{"id":43738,"date":"2024-12-29T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T05:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=43738"},"modified":"2024-12-15T01:13:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T06:13:17","slug":"soon-forget-wendys-dc-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/12\/soon-forget-wendys-dc-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Soon Forget: Wendy's DC Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We've finished posting our reviews of the six Wendy's Kid's Meal <i>DC Heroes<\/i> sets, but that's not the end of things. Matt Kaufenberg and Joe Allard did a lot of design work before getting to the final approvals.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=42856\">Set #2<\/a>, we almost got a Nightwing with his '90s costume details, or even possibly a cape!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dcwendys7a.jpg\" width=\"380\" height=\"320\" title=\"Nightwing(s)\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The Catwoman we got was a vintage design, not this more modern take that would have had her whip around her waist - and would have been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/mcdcbat66_cat.php\">yet another<\/a> example of her being black!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dcwendys7b.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" title=\"Catwoman\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>On the subject of modern designs, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=43405\">Set 5's<\/a> Nubia could have gotten a look that wasn't from the '70s:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dcwendys7c.jpg\" width=\"380\" height=\"320\" title=\"two kinds of Nubia\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=43451\">Set 6<\/a>, Aquaman nearly got a <i>Brave and the Bold<\/i>-style beard:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dcwendys7d.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"320\" title=\"Beardquaman\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>We already told you how Mera was supposed to have some water swirling around her hand, but here's the proof:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dcwendys7e.jpg\" width=\"265\" height=\"320\" title=\"Mera\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Before settling on the style we got, some others were considered, like this more chibi idea (special bonus glimpse at a character who didn't make the final lineup):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dcwendys7f.jpg\" width=\"485\" height=\"480\" title=\"Metamorpho!\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>And finally, before deciding on mini figures, Wendy's also considered just doing a \"Colorforms\"-style sticker set. Here's the art for that pitch:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dcwendys7g.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dcwendys7g-300x251.jpg\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out all the cameos on the Bat-computer!<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"DC Universe Classics 17: Star Sapphire Wonder Woman review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/07\/dc-universe-classics-17-star-sapphire-wonder-woman-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">DC Universe Classics 17: Star Sapphire Wonder Woman review<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Soon Forget: Tyranno ships\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2004\/09\/soon-forget-tyranno-ships\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Soon Forget: Tyranno ships<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Flippin' through Previews - October '11\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/flippin-through-previews-october-11\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flippin' through Previews - October '11<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Minimate Mini-Review #25 - Battle Damaged Wonder Woman &#038; Cheetah\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/09\/minimate-mini-review-25-battle-damaged-wonder-woman-cheetah\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Minimate Mini-Review #25 - Battle Damaged Wonder Woman &#038; Cheetah<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Batman: The Gray Ghost addendum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2025\/11\/batman-the-gray-ghost-addendum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Batman: The Gray Ghost addendum<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We've finished posting our reviews of the six Wendy's Kid's Meal DC Heroes sets, but that's not the end of things. Matt Kaufenberg and Joe Allard did a lot of design work before getting to the final approvals. From Set &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/12\/soon-forget-wendys-dc-heroes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,331,27],"tags":[133,52,302,176,256,456,152],"class_list":["post-43738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addendums","category-cancelled-toys","category-dc","tag-aquaman","tag-batman","tag-dinosaurs","tag-justice-league","tag-teen-titans","tag-wendys","tag-wonder-woman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43738"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43742,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43738\/revisions\/43742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}