I checked out what they had on display a couple weeks ago, and there were no chase figures. They did have all of the thugs, which would be the only reason I'd go during the sale. But honestly, the thug variants are stupid. I have the Joker mask variant, and I have one that I found at Wal-Mart for opening. Do I really need all of the the different mask variants? The answer is no. I'm not that devoted to the line.
I am, however, annoyed that the supposed January figures (Sonar Batman and Arkham Scarecrow, according to ToyFare) are nowhere to be found. I wish I had some insight into why such a delay would occur; maybe it has to do with the current inability of retailers to get rid of all the leftovers. (In fact, if you read the text to the left of Sonar Batman in that photo, you can see it clearly says "January 2009" for wave 3. Sigh.)Not that I'm particularly excited about "Sonar Batman", who looks like Mattel execs got lazy and painted white over TDK Batman and re-issued him. I'll never say never, but I think it likely that unless there's been some serious re-tooling, I probably won't spend the $11 to get him. Arkham Scarecrow, however, is exciting to me, as are the new releases scheduled for this summer. The proto-suit Batman is probably the most exciting for me; it's a very unique take on Batman that hasn't really been done before, especially in action figure form, and that gets me excited. That Jail Cell Joker looks incredible, at least in 2-up form, so hopefully the 6" version will be just as accurate in sculpt.
This year is shaping up to be the greatest action figure collecting year ever, at least for me.
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