McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse Lobo - Rebirth

 Lobo first appeared in comics in the 80s, as a bounty hunter alien from the planet Czarnia. He was shelved for a while and came back in the 90s. From the animated shows and movies I've seen, he is a mix of personalities between Wolverine and Punisher. I'm not even 100% sure of his abilities all the time, except maybe super strength and regeneration. Is he immortal...I think? Perhaps he's a bit Deadpool-like as well? At any rate, he rides around space in his space hog motorcycle, taking contracts. Sometimes he sides with the heroes and other times takes the villain's money. 

Every time Lobo has shown up, he's been kind of a badass. I sort of like this figure as something that could be good, evil, an alien biker gang leader, or whatever! He fits a few niches. They did an awesome job of the biker look, kneepads, facial expression and special mention for the awesome back of the biker vest! He comes with his signature hook and chain which is done fairly well. He's got a good heft to him and can get in some decent poses. This purchase for me was sort of out of left field, since I know very little about the character, don't have a lot invested in buying him, and wasn't even planning on buying him when I first saw the release. That said, I'm happier with him than I am with some other McFarlane figures! 

4th Annual Top 10 Most Viewed Figures!

 It's a few (*coughs many coughs) months late but I've finally gotten around to the 4th annual most viewed figures! This year I've dived headfirst into the absolute INSANE world that is McFarlane toys in a big way. As in, I've had to really push myself away from not collecting EVERY DC Multiverse toy that came along. Some were easy decisions (often mediocre face sculpts from live-action DC films) and others were tempting but from comic lines, I had never read nor cared a lot about (White Knight, Last Knight on Earth etc). Advance warning this list of 50% McFarlane, 20% import, and 30% older figures I recently got hold of. I did recently get a Spiderman PS4 figure THINKING it was the real thing but sadly it is a knockoff. Maybe one day if I get the real one I'll do another comparison. 

So here are the ten that you liked clicking on! 

McFarlane DC Multiverse Nightwing (Red Version) - DC Rebirth (Two Pack)

 

So this is from the two-pack with Red Hood. Could I have waited and saved some money just buying the Red Hood single figure that came out later? Yes...what's your point!?!? Haha. Realistically though, the only difference here is all the blue parts are red, and the eyes are also black-outlined red instead of white. Otherwise, it's identical! Still very cool next to Red Hood, and with the Damian Wayne coming out soon, Batfamily 3.0 will be complete! The review for the original figure link is here.

McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse Red Hood - DC Rebirth (Two Pack)

 I guess I just couldn't wait for the single release because I bought the two-pack of Nightwing (in red) and Red Hood as soon as the Cmd.ca store released it! I wasn't expecting to find or want this one, given I was already pretty pleased with my holy grail figure Red Hood from the Arkham Knight game and the DC Essentials one that really hit the spot. This has just proven to me that dual-wielding pistol characters with sweet helmets will always be a want! 

For anyone that isn't familiar, Red Hood is the anti-hero persona AKA Jason Todd, the second-ever Robin in comics. See my Red Hod review here to read up on his character. 

This is an amazing version of Red Hood. Definitely bulkier on top than the DC Essentials version, and with nicer looking pistols. His head and the blackline to define the helmets seams looks really good. The pistols are a nice scale for the figure, and the posing options are good. The paint is pretty clean although I will say they could've maybe added some wash to his jacket and made his leg braces stand out a bit more. I like that there is more just solid black for the torso to help the red logo stand out more here. 

McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse: The Flash - DC Rebirth

 

I'll be honest, I only got the Flash as it was part of the two-pack with Red Death. I wanted to complete my Dark Knights: Metal villain team of Batman-Who-Laughs, The Merciless, Dawnbreaker, Red Death, Infected Superman, Crow Robin(s), Devastator, The Drowned, and Murder Machine. All of those have been released in figure form, except for the Drowned. I have high hopes! 

That said, he's a nice-looking Flash! I like the longer lightning pieces, and how you can plug in lightning effects to him (sadly, they didn't include them in the two-pack...why?!?). He is based on the DC Rebirth design of Flash (translation: Lets and MORE lightning to his suit). Some notable differences are the background of the Flash symbol on his chest is just the red of his suit, and the symbol itself is bigger and bolder. There are four lightning lines emanating from his symbol and the figure has more ribbed texturing on the sides of the torso, legs, and triceps. The crowning glory is the angry face sculpt. So well done! 

I can appreciate this figure, and it's got some good points and is in keeping with McFarlane toys recent quality and articulation. I also appreciate that the Flash is a workhorse character of the DC multiverse. He's always bailing people out and resetting the timeline some comic book artists and writers can do something new haha! Go Flash! 

McFarlane Toys Batmobile - DC Rebirth

 

There are so many Batmobiles. Every new comic artist, movie and tv show has their own. Video games like Arkham series and the Telltale Batman games have also had their own versions that are fairly unique. The DC Rebirth Batmobile is kind of inspired by a few items, namely the Batman 1989 Keaton Batmobile/1992 Animated Batman series. Like those, it has a long sleek design. At the front, it has a large, bat-inspired head that was taken from many of the very first Batmobiles in DC. 

Now, the scale and such of this batmobile is fairly small. For size comparison, you can see that it's pretty small. Basically only a Lego figure or perhaps slightly larger could even conceive of driving it, and since it is only one solid piece, no one can! That said, it's super well dry-brushed and looks great. It has working wheels and rolls pretty smooth!