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Matt Reed Byrne Robotics Security
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Posted: 27 February 2008 at 12:25pm | IP Logged | 1
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We'll probably end up seeing these in the States in a year. Just enough time for me to find more space in my home office!
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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 114024
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Posted: 27 February 2008 at 12:32pm | IP Logged | 2
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As I mentioned in the Marvel thread, I asked a friend currently based in London if he could check to see if Forbidden Planet had any in stock, and he ran right out and subscribed! Which, I suppose, means I can start looking for packages in the mail, eventually.Also means I will have some figures I don't want. . .
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Craig Ashforth Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 22 April 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 466
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Posted: 28 February 2008 at 3:53am | IP Logged | 3
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The collection is supposed to be finally launched nationally in the UK in the next week or so. Picked up a Batman and Superman during the trial run and was pretty impressed so I subscribed.
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Thom Price Byrne Robotics Member
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Joined: 29 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 7595
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Posted: 28 February 2008 at 9:58pm | IP Logged | 4
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Wonder Woman is not part of the first wave, correct? (I only collect WW memorabilia -- despite the constant temptation to branch out.)
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Thomas Moudry Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 5055
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Posted: 28 February 2008 at 11:15pm | IP Logged | 5
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I'm really eager for this series to start. I'll look for some when I'm in Europe later this year, but I'm also going to be checking DCBS solicitations pretty carefully, too, for the next year.
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Craig Ashforth Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 22 April 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 466
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Posted: 29 February 2008 at 5:08am | IP Logged | 6
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Wonder Woman is not part of the first wave, correct?
Wonder Woman is supposed to be issue 7 of the collection.
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Jarrod Garrity Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 22 December 2007 Posts: 3
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Posted: 29 February 2008 at 11:10am | IP Logged | 7
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You guys may have seen this already, but here's a TV ad for the figurines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHphvFvIUos
You can see WW in the set. Man, this is a tough decision. I really like the look of these, but I don't want to end up buying all of them. (Plus I don't have a lot of room to display them). Maybe if I just stuck to getting the Heroes.....then, what's a group of heroes to do without villains to fight.....arrrgh!
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John Byrne
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Posted: 29 February 2008 at 11:13am | IP Logged | 8
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"…at newsagents now…"
Pardon me whilst I weep softly in the corner, here.
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Didier Yvon Paul Fayolle Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 25 January 2005 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 5066
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Posted: 01 March 2008 at 2:24am | IP Logged | 9
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Newsagents... so this is how they call the " bureaux de presse " in England...
And I wish so much those would come in HK fast....
For you French guys, it started also?
I may consider to ask my mom to take some for me... but I may need to know the release dates of the figures...
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Ray Brady Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3692
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Posted: 01 March 2008 at 11:08am | IP Logged | 10
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Now are these really available at newsagents? Over the past couple of years, I've popped into a couple dozen magazine shops in London, and I've never seen them on display. The only place I've ever found these in the U.K. is in comic book shops.
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Fabrice Renault Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 15 April 2004 Location: France Posts: 3094
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Posted: 01 March 2008 at 12:39pm | IP Logged | 11
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The first figurine, Batman, is on sale at french newsagents since February 27th, for less than 3 euros. Looking forward the rest of the collection. I might even start with the Marvel figurines (I resisted as long as I could!)
Caution : I found quite a few Batman figures with bent ears. Look well before buying.
F.
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David Ferguson Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 17 March 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 6782
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Posted: 01 March 2008 at 2:15pm | IP Logged | 12
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Now are these really available at newsagents?
*******
That was the case for Marvel figurines in Ireland. Probably will be the case for the DC ones too.
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Craig Ashforth Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 22 April 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 466
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Posted: 02 March 2008 at 5:30am | IP Logged | 13
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During the trial run in the autumn last year these were readily available in several newsagents and supermarkets in my area.
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Craig Ashforth Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 22 April 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 466
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Posted: 02 March 2008 at 5:53am | IP Logged | 14
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Has anyone received the subscriber exclusive Batman figure yet? If so is it any good? Photos look good.
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Philippe Negrin Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 01 August 2007 Location: France Posts: 2252
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Posted: 03 March 2008 at 1:59pm | IP Logged | 15
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Batman is out for €2.99. I may take the jump. Does anyone abroad want me to buy and send an extra one?
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Philippe Negrin Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 01 August 2007 Location: France Posts: 2252
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Posted: 04 March 2008 at 9:51am | IP Logged | 16
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I've just bought it. Nice heavy stuff. The problem is that the price gets higher for each new figure. And I'm not sure about the deals they propose afterwards to keep you going. So it may be my first and last one.
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Aric Shapiro Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4349
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Posted: 04 March 2008 at 9:55am | IP Logged | 17
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"Does anyone abroad want me to buy and send an extra one? "
ME ME ME!!!!
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Philippe Negrin Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 01 August 2007 Location: France Posts: 2252
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Posted: 04 March 2008 at 10:15am | IP Logged | 18
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Ari, do you want just the figure in its box or the whole package with the ( useless - to me !) booklet)
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Richard Franck Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 13 September 2007 Location: France Posts: 570
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Posted: 05 March 2008 at 1:29am | IP Logged | 19
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Okay, I got Batman last week. Very nice figurine, very beautiful sculpt, the paint is good but I will give it only a 7/10 (the yellow paint of the belt is my only concern, since my Batman got a bit of yellow on the belly - hem sorry the lower abdominal muscles).
I don't know what Bruce Wayne took for breakfast the day he poses for this figurine, but he is HUGE OVER MUSCULAR (imo) : he is far more muscular than Captain America (it almost makes me wonder if this Cap figurine was made before or after Steve Roger took the super soldier serum !!!). In fact, this Batman is more muscular than most of the Marvel figurines (a change of artist who makes the sculpt ?)
Batman is bigger and taller than Cap, for example, but he is the same size than Hawkeye (by the way, since when is Clint Barton taller and more muscular than Captain America ?).
The good surprise (imo) came from the magazine : no more humour, well written, the only thing I regret is that you don't have any poster inside ! There is a special chapter on the Frank Miller's Dark Knight and the Miller Mazzuchelli run on Batman Year one.
I will continue the collection, of course, but I will not get all of them.
If the artist keeps on insisting so much on anatomical details, I can't wait to see what he will do on Powergirl ...
I will send some pics .
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Richard Franck Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 05 March 2008 at 2:13am | IP Logged | 20
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Here we go


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Richard Franck Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 05 March 2008 at 6:23am | IP Logged | 21
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After the excitement of the new magazine format, I regret some lacks of informations about the character. There is a chapter on the Batman's equipment (Batmobile, motorcycle, batarangs...) but none is said about the Batcave and the utility belt !!!
There is also no "technical" informations about Batman's physical performances and intelligence (the kind of power grid there is in the Marvel magazine).
After I posted some pics, due to the zoom effects, I noticed some flaws in the paint of my figurine that I hadn't noticed before. The flesh paint is not so well applied on the face, but you really have to put your nose on it to notice. But I had already encountered this kind of "disagreement" with almost all my Marvel characters wearing this kind of mask (Cyclops, Wolverine, Captain America, ...).
I know the first figurines are produced in great number, so it's understandable the quality is not 10/10 at the beginning. The latest Marvel figurines I've got are really amazing in detail and paint job (Hawkeye is a must !!!).
Do anyone here know the quantity of figurines which are produced per character ?
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Thanos Kollias Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 19 June 2004 Location: Greece Posts: 5009
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Posted: 05 March 2008 at 6:24am | IP Logged | 22
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This one strikes me as a bit off, not unlike the Guardian one posted in the MFC thread. The Marvel ones so far were really good and with minor differences (I wouldn't have thought Hawkeye or Yellowjacket as muscular as, if not more than, Power-Man for example) almost on model. This one appears too muscular.
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Philippe Negrin Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 05 March 2008 at 6:34am | IP Logged | 23
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I like my Batman. My only concern is that two different blacks were used : The boots, chest bat emblem and inside of the cape are painted shiny black the outside of the cape, gloves, shorts and mask are mat black.
edited an inside/outside mix-up
Edited by Philippe Negrin on 05 March 2008 at 9:52am
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Richard Franck Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 05 March 2008 at 8:44am | IP Logged | 24
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My figurine has the same type of black than yours Philippe. I don't see any specifications implied by the character which would lead to these 2 kinds of black. Any idea ?
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Peillon Lionel Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 04 November 2007 Location: France Posts: 165
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Posted: 09 March 2008 at 2:16am | IP Logged | 25
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The list from Eaglemoss France (...under " reserve"...)
6 Robin 21 Beast Boy 36 Cyborg
7 Green Lantern 22 Booster Gold 37 Deadshot
8 Wonder Woman 23 Penguin   ; ; 38 Black Adam
9 Green Arrow 24 Bizzaro   ; ; 39 Gordon
10 Ras ah Ghul 25 Nightwing 40 Adam Strange
11 Lex Luthor 26 Donna Troy 41 Black Canary
12 Two Face 27 Batgirl   ; ; 42 Firestorm
13 Super Girl 28 Deathstroke 43 Lois Lane
14 Shazam 29 Aquaman   ; ; 44 Lobo
15 Scarecrow 30 Poison Ivy 45 Powergirl
16 Starfire 31 Red Tornado   ; ; 46 Ion
17 Martian Manhunter 32 Brainiac 47 Oracle
18 Raven   ; ; 33 Blue Beetle 48 Brother Blood
19Riddler 34 Harley Quinn 49 Mary Marvel
20 Creeper 35 Mr Miracle   ; ; 50 Huntress
51 Atom
52 Dr Fate
53 Clay Face
54 Animal Man
55 Alfred
56 Hawkman
57 Metamorpho
58 Sinestro
59 Mr Freeze
60 Zatanna
Some ketchup with your "French fries " ??
Edited by peillon lionel on 10 March 2008 at 7:41am
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