REVIEW: MCFARLANE TOYS DC MULTIVERSE YEAR 2 - PART 1!

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MCFARLANE TOYS DC MULTIVERSE YEAR 2 - PART 1!

It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!

This week, we’re gonna continue what we started earlier this year, with the big reviews on multiple waves of McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse figures. The reason is just that I have a huge backlog of pictures of figures that I have taken throughout the year, and wanted to post them at some point, when there is some downtime between deliveries. New stuff will be back next week!

Here are links for the ones from last year: https://www.toyfarce.com/news/review-mcfarlane-toys-dc-multiverse-wave-1 , https://www.toyfarce.com/news/mcfarlane-toys-dc-multiverse-year-1-part-2 , https://www.toyfarce.com/news/review-mcfarlane-toys-dc-multiverse-year-1-part-3

The last figures we checked in ‘Year one - part 3’ were the Flashpoint Batman and Red Hood figures, so we’ll pick up right where we left off with the Batcycle, which came out in early 2021.

BATCYCLE

This version of the Batcycle was taken from the Dark Nights: Death Metal comic book. McFarlane Toys seems to be doing great when it comes to vehicles, which are affordable and look awesome. That bike has a ton of nice details, and looks pretty much like what your bike would look like if you wanted to disguise it as a skeleton bat!

Packaging

Wouldn’t you look badass driving that in your neighborhood?

Front

Ribs… ?

The details on the bike parts are pretty great too!

RANDOM FIGURES WAVE

This wave didn’t really have a theme, so we’ll call it the ‘Random Figures wave’. A Dark Nights: Death Metal Batman, a giant Robin, a Red Son Superman and the Drowned from Dark Nights: Metal, to complete the Dark Multiverse gang.

The Random Figures wave

Packaging

Let’s give him a leather jacket and a scythe! Because Batman wasn’t badass enough, right?

All jokes aside, that is a gorgeous Batman figure.

*BADASSERY INTENSIFYING*

Packaging

That is a TALL Robin!

That South Park facial expression <3

This figure is the new standard scale to measure other figures against.

The robot dance!

Superman, from the classic Mark Millar story arc Red Son, in which Superman did not land in Smallville, but in Ukraine during the Soviet era

Serious Superman is serious.

He reminds me of an actor, but I can’t place who. If you have any idea, let us know in the comments!

Also, HE GOT FAT WRISTS!

Packaging

The Drowned, the last one from the Batman who Laughs’ gang.

This is a version of Batman from another universe where Batman (Bryce Wayne) killed all the metahumans after the death of her lover, and basically became that world’s Aquawoman, after a huge war with Atlantis drowned Gotham City in the ocean. FUN TIMES!

“Under the sea… under the sea…”

BATMAN: LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH WAVE (with BANE build-a-figure)

Finally, a wave with a theme! This entire wave is based on the comic book “Last Knight on Earth” which saw Batman wake up in an asylum, being told that all of his Batman adventures never happened, and he had been in a mental institution the whole time, imagining them. Of course, it’s Batman, so he’ll escape and try to get to the bottom of it. Great story!

The Batman: The Last Knight on Earth wave

A nice different design for the Bat, inspired by Greg Capullo’s art from the book (of course, it had to be Capullo).

Cape made of the straight jacket’s belts

There’s a lot going on on that design

“Oh that? Yeah, that’s just the Joker’s head in a jar, that I carry around.”

Omega was the main villain in the comic book, and was actually (SPOILERS). Crazy, right?

Another cool design by Greg Capullo

Small cape!

Wonder Woman with a mohawk. Because why not?

Nice details on the cape, the texture is very fabric-like.

“It’s not just a phase, mum. I love punk!”

Guess who got a weird super-creepy design in that comic book? The Scarecrow!

His head is inside a transparent red plastic “shell”.

Here is what he looks like without, in case you were wondering. Gilbert Gottfried, anyone?

The Build-a-figure for that wave is none other than the massive Bane!

Built! Does he have crap articulations? Yes. Did you expect to put Bane in Spider-man poses, though?

It still has great details all over!

In the comic book, Bane is mostly used to transport Scarecrow around.

“This is my ride!”

BATMAN - DESIGNED BY TODD MCFARLANE

I forgot to take a picture of the packaging. I brought shame upon my family.

Behold… one of the ugliest Batman figures ever!

The proportions are weird, he’s got a giant forehead (or fivehead). I’m not a fan of the design of the cowl.

Knives go in the back! (No, not like that!)

It’s weird to me that Todd McFarlane would design a Batman like that, after giving us awesome character design for years.

He even drew some awesome Batman back in the days… Maybe it looked better on paper, and the execution was botched?

I AM… DISAPPOINTMENT.

DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL WAVE (with DARKFATHER build-a-figure)

Another comic book drawn by Greg Capullo means another wave of McFarlane Toys figures (the prophecy!). Dark Nights: Death Metal was the sequel to Dark Nights: Metal. More Dark Multiverse characters, more dark versions of Batman, and even a soundtrack full of big metal band names to accompany it.

Batman with a Plastic Man guitar. Yep.

Same figure, different accessory, still needed for the BAF parts. Damn you, Todd!

Batman SHREDS

*Bitchin’ guitar solo sounds*

That Superman is… certainly a Superman.

It’s like Danzig met Rosie O Donnell and WWF Superstar Chyna and they had a child, and he worked out a lot. (The paint mess on the nose only makes him more powerful!)

“METAAAAAAAAAAL !”

That Wonder Woman figure looks great! The design translated really well into figure form.

She just kinda looks super bored…

“Yeah, I have a mini-chainsaw… sigh”

The Robin King was an interesting character in the book, it was the Robin that had had the shittiest possible life in the Dark multiverse.

Oh, and of course, it’s also Batman (or Bruce Wayne).

“We’re ALL Batman!”

Time to build a Darkfather! Here are all the parts.

For those wondering what it looks like under his trunks (I know you wanted to know)

The DarkFather (aka Batman, if he were Darkseid)

In his universe, Batman defeated Darkseid and took his powers, becoming one of the most powerful beings there.

That figure has so much spikes, it’s impossible to assemble without hurting your fingers.

Colorful!

BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT BATCYCLE

Finishing on a high note, that Batcycle is an amazing toy. The front wheel can be “cocked”, so you can extend the front a bit more to make it longer. The Batman: White Knight comic book already had some of the best figures from McFarlane Toys, and now it also has the best vehicle.

Uncocked (or normal)

Cocked (or happy)

Bask in the awesomeness of that Batcycle

That figure was already one of the best from the DC Multiverse line, and has now been upgraded with its badass batcycle!

LOOK AT IT!

Of course, there’s a lot of details on all the bike parst too

And that covers the first half of 2021! Going forward, I might skip more figures, and the next wave I’ll review will be the Suicide Squad movie wave with the King Shark B.A.F.! Can’t wait to get my hands on those, that King Shark figure looks really fun.

More news at 11:00… THAT’S A LOT OF PLASTIC!

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REVIEW: MAFEX BATMAN: HUSH - SUPERMAN!

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MAFEX BATMAN: HUSH - SUPERMAN!

It's Wednesday. You know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!

MAFEX definitely delivered with what is already called ‘The perfect Superman figure’ by some. This action figure is AMAZING!

The packaging is quite sober, more or less the exact same as the MAFEX Batman Hush from last year, except instead of being Batman on it, it’s Superman (DUH!).

He comes with 4 extra pairs of hands (that’s 8 hands!), an alternative angry-red-eyed headsculpt, and some vines to recreate the scenes when he was being controlled by Poison Ivy in the comic book. The nice MAFEX touch this time, is the extra hand for the Batman figure, with the Kryptonite ring. I always liked when MAFEX does that, and adds an accessory for a previous figure to a new one, so that you can keep playing with them.

Well, what is there to say? The pictures speak for themselves. This is a very, very good Superman figure. It will be very difficult to top that one. MAFEX articulations (luckily, I didn’t have any QC issue), the colors are bright and flashy, with the only complain being the yellow on the chest logo and belt that could have been a bit more…yellow?

“It’s a bird! -It’s a plane! - It’s MAFEX Batman: Hush - Supermaaaan!”

Close up

The cape is also a great improvement from the MAFEX Batman Hush, which had way too much cape, sooo much cape. Superman has just the right amount, so the cape can still look awesome, thanks to the wires, while not being too invading. The ‘S’ shield on it is great too (see, more yellow!).

He comes with the usual MAFEX base, which can be use to make him fly (but not too high).

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Seriously, it is an amazing figure. It’s one of those figures that looks great, whatever you do with it. Even if you try silly poses, or weird stuff… Believe me, I tried:

“PUT YOUR HANDS UP!”

“Where are my peeps?”

“Up, up and away!”

And now, it’s time for the shameless copy of poses directly from the comic book! (oh, and please, don’t mention the animated movie. It’s still too soon :/ )

“Tickle tickle tickle… - Teeheehee!”

“I’m telling you, you look way better with some green…”

“Now, Superman, could you get rid of the bat for me?”

*FWOOOOSH* (nothing to do with Mr. Robo)

“Something something, not at what i do.”

The original (much love to Jim Lee)

The MAFEX version

“BAM!”

“Truce? - Truce.”

The 2 MAFEX Batman: Hush figures

Batman: Hush - Superman by DC Direct & MAFEX

Batman: Hush - Batman & Superman by DC Direct and MAFEX

There are 3 more Batman: Hush figures already announced by MAFEX (Catwoman, The Joker…without guns and Hush himself). Since there have been a few figures that came out on time lately, we can assume that those next 3 will be inevitably delayed, as is tradition with MAFEX.

More news at 11:00… Up, up and awaaaaay!

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REVIEW: MCFARLANE TOYS DC MULTIVERSE YEAR 1, PART 1 (FIRST WAVE 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY)!

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MCFARLANE TOYS DC MULTIVERSE YEAR 1, PART 1 (FIRST WAVE 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY)!

It’s Wednesday. You know what that means… ToyFarce review!

About a year ago, give or take a few days, the first wave of McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse figures started to hit Walmarts all over the US. It was supposed to come out on either Jan 19th or Jan 24th,2020 but lots of stores ‘broke street date’ and had them out before, which caused panic and FOMO all over social media, with people paying way over double retail to secure the figures mere days before the actual release date (Yes, it was very silly. I wonder how the guy that paid $100 for a Batman who Laughs feels today).

It seems that figures from that wave are still popping up in stores to this day (a year later), because I’ve seen people post pictures of the Animated Series Superman figure, saying “SCORE! Did you guys know this one was coming out??” while it is a year old, so here’s a look at the full entire first wave (minus the Bat-Raptor vehicle, which I wasn’t interested in).

(Not on the pic: Comic book Superman and Unchained Superman)

When Todd McFarlane announced that he would be picking up the license for DC Comics at the ToyFair in 2019, I was very excited since I’ve always liked McFarlane Toys figures, and have been collecting DC Direct/Collectibles items for a long time. 11 months later, the first wave came out. This will be the first part of a 3-part review of the first year of the DC Multiverse line.

BATMAN (DETECTIVE COMICS 1000):

First off, the first Batman figure released by McFarlane Toys. At the time, we were all innocent and did not know there was going to be 20492 more coming after that. This figure had a pretty divisive reception, people either loved it or hated it. It still does have great articulations and is pretty nice for a basic Batman. My only issue with it is the squinted eyes, but it makes him look like taken from a Jae Lee design. Comes with a grappling gun and batarang.

Comparison with DC Direct/Collectibles Arkham Asylum, Hush, Designer Series Greg Capullo, Essentials and Icons Batman figures

Comparison with DC Collectibles Designer Series Jae Lee figure (see what I meant?)

SUPERMAN (ACTION COMICS):

Now this is a Superman figure! The sculpt, the face, everything is great with that one. It comes with a flight stand so you can display your Supes up, up and away. I haven’t seen a single complaint about this one, and I understand why. A solid Superman.

Comparison with DC Direct/Collectibles Infinite Crisis, Designer Series Greg Capullo, Essentials and Batman: Hush Superman figures

HARLEY QUINN (CLASSIC):

Now that one left me a bit puzzled. She is supposed to look like the comic book version, but looks more like the animated series version at the same time. The facial expression and paint is very simple compared to the other figures, and I do not know why. This is the weakest one from that first wave for me. Also, she’s the same size as all the other figures, which a lot of people hated about her, calling her “Giant Harley”. The accessories are nice (mallet, gun with a “bang” flag), the articulation is great, but that face…

Comparison with DC Direct/Collectibles Essentials, Animated Series, Icons, Hush and Kotobukiya Animated Series Harley Quinn figures

GREEN ARROW (TV SERIES):

That TV show was great for about 3 seasons, and then went downhill until it ended. Stephen Amell did do an amazing job in the show, though. I had the DC Collectibles figures from the Arrow series, so I was curious to see what the McFarlane version would bring to the table: a bit more articulations (double elbows and knees). The jacket is made of a soft rubber, which restricts the posing a bit, but it still looks pretty good. The textures of the costume are very nice. The likeness? Close enough… Comes with a quiver filled with arrows, and a bow (that looks kinda crappy).

“You have failed this city!”

Comparison with DC Collectibles Arrow figures season 1 (x2), Flash/Arrow two-pack and season 3 Green Arrow figures

BATMAN (ANIMATED SERIES):

Now that one got a lot of people confused and angry. To my understanding, it is a Batman, as he would look in the Animated Series if designed by McFarlane Toys. It’s an interpretation of the design from the Batman from the Animated series from Todd McFarlane/the team at McFarlane Toys. People got so mad that it didn’t look EXACTLY like the designs from Bruce Timm (like we didn’t already get half a dozen of perfectly accurate figures from DC Collectibles in the last decade…). They gave it their own spin, and I am fine with that. It’s a great figure (and I’m tired to pretend it’s not, Murray!). Great range of articulation too! Comes with a pair of extra hands, grappling gun and batarang.

Comparison with the DC Collectibles Animated Series, New Adventures of Batman and Justice League Batman figures

SUPERMAN (ANIMATED SERIES):

That Superman goes on par with the Batman, it’s once again a “stylized” version of the Animated series design by McFarlane Toys. Same as Batman, great range of articulation. The only nitpick would be that it didn’t come with a flight stand like the other Superman, which would have been great. He comes with a couple of extra hands and a piece of bent steel.

The paint on the face is a tad too shiny compared to the neck…

Comparison with DC Collectibles Animated Series and Justice League Superman figures

(yeah, Superman hasn’t really been gifted when it comes to Animated series figures…)

GREEN LANTERN (JOHN STEWART - ANIMATED SERIES):

Another stylized Animated series figure with a ‘modern’ John Stewart. The figure comes with great accessories (constructs made of green lantern solid light, I mean!). Once again, a flight stand would have been amazing, but I’m fine with it that way too. Those 3 animated figures are very decent and quite big.

Comparison with DC Collectibles Justice League John Stewart figure (Ouch… And I thought the Superman looked bad…)

BATMAN (HELLBAT SUIT):

Now for the big boys! To quote Todd McFarlane: “That’s a lot of plastic!”. A great big figure, with huge wings that can be folded. This is the first time the Hellbat Suite was made into a figure, and it looks amazing. The shiny paint job on parts of the armor looks ridiculously good. More of that, please!

Comparison with various Armored Batman figures: DC Collectibles GCPD Batman, Mezco BVS Armored Batman, and DC Collectibles Thrasher suit Batman figures

SUPERMAN (UNCHAINED):

Another big boy with the Unchained Superman from the comic book of the same name. Jim Lee’s design was already amazing in the comic book, and the figure looks like it just came right out of it. It has a pair of wings that can be folded to look like a cape, or open. A beautiful piece of toy-engineering. (No comparison shots, due to lack of other armored Superman).

THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS (BUILD-A-BATMOBILE):

The following 3 figures came with a piece of a Batmobile, à la “Build-a-figure” from other toy lines (this one comes with the left side of the car). The Batman who Laughs is the only brand new character from that wave (in the sense that there had never been any other action figure version of him before this one came out), and what can I say: McFarlane Toys sure know how to do creepy! It looks just like the Greg Capullo designs from the Dark Night: Metal comic books, and comes with a big knife and a scythe. What else?

BATGIRL (BUILD-A-BATMOBILE):

A very nice figure of ol’Barbara Gordon, coming with the right side of the Build-a-Batmobile. One of the best figures from that wave, with decent articulation allowing great poses. We need more Batgirl figures. She comes with a grappling gun and a batarang.

Comparison with DC Collectibles Essentials and Designer Series Greg Capullo Batgirl figures

NIGHTWING (BUILD-A-BATMOBILE):

Last but not least, Nightwing, aka Dick Grayson, formerly known as the boy wonder, Robin, coming with the center part of the Build-a-Batmobile. A very nice sculpt on this Nightwing (maybe a bit too emo-ish on the expression). A highly articulated Nightwing (double elbows, knees, all the works…) was long overdue. He comes with his Escrima sticks.

(Slightly blurry) comparison with DC Direct/Collectibles Hush, Essentials and Designer Series Greg Capullo Nightwing figures

BUILD-A-BATMOBILE:

Here’s the Build-a-Batmobile, when you combine the 3 parts from The Batman Who Laughs, Batgirl and Nightwing. I really like the design they chose for this Batmobile. I really hope there will be a few more in the future, even though it seems they have favored Build-a-figures rather than vehicles in the waves after that.

For a first wave, it was a very satisfying wave that the folks at McFarlane Toys gave us (not that I had any doubt about it, since I’ve been buying their product since the very first Spawn figure nearly 25 years ago). Little did we know that new figures would be announced every couple of weeks and be released soon after that, totalling in 49 figures released in 2020 alone (with already 35+ announced for the first half of 2021…yikes).

The McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse Year 1, Part 2 review should drop very soon (I am unsure yet if I want to drag this over 3 weeks, so I might release them at different times, as ‘bonus reviews’). Part 2 will most likely deal with the waves up to the Dark Nights: Metal wave.

More news at 11:00… That’s a lot of plastic!

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RIP DC DIRECT - 1998-2020

SAD NEWS:

RIP DC DIRECT - 1998-2020

On August 10, 2020, it was announced that DC Direct, the DC Comics in-house toy company, was shut down as part of a massive restructuring from Warner Bros. DC Direct had been producing toys for 22 years, was rebranded DC Collectibles in 2012 before switching back to DC Direct earlier this year. 

Usually, ToyFarce News would make jokes about that, such as "Company that announced mostly repaints for the rest of the year surprisingly shut down", or "Toy manufacturer specialized in Batman and Harley Quinn to stop producing collectibles", but to be honest, we're pretty sad about it.

We know many of you have been collectors of DC Direct products, going back to the first MAD action figures, to the Green Lantern line, the Batman Hush line , the 12inch figures, the Batman Black & White statues, the Animated Series line, etc... and that many of you must be pretty upset about DC Direct shutting down, so we thought we would have some sort of a funeral, a place where we can mourn.

Toy News International posted an article letting us know which product were far enough into production so that they will be released. Here is the article: https://toynewsi.com/10-36987 (we are glad that we can get another wave from those animated series - adventure continues figures, and can't wait for the DCeased figures).

Sorry, folks... We really tried to find an angle where we could say something funny, but we're pretty sure it wouldn't have been welcome right now, as it is 'too soon'. ToyFarce News wishes all the best in all of their future endeavors to all the talented artists and sculptors that were working there, and hope they find a great place to share their talents very soon.

What are your favorite DC Direct/Collectibles products? Let us know in the comments!

We'll be back with jokes next week!

More news at 11:00...

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MORE REPAINTS? DC DIRECT TO COLOR BATMAN B&W STATUES!!

BREAKING NEWS:

MORE REPAINTS? DC DIRECT TO COLOR BATMAN B&W STATUES!!

A lot of fans and collectors have expressed their discontent about the announcements from DC Direct (formerly known as DC Collectibles) for the year 2020. A lot of the new action figures announced seemed to be repainted versions previously released ones. ToyFarce News contacted an anonymous insider source to understand more about it, and learn about what the future holds for DC Direct:

ABOUT THE UPCOMING DC ESSENTIALS FIGURES:

"Oh yes, most of the upcoming DC Essentials series are essentially (no pun intended...maybe) repaints, with the next wave having the previously released Batman with a black cowl instead of blue, Superman painted in black instead of the red and blue and with no cape, a transparent Flash instead of painting it, and Nightwing painted red instead of blue. The 3 waves coming after that will be the DCeased Zombie figures, and it will be once again, the previously released DC Essentials figures, but with some blood painted on them, and a different head with the mouth open. Then, we'll release a Justice League set, with 6 of those older DC Essentials figures, but with metallic paint!"

ABOUT THE BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES LINE:

"The upcoming Animated Series figures, "The Adventure Continues" will actually have only a few brand new figures, with half of each wave being older figures, with "shading effects" added to the paint. So we are basically only producing 6 or 8 new figures this year. The rest is all repaints. We are even re-releasing the Holiday Joker with a metallic paint, people will go nuts about it!"

ABOUT FUTURE PLANS:

"Do you remember the DC Artist Alley Uminga Batman statue, that we released in dozens of different colors? Be ready for more of that. Here is a list of upcoming lines:

BATMAN - BLACK & WHITE : RECOLORED STATUE LINE - We have just reached the 100th Batman Black and White statue, with the Todd McFarlane one. The plan for the future is to release all of those again, but this time, in color. We also have plans for a 'Black & White & Yellow' line, with only the bat logo and belt colored in yellow. We might also do variants with metallic paint down the line...

BATMAN - BLACK & WHITE ACTION FIGURES - We have already done series 1, where we recycled the First Appearance figure, the Hush figure and the Designer Series Capullo figure, so why stop there? There are dozens of Batman action figures that we could recycle in black and white. We'll start with the New 52 one (which was repainted 4-5 times already), then the DC Icons ones, the Animated series, etc... Would metallic black and white paint look good on those too? We will find out!

BATMAN - THE ANIMATED SERIES - BLACK & WHITE - We might as well also reissue a few of the Animated series figures in black and white, because why not? Some people might have watched the show on a faulty television set and seen these characters in black and white anyway.

We will also probably announce a few completely new lines, like the "DC Films" or the "Lucha Explosiva" ones that we teased a few years back, but with no intention whatsoever of ever releasing them. We'll just let the anticipation build a little, and then cancel the whole thing, add a new coat of paint on older Batman figures and then release those instead. We have been doing that with the comic books for years: When our current stories are not great, we just release a new trade paperback version of an old story. How many "Batman: Hush" versions are there now?"

It seems like recycling and metallic paint are going to be very present in the future plans of DC Direct! ToyFarce News hopes that the fans and collectors will find something to hold onto in those announcements, or maybe find some comfort in the McFarlane Toys DC Universe line. 

One thing is for sure, we will get more Batman!

More news at 11:00...

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HOT TOYS CANCELS JUSTICE LEAGUE SUPERMAN TO REUSE SCULPT FOR THE WITCHER FIGURES?!

BREAKING NEWS:

HOT TOYS CANCELS JUSTICE LEAGUE SUPERMAN TO REUSE SCULPT FOR THE WITCHER FIGURES ?!

An insider scoop (by an anonymous employee who will be named B.C.) found its way to ToyFarce News headquarters to tell us this:
The giant Hong Kong figure maker Hot Toys is planning to drop all production on the long awaited Justice League Superman figure in order to use the parts, such as the headsculpts, the Man of Steel body, etc. to start developing figures for Netflix's new hit show, The Witcher.
It goes without saying that Geralt of Rivia, portrayed by Henry Cavill, bears a lot of resemblance to Zack Snyder's Superman, also portrayed by Henry Cavill.
The parts being ready, it would allow Hot Toys to release the figures from the Witcher early, as early as Q4 2022, instead of releasing the JL Superman figure in the expected timeframe (we have heard it would have been Q3 2022 for the Superman figure).
More news at 13:00...
And we, at ToyFarce News, would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

HEAVY INFANTRY MANDALORIAN JUST BOBA FETT WITH A MAN OF STEEL BODY?!

BREAKING NEWS:

HEAVY INFANTRY MANDALORIAN JUST BOBA FETT WITH A MAN OF STEEL BODY?!

Take this one with a grain of salt, but an insider source has informed us that the Heavy Infantry Mandalorian, announced recently by Hot Toys, is actually just unsold Boba Fett figures using a Man of Steel Superman body to make it look bulkier.
The source, who preferred to remain anonymous has told us the following "I swear, this is just a MOS body swap and a repaint. This is wh*ck".
This is why in promo pictures, we can see him mostly flying, in the same way that Superman would fly.
The gatling gun that he is holding came from a prototype of a Vulcan Raven figure, from the Metal Gear Solid franchise that was quickly abandoned by Hot Toys after being announced, in order to make more Iron Man figures.
As of writing, we have yet to find out if the source was disgruntled or not.
More news at 11:00...

REASON FOR JUSTICE LEAGUE SUPERMAN DELAY UNVEILED !

BREAKING NEWS:

REASON FOR JUSTICE LEAGUE SUPERMAN DELAY UNVEILED !

Another insider source (with a very good track record) has finally revealed to us the reason why the Hot Toys Justice League Superman has been delayed so many times!!
A disgruntled factory worker has indeed revealed that there has been a mix-up with the sculpt and they all came out with the same mustache that needed to be altered digitally in the movie!!
The employees must spend a lot of overtime removing manually the mustache from each and every head sculpts, which delays the release of the long-awaited figure. The following picture has been leaked.
More news at 13:00...