Mattel DC Figures

I very much expect the lineups to be more:
A lister
A or B+ lister (B+ lister is the Martian Manhunter line - too big for the B-list, not big enough where you'd rely on them alone to anchor)
Corresponding villain
Team builder from A-list team (ie, JLA/JSA/Titans, not like the Metal Men)
Cult favorite or team builder from cult team

I think as a general guideline it's going to be very Marvel Legends in that way, although the trouble with DC is that there's a much smaller A-list and then a greater gulf between A and B than Marvel has. You could also roughly patch it over onto WWE Elite, which is generally Main Eventer, Main Eventer, Female Wrestler, 3 wrestlers from some mix of Midcarder/Retro Midcarder/Tag Team Member/NXT Wrestler.

So a DC Collector wave might be more like: Batman, Scarecrow, Flash, Stargirl, and Nightmaster (that one's for you, Damien!). This is wild speculation, of course, we don't even know how many figures would comprise a wave and a lot of my guesses are based on what they're doing with WWE, which has different needs. I just think at a minimum, with the requirements of retail now, we can expect 2 A-listers a wave. Even if the waves are only 4 characters, which seems distinctly possible.
 
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My guess is Mattel is going to do exactly what Hasbro is doing with Marvel Legends: It's going to be a mix of comic, movie, animated and video game figures, with the occasional deluxe figure thrown in.

That's okay. For me, that's money saved.
 
I will just say: I hope BAFs are nowhere to be seen with this line. I want the focus to be on good figures and accessories. Will that kill the chance of getting characters like Ultra-Humanite for a while? Maybe, but that's a fine price to pay. We have lots of retailer exclusive deluxes nowadays, anyways.
 
SDcomics said:
My guess is Mattel is going to do exactly what Hasbro is doing with Marvel Legends: It's going to be a mix of comic, movie, animated and video game figures, with the occasional deluxe figure thrown in.

That's okay. For me, that's money saved.
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Yeah, that's one of the questions I have - are they going to integrate media figures into standard waves like McFarlane tried early on, or have waves or even sub-lines with new SKUs specifically built around media properties? The release schedule for the upcoming movies seems like it's meant to be pretty gradual, so they could pretty easily get away with the latter, I think.

Niko (protozoalord) said:
I will just say: I hope BAFs are nowhere to be seen with this line. I want the focus to be on good figures and accessories. Will that kill the chance of getting characters like Ultra-Humanite for a while? Maybe, but that's a fine price to pay. We have lots of retailer exclusive deluxes nowadays, anyways.
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I think BAFs are pretty dead at this point for most lines. Mattel WWE only does them with the quarterly event waves, and even then it's cost-effective suited figures and referees who wouldn't be very appealing released on their own. I think some kind of Deluxe sub-line is likelier by far; they're probably not going to avoid making Swamp Thing, Clayface, Doomsday, Killer Croc, Grodd, Bane, Darkseid, etc.
 
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