Wow, I had no idea there was so much quality control problems with these. I haven''t had any of these problems, but I really don''t play with my collection, I''m more of a displayer. Of course these days, I have so much stuff and so little space left that most new figures that I get go straight to storage. Anyways, sorry so much of you have had these problems, DON''T KILL THE FIGURE REVIEWER!

Hi, I''m new here too. I joined because I was really disgusted with my Penguin. It seems everyone''s Mattel toys are falling apart a mere few weeks after purchase. To think that their DCU toys are more expensive than Marvel''s! I''m from the Philippines, so the collecting of imported action figures is quite an investment here.

Hi everyone, I''m new here. This looks like a cool place.
That is really bad that Mattel made the Penguin''s torso joint like that. I have also had quality control issues with this line. My Red Tornado figure''s leg broke off and a Batman figure I have has a huge gap near his leg.

And another pic! We could see the underside of Penguin''s torso, with the broken half of the peg permanently stuck inside. Still figuring how to repair this. Really great job, Mattel!

Not the Batman figure too! Anyway, here''s the photo of the broken joint--just to show how thin it is. I''m now afraid to play with the other figures.

I had a Batman leg break right out of the package. They need to up the QC

A WARNING!!!! I bought all of the figures in the Mattel DC Metamorpho line and I do agree with Maelstrom''s comments. The Penguin figure does have visual appeal but...the waist peg of my figure snapped after about a dozen gentle twisting of the torso! It happened just a week after buying it when I was playing with the thing. I wanted to rotate the torso all the way to the back (just to test articulation) then it broke off!
Looking at the broken plastic peg, I was shocked that it was only about .4 cm. in diameter! Worse, since I could now see the thin peg''s cross section, it was hollow at the center! To think that the Penguin figure is top-heavy and has a massive belly that it had more room for a thicker peg.
I''ll post some images of the broken part as soon as possible...

Cool review! I''m still waiting to see it in-person before I buy it.