OK, Long time Bat-Blog Readers will remember that a few months back we were hyping the news that Mattel was gonna come out with some really amazing mini-action figures called BATTLEAGUE. The name was sort of like "Battle" & Justice "League" combined. The prototype photos looked incredible! We were excited because there were gonna be a ton of Batman-related characters: Batman, Robin, Catwoman, The Joker, Two-Face, The Penguin, Riddler, etc...Mattel had set a release-date but when that time came there was nothing in stores. Then there was NO news at all. I mean, I'm pretty connected, & I couldn't find out anything AT ALL. It's as if Mattel shut down! OK, The figures have finally made it to Toys-R-Us but it's being done almost secretly. Plus, they changed the name of the product line from Battleague to DC Universe Fighting Figures. I liked "Battleague" better, ha ha. But, the figures are pretty cool. They measure just a few inches tall ( way bigger than Heroclix ) & are sculpted/painted quite well. They're in action poses that are pretty cool. The details are nice & it's cool to see some obscure Batman characters. The pictures I have posted here show the packaging & a few figures. Let's hope these do well enough that they keep making them because at one time there were plans on doing vehicles too. They had a prototype-Batmobile that looked awesome. They retail for about $8.00 which isn't bad for 2 of these figures. I think they look great & plan to buy as many as I can get. The next time you're at Toys-R-Us take a look at them. I think you'll like them too.
