This Collect and Connect dialog should be its own topic. I always viewed it as a way for the company to say thanks. They are including an "extra" figure into the wave that they for some reason would not card it by itself. While Mattel has provided some really great CnC figures, others don't measure up. (I would had preferred a suited Lex or a Lois Lane or an Alfred over that Justice Buster whatever that was...) Even their logistic thinking baffles me... The Aquaman movie had an excellent Trench creature CnC, but who decided to make an army builder a CnC...??? Did they expect people to buy the whole wave 2 or 3 times in order to make a Trench army...???
It sounds like I'm venting against Mattel (maybe I am) but I think they didn't know how to capitalize on its potential. There should had been an 80 year Superman wave last year, with 4 or 5 figures every collector would want. And the sad part is that they could had provided them with minimal production costs. A definitive Superman (based on the latest buck), a suited Lex (with an added Clark Kent head), Lois Lane, the latest Bizzaro and an updated Zod for CnC.
Same goes for an 80 year wave for Batman... oh well, I'm wishing McFarland the best...
On 3/24/2019 at 7:53 AM, TheGrimeyGhost said:Perhaps I'm in the minority about it, but I've never been a big fan of the CnC from any line, I would rather just buy a bigger figure on it's own as a deluxe or what have you. I usually find it annoying to either buy figs I don't want or to have extra effort to my lazy self to track down parts. I'm okay with it going away.
90%of the time I open my figures so this has never been an issue for me personally but for die hardMOC collectors I always though the CnC model must be pretty annoying since a) if you dont open them you cant build the figure thus thats a character essentially missing from your MOC display, and b) having that CnC piece hanging out in the package really does mess with the MOC aesthetics.
And yeah it can be annoying for non-completist to have to buy a ton of unwanted figures just to get the CnC pieces.
All these Batman items and we still haven't gotten an actual Wally West figure from dc collectibles (not counting the dc direct teen titans kid flash)
On 3/21/2019 at 10:52 PM, InspectorZartan said:I think the CnC model will be gone for DC for sure but I bet on the other hand there might just be straight up delux offerings for figures that normally would be CnC.
Perhaps I'm in the minority about it, but I've never been a big fan of the CnC from any line, I would rather just buy a bigger figure on it's own as a deluxe or what have you. I usually find it annoying to either buy figs I don't want or to have extra effort to my lazy self to track down parts. I'm okay with it going away.
2 hours ago, DarkKnight69 said:Im not seeing a bright future for the collect and connect figures after 2020 when Mattel loses the DC license. Am I alone on this?
I think the CnC model will be gone for DC for sure but I bet on the other hand there might just be straight up delux offerings for figures that normally would be CnC.
Im not seeing a bright future for the collect and connect figures after 2020 when Mattel loses the DC license. Am I alone on this?
Its great seeing the Dark Nights Metal statues, but itd be even greater if they made figures of them! Imaginea box set of the dark Batmen figures! Or a collect and connect set that allows you to build the Doomsday Batman! That would be a great set to have! Anybody at DC Collectibles listening?
I know that DCC is cutting on action figures, but it's seems such a natural fit for them to make Metal figures, especially considering that Mattel won't be making them this year.
On 3/15/2019 at 5:13 PM, InspectorZartan said:I constantly feel like someone needs to remind DC Collectibles that they have other characters to work with beyond Batman.
For real!!! Or at least give us Batman "alternates" : Owlman, Grim Knight, BWL, Talon, Prometheus.
On 3/15/2019 at 3:13 PM, InspectorZartan said:I constantly feel like someone needs to remind DC Collectibles that they have other characters to work with beyond Batman.
Accurate statement is accurate, lol! And as @sXeblues said as well, I love Batman, too, but they really do have a couple of other characters out there to utilize as well. ?
