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A Superman 3.75″ Action Figure Prototype from the upcoming Man of Steel movie toy line has popped up on eBay. Of note is that one of his arms has an unknown armor on it, potentially from Krypton. Also, there is a recently completed auction for a different Man of Steel Superman 3.75″ Prototype.
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Superman Toy Prototype From Man of Steel Movie Toy Line
POTENTIAL MAN OF STEEL SPOILERS. Do not read further, click on the pics or the auction listings if you want to see nothing from the movie.
Saw the blue-bodied one a day or two ago. The all read one is new to me. I have to admit, the sculpting on them actually looks rather good, and the articulation is actually better than I was expecting. The shoulders actually have outward movement for once, he has elbows, and it even looks like that could be a ball jointed head. The t-hips and lack of any other leg articulation is a disappointment, but all-in-all it could be worse. I might actually get one of these 3-3/4" scaled figures. Though I might wait and just get the Movie Master one we're supposed to be getting.
Edit: Looking at the seller's other listings, I love how all of them stat with "DC Universe". Even the Spider-Man prototypes...
Now watch them ask about $8-10 for them.
You mean Mattel actually gave a 3 3/4 figure elbow joints!?!? Progress.
Mattel swings...AND MISSES. Per usual.
But now its seems NECA is doing some (Gears of War) 1/18th scale.
via Tni news or BBTS
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Thanks goodness for DC Collectibles (now just get that QC tighten up and I can forget all about Mattle and its offerings for the 1/18th scale)!
Things like this help ease the sting of paying $15+ for DC Universe Classics.
lol superman red and blue
Walmart clearance rack, Winter 2013.
Holy crap. They have elbows!!!
Yeah... For mattel, elbows are exciting. Now if only they had knees and the rest of the modern articulation figures of today should have.
I might pick up only one to start a DC movie Justice league with GL, Bats, and Supes, but otherwise this is just one massive pass unless they do something amazing with the vehicles, enemies, and playsets.
Has there been any word of a 6 inch line? I could see myself possibly getting a "Movie Masters" or whatever they'll call it Zod if he ends up having a snazzy design.
All that wayne fortune went into R & D to make the best superman movie line they could. Took their cues from the hit batman dark knight rises line and GL line, and even added 2 points of articulation over some of them!
Just how could that go wrong?
Oh yeah, it's mattel.
How much of a bail out do you think they'll need in a year?
DCIH increased in articulation before the end. It ends, and everything after in that scale declines in articulation massively.
Mattel won't get better at this scale anytime soon. These cost cutting methods are how they balance stuff like the cloth capes, detailing, and full unique molds and accessories while keeping the cost low at retail.
So I honestly doubt we'll see the return or start of anything near hasbro articulation from mattel anytime soon in the 3.75-4'' range.
DCIH increased in articulation before the end. It ends, and everything after in that scale declines in articulation massively.
Is it really SO bad for someone to be even the tiniest bit positive about a Mattel figure?
Is it really SO bad for someone to be even the tiniest bit positive about a Mattel figure?
GL probably would have had similar if it wasn't for the wide amount of unique mold aliens.
I'll agree there are some positives though. The detail is amazing, and the cloth capes are a nice touch. Just articulation with Mattel has been declining back to 80s standards and other than heavy sarcasm, I personally refuse to praise them until they catch back up to modern day toy articulation.
They've made some great strides with many aspects, if only they could up the articulation on these and they would be perfect. Sadly, that's what is holding mattel back and making them shelfwarm.
On the flip side though, these cuts are what are keeping the figures under 8 bucks at retail. So it is a trade off. I just kind of wish they'd at least pull an amazing spider-man though.
Do however many crappy low artic figs, but at least package one super articulated figure and use that as its selling point. If they did that at least, I'd have no complaints at all.
Wow. What a black hole of suck- not even a plastic cape...that thing looks awful.
The head sculpt looks good though- i'll be sure to buy a cast of it from Onyx or whoever, but I'm not giving mattel a penny.
Once again, we'll see that it's not the consumers taht keep a toy company afloat- as long as TRU and the other big box stores keep ordering this crap, mattel will keep laughing all the way to the bank.- and they will keep getting orders as long as they hold the liscence for these major movies.
You'd think Target and TRU would not order this crao after the bath they took on TDKR and GL, but.....hell, my local TRU still tries to sell dust covered GL 3.75 figs for $5.99!
So pretty much exactly DCAU JLU/JL articulation. That's what mattel pretty much scaled back their articulation to after DCIH tried to do close to full modern articulation in a new way.
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