are leaps and bounds better than the Infinite Heroes in terms of sculpt.
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Saw these today at Targte and Walmart. I actually thought the Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern had a decent head sculpt. I didn't care for the lack of articulation, though, but it was a good likeness. Overall, the sculpts weren't terrible, they're pretty straight forward, but I don't know if the value is there for $8 with little to no accessories.
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Saw these today at Targte and Walmart. I actually thought the Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern had a decent head sculpt. I didn't care for the lack of articulation, though, but it was a good likeness. Overall, the sculpts weren't terrible, they're pretty straight forward, but I don't know if the value is there for $8 with little to no accessories.
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Yeah, I've only seen the GL stuff at TRU here so far, but I thought pretty much the same thing. The sculpts on the smaller scale stuff didn't look bad, but the combination of very basic articulation and not a massive amount of accessories makes the price a bit steep. I know those days are long gone, but if they could price these more in the $5-$6 range, it might make more sense. That being said, I have picked up the Movie Masters figures and I think those are pretty well done.
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Simple articualted figures...I saw some two packs at Meijer for $10 (Jordan and the guy he gets the ring from, and Jordon and some alien GL), which is decent for modern figures. Singles were $7. I think the sculpting is overall better than Infinate Heroes.
The small vehicles were terrible in that they figures with them aren't really action figures when seperated from their machines. Killwog (undersized compared to carded figure) has legs permanently in riding mode, and the battle suit Hal Jordan is just an immovable painted figure that goes inside the armor.
The final battle Parallax was amusing with some chest bursting grabbing monster hand.
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Saw the 6 inch figures for the first time today. They look better in person than i expected. Still passed on them all though.
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Saw the 6 inch figures for the first time today. They look better in person than i expected. Still passed on them all though.
Maybe it is just because it is still early, but Target is actually the only place I've seen the single carded Movie Masters from the GL line. TRU has their exclusive two packs (Hal/Tomar, Hal/Abin), but otherwise that's about it. Our local Target has one peg for them, and then several for the small scale stuff, and our WM (which is admittedly a mess right now, and usually) just has the small single carded figures jammed in the middle of the action figure aisle (next to Iron Man I think). Our Target just did their reset, and its crazy all the movie stuff this year with Thor, GL, Cap, Cars, Transformers, and still Iron Man having their own space in the aisle(s).
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I was tempted by K-Mart's $5.99 sale that is running this week on the 3.75" figures, but I still couldn't pull the trigger. :-\
Maybe I'll stop back in there later this week and give them one last glance before the sale ends...
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At least a collector cannot complain about the leg articulation in the movie line 3.75 figures - they have none.
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Saw all of these at Walmart last night, pass.
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I don't know if anyone here is collecting the 4" GL movie line, but it looks like Wal-Mart is going to have a series of 2 packs (http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/main/green-lantern-guardians-2-packs-at-walmart) including the Guardians. Similar in style to the "droid factory" or CW 2 packs from Star Wars. Sounds like they should be hitting any time.
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I noticed that our Target stores have already started clearancing the Movie Masters Green Lantern stuff. Granted, it is basically just the first wave around here, but they've all been marked down. I haven't seen the smaller line get discounted, but I wonder how the line overall is doing (with the movie not doing so hot). Not sure if anyone here collects any of it, but just thought I'd pass it along for those interested. Thor deluxe is also on clearance at our stores, although the regular line is not.
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Did anyone end up buying any of the GL Movie stuff? It really seems to be sitting at retail, and I'm sure the negative vibe surrounding the movie via reviews and stuff will help much. Although I did pass on all the small stuff, I admit to picking up some of the Movie Masters (which haven't made it past the first wave or so at retail). I got mine online, and at one time intended to try and "collect 'em all", but I'm thinking of backing out of that now. They are well done, and I'm glad to have Hal and Sinestro in particular (and I hope to get Kilowog from SDCC if it is offered online), but outside of that it might be an easy way to cut costs :). The line overall doesn't seem to be moving much here locally though.
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I ended up not buying any. I think the best deal on the 4" figures is probably the Walmart 2-packs with the Lantern and Guardian figures. Two figs for $12-something, you get the hero Lanterns which seem to be the same as the single card figure and the Guardian for less than 2 single figs.
I think they only have sets 1-3 at my store, I don't know if 4-6 were supposed to be a second wave or what, but I'm thinking we won't see them at retail.
After moving for the first week or so at Target, the line has crashed at Target and WM but WM has definitely been stuck with the most product as they got a big cardboard display plus shelf pegs plus cardboard trays for the 2-packs. They're really ******.
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I picked up the maskless Hal just for Bzzd, but that's the only one.
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I picked up a Rot Lop Fan since he's close enough to his comic counterpart to hang with my DCU Lanterns and i picked up 5 of the alien lanterns in the 4" scale just cuz I thought they were neat looking and I got them on sale. I thought about going for the movie masters, but decided to stick with the little ones instead since they're significantly cheaper.
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I've been doing some regular toy runs over the past several weeks. And I cannot help but notice a glut of Green Lantern product at a number of retailers. Notably with TRU and WalMart. Did Mattel just go out of their minds with the projected sales of this line, or did the retailers really think that the movie would generate massive toy sales?
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I noticed the 6" line is on clearance already at the local Target. That didn't take long...
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You have to love Target and just how ruthless they are about inventory management. If it isn't selling, it gets clearanced REALLY QUICK! They want to get that stagnant stock out asap so they can bring in something that WILL sell well.
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You have to love Target and just how ruthless they are about inventory management. If it isn't selling, it gets clearanced REALLY QUICK! They want to get that stagnant stock out asap so they can bring in something that WILL sell well.
Agreed, though you need to fit the word "arbitrary" in there someone. Their exclusive SW arena packs have been hogging shelf space for a year now and moved from $13 to $16 in some local stores. :P
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Yeah, and they stubbornly refuse to clearance their clearly stagnant exclusive battlepacks. (Hostage Crisis, etc)
Why are they still clinging to those things at full price?
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I think Target regards Star Wars very differently from Green Lantern or other movie lines. SW has legs and has been around for 16 years since it was re-introduced. It sells year round, regardless of entertainment support.
Green Lantern (like most summer movies) on the other hand, had a limited shelf life: the lead up to the movie, the time that it's actually in the theaters, and the decline. And with this particular movie, it really didn't have legs in the theaters. I think that is why Target is already moving to start clearancing the GL line already.
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Well, its not like Target is abandoning GL altogether, just some of the stuff. The stuff that is more closely tied to the movie (role play blasters, ring slingers, mask) and the classicall-mistreated-by-Target (12" figures, 7" figures) are being dumped since the movie tanked.
The 3.75" stuff that may have some longer life (the basic line, the deluxe line, and Target's exclusive light-up stuff) are all in the new reset planogram and will be sticking around a little while longer at least. In fact, there is even some new GL movie stuff hitting for the 3.75" scale = a nifty jet plane construct for GL and a few other construct related packs.
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Finally broke down and picked up three of the GL Movie Master figures - Hal Jordan, Tomar Re, and Naut Ke Loi. They were 75% off at Target. At $3.98 each, I just couldn't resist. :P
Naut Ke Loi looks pretty good with my DCD Lanterns and I think I'll take Tomar and Hal to work for entertainment during the lame teleconferences at my desk.
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At 4.00 each i will build that terrible BAF, guess i need to hit up Target.
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Thanks to the 50% off practically all DC action figures sale at Target this week, I finally caved and picked up some GL 3.75" figures.
I grabbed 3.75" Movie Hal, Sinestro, Tomar Re, and Kilowog. Felt good getting them for just $4 each. There was no way I was paying $8-9 for these, but $4 feels right for what they are (5-point-of-articulation mini statues :P).
Now of course I have to have an internal debate about whether or not I need to hit more Target stores this week trying to track down as many of the remaining GLs as I can before the sale ends... :-[
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Now of course I have to have an internal debate about whether or not I need to hit more Target stores this week trying to track down as many of the remaining GLs as I can before the sale ends...
Gah, I am so weak sometimes... I came home from Target today with Hannu, Voz, G'hu, Green Man, Galius Zed, and Stel. :-[
Actually, I'm not that disappointed in myself. At $4 each, these are pretty nice figures for what they are. Articulation sucks, but there are some really nice sculpts (G'hu, Hannu). Still want to find Isamot Kol and Abin Sur too. Maybe the mad Guardian Krona... but that's it. I hope.
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For 4.00 I picked up Kilowog. Only one i have, he is ok. Only one that really interested me.
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Over the past weekend, I finally tracked down Isamot Kol (on clearance at K-Mart for $4), so now I have all thirteen Green Lanterns they released in 3.75" form - Hal, Tomar, Kilowog, Sinestro, Hannu, Voz, G'hu, Green Man, Galius Zed, Stel, Abin Sur, Isamot Kol, and the "box set only" Salaak.
At $4 each, I really love them. Never would have bought into this line if they hadn't come down this far in price - $8-9 for these was a total rip-off for the articulation they have.
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Picked up Tomar-Re with the scorpion thingy and singles of Sinestro and the toad looking lantern -- Mr. Green or something.
Nice custom fodder as Star Wars denizens.
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I've been seeing a lot of these on clearance at WM and Target lately as well, I've been tempted to pick a few up for that too. Lots of interesting aliens. Is it safe to say this line (like many movie lines) seemed to tank pretty badly? I don't know, but locally, it didn't seem like these moved at all. I don't think we ever got past the first wave or wave and a half of the Movie Masters ones at retail.
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Mattel is having a clearance sale on these on line with some pretty good prices, low shipping, and a 10% off coupon code: "IW4009266"
http://shop.mattel.com/family/index.jsp?view=full&categoryId=3812304&s=A-NewArrivals-MAT
I ordered 6 figs from this line for just over $12
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I honestly think most of these things are just going to end up getting destroyed. Our Walmarts can't give them away, even for $3 or less in some cases.