But that's not necessarily you, and that doesn't necessarily mean that you'll be at all down on The Avengers -- as I note in the review intro, I suspect most readers of Scary-Crayon will enjoy it immensely. For an alternate take on the film, check out this review by Jeffrey K. Lyles.

Also, admittedly, this is probably a movie I'd enjoy more on DVD after I fished it out of the $5 bin at Walmart (or, even better, a cart at Dollar Tree). It's legitimately flawed, but somehow those flaws are less bothersome to me when I didn't pay $12 for a ticket -- and when I'm not noting them in a theater filled with cheering, clapping people. Like, many of the one-liners were amusing, but they certainly weren't substantive -- so they weren't the kinds of things I'd walk out of the movie quoting and discussing and referencing endlessly as if they actually made the movie significantly better for their inclusion. And while there were a few really good ones, most of the lines were hardly hilarious, so it was a little annoying to hear the theater erupt into raucous laughter in response. At moments, watching The Avengers in a crowded theater reminded me of watching a sitcom, and I generally despise sitcoms. The reason is this: if a joke in a show falls flat and there's no laugh track, it's not irritating -- it's just another throwaway line of dialogue and (unless it's really bad) I forget about it. But if the joke doesn't work and it's punctuated by five seconds of yukking, as is the case in most sitcoms, it's fucking stupid.

Anyway, yeah -- thanks for reading; leave a comment if you like. See you next time, which will hopefully be sooner rather than later!

In other news, our "Todd & The Book of Pure Evil" DVD giveaway ended last week -- I've notified the winners and will be mailing their prizes very soon. (Hopefully once they receive them, we'll be able to hear a little something from them.) I'm admittedly a little disappointed in how it went, though. The article and blog post didn't appear to receive any fewer views than any other new entry on the site... but apparently folks didn't read the text or found the entry methods too bothersome because only two people entered! Lucky for them and easy for me, since that made them the winners by default, but yeah. Nobody even entered by following SC on tumblr (so I still have an extra "Todd" Season 1 DVD set to give away via other means).

So if you're reading and have something to add, feel free to give us some feedback about what you might have preferred from a contest. Do you hate Facebook and/or tumblr? Dislike leaving comments? Were the instructions unclear and/or too lengthy? Were you simply uninterested in the prize? (Or if you're new to the site and didn't see the contest, let me know what kind of contest prizes and/or entry methods would appeal to you.) Really, I'd appreciate anything you have to say on the matter. I'd like to do more contests, and I want them to be events that readers find appealing!

Thanks, folks. See you next time!

If we told you about a poker title that has only one form of poker to play, most of you would immediately go elsewhere. Instead, we are going to tell you about a poker title that allows you to get cussed out by Tycho from Penny Arcade. Interested? If so, you should check out Poker Night at the Inventory.

Poker Night at the Inventory is a poker title released by Telltale Games for the PC and Mac that pits you against several popular characters from games and the web. You get to play in an underground poker game at a secret club called "the Inventory" against the aforementioned Tycho -- as well as the Heavy from Team Fortress 2, Strong Bad from Homestar Runner, and Max from Sam & Max.

In this game you only get one option for poker play, and that is a Texas Hold 'em poker sit and go. You start with $10,000 and your objective is to beat everyone at the table. That is pretty much it in a nutshell. If you win, you play again against the same players. Rinse, lather, and repeat.

While that doesn't sound all that exciting, the game's real selling point isn't the poker, but rather the interaction between yourself and the characters. This game doesn't just borrow character images from the games -- it actually incorporates their personalities and even some of their background information into the game. Those who have played the games associated with the characters and/or are familiar with their respective Internet series will catch on to many of the inside jokes by the players.

Also, your opponents will talk trash to both you and the other players. As mentioned earlier, Tycho will curse you out if you happen to suck out on him in the game. The Heavy is also a big fan of trash talk, and some of it is an absolute scream. Character interaction alone is a great reason to check this game out and will provide hours of entertainment.

Gameplay is what you would expect at the easy level, but at the hard level the players do play a solid game and can provide somewhat of a challenge. With that said, once the jokes and interaction have run their course, this game will quickly turn dull as there is no variation in the poker games offered.

Poker Night at the Inventory is a title more about player interaction than it is about poker. With downloads right around $5, the game is a cheap and fun option for those looking for poker for Mac and PC platforms.

That does it for this review, then. Thanks for the contribution, Andrew -- and, as always, thank you out there for reading!

Yeah, I was obviously inspired to mock up the poster that comprises Dusty Plastic HELLside #34 by the recent controversy over Michael Bay's revelation that the Ninja Turtles in the 2013 movie will be "from an alien race." I admittedly don't have a whole lot to say about the matter (ha ha, of course I do), but I will say this -- that's completely stupid. Not because it's inherently or necessarily stupid, mind you; I'll grant that it is entirely possible to tell a great story about four alien creatures who touch down from outer space and just happen to know martial arts. But that story won't be the story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and there's absolutely no good reason to go about making such radical changes to their origins.

It just seems to me like another case of Michael Bay getting his hands on a property he doesn't actually like -- like Transformers -- and fucking it up in such a way that it appeals to him but loses the heart of what made it appealing to the fans in the first place. Why fuck with it? In his response to the fan outrage over his original statement, Bay said, "Relax, we are including everything that made you become fans in the first place" -- but I think that's kind of a bullshit statement. I mean, I guess that his Transformers movies had nearly "everything that made me become a fan in the first place," but they also had a lot of painfully unfunny "humor" and unnecessary bullshit and hard-to-follow battles between jagged shrapnel things that just made the movies completely loathsome to me. (And actually, the part about the movies having everything that made me a fan in the first place isn't true. The cartoons also had interesting and likeable characters among both the heroes and the villain, but I didn't give a shit about the underdeveloped robots in the movies and Sam Witwicky was an irritating jerk. But the movies did have transforming robots, and those were among the things that made me a fan of the property, so... yeah.)

But it's probably more likely that Michael Bay just doesn't understand -- and perhaps can't understand -- what actually makes people connect with properties on a deeper level, which is why his movies are all shallow 'splosionfests that fail to inspire genuine excitement and devotion even among those who would defend them. This is pretty evident in his comment that, by making the Turtles aliens, they're somehow "building a richer world." Right, because the TMNT universe was painfully lacking in richness.

As far as the graphic goes, the "Turtles" are an alien I picked up from Dollar Tree a few months ago, with a belt and plastron from a 2K3 TMNT figure from Playmates. (All of the Turtles in the image are played by the same toy; I just took several photos of it with the arms posed differently.) The background is a random background I got from googling "space texture." And the text at the top of the image is also a haiku! I love haiku.

Aaaand that does it for this entry. Don't forget about our "Todd & The Book of Pure Evil" DVD giveaway -- the deadline to enter is Monday -- and stick with us. There's more content on the way!

So yeah, here's another quick HELLside comic -- this one featuring the aforementioned pony princess but otherwise in keeping with the theme of these strips as of late. I think we'll go back to action figures for at least the next couple of comics... and then who knows? Also, in the last comic and this one, you might've noticed that I dropped the word balloons in favor of naked text with a line to designate the speaker. The drawings themselves are fairly simple, and I found myself thinking maybe the word balloons didn't mesh as well with that style. I doubt it really matters to readers either way (I have a tendency to overthink things!), but if you do have any feelings about the change I encourage you to share them. Feel free to comment on anything else about the comic as well! Hopefully you find the joke less offensive than Celestia did...

Anyway, that does it for this post. Remember to enter our "Todd & The Book of Pure Evil" contest if you haven't already (you've got through Monday, March 26, to do so; we'll be giving away three "Todd" Season 1 DVD sets), and stay tuned to Scary-Crayon!

So yeah, that's that! I should have another similar comic in the next few days. See you then! And don't forget about the "Todd & The Book of Pure Evil" contest we're running -- you've got through next Monday to enter!

Yep, the good folks at Foundry Communications sent me a review screener -- along with three copies to give away via a promotional contest of sorts. So we're going to do this three ways.

The first -- and the easiest -- way to enter is to leave a comment on this very post saying what you might wish for if The Book of Pure Evil fell into your lap... and how you might anticipate that wish going wrong. (You can certainly comment on other stuff -- what you thought of the review, any questions regarding the DVDs that I didn't answer in the set, etc. -- and you can comment multiple times. But you only get one entry via this method, and only a comment that includes your Book of Pure Evil dreams -- and nightmares -- counts.) Make sure to use a valid e-mail address in the comment form so that I can contact you if you win.

The second way to enter is to follow Scary-Crayon's tumblr page and like the entry corresponding to this contest and review. (It'll be up shortly.) Then send an e-mail to me at wes@scary-crayon.com with your tumblr name, e-mail address (so I can contact you if you win), and "Todd and The Book of Pure Evil Contest" in the subject line.

And the final way to enter is pretty much the same -- except it involves liking Scary-Crayon on Facebook (yep, we're on Facebook now) and liking the "Todd and The Book of Pure Evil" contest post on the wall. (Again, it'll be up shortly.) In this instance, there will also be a question based on the review (don't worry; it'll be easy), which you should answer in an e-mail to wes@scary-crayon.com. You should also include your name (so I can verify that you liked the Facebook page and post) and e-mail address (so I can contact you if you win).

So that's it! You have until Monday, March 26, 11:59 PM EST to enter (so nearly two weeks away); winners will be chosen and announced shortly thereafter. I'll be selecting one winner at random for each of the methods (so, for example, the prize definitely won't end up going to three commenters), and although entrants are free and encouraged to enter all three ways, you can only win once. If you're entering via methods two and three, however, you can send a single e-mail with both your tumblr and Facebook entry information.

Also, natch, guest contributors to Scary-Crayon are barred from consideration (though I encourage you to comment and participate on the various SC pages), and since the DVD set is Region 1 (and to keep me from spending a fortune on shipping), I'll only ship to winning addresses in the US and Canada. (You can still enter if you live overseas -- but you'll have to use the address of a cousin or friend in North America who'll send your prize the rest of the way if you win. ) Scary-Crayon is not (nor am I) responsible for entries lost in the mail, negative reactions to the show itself, computer problems stemming from issues with tumblr and/or Facebook, etc.

I think that covers everything, but if you have any other questions (in addition to entries, etc.) please send an e-mail or ask them below! I'll amend this post as necessary.

Thanks, readers! Good luck -- and stay tuned to Scary-Crayon! I know I always write this, but we really do have more fun content (and more contests!) on the way.

EDIT: The contest is over -- thanks to everyone who entered! No additional prizes will be given, but you're still free to discuss the review, ponder what you'd do with and how you'd suffer from using The Book of Pure Evil, and so forth.

Which isn't necessarily to say that I want that toy to always remain in the condition it ultimately ended up in as a result of our years together. I do, admittedly, have an aversion to restoring my childhood toys in some respects -- with the exception of certain details, I would never repaint a childhood toy, and I largely leave the scuffs and marks they've accumulated over the years. These I regard as sort of being akin to an old soldier's scars: just as they serve as reminders of the battles the soldier has fought long after he himself has forgotten the details, these marks are part of the toy's history. And sometimes I do remember the source of those marks, and so observing those "scars" trigger memories of great TMNT/Batman crossovers and towers made of children's encyclopedias and injuries incurred by the Batmobile's engine missile (that thing fired with force) that I might otherwise find myself unable to access.

But while some of my figures also ended up broken during those play sessions, I do find myself wanting to fix them now -- probably because I've always wanted to fix them. As a child, I wasn't quite as concerned with articulation, and when limbs broke off I'd reattach them with krazy glue or my own super-sticky mixture of tacky glue and tissue paper. When glue failed, I constructed elaborate wraps and casts made of scotch and double-sided carpet tape to secure those detached limbs to the bodies of their owners.

Since I started customizing, however, I've learned more sophisticated methods of fixing action figures. But while I've used those methods to repair numerous broken current figures and custom fodder, I hadn't actually used them to fix my old toys.

Well, that's not quite true. I did repair Metalhead a while ago (you'll see him at the end of this piece), and, as seen way back in one of the old Crayon Haiku dumps, I repaired Sabretooth by way of magnets.¹ But I meant to repair Bebop in a more permanent manner, and I never did... despite having dug him out a while ago and having had him sitting on my customizing table for what's felt like ages. The same can be said for my vintage Foot Soldier, although that was actually a more recent break -- he lost his leg sometime last year when I dug him out to photograph him next to one of my custom Foot Ninjas.

Anyway, a few days ago, I finally decided to bring them under the knife... or drill, as it were. Yeah, while you can do this without them, I recommend using power tools for the task. You don't need to shell out for a capital-D Dremel, though -- any cheap rotary tool will work just fine, provided you have drill and dentist's burr attachments.²

So really, the process is pretty simple -- you're looking to replace the peg that broke, usually with something similar to a mushroom shape. Screws are ideal for this! You'll want to test fit your screw in the receiving end to make sure it fits, of course -- but once you've done that, you just drill a hole in the smaller, detached part (making sure not to go all the way through) and screw in a screw to create the peg. You can put glue in the hole or on the threads to make the screw more secure, but this is optional. If the fit is comfortable (or loose, though if it's too loose you'll have other problems), you won't need the extra security -- and if the fit is too tight, the glue won't be strong enough to keep the bond from breaking. Glue can be helpful, however, if the hole you drill is a little too large (which can happen, especially when you're working with really small screws). In that case, the glue helps to fill the hole, and then you'll have a tight fit even if you need to remove and replace the screw for whatever reason.

Remember how I mentioned test fitting the screw earlier? Usually that's easy, since the piece will already have a hole -- you just heat up the piece for 50 seconds or so under a hand-held hairdryer and then pop the screwhead in -- though you might have to use a flathead screwdriver or something else to pry the broken-off peg out of there first. If that doesn't work for whatever reason (supposing, like me, you first attempted to glue the piece back on, and the glue is holding the dead peg in there firmly), you'll need to drill into here as well. Usually you won't need to do much. The motion of the drill itself will work to break the dead peg free, and then you can easily remove the hollow portion that remains in the hole. To get more stubbornly clinging bits of the mushroom cap, you might have to go into the hole with a dentist's burr -- which is what I did here.

Pegged hips that break are more difficult to work with -- what I've discussed above is good for broken wrist and forearm swivels with respect to vintage TMNT toys -- but follow the same basic idea.³ This was actually new territory for me, since I've never tried to fix a hip in this manner before; usually I'll crack the crotch (easy to do on most figures, since it's such a small area) and try some method of reattaching the original hip peg.

But since the old TMNT figures lack waist swivels and the plastic halves of their torsos are so solidly connected that you run the risk of destroying them in attempting to crack them open, I wanted to do something else. And since the crotch is much too small to receive a peg, I went with the above method. It was tricky, since I couldn't go too deep in without risking damage to the working hip, but I was ultimately able to pull it off.⁴

But the trickier part was making a new hole in the hip/leg piece, since I was worried about boring through the outside of the hip when making the mushroom peg cavity. As it turns out, however, there is a surprising amount of space in there! So much, in fact, that I ended up making the interior a teensy bit too roomy for the screw I'd originally planned to use. No big; that's why I keep screws of multiple sizes on hand (though there are ways of bulking up a screw head if you need to, from coating it with superglue to wrapping it in tape). The larger screw ended up attaching to the body more securely, too (since it was that much thicker than the hole I'd originally drilled), so... win.

After the above steps, I just heated up the holed pieces and popped the pegged pieces in -- or popped the leg onto the peg, in the case of the Foot Soldier -- and here are the figures in their repaired glory! Bebop hasn't felt this good since 1989, and the Foot Soldier no longer has to hear that squeaky creak from both of his hips. Hurray!

And here's that Metalhead fix I mentioned earlier. Judging from eBay auctions and what I've seen at comic conventions and toy shows, it is very difficult to find a Metalhead figure whose removable forearm hasn't ultimately ended up with a broken peg. Again, easy fix -- you just replace the peg with a screw of appropriate size -- and since the arm was designed to be removable it doesn't take much effort at all to pry the broken peg out of the elbow. (Though you'll have to use the more advanced removal method if it's been glued tight in there.) It's also pretty roomy in there for that reason, so you shouldn't have trouble finding a screw to fit. You will, however, probably want to glue this screw peg, since (insofar as you want to continue making use of the removable feature) you'll be tugging on it forcefully and want it to stay attached to the arm this time.

Aaaaand that's about it! I didn't really intend for this to be a proper tutorial, per se -- more of a documenting of the methods I undertook to fix these toys -- so I might not have mentioned everything you'll need to know if you want to try these fixes out for yourself. So if you have questions, please ask! I'll help as best I can.

Anyway, thanks for reading -- and stay tuned to Scary-Crayon! We've got some actual reviews and a DVD contest/giveaway coming up very soon.

1. I don't recommend that, even though it is a very easy and safe method. I just kinda wanted to play with magnets. Also, Sabretooth is one of the few toys I own that was sort of defined by his deformity -- I never could get that leg to stay on for very long, so its detachment became a frequent theme in my play sessions. As such, the magnets are strong enough to keep Sabretooth standing but weak enough to easily restore his detached leg functionality.
2. When I first started out, I used a tool that a family friend got free, and I've often seen the same kit at Harbor Freight Tools on sale for $6.99 to $8.99. Now I use a Black & Decker RTX-B, but I still use the attachments that came with the free tool.
3. Note that what I've discussed thus far also works well for repairing calf, bicep, and thigh swivel breaks on newer figures and any older figures that had them... and it can also be used to add that articulation to them, which is really how I first learned the method.
4. I did, however, avoid using glue here. While everything looked and felt fine, I couldn't be entirely sure how deep my hole was or if putting glue in there would gum up the good hip peg. But like I said, if you get a comfortable fit you won't need the glue to keep the screw in there.

So, Toy Fair 2012 was last week in NYC. I didn't get to go, but like a good little toy enthusiast I was rabidly following the reveals online... and I didn't post coverage here because it's not like there weren't already a million sites reposting the same pics and whatnot! But now that it's all over and done with, I do want to talk a bit about which products I'm most anticipating... in addition to whatever other scattered thoughts come out as I write this. I'll organize my comments according to the toylines and/or properties to which they refer.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

If you've been reading the site for a while, this shouldn't surprise you in the least -- the TMNT reveals really had me salivating. The TMNT figures based on the new cartoon look pretty darned awesome (though not nearly as awesome as the hand-painted prototype pics Playmates released before we actually got to see the production samples in the showroom), and the superarticulated figures based on the OT (old 'toon) designs are pretty neat to boot. (If you haven't already seen the photos, you can check out pics on Ninja Pizza -- here and here -- among various other sites.)

However, my enthusiasm for these figures is tempered somewhat by the info we've gotten concerning their prices. The new 'toon figures are reported to have a MSRP of $7.99-8.99 -- not exceedingly expensive, but not nearly as attractive as the $5.99 price we heard last year. Still, I can see going for at least the Turtles in this assortment. While not superarticulated, they still appear to be fairly poseable -- and with heights ranging from 4.25" to 4.75", they seem like they could be well scaled for a 6" collection... if one prefers his Turtles short. In fact, as you can see in this video review by Pixel Dan (I hate video reviews, and I find Pixel Dan incredibly icky for some reason... but until Playmates sends a preview figure to Rose of Ninja Pizza or Michele Ivey of Cowabunga Corner or my buddy tOkKa of Terrible2z and MikeysTMNT or ME -- 'cause you know I'd totally break it down for you all thorough like -- this is probably the best if most painful look you'll get at the new figures for the time being), they're pretty much the same height as the vintage TMNT figures, which I think look pretty good next to 6" figures. The older figures were beefier and had larger heads, though, so the new toys might not look as good next to larger figures. Time will tell.

And while the classics would ideally be the go-to figures for collectors, I'm even more cautious about them. Their $14.99 MSRP is a huge turnoff for me -- 'cause while that seems to be the going price for 6" collector figures these days, it just doesn't feel justified from where I sit. Yes, that's how much Marvel Legends, 6" Thundercats figures, and the like cost... but those toys also come with BAF parts, swappable hands, and/or other accessories to justify the price. These TMNT figures look like they'll come with their signature weapons and a sewer lid base, which doesn't excite me much. Also, their heights could be a problem. Note that Playmates isn't saying that they're 6" scale -- it's saying that they're 6" figures... which could mean that we'll end up with Turtles roughly as tall as Iron Man. That doesn't work for me at all. And while their articulation in the proto pics was really impressive, something about the production figures seems less so. I don't know -- the more I look at them, the more I think I'd rather break out some of my fodder figures from the 2003 line and modify them to suit my needs.

Note that I haven't said much about the non-Turtle figures in either line -- because we haven't seen any for the OT classics lineup (but you know I wants me a superarticulated April O'Neil in yellow) and because the supporting cast figures in the new 'toon line look kinda crappy. They'll articulate the Turtles, sure... but when it comes to April and Splinter and Shredder and the like it's back to 1980s articulation. I'll pass, especially considering that those figures (I'm guessing the line itself will be a 5" line) won't fit in nearly as well in a 6" collection as the boys in green.

Moving along...

MY LITTLE PONY

Yeah, you know I'm all about ponies now -- and there were some surprising and awesome MLP reveals at Toy Fair. (Check out these pics at My Little Pony News.) Nightmare Moon, Zecora -- who apparently glows in the dark! -- Trixie, Vinyl Scratch, Princess Celestia in white... just a really strong showing from Hasbro. I could care less about the wedding-themed ponies, but little girls will probably love them. And that's really the target market, innit?

(Nothing to do with the toys, but check out this video because it rulesss. )

G.I. JOE RETALIATION

More awesome stuff from Hasbro with G.I. Joe figures based on the upcoming film. (Check out pics here, here, and here on HissTank.) Granted, I'll be passing on many of the figures I might otherwise have purchased because of the diminished articulation -- whereas double-hinged knees and swivel-hinged ankles became the Joe standard with the 25th Anniversary line (exceptions like Destro notwithstanding), Hasbro's going back to single-hinged knees and dropping ankle articulation altogether from many of the new figures. I guess it makes sense if they needed to make cuts, and I do have figures that remain quite poseable without ankle hinges (for example, Wave 2 Panthro from the 4" Thundercats line)... but it does diminish my desire to pick up those figures. On the other hand, figures like Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow have actually gotten articulation enhancements in that they'll be sporting the side-pivoting ankles that allow for wider stances. Actually, the ninja figures in general look like their articulation will be pretty great -- Jinx (aka Kim Arashikage), the aforementioned rivals, and a bunch of other ninjas that just look bloody cool. So even though I'm not looking forward to some figures at all, there will definitely be some that I've gotta have. I'm guessing I'll also be down for the single-carded Lady Jaye figure, even though we haven't seen what the retail release will look like yet (only the New York Comic-Con exclusive was on display).

And y'know? I think that's kinda it as far as figures I'm really anticipating! Sure, there were some great Marvel Universe and Legends reveals as well, but nothing new that had me chomping at the bit -- for example, with respect to MU, we saw Beast, She-Hulk, and Scarlet Witch last year. But there was a DC reveal that would have interested me if not for one thing...

BATMAN POWER ATTACK: The Evergreen Line

So it's not actually going to have that subheading -- apparently "evergreen" is what industry folks call a toyline that's not attached to a particular media property. (As in, there's no Batman cartoon or movie to which this line is explicitly tied.) Anyway, it's another Batman toyline. It's apparently 5", but I actually rather like the sculpts -- with the oversized hands and feet, they just appeal to me in a stylized animation sort of way. (Check out some pics here and here on Action Figure Insider.) Unfortunately, their articulation looks to be really lacking. I can forgive a line like this not being superarticulated -- it's clearly for the kiddies, and it's not like I was going to try integrating those figures into other more articulated factions in my collection. But I do like to be able to pose my figures somewhat... so it's a problem for me when a toy is stuck with T-hips and doesn't even have knee hinges.

Now, there's a conversation going on in TheFwoosh's forums about this line. Some folks are convinced it's going to fail because the articulation sucks; others are confident it'll succeed because it's the goddamned Batman and kids don't really care about articulation. I make no predictions about how well it's going to do based on those reasons. But, as I wrote:

...I always wonder how well these kinds of figures sell as is (and how much money they make) versus how well they might sell if they were better figures (more articulation, if nothing else). I mean, we can certainly come up with weak articulation that failed -- Green Lantern -- and speculate that they might have done better with more. But we can also come up with fairly well-articulated lines that nevertheless lingered on the pegs (IM2, Thor, Tron Legacy, Avatar, Microman when it made its US push). And we can think of lines with weak articulation that continue to do really well (Ben10... even though I see TONS of these figures on clearance and in discount stores).

And I do wonder about that. I mean, I have no idea what Mattel's sales figures for its Batman lines are like (and admittedly they must be pretty good since Mattel isn't improving the figures' articulation), but it seems to me that the lines that do the best are the ones that appeal to kids and collectors. So with more articulation, I wonder, would these Batman figures attract enough adult collectors to make the line even more popular and justify the added tooling expense? Or would the line still have little appeal for older collectors, especially considering that there are already highly articulated Batmen from the DCUC and Batman Legacy lines? I don't know -- but it might be worth noting that the majority of Mattel's failed superhero lines were notably lacking in poseability.

But as I wrote on TheFwoosh:

At the end of the day... I can only say with certainty that if these figs were more articulated, they'd be more likely to sell to one consumer in particular.

Namely me! I'd not only buy at least one Batman, but probably all of the villains. If nothing else, Killer Croc might make for a pretty cool Usub Gerstalk custom.

And that'll do it for this post, then! More blog content to come -- and more actual site features, too. Until then, then!

Anyway, I haven't got much else to say here -- I think the comic is pretty self-explanatory! But visit this link (preferably not while at work or within an hour of eating) if you require clarification.

Anyway, stay tuned -- there's lots more to come! XD

Ugh, that's not what I meant.