First impressions of McFarlane Toys’ DC Multiverse figures
There’s been a lot of us crazy DC collectors anxiously awaiting the reveal of McFarlane Toys’ DC Multiverse figures. After Mattel ended their run in the early fall, we’ve had to wait longer than we would have liked. Today the wait was over and the result was…interesting.
We got two reveals from the Animated Line with Superman and Batman. These two look good although I’m not sure if it’s such a drastic improvement over the DC Collectibles line, which obviously has a massive head start over McFarlane’s efforts.
There was one reveal from the TV/movie wing with a Green Arrow figures from Arrow. This figure looked decent enough but this was maybe the one figure that really would have benefitted from an alternate head sculpt with an unmasked Oliver Queen head.
Next up was the comic book influenced figures. I’m gonna work backwards on this one. First up was the two armored alternate versions of Superman and Batman. Both of these figures look really good although I don’t really care about armored versions.
From there we get standard comic versions of Batman, Harley Quinn and Superman.
Something seems off with Batman’s head sculpt. I’m interested in seeing how his articulation flows particularly with the draping cape. At least with Batman we know there will be plenty of figures to come over the years.
Harley Quinn Classic
But the most impressive figure is easily Superman. That’s important because too many lines fail to get the iconic version of Superman and if you can’t get him right it never really bodes well. This is a great sign going forward and while there might be some hiccups, a terrific Superman gives a fledgling line a lot of leeway to improve.
What do you think of the reveals?
UPDATED: McFarlane Toys sent along a new series of photos along with the product descriptions.
The first wave of figures includes:
Batman: Detective Comics #1000
- Batman figure based on the DC Rebirth comic books
- Batman accessories include Grapnel Launcher and Batarang
Batman: Detective Comics #1000
Variant Chase
- Batman figure based on the DC Rebirth comic books
- Batman accessories include Grapnel Launcher and Batarang
- Showcases a different chest emblem as homage to the Classic Batman
Superman: Action Comics #1000
- Superman figure based on the DC Rebirth comic books
- Superman accessory includes a flight stand for 360-degree aerial figure posing
Batgirl: Art of the Crime- Part of a 3-figure collector set -Batgirl, Nightwing, and The Batman Who Laughs – that includes a piece of a buildable Batmobile featured in the DC Rebirth comic books. Each figure sold separately.
- Batgirl figure based on the DC Rebirth comic books
- Batgirl accessories include Grapnel Launcher and Batarang
- The Build-A-Batmobile features rolling wheels and is 7 inches in length when fully assembled
Nightwing: Better Than Batman – Part of a 3-figure collector set – Batgirl, Nightwing, and The Batman Who Laughs – that includes a piece of a buildable Batmobile featured in the DC Rebirth comic books. Each figure sold separately.
- Nightwing figure based on the DC Rebirth comic books
- Nightwing accessories include two Escrima sticks
- The Build-A-Batmobile features rolling wheels and is 7 inches in length when fully assembled
The Batman Who Laughs – Part of a 3-figure collector set – Batgirl, Nightwing, and The Batman Who Laughs each includes a piece of a buildable Batmobile featured in the DC Rebirth comic books. Each figure sold separately.
- The Batman Who Laughs figure is based on the DC comic book series Dark Nights: Metal
- The Batman Who Laughs accessories include a Knife and a Sickle
- The Build-A-Batmobile features rolling wheels and is 7 inches in length when fully assembled
Nightwing
Batgirl
The Batman Who Laughs
