I was all excited when these were first announced--Jim Gordon meets Duke in the forgotten adventure "Duke Goes to Gotham City To Save His Drug-Addict Brother Only To Get Embroiled With A Plot To Kill Batman!" or something. But then I saw them in the store and my disappoinment was palpable. They're smaller than Joes, their sculpting is crappy, and I'm not even a fan of the paint jobs. They'd look better standing next to C.O.R.P.S. action figure than, oh, I dunno, a 25th Anniversary Low-Light (hint hint Hasbro what the hell are you waiting for?). Did I digress?

I looked at the list super-quick-like, and upon seeing Omac over Crisis Supergirl, thought it said "Obama Girl". Which, of course, would not have surprised me in the least.

I'll take the Arsenal one, for obvious reasons.

I actually kind of like the figures even if they have almost no movment to them but I still think they cost too much for what they are.

These things are one of life's big disappointments and give credance to the theory that without the 4H making their toys for them the World's Biggest Toy Company can't wipe it's own ass with a set of diagrams and an instructional video.

Such a shame........

You had me at Mary Marvel, but from the above comments, I may just rethink that.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

The '08 figures were all called "Crisis," but the '09 figures are called "Mallah's Revenge." Who goes from "The End of the World" to "The French Gorilla is Really Pissed Off"?!

It's amazing they're getting past wave one with these. I would have bought many more of them than the four that I own because the males have such horrible hands. The female figures aren't half bad though, so that's something... I guess.

Damnit...I wanted dibs on that Arsenal figure. Oh well,between him and the evil monkey I MAY be tempted to pay for the whole set....provided its not some insane price(which it most likely will be since these figures do tend to run a little too high).

Now all they need is.. crotches! Seriously the Star Wars style lack of ball joint in the hip makes these figures a total fail. The female ones look better than the men, but they still can't be posed beyond the 'standing straight up' position they come as in the box. So they might as well be badly painted figurines with lots of joint seams rather than cool articulated figures. Have you guys seen the Marvel 3 3/4" from Hasbro? They are looking way, way better.

WHAT! All of these lesser characters (Wingman of Thanagar? really?) and not a mention of Darkseid??? I want my Darkseid!!! (Flanked by a couple parademons in a box set wouldn't be bad, either.)

and still no effing Lady Blackhawk. Whats the problem? Probably one of the hottest costumes in the DC Universe. Who would you rather have, her or Monsieur Mallah?

and still no effing Lady Blackhawk. Whats the problem? Probably one of the hottest costumes in the DC Universe. Who would you rather have, her or Monsieur Mallah?

These drawings look alot like the sketches Jim Lee is doing for DC Universe. Maybe the reason DC is producing all these figures is part of the grander scheme to expose the public to these characters for DC Universe.

the stupid thing about hal jordan is that there is already a mold of him it was just molded in see through green plastic

UGH

@ Yakub Shabazz

I'm guessing next 2010's wave will be New Gods themed. That is, if 1. the line lasts another year, and 2. Mattel doesn't scrap Darkseid for a much lamer head-villain (Captain Boomerang, for example), like they did in 2009. Seriously, Mr. Fucking Mallah?! The french gorilla that wears a beret?! WTF Mattel?

i think the figures look okay,but i agree that the selection that mattel is offering right now has something to be desired.i want a darkseid,martian manhunter,dessad,kalibak,orion,gorilla grood,solomon grundy.do i need to continue? come on mattel.

Judging from the lukewarm reception these figures have gotten so far (in my area at least) flooding shelves with them seems to be a bad call and will probably kill the line. Anything less than A level characters seem to be peg warmers... and sadly, for most of the general public, that label applies to very few of the upcoming characters.
I was really excited about this series but upon seeing them I found myself a bit let down by the execution. They feel dated to me... big hands, low articulation sloppy paint ops. Maybe the 25th Joes have have reset what I expect out of a 3.75 figure. On the flipside, I consider myself a DC fan, when it comes to marvel I can take it or leave it. That being said, I plan on chasing the Marvel 3.75ers.