Top 5 most wanted Mcfarlane DC Multiverse Blackest Night figures

One big DC storyline that I haven't gotten around to talking about yet was the Blackest Night event, DC's first big foray into the "zombies" idea! It was accomplished in a very organic way too that allowed it to be a canon event, and even allow DC to revive several of its characters, while getting the chance to reuse some as Black Lanterns! It is an event that I'm a big fan of, and some of those original Black Lantern figures are some of the most gnarly DC figures to ever hit the market! With Mcfarlane in the reigns now with sculpt one of the best things about his figures I'm hoping he will take his own stabs at the Blackest Night storyline, and these 5 figures would be the ones I would most want to see made first!



5. Nekron
The version that Mattel gave us of DC's embodiment of death isn't all that bad. The sculpting detail is actually quite impressive especially where the chest is concerned, and articulation is only really lacking when it comes to the knees and ankles. Whether he were to be a Build A release or a mega fig would allow a brand new Nekron to hit shelves at a larger scale, with no doubt the issues in articulation from the past release rectified and sculpting as great as ever!


4. Deputy Lanterns and New Guardians
This would be a tall order of figures and a group I'm not sure Mcfarlane is ready to headlong dive into yet, but seeing various characters across DC take the mantles of the different Lantern corps was a huge moment for the story and one that provided for some great designs! Blue Lantern Barry Allen is among my favorite, with Orange Lantern Lex Luthor, Yellow Lantern Scarecrow, and Red Lantern Mera being two more I'd love to see get redone in Mcfarlane's line of figures! The base New Guardians could be easier for Mcfarlane to jump into, and have already with Hal Jordan! His fellow Lantern Corps leaders would be very welcome in the line as well, from Sinestro to Atrocitus!


3. Black Lantern Batman and Superman

Given the major presence of both of these characters in Mcfarlane's line already I'd say Black Lantern versions of either of them are highly likely to be made first when it comes to any Blackest Night figures, and if so they would still be very impressive figures! I'm open to whatever Black Lantern figures that would ever come out and I can't wait to see the kind of decrepit, decayed sculpts the figures get! Black Lantern Batman was a fleeting presence in the storyline but a cool one nonetheless, and while Kal-El briefly became a Black Lantern I would much prefer Kal-L of Earth 2 to be made as the line's first Black Lantern Superman!


2. Black Lantern Deathstorm
Undoubtedly one of the coolest Black Lanterns from the storyline was Firestorm who also got to play a prominent role in the central storyline as well! Seeing Firestorm's head lit up with a skull rather than a real head was a delight and one design that would later see use again for Earth 3's Deathstorm in Forever Evil, leading me to wondering if a Black Lantern Deathstorm could become the custom base for a New 52 Deathstorm...hmmm...


1. Black Lantern Elongated Man
Hands down, this is the winner for me when it comes to the Blackest Night designs! It was one of the first Black Lanterns we are introduced to in the series, and the ghoulish, unsettling design of Elongated Man's Black Lantern form was everything it needed to be! The uneven proportions, gangling limbs, it all came together for a truly terrifying sight that I think needs to be captured in action figure form!



Related posts:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Top 5 most wanted NECA Back to the Future figures

Image
NECA gave us a huge surprise this year with the reveal of a full range of action figures for the Back to the Future franchise! This is definitely one of the most popular franchises out there and I didn't know that I needed action figures for it until now! So far we've had a couple of reveals in the form of Marty from the first movie, Marty in the second movie, Marty in his spaceman costume, and then Biff from the first movie. The movies don't have the biggest cast that are ideal for action figure treatment, but I've thought up five from the three movies that need to come into the line after these four! (Image Source) Related posts: Top 5 most wanted NECA Gremlins 2 figures Top 5 most wanted Conjuring universe figures 5. Part 2 elderly Biff The first on my list is going to be the version of Biff from the second movie when Marty traveled into the far future, where Biff was a loser and grew up to be a hobbling old man who then cheated his way into making hi...
Read more

Top 5 most wanted Star Wars the Black Series aliens from The Phantom Menace

Image
The prequel love is very strong recently in Star Wars the Black Series, the line of 6 inch collection figures covering the Star Wars franchise. It felt like, as a prequel fan, that I was gasping for prequel figures in the collection not only a year ago but now we've had a flood of them, with another flood quickly coming! It's gotten me more excited for the line than I've been in a long time, and I've been thinking about some choice prequel characters I'd like to see! Aliens are getting a bit of a resurgence in the line as well, with prequel Jedi, Moloch, Rio, and a few others, so what better list to make than my most wanted aliens from the prequels? For this post I'm focusing in on Phantom Menace which had a great selection of aliens! And here are my top 5! (Image Source) Related posts: Most wanted Star Wars the Phantom Menace Black Series figures Top 5 most wanted Star Wars Black Series droids 5. Pod racers Undoubtedly, one of the best scenes of...
Read more

Top 5 most wanted Jakks Pacific Sonic Badniks vol 2

Image
(Images Source) We have been getting more and more robotic Badniks in Jakks Pacific's line of Sonic figures which is very exciting! Primary characters are great, but getting more of the background designs to fill out the scenes is awesome and we've recently got some Badniks I was eagerly waiting for like the Burrobot, Newtron, and most recently the Caterkiller!! Eggman's army is packed to the brim though with all kinds of robotic enemies, and these are five more I hope to eventually see! 5. Jaws The Chopper is not the most posable of the Badniks that we've gotten so far (not that many are very posable to begin with), but it is such a classic design from the series and another underwater enemy would be the Jaws. With Jakks Pacific steadily working through giving us little playsets themed around different levels, a set themed around the underwater sequences would be the perfect way to get this guy into the line. 4. Roller With complete transparency, I will admit that thes...
Read more