Legion of Plastic Heroes

Oh, wow. Legion toys! Back in December of 2005, I blogged, “DC Direct, please make more affordable figures with more points of articulation like the ones Toy Biz is doing. Please do it soon. You've got over seventy years' worth of characters at your disposal. Start with the post-Zero Hour Legion of Super-Heroes. Fanboys and fangirls the world over will eat 'em up. You'll make lots of money.”

Almost six years later, it’s not DC Direct but Mattel that’s releasing an incredible-looking action figure set of the pre-Crisis Legion. Sweet. But it’s priced at US $180. Man. I won’t be getting it; I quit collecting action figures some time ago, but I’m still finding it great that there’s a Legion set! So fricking cool!