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Television Round-up 9/2/10

There’s been a lot of random oddball television news so maybe it’s time for a run-down…

First off, on the Brave and the Bold/Scooby Doo team-up, a throwback to the original, uch loved and fondly remembered Scooby Doo story of days gone by, will be titled “Bat-Mite Presents: Batman’s Strangest Cases” according to Comics Continuum.

CC also reports that Brave and the Bold returns with the Starro two parter on September 17. Those with iTunes or having seen the episode using thier cable or satellite provider’s on-demand services should not spoil the ending because that was the best part of any Batman Brave and the Bold episode so far.

The first season of Human Target, based on the DC Comics series will be out on September 21.

And finally, talk of the Sandman series on HBO becomes just a bit closer according to MTV’s Splash Page

Marvel and DC DVD Round-Up!

Both Marvel and DC are hitting DVD shelves hard with new and upcoming releases so we thought we’d do a little round-up of today’s news.

First off, TV Shows on DVD has the box art for the Super Hero Squad Show second volume DVD, coming out on November 9, 2010. Target shoppers know that Target has an in-store exclusive set out right now with the complete first 13 episodes of the series so that might save you some money in the long run.

Later in November, November 30th to be exact, you can pick up the Iron Man Extremis motion comic from Marvel Knights Animation and Shout! Factory.

If motion comics are your thing, The Trades has a DVD review of the Astonishing X-Men: Gifted, featuring the initial Breakworld storyline from Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men run. September 30th is the release date for that motion comic.

If you don’t feel like waiting, you can grab Batman: Brave and the Bold Season 1, volume 1, collecting the first 13 episodes on 2 DVDs and released today.

And of course, you can also complete your collection of Wolverine and the X-Men (assuming you didn’t hold out for a US release of the season set, or import one from Canada) with volume 6, also released today.

As always, head on over to the message board to discuss.

Ask Matty 8/15/10 – Action League News, a Tytus Re-Release and more!

Lots of great answers in this round of Ask Matty, as we plumb the depths of Mattel’s mind:

1) One of SDCC’s big reveals was the DC Universe Action League figures. Do you have estimated release dates or information on what will be in the first waves?

DC Universe Action League will be out in late fall 2010.

2) Back in August 2009, in a Q&A with AFI, female figures were discussed, but now a year later we still haven’t seen any. Are they still on the slate for either Brave and the Bold: AL or DCU:AL?

We will not get to females in the Brave and the Bold Action League, but do have plans to do so in the DC Universe Action League line! A female has already been sculpted!

3) Infinite Heroes fans and collectors have been getting mixed messages about the line: some Q&As suggest that the line is in danger, some Q&As suggest that big things are coming. Now that SDCC has come and gone and no new figures were shown, what does that say about the future of the line?

As announced at our SDCC DCU fan panel, the 3 ¾” line will continue in 2011 with a Green Lantern theme. We need to wait until we have retailer commitments before announcing further details to fans.

4) Regular MOTUC figures have been re-released, but will the weapons packs or larger figures like Tytus ever get re-released?

Yes. Battle Cat and Tytus have been scheduled for a re-release as have the Grayskull stands. No re-release plans for the Ultimate Battle Ground Weapon Pak yet, but maybe in time.

5) Now that we’ve got Action League style DC figures and WWE figures, can we expect to see the Masters of the Universe license get the Action League treatment soon?

Definitely something we’d love to do. Time will tell! .

Now head over to the Ask Matty section of the message board to help us come up with some new questions!

Pictures of ALL of the new McDonalds Brave and the Bold Happy Meal Toys

Finally, Hurrijak brings us pictures of the entire assortment of Batman Brave and the Bold Happy Meal toys! We saw a few of the figures earlier but this is the first time we’ve seen Blue Beetle, Plastic Man, Black Manta’s vehicle, and Green Arrow!

Computer Generated Green Lantern Cartoon, and Maybe Batman Too?

Comics Continuum is posting news that the upcoming Green Lantern animated series won’t tie into the movie and will be computer generated, as will (possibly) the Batman follow-up to Brave and the Bold. Other tidbits include: Jim Krieg is the story editor for that Green Lantern cartoon, and that Hal Jordan, Kilowog and a Red Lantern will anchor it.

In unrelated news, they’ve also posted an interview with Cort Lane regarding the upcoming second season of Iron Man Armored Adventures so head over there to view the news, and head over to our message board to discuss!

Pictures of the Brave and the Bold Happy Meal Toys!

Erichof let us know (via Twitter, possibly the quickest way to keep up with new news) about this site featuring pictures of the upcoming Brave and the Bold Happy Meal toys. Only Batman, Blue Beetle, Aquaman and the Batmobile were shown, leaving only Black Manta’s Sub Launcher, Joker, Green Arrow and Plastic Man from the previous list of Batman Brave and the Bold Happy Meal toys. Thanks again Erichof, and to anyone interested, feel free to let us know about any cool news you stumble on either via via Twitter, the Message Board or e-mail me at clevernamehereshs@yahoo.com

Brave and the Bold Action League Wildcat

Thanks to ARBCOToys pointed out an eBay auction for a new Brave and the Bold Action League Wildcat figure! Big thanks also to the Action Figure Insider forums where this first popped up. Head over to the Rumor Buster message board to discuss the latest addition to Batman’s allies.