never been the same since aqualad whipped his ass in two seconds
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Young Justice: The Animated Series
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never been the same since aqualad whipped his ass in two seconds
Oh yeah, I forgot about that.
Infinite Justice
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was such a double edged scene too (Aqualad is awesome/Superboy got owned)
And i thought he was holding back since he might have known of the plan but nope, dude got fucking schooled
blitzwolf215
Member
Actually we do know, as of Auld Acquaintance he has been a hero for 3 yrs.
http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=14722
The askgreg reveals a lot of info about the show that isn't made known in the tv show or comics, like the fact that the undercover plan was just originally Aqualad and Nightwing. They brought in Artemis later and she only agreed to go with the plan if Wally could be brought in on it.
ThatObviousUser
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THAT WAS THE BEST SEASON-LONG BUILD UP AND PAYOFF I'VE SEEN SINCE BUFFY
BEST EVER IN ANY CARTOON
WHY IS THIS SHOW CANCELLED
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
BEST EVER IN ANY CARTOON
WHY IS THIS SHOW CANCELLED
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Infinite Justice
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Yep.
Finally got acknowledged by Superman, got another family (the Kents) along with the Team and a girl who he thought was the one for him.
ThatObviousUser
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Isn't the current rumor that it was cancelled and thus DC Nation is gonna be kiboshed too?
Yeah that was really nice.
This show is comic fanservice up the whazoo. Really going to miss it.
I still kinda like Cadmus better
ThatObviousUser
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Cadmus used to be the watermark. It's been surpassed.
ThatObviousUser
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#Bosswing
Rafa=FedKilla
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From what I've Ben able to surmise, Beware The Batman will not have a toy line.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Well at least he finally did some action rather than being in base... and I just realized all of his action time are pretty much "team reunion" variants
Infinite Justice
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holy shit either DOA or they are REALLY confident imo
The former seems to be the plan. It seems they are gonna burn through the episodes.
TheKaeptain
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Yeah I think it will be one season of the new Batman and then a Superman series.
Razgriz-Specter
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Mattel is retarded, nobody wants the shitty current Batman line, its only bought because its Batman.
It was a big mistake to just make a toyline not based on anything.
Would be the first Batman series without one
I thought there was a another justice league show in the works, but now with the superman movie coming out they prob scraped it for another run a superman. WB has become so predictable. batman property - superman property - something new (cancel) -wash rinse repeat with batman property
cutmeamango
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Summit was some damn fine payoff indeed, fuck toy sales.
Infinite Justice
Member
I honestly think so too and it would go along with that rumor where CN was not digging the show and gonna just let it run off.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Yeah and Mattel has completely started failing with DC stuff lately.
their last really successful DC toyline was BATB.
even their DC mainline(DCUC) is getting cancelled.
$80+ but I had to get it because of Kevin Conroy.
TheKaeptain
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If you go to Target you will notice that Mattel has started repackaging BatB toys into a Justice League brand. I laughed hard at it.
This is currently my everything.
Jorok Goldblade
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Pretty much. They've given them New 52 paint jobs, though. Superman has no red underwear, Flash has glowing lightning bolt seams, etc.
I'm thinking we may have 2 final battles next week:
- The Team vs. Black Beetle while the Justice League of Leftovers distract the Reach army.
- Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman, Hawk Woman, Icon and GL John Stewart vs. Vandal Savage, Klarion and the War World on Rimbor.
The original plan for this series, from quotes I've seen, was a 2 season arc. (but with the team having plans for many more years of stories) Hopefully that means no cliffhangers.
ThatObviousUser
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I don't think they'd ever have a problem with that, but the Rah's chest stab... that I definitely raised an eyebrow at.
LOLZ, I just bought the Batman fig to add to my collection, though I'm not proud of it...
TheKaeptain
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I want the Flash toy.
TheKaeptain
Banned
I'm willing to bet video game companies wish their product would sell like a Spiderman or Batman toy. Shit, the new Batman toys are always sold out and they don't even have a cartoon or anything attached to them.
googleplex
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In Super Boy's defense, Aqualad is a bad motherfucker.
Most toys yes, but licensed toys based on existing property like Batman will always sell well, be it children or adult market.
Make a toy overseas for $0.25 each. Sell for $20 each. Profit margin is a little higher than video games.
Razgriz-Specter
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I actually want the Batman & Wonder Woman.
More like since forever.
Mattel has always been behind whatever other toy makers like Toy Biz and Hasbro have been producing. Even the DCUC line since the beginning was mediocre compared to what Toy Biz was making with the Marvel toys. It only got worse from there since they kept reusing the same Superman body for nearly every male character, while Toy Biz kept producing new bodies every single wave for nearly every single figure and adding more features.
Even Hasbro, who regularly reuses bodies, still has 10x more body types it can reuse. So that Spider-Man isn't just a Spider-Man head grafted onto Thor's body.
It's no wonder that almost all of Mattel's action figure lines either fail completely (Avatar, Young Justice) or were barely supported by retail (DCUC). WB/DC are no doubt upset at how Mattel completely bungles the license and got Young Justice and Green Lantern:TAS canceled. Popular franchises like this shouldn't sell so poorly.
You can point out that GL:TAS was fucked over by the GL movie, but the GI Joe movie also did just as poorly, but the movie toy line sold very well for Hasbro and most retailers continued support for the non-movie and non-cartoon GI Joe lines. This only shows how badly Mattel handles their boys toylines.
Hasbro has multiple general Marvel toylines that sell extremely well without any ties to the movies or cartoons, yet Mattel can't even sell a toyline based directly on a highly popular TV show like Young Justice.
Considering most growth in the video game market has been for previous "non-gamers" and the aging population of people from the 70s, 80s and 90s who have continued gaming, i don't think much has changed kids want for toys since the 90s and even 80s. Only thing that seems to have affected their traditional toy buying habits is the economy.Htown said:
Kids still love toys.
Licensing contracts usually goes for many years until it ends and Mattel just extended their contract with DC in 2011.
Collectors were actually hopeful that they'd actually up their game in producing better toys because of it, considering they had added more articulation to a single figure in a DCUC wave, that one Starro box set, and the SDCC Swamp Thing. Mattel hasn't done anything better since then. Features have been taken out and they're reusing the Superman bodies more than ever, so now most of Mattel's DC toys look like they come straight out of the 80s and 90s.
Kids seem to agree that Mattel's efforts are shit, considering how poorly their lines have d one.
It's hard to prove that it's actually Mattel's fault that the toylines are selling so poorly. They can blame the economy, movies not doing as good as they should, or that toylines aren't enticing to kids anymore.
Still, considering how well Hasbro has been doing with their own properties and licenses, it's pretty clear who's at fault, IMO. I'm sure DC/WB notice that too.
The upcoming Superman movie line looks terrible.
At least DC Direct/DC Collectibles has been actually been producing far better toys, instead of just making articulated statues like they used to.
Rafa=FedKilla
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The only way to get a decent figure is DC Direct. But there selection is limited. Glad we are getting a Vibe figure later this year.
ThatObviousUser
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I thought they were making a YJ game but it looks terrible.
they are, it comes out in september, though, so it won't sell shit.
Urban Scholar
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Man the feelings I got when Wally & Impulse had a moment that pretty much hinted at them being the new KF & Flash : (
We'll never see it in the series.
We'll never see it in the series.
I wonder why WB/DC has stuck with Mattel for so long? As said this isn't a new thing in regard to how they've handled the toyline. I've always wondered as well why there always always so few DC character toys compared to other franchises. Is their contract suppose to be up? Can WB/DC simply not get a contract with Hasbro, etc because they handle rival franchises and they're stuck with Mattel?
Jorok Goldblade
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The Light really needs to learn not to hold summits on Santa Prisca with members of the Team who've expressed interest in turning evil. It never works out for them.
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