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I just got my set today as well, and it looks great. I took a picture of it. Is there a way to post images on this thread?
More good news from following the mattycollector DCUC forum is that it sounds very likely there will be another run made of this set. The bad news is that it will probably sell out just as fast and people will have to fight the scalpers for them.
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quote:Originally posted by Pov: Are you leaving them in-package, VU? I'm just curious if the end product they're sending out is as good as what they've shown on their website and at SDCC and NYCC and the like...
Still debating on that. I usually leave everything in the packaging. The best things about this special sets is that they are designed so you can keep the packing but take the figures out. Each section has either a top/bottom flap that you can slide the figure in or out. Its very elegant. Right now its open on the floor of my living room.
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Just got home from work, got mine today right before I left.
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Did anyone notice the set of Legionnaire figures in the background on the racks of the comic book shop in tonight's episode (The Good Guy Fluctuation) of "The Big Bang Theory?" Clearly, if one has Hollywood connections dealing with Matty is a simple feat--unlike the rest of humanity...
future king
Excuse me but can you please direct me to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles?
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I cannot believe I missed this sale!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now they are sold out. That f_ _ _ing sucks.
From: ontario | Registered: Feb 2007
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quote:Originally posted by Glen Cadigan: On a side note, I now regret not getting all of the DC Direct Legionnaires when they came out.
On the other hand, I do not regret not buying Colossal Boy, Timber Wolf or Star Boy cause the new versions look way better (though the JSA Starman is much larger and does not really fit in so well...)
From: Bamberg, Germany | Registered: Feb 2007
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quote:Originally posted by future king: I cannot believe I missed this sale!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now they are sold out. That f_ _ _ing sucks.
Seconded! (no wait, given how many others have said about the same thing, more like 3 hundredth-ed!).
I was in Montreal at a conference, and even if I had remembered that morning (didn't until the next day), I'm not sure I could have justified being at my terminal during the 90 minute window before it sold out.
I just do NOT understand a business model that would stop production on a product that sold out in under two hours. Do they not want to make profit? Or are the employees there now the same people selling these hand-over-fist on eBay?!? I guess that's perfectly legal (never heard of price fixing laws for toys), but it does suck and certainly does not engender loyalty.
Oh well, hopefully the rumors so far of a 2nd production run will come true. I CAN imagine that they might just seriously not want to over-produce, so perhaps they can well gauge the size of the next run based on the comments and how quickly the first one sold.
You'd think if they were going to do so, they'd do so soon, though, while people are still chomping at the bit for it...
...unless of course they are still hoping to clean out some more wallets via eBay...
(Personally, I have collected every Legion appearance and item since and including adventure #247, but I will not on principal allow myself to be ripped off by paying a premium for a product that only recently was available for nearly half the current asking price. So there are stil a lot of us that won't overpay on eBay but will be glad to pay the proper market price.)
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future king
Excuse me but can you please direct me to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles?
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Well said EHF. Hopefully someone out there is listening.
From: ontario | Registered: Feb 2007
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for those of you fortunate enough to get the set, may I ask:
How does their posability compare with what the DC direct figures had been (not including the "original 3" which were far less posable than those which came after)?
thanks!
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From: Old Lyme, CT | Registered: Jul 2004
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The Legion has finally arrived! It was about two weeks that it took them to reach Germany. Funnily enough, I had to pick them up at the local customs office cause Mattel did not put the actual bill on the outside - though there was a description there actually stating the price for the box and shipping... don't ask me, this was a typical act of German bureaucracy.
But thus, I had a funny meeting with a nice customs officer who very painstakingly noted every detail... "This is a twelve pack, but the officer in Frankfurt stated there are 14 figurines... now how many are there?" "Well actually, there are 13, if you don't count the invisible one..."
Finally, after paying 30 € for taxes (but no customs) I took the box home where my daughter greedily wanted to open it...
My favorite figurines are Colossal Boy (impressive!) and Wildfire, I very much like Chameleon Boy who looks way better than the old DC Direct version, Brainiac 5, Lightning Lad and ME Lad. I'm not so sure about the faces of Cosmic Boy, Karate Kid and Ultra Boy, though, who are looking very much alike. Saturn Girl is very skinny...
Anyway a great package! One minor quibble: Does anybody else feel that the white in the costumes of Saturn Girl, Karate Kid and Lightning Lad is rather grey? The costumes are looking as if they have been washed way too often :-) A side effect of the long journey or does Mattel have problems with real "white"?
And this is how my Legion scenario looks right now... guess I really have to look for a new background, though...
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