If you have been reading here at the site or listening to the podcasts for a while, you know I love the Green Lanterns. In fact, there is one sexy lantern I would like to get to know if I was part of the DC Universe. I’m talking about Arisia. But what is she like as a figure? This week we are looking at Green Lantern Arisia Blackest Night figure from wave 3. She is in the same wave as Larfleeze, Aquaman and Star Sapphire. Package Description After replacing her father as the Green Lantern of Sector 2815, Arisia of Graxos...

This week we’re looking at the Kryb Blackest Night figure, from the second wave of Blackest Night figures, by the good people over at DC Direct. Let me tell you something, this is one fucking creepy figure.. but that works, since Blackest Night is the biggest story in comics right now, because the dead are rising. Package Description Long thought to be a terrifying myth in many sectors of the universe, Kryb’s obsession with patricide and her quest to imprison “liberated” infants in the cage-like sac on...

So it’s friday and it’s time for a new Figure Friday, so this week we are going  to take a look at a Green Lantern John Stewart figure from Blackest Night. So far these toys  have not been the best around, but yet I have been loving the DC  Comic’s Blackest Night story. To be honest I know that DC Direct’s figures are not the best figures to play with, they’re more figures that are there to sit nicely on your  shelf. Now on with the review. Package Description Currently the only Green Lantern...

We have a great figure for you on this Halloween Eve. Keeping with our reviews of Geoff Johns’ Blackest Night figures, this week we have, back from the dead, Black Lantern Earth-2 Superman. Package Description The former Man of Steel from the parallel Earth-2 is the first to be revealed as a member of the Black Lantern Corps. The members of this corps share the standard of the Green Lantern villain Black Hand by symbolizing a total absence of emotion and life. Appearance He has massive broad shoulders like superman but...

By now I am sure you know about  DC’s/Geoff Johns BIG event Blackest Night. Now we find out how the toys hold up. This week we’re going to take a look at the all new DC Direct  Blackest Night series #1 Red Lantern Atrocitus figure. Red is the rage lantern, will I have rage after this review? Package Description Gathering beings that possess great anger and hate from across the universe, The Red Lantern Corps is dedicated to destroying Sinestro and the Green Lantern Corps. Atrocitus,who is responsible for the death ...

DC Directs popular line of busts continues with its new series “Heroes of the DC Universe” which began with Hal Jordan then briefly detoured into a parallel line entitled “Heroes Villains of the DC Universe” lead by Lord Darkseid himself. The second in the series was ironically enough Batman.These busts continue the tradition of fantastic sculpts and dynamic poses from its predecessor “Women of the DCU”. Hal’s outstretched arm, fist clenched doing battle with an intergalactic foe, Darkseid arms akimbo taking...

It’s been a long time coming, and might I say it’s still as sweet as ever. Coming at you again with another DC Direct release, DC has returned to animated maquettes since is series done for Brice Timm’s Justice League. Beginning with the release of Wonder Woman from her animated feature, followed up by Hal Jordan from his appearance in First Flight. As usual these maquettes capture there animated likenesses with very simple sculpts and straight forward poses. Hal’s stance is that of a man without fear,...

Just about every fan in Sector 2814 can say the oath, unfortunately we rarely have the tools to make it just that much cooler. DC Direct has the solution with the latest addition to the “JLA Trophy Room” series of replicas. There have been Power Battery releases before and the gamut included Alan Scott and Abin Sur’s lanterns but this reissue is made that much sweeter by being cast in metal as opposed to the plastic of previous releases. As much praise as I can give to this piece, what with its gorgeous metallic sheen,...

Here’s just a sample from the DC Direct Ame-Comi line up of really well designed vinyl figures! This figure line gives us a twist on the traditional take of the female characters from the DC Universe. It gives them an anime design including the typical gigantic eyes, youthful appearance, and huge boobs that define the genre. They have also changed the costuming to reflect anime styling while at the same time retaining the traditional elements of each heroine’s costume. Several figures have been released so far, including...

Sure they  don’t come out until March 3, 2010, but I love figures and you Comic Impact readers. So why not take a look at the Blackest  Night Wave 3 Action Figures? You know I will be picking up these figures! This set has  Aquaman, the third member of the Black Lanterns; Arisia, the Green Lantern charged with protecting Earth; Larfleeze, the only living member of the avaricious Orange Lantern Corps, who comes with the slain - and slavish - Glomulus; and Star Sapphire of the Zamorans, whose members battle using the...

This week for Figure Friday we’re going to take a look at some of the best San Diego Comic Con ‘09  exclusive figures! We will have some great reviews for you Comic Impact readers on these figures in the coming weeks. So let’s see what you’ll need to save your money for at the Con when it comes to figures that will make your friends go  “OH WOW that’s cool! Where did you get that?” AFX (Action Figure Xpress) Marvel Minimates 4-Pack – Champions  Price: $16.00 Production Run: 2,000 This...

So Captain America is back… or is he? I guess you just have to wait untill this week’s POW (Pick of the week) podcast to find out!  But let’s talk about the next big event this summer in comics that is over five years in the making- Geoff Johns’ Blackest Night where “The Dead Shall Rise.” IGN has posted an interview with DC Direct discussing their plans for the upcoming “Blackest Night” toy line, including a look at waves 1-4 and even a few spoilers…. Now before  you read...

Remember sometime back how I posted  about this fucking bad ass Batman Family statue that makes me pop wood. Well now here is some info on the next parts of this statue. I am not a big fan of how Nightwing looks like  in this statue but is still bad ass. This work of art is designed by Andy Kubert and sculpted by Oluf Hartvigson It’s the ultimate collectible for Batman fans! Batman and his allies team up in four separate pieces (sold in three parts) to form a single statue. Solicited this month is Part 2 of this multi-part...

If you don’t know who Doctor Manhattan is by now. STOP reading this blog and go read Watchmen or watch the film base on  Alan Moore, and Dave Gibbons Comic book. Ok now is time to look at a new figure for this weeks  Figure Friday. We are going to look at the big blue guy from the second wave Watchmen  action figure  . Please note this is not the  Dr. Manhattan variant that is  made with translucent plastic and limited to 5000 pieces. Package Description A complex, multi-layerd mystery adventure, WATCHMEN in set...

On Friday, March 6, a feature film based on the acclaimed graphic novel Watchmen will be released in theaters nationwide. To help commemorate the movie’s release, Toys“R”Us stores will offer an exclusive, variant action figure based on the street vigilante, Rorschach. The action figure, featuring Rorschach without his face…I mean mask…depicts a bruised Rorschach as he’s being booked in prison. The action figure will be released on Friday, March 6 and features multiple points of articulation, a grapple gun, an additional...

Where going to try something new here at Comic impact we have been posting a lot of reviews of action figures but for now on we are going to post them on Friday we are going to it call it Figure Friday. For the first one we are going to take a look at G’Nort. You may have seeing him in Batman and The Brave and Bold. He was part of the Justice League International back in the 1980’s. He is also part of the Green Lanterns Corps. From the pages of the much-loved ’80’s series of hilarious and action-packed stories that...

It’s the ultimate collectible for Batman fans! Batman and his allies team up in four separate pieces (sold in three parts) to form a single statue. Solicited this month is Part 1 of this multi-part statue, featuring Robin and Catwoman reclining on a gargoyle. Part 2 (to be solicited next month) will feature Huntress and Nightwing, and Part 3 (to be solicited in December) will feature Batwoman and Commissioner Gordon. …

So like Sheldon told you Watchmen hype is in full effect !!! This week I have ben reviewing some of the Watchmen toys Ozymandias and Rorschach Action Figure from DC Direct. This line has been 50 / 50 with me so far there been one great figure there is one figure if it was not part of Watchmen. I would have put in the trash so where does Nite Owl (Modern) fit in this line ? Package Description A complex, multi-layerd mystery adventure, WATCHMEN in set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the...

So the other day I had post it a review of the Ozymandias Action Figure from DC Direct. This time I am going to post a review of Rorschach still from series 1 base on the upcoming Watchmen film. Will have full coverage of the rest of series 1 as we will review  Nite Owl (Modern) and Silk Spectre (Modern) later on this week. Package Description A complex, multi-layerd mystery adventure, WATCHMEN in set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society and the ” Doomsday Clock...

I have been talking for sometime now how I wanted my Watchmen action figures and guess what? That’s right where going to review a few this week.  Today I am going to take a look at the smartest men in the world. Ozymandias (Adrian Veidt) series 1 toy from DC Direct. Package Description A complex, multi-layerd mystery adventure, WATCHMEN in set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society and the ” Doomsday Clock ” - which charts the USA’s tension...

Its release date of September 2009 isn’t any time soon, but I went ahead and pre-ordered the first way of Blackest Night Series 1 Set of Four Figures. DC Direct is proud to produce action figures for THE event of the summer - the beginning of the highly-anticipated “Blackest Night” storyline! Included in this series are Earth-2 Superman, the first member of the lifeless, emotionless Black Lanterns to be revealed. Boodikka, the veteran corpsman who was among the first to become a member of the Green Lantern...