Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Legion in JLU Cartoon/Legion Series...Official Thread

Not so sure about that Brainiac. Mebbe if he could look less like a Transformer normally but then transform during battle?

"Far From Home" has been bumped to the 25th due to CN showing "Spirited Away."

It sounds like Mattel is planning to produce action figures for the new Legion toon! They've done a great job with the JLU property IMHO. Instead of doing a zillion variations of Supes/Bats, they've been producing more obscure characters, pretty much everyone that DC will allow them to do.

That's great news, ME Man! My son and I both love the JLU action figures. I still can't believe my son plays with action figures of the Green Lantern Corps, Red Tornado, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Black Canary, etc. He has NO idea how lucky he is.

Yeah, when I was a kid it was a couple of pocket heroes of the big guns & that was it. These days, the big toy companies handling super hero properties in general have been really good about doing characters that you wouldn't think would ever make it to the toy aisles. Vixen & the female Dr. Light are just showing up now.

Matter - where did you hear that Mattel will be producing new Legion figures? Via the grapevine or a link somewhere?

Well, tonight was GONNA be the night here in
the US...however, "Korbal"'s note is consistent
with the latest date given in:

http://www.tv.com/justice-league-unlimited/show/3914/episode_guide.html&season=5

though I'M not taking any chances... (gonna
use a whole blank DVD on it when it shows
...I've seen an *avi of this episode, and in
my opinion, it is SUPERB.)...


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Regarding the alleged B5 appearance in the upcoming series...isn't that series supposed to be a spin-off of "Far From Home"? Doesn't that then constrain B5's appearance to at least be reasonably consistent with being a "cute guy" with whom Supergirl falls in Love?

Perhaps he is transformed later, spawning a replay of the Wildfire/Dawnstar "physcially denied" love...more LIKELY, though, is that the posted pic was of a Braniac-type villain from the series, and someone working on the show who isn't a huge LSH geek like all of us just got a little confused on the captioning...

But seriously, isn't there "official word" that this show is a spin-off of "Far From Home"?

I believe the official word is that it's *not* a spin-off of "Far From Home".

At the actionfigureinsider.com board. There is a thread about the Wizard World Con & some guy posted what he & somebody from Mattel talked about. So it isn't anything confirmed or official.

To second EDE, the official word is that this Legion will not be a spin off of the JLU. It will be a whole different continuity.

And thanks for the news of the figures M-EM!

Hopefully, they won't be like DC Direct and will actually make some girls! Their work on JLU figures bodes well.

I may actually have to go flirt with someone at Target to make sure I can get all of them. I finally had to resort to eBay for Booster Gold.

Thanks to both of you for answering that. Now that you mention it, I see that it is SuperBOY in the online sketches...so thanks for not saying "duh"....

This does, however, present a negative quandry... with the LEgion existing as a separate (and different) continuity, that rather precludes any follow-up to "Far From Home", which is quite a shame...so they're just going to leave Supergirl
there and never show her again? I suppose they have time for a follow-up story before the LSH cartoon premiers, but still...it seems to me that once the LSH series begins, it would be awkward to go back and show the JLU continuity version...

Oh well...at least we're getting action Figures (though I doubt they'll equal the DC Direct ones in quality....and also, I want an Element Lad, damnit!)

i want Triad, triplicate girl, Duo Damsel, Mono Maid...all!! so that will show the company that she is the most sold legionnaire ever! many fans has been trying to tell the DC direct to sell the female legionnaires but they were afraid that they would not succeed. grr....so I am gonna buy all female legionnaires!!

I was waiting with bated breath for JLU episode of "far from home" but unfortunately they put on another program in it's place...
so thanks to the power of the message board i was able to see some previews to get though the disappointment.

SO WHEN WILL THIS EPISODE AIR ON CN???

It looks like it won't be airing now until April 8.

You know now I am gonna buy Triplicate Girl figures just to sell them on eBay as special "Lu as Mono Maid" exclusives.... No buy one, get two free specials from me.

JLU is ending after this season (four or five more episodes after "Far From Home") so no follow-ups to confuse continuity -- unless they make a direct-to-DVD film, as they're doing for "Superman" by himself.

And they wonder why it's been slipping in the ratings ...

I tired of waiting so I downloaded the episode and I enjoyed it. Yes, it has a few minor glitches in the depiction of the Legionnaires but the story is involving and the resolution quite emotionally satisfying.
Supergirl taking out the assembled Legion was great but you have to give Chuck his props--he really rolls all over the competition and never looked better in combat. It even has a few good laughs and a great visual homage to CoIE #7!

No to mention the fact that they only show it once a week. If you don't support a show how can you expect it to do well?

And yet, I can see the same damn episode of "My Gym Partner's A Monkey" four times in three days...

Jamie

It would be interesting to hear any insights people have on CN's programming behavior. I find it unfathomable.

The fact that a division of Time Warner (CN) would so s#!t upon another division (DC), so completely fail to exploit very popular properties (Superman, Batman, etc.) for every penny they can reliably provide, is absolutely beyond me. Is "Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" that much more popular than Teen Titans and JLU? And what is up with that show ("Grim") anyway? The put something in primetime on a station called "Cartoon Network" that I can't let my 3-year old watch? What are these poopy-heads smoking?

Uh oh... I wanted to watch this episode "live" but I guess not. I'll have to stick with my plans for a romantic dinner with my wife for our 12th anniversary (it is actually the next day, but everyone with small kids knows you can't have a late night dinner on a school night!). And for those doing the math, yes, we were married on 4-9-94


And back on topic, I'm surprised they aren't going to follow the "Far From Home" Legionverse. It seems strange to start the new series and immediately create a potential paradox... it's like retconning out Superboy. The writers must be doomed to repeat past mistakes.

We have our Superboy. From today's Comics Continuum :

Happy anniversary Craig!

Thanks Lance!!

And I'm amazed that it looks like TPTB at DC is actually going with a "Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes" concept (as Superboy is the central character).

Maybe it is their way to appease (shut up) the fanbase (us) who have been clamoring for this for decades now...