Pros and Cons

As a continuation of the Adventures of The DC Universe Hasbro as announced this year a new sub-line of figures called the "Variations that Make Sense" line. These will come in "themed" waves. The first waves are all under the heading "Pros and Cons." These figures consist of 2 assortments that will run simultaneously with each other broken into 2 groups: popular villains incarcerated convicts and favorites from the DCU as in their everyday life as professionals.

Assortment 2 - The Cons:

All of these guys were born from an idea from master customizer Charlie Jackam on his website. I think he made either a convict Joker or a Two-face and said someday he wanted to make a group of Batman villains in prison garb. Ya gotta do something with all of those leftover Two-Face heads when you put everyone else in suits! I found a bunch of Toy Biz and Starting Lineup NASCAR racing figures on clearance so I beat him to it. So far, all of the base bodies I have used have all been in different poses from each other which I like. I was able to match poses to personalities.

Convict Joker - I don't know WHO the racing guys I used were, but I remember this one was a Starting line up. I used sculpy to cock his head to the side, and I gave him high top sneakers... just cuz I think that's what he'd want.

Convict Lex Luthor - This is a Toy Biz NASCAR body and a Lex head.

Convict Two-Face - Two-Face is a Toy Biz body with a Two-Face head. I figured Two-face would do whatever he could to express his duality, so he would smear anything he could get his hands on to mark half his suit.

Convict Penguin - This was a Toy Biz Penguin. I dremmeled the crap out of his jacket, and added sculpy to his arms to make them more animated style. He also has the hands from an animated Batman. His head was modified with sculpy.

Convict Mr. Freeze - Mr. Freeze is a Mr. Freeze head and a modified guy from Team Rocket in the Pokemon line. I wanted what looked like a no frills containment suit. I had to cut out about 3/4s of an inch from each of his legs, repositioned his right arm and had to make a new thumb.

Convict Scarecrow/Jonathan Crane - This recipe was a suggestion from General Zod. We were brainstorming on whom else I could make in prison garb one day. He remembered I had picked up the Atlantis 4 pack at target while it was on clearance for $4.60 and Milo with his stringy hair and oversized glasses would make a great Jonathan Crane. I knew I still had a skinny Starting Lineup body and thus was Convict Scarecrow born. I filled in Milo's goofy smile with sculpy and added the crow from the Scarecrow figure making him a kind of "Birdman of Arkham".

Convict Riddler - This is another Toy Biz body with an old Riddler head. I dremmeled the mask off the Riddler's face and repainted it.