{"id":3498,"date":"2010-06-01T06:45:50","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T10:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3498"},"modified":"2010-05-30T22:19:10","modified_gmt":"2010-05-31T02:19:10","slug":"blue-devil-dc-universe-classics-action-figure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/01\/blue-devil-dc-universe-classics-action-figure\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Devil DC Universe Classics Action Figure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mattel&#8217;s <em>DC Universe Classics<\/em> Blue Devil action figure has finally hit stores!\u00a0 A <a title=\"Hard Cover Lover blog\" href=\"http:\/\/hardcoverlover.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">friend of mine<\/a> was kind enough to help me obtain one since I&#8217;m lousy at finding new figures before the collectors snatch them up.\u00a0 I&#8217;m happy to report that this is a really nice looking Blue Devil figure!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Blue Devil DC Universe Classics Action Figure\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_fig_dcuc3.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Devil DC Universe Classics Action Figure\" width=\"520\" height=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you\u2019re a long time reader of ONCE UPON A GEEK, then you know I\u2019m a   big <a title=\"Blue Devil at ONCE UPON A GEEK\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/category\/blue-devil\/\">Blue Devil<\/a> fan.\u00a0 I&#8217;m always excited when the Weirdness Magnet gets a new piece of merchandise.\u00a0 This time Mattel did their best to capture artist Paris Cullins&#8217; Blue Devil (as seen below).\u00a0 They did a good job on the face, skin color, trident, and costume.\u00a0 The only areas I would recommend improvements for are the horns, the belt, and the shoulders.\u00a0 In fact it seems most <em>DC Universe Classics<\/em> figures need help with the shoulders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Blue Devil Who's Who artwork by Paris Cullins\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_ww85.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Devil Who's Who artwork by Paris Cullins\" width=\"510\" height=\"448\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below you&#8217;ll find the packaging for the figure.\u00a0 Notice it comes with a Blue Devil button.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Blue Devil DC Universe Classics Action Figure\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_fig_dcuc1.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Devil DC Universe Classics Action Figure\" width=\"520\" height=\"690\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below is the backside of the packaging.\u00a0 It includes Biography and Statistics information on Blue Devil.\u00a0 Click the image below to enlarge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_fig_dcuc2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Blue Devil DC Universe Classics Action Figure\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_fig_dcuc2.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Devil DC Universe Classics Action Figure\" width=\"520\" height=\"653\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Backside of the figure<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Blue Devil DC Universe Classics Action Figure\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_fig_dcuc4.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Devil DC Universe Classics Action Figure\" width=\"520\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Close-up of the face<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Blue Devil DC Universe Classics Action Figure\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_fig_dcuc5.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Devil DC Universe Classics Action Figure\" width=\"520\" height=\"564\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below you&#8217;ll find all the Blue Devil figures produced to date.<br \/>\n(from L to R): Mattel&#8217;s <em>DC Universe Classics<\/em> Blue Devil; Mattel&#8217;s <em>Justice League Unlimited<\/em> Blue Devil; (top) DC Direct <em>History of the DC Universe Series 1<\/em> Blue Devil; and (bottom) DC Heroclix <em>Collateral Damage<\/em> Blue Devil<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Blue Devil DC Comics action figures\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_figures.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Devil DC Comics action figures\" width=\"520\" height=\"472\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Be sure to check this space tomorrow for a BIG Blue Devil exclusive.\u00a0 Seriously, this is gonna blow away the Blue 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This figure is part of DC Universe Classics wave 13 and will be available this spring or summer at Wal-Mart. If you're a long time reader of ONCE UPON\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blue Devil&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Blue Devil DC Universe Classics figure","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_fig_dcuc.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":182,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/22\/blue-devil-action-figure-announced\/","url_meta":{"origin":3498,"position":1},"title":"Blue Devil Action Figure Announced!","date":"October 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Dude, I'm totally jazzed!\u00a0 It's just been announced that DC Direct will be producing a Blue Devil action figure!\u00a0 That's right, because I demanded it!\u00a0 Yup, just me.\u00a0 I can't imagine anyone else besides me has been clamoring for this.\u00a0 Blue Devil just so happens to be one of my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blue Devil&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Blue Devil action figure","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_fig.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3613,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/10\/wb-consumer-products\/","url_meta":{"origin":3498,"position":2},"title":"Blue Devil in Warner Bros. Consumer Products Promo","date":"June 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Blue Devil ... on a Warner Bros. Consumer Products promotional poster?\u00a0 Seriously? Really?\u00a0 How friggin' cool!\u00a0 The image below comes from License! Global which is gearing up for their big licensing show in Las Vegas next week.\u00a0 It was released along with some promo art for the upcoming Green Lantern\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blue Devil&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Warner Bros. Consumer Products promo piece with Firestorm","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firestormfan.com\/images\/wb_consumer.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1587,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/19\/blue-devil-dc-direct-action-figure\/","url_meta":{"origin":3498,"position":3},"title":"Blue Devil DC Direct action figure","date":"August 19, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I got my Blue Devil DC Direct action figure a couple weeks ago, but this is the first chance I've had to write about it.\u00a0 The figure looks great!\u00a0 Below you've got a picture of the Blue Devil packaging.\u00a0 This figure is part of the History of the DC Universe\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blue Devil&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_fig2.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3539,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/02\/original-blue-devil-proposal\/","url_meta":{"origin":3498,"position":4},"title":"Original DC Comics Blue Devil proposal circa 1983","date":"June 2, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Heads up Blue Devil fans, today we've got some incredibly rare never-before-published pieces of Blue Devil history.\u00a0 Gary Cohn, co-creator and co-writer of DC\u2019s Blue Devil, was kind enough to send copies of the original pitches used to sell the idea of Blue Devil to DC Comics.\u00a0 For the first\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blue Devil&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal02.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1089,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/03\/blue-devil-week-non-comic-appearances\/","url_meta":{"origin":3498,"position":5},"title":"Blue Devil Week: Non-Comic Appearances","date":"June 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"BLUE DEVIL WEEK continues here at Once Upon a Geek! 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