McFarlane has dropped the next full wave of their 4.5 inch DC Retro Super Powers figures for pre-order. The new wave features four new figures of Batman (Manga), Kilowog, Braniac and Blue Beetle. These will all be general releases packed onto blister cards that pay homage to the original Super Powers line.
Three new vehicles are arriving at the same time. These include general releases of Blue Beetle's 'The Bug' and Braniac's Skull Ship. There is then an exclusive Gold Label variant of the Skull Ship inclusive of a variant Brainiac figure. This 'Panic in the Sky' set is only available via McFarlane Store direct in the US. This will likely be offered by the UK distributor to McFarlane stockists, with similar arrangements in other territories.
All of the figures have an April 2024 release. You can keep track of the McFarlane DC Retro line and the McFarlane collectors lines as a whole over at our extensive Database.
In the name of his murdered parents, Bruce Wayne wages eternal war on the criminals of Gotham City. He is vengeance. He is the night. He is Batman!
Brainiac's unquenchable thirst for absolute knowledge, regardless of the billions of innocent lives which might be destroyed in the process, has made him one of the deadliest villains the universe has ever seen.
Archaeologist Dan Garrett discovered an ancient scarab in an old Egyptian tomb that gave him superpowers which he used to fight crime. He eventually retired and was succeeded by the brilliant Ted Kord who carried on the Blue Beetle legacy.
A brilliant geneticist on his home world Bolovax Vik, Kilowog, served as Green Lantern of Sector 674. Following the destruction of his planet during the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths, Kilowog trained new Green Lantern recruits, teaching essential tools to survive the most dangerous job in the universe.
Blue Beetle seeks adventure armed with an arsenal of nonlethal weapons and gadget, including his hi-tech mobile headquarters -THE BUG!
Equipped with an array of deadly tentacles, the interstellar Skull Ship was developed as an extension of the bio-organic Brainiac.
Thanks to his highly advanced, computerized brain, Brainiac is always ten steps ahead of his opponents, even ones as clever as Superman. Ultimately, his inability to see beyond pure logic has always been his downfall. But like a bad computer virus that can never be fully purged, Brainiac always manages to turn up again when one least expects him.
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