This one's pretty geeky, even for me...

I actually tried to do some due diligence on this post: some comics blogger, out there somewhere, had a post referring to the DC Direct Crisis on Infinite Earths Weaponer of Qward figure as the geekiest thing ever. (I was positive it was Mike Sterling on Progressive Ruin, and he did set me straight on the real Nerdiest Object Ever, but he says it wasn't him! And a big thanks to Mike for getting back to me!) The gist of the post was, the amount of time and effort and possibly charts that it would take to explain that figure to a non-comics reader would be extreme. (If you manage to get as far as "anti-matter universe," your listener has the patience of a saint.) Which brings us, to this:

Pinky there is based off the current look of the Weaponers, and at least gets long pants now. The DC Infinite Heroes version of the Weaponer of Qward is also much smaller, and thus easier to hide than the DC Direct figure. And since I got him for seventy-five cents, well...

So, I got five of the little guys, for just about half of what the usual price was for one. I tried to resist, but that's pretty darn cheap for a small army; and I hated the idea of some cheap, uncaring relative picking one up for a hapless child and scraping the sale sticker off the package. For the price, it's tough to be critical, but the fact that the "Weaponer of Qward" doesn't come with a goddamn weapon, is kind of indicative of the care and effort put into this line...

There have been later waves in the DCIH line, and supposedly the next batch will have a new articulation model, but I gotta figure that line has got one foot in the grave. I haven't bought any of them for the usual suggested retail price of $6.99, because they completely are not worth that. Even at $4.99, you would still feel like you got stiffed an accessory or something; and even Batman didn't come with a Batarang. I have the feeling that Mattel was totally enthusiastic when DCIH was planned and first coming out, then lost interest; it's going to take a lot of effort to turn it around now.

Also this weekend, a little yard sale goodness: first up, a Transformers figure that I believe was Evac. Maybe. He's in pretty good shape, except he's missing the helicopter blades...

Still, not a bad crowd-filler; and he has neat clawed feet...that I cut off on the picture. Also, I got an Iron Man Transformer, the later edition in the War Machine colors, and he was mostly complete:

Not a bad weekend, no. Oh, except for Wolverine. Not the movie itself; but I thought the Youngest would sit through it. Ooh, was I wrong. So, very wrong. Reckon I'm going to just go the DVD route for him for the near future; but the Oldest and I might see if we can go to Star Trek later.