Metron is great. Not a single complaint from me. I wanted him for sure. Like most people I only care based on the characters they choose. I have no interest in modern ones. But I was easily able to get my money back on the one character shipped so far that I had no interest in.

From what we know (an that's precious little) and can glean from comments and circumstances, the whole DC sub was thrown together in a panic as DC decided that Mattel was going to promote the DCNU whether they really wanted to or not at retail (which has worked out so well for all parties involved, hasn't it?) Mattel did a poor job promoting the sub, but I do give them some slack in retrospect as I truly believe they were put on the spot by DC and had to work with what little they had at the time. Given this...

I've no problem with Metron, and have little reason to believe that his inclusion was anything other than the genuine results of the poll; he was probably the most expensive of the choices to make with the chair (I can't see any re-use there), and he has been much requested over the years, far more than any of the other choices we were given. I think they did a really good job on him, and love the way he looks in the chair; the new hands and the way the chair is made allow you to put him in the proper pose straight out of the comics panel. I haven't had much chance to give Mattel credit in recent months (Mattel's own fault, sadly), but they did a great job here. The bad thing is that I had to get it from Big Bad, as I won't ever go near Matty with a loaded credit card ever again...

Metron is the only IE sub figure I even want, but I wasn't going to get the sub just for him. And I missed the BBTS pre-order. So now I'm probably SOL for a long while until eBay prices dive.

I didnt want to do the Sub as I was already having enough problems with the He-Man Sub but I somehow talked a buddy of mine into getting one and the ones he doesnt want (which so far has been all of them) he'll sell to me at cost so Im able to get his Metron for a decent price. So I lucked out there. Judging by how fast Flash sold out im sure a few of these (Poison Ivy, Platinum) are going to be a pain to get on sale day.