The single carded, Walmart exclusive Batman figures are finally out! I haven’t seen them yet, but word has it that they’re showing up in the stocking stuffer aisle of Walmart’s Christmas sections.
There’s also a new Batman vehicle that shoots disks, comes with a Batman figure and is in the same price range as Lobo and the Joker steamroller. I can’t find a good picture of it right now, but I did see it at Walmart last night.
Update: I found the Walmart Batman figures. They’re $3.88 each and are indeed in a display within the Christmas section up front (not in the Christmas section by the Garden Center, but in the section by the front store entrance) along with other Imaginext two-packs (I didn’t see any of the three new releases with Harley and company).
The one downside is that most of the cardbacks incorrectly describe the figures as being from Detective Comics, with the most obvious error being that the Justice Batman was labeled as being from “Detective Comics vol 3”. Golden Age Batman and Jean Paul Valley Batman are listed correctly, but the others all say “from Detective Comics” when they, in fact, are from Justice, Green Lantern and Batman respectively.
Oh well, the figures are awesome. I’m glad they’re finally out.
If Mattel is able to carry on with DC themed Imaginext next year (since McFarlane doesn’t make product like this, and I’ve not seen things like Imaginext from Spin Master), I’d love to see a general line of single carded figures done in the style of this Batman assortment, with comic accurate variants and comic themed packaging.
Maybe they’ll do something for Wonder Woman 1984 at least.
They also feature collector friendly removable packaging that allows you to keep the cardbacks in great shape, which is nice as the cards are also really cool.
Found the Joker steamroller tonight. I didn’t buy it, but I also saw the Batman rally car along with it. No sign of Lobo yet.
I also found more of the Walmart exclusive single carded Batmen in the Toy Shop display by their front of the store Christmas section, so for anyone looking, keep on with the hunt and avoid the eBay scalpers.
On one hand, I can’t believe Imaginext is still using that stupid blobby figure design and dumb twisty-foot-slot gimmick. Their original 2002/2003 line was so cool, and then they just kept making the figure and model design worse for some reason. I guess it’s supposed to appeal to a younger audience, but first, what little kid is collecting Lobo or AzBats? And second, I was playing with the original line before I can even really remember, so it’s not like that doesn’t work for kids.
