Ask Matty – February 1st Edition
Ask Matty
February 1st, 2010
Tag: Green Lantern
Mr. Rant likes his Green Lantern figures big.
Toy Guru recently announced his promotion to brand manager of the action figure line based on the upcoming Green Lantern movie. First, congratulations. Second, there’s an issue I wanted to address before it’s too late.
Mattel, Toy Guru, I want you to stop doing 5 inch Movie Masters.
Ask Matty –
January 15th Edition
Ask Matty
January 15th, 2010
ItsAllTrueReview: Green Lantern Villains – Shark & Cyborg Superman
On Monday, we brought you the three Green Lanterns of DCUC11, but that wave still had more Green Lantern goodness to give. Today's review is on two Green Lantern foes: the Shark and Cyborg Superman in his Sinestro Corps duds.
ItsAllTrueReview: DCUC11 Green Lanterns: Kilowog, John Stewart, & Katma Tui
We're still a little backed up so instead of our usual two-at-a-time reviews, we're attempting a rare three-at-a-time DCUC11 review to catch up. We're pretty sure we can pull it off. We're trained professionals (bwa-ha-ha-ha) and we've been working hard and ordering in all weekend.*
* - If working hard means playing video games and being glued to the internet for Gallery 1988 MOTU pictures, then we were definitely working very, very hard.
We're kicking things off in a big way with the three Green Lanterns from Wave Eleven: John Stewart, Katma Tui, and the big guy himself, the Collect & Connect Kilowog!
ItsAllTrueReview: DC Direct Kryb & Indigo
Today we have a Blackest Night double feature! Last week, DC Direct released the second wave of Blackest Night figures hot on the heels of Mattel’s release of the DC Classics Color of Fear two-pack. In this review, we’ll take a look at Kryb and Indigo from DC Direct and then we’ll follow up with a review of Romat Ru and Karu-Sil from Mattel.
Blackest Night is the biggest story in comics right now and we’re only about halfway through the ninety books it runs through. The basic outline is simple: the Green Lantern Corps is now part of a larger mythos with other ringbearers who utilize various emotions that correspond to their particular color of the rainbow. The different colors don’t all get along, but they’re being forced to fight alongside one another against an eighth corps of reanimated dead, the Black Lanterns, that feed on emotion and want to end life as we know it. Creepy, huh? Of course, it’s fantastically more complicated than that and if you’d like to learn more, check out the Blackest Night mini-site at DCComics.com.
ItsAllTrueReview: DC
Classics Color of Fear 2pk
Our Blackest Night Double Feature continues with a review the newest DC Classics 2-pack from Mattel, the Color of Fear.
We've talked about lead time before and how for most licensees, they have difficulty getting product to market that is well-timed with the events happening in the comics. The Color of Fear 2pk is meant to tie-in with last year's Sinestro Corps War (that really needed a better name), but that event tied directly into Blackest Night (Blackest Year!) anyway, so all things being the same, this is an opportune time for Mattel to be releasing this 2pk. With both Mattel and DC Direct producing Blackest Night figures it's good to be a Green Lantern fan. If you're unfamiliar with Blackest Night, you can learn more at the Blackest Night mini-site at DCComics.com.