Movie Masters Explained

Movie Masters is an action figure toyline from Mattel based on popular movie franchises, most notably DC Comics. The line has featured characters from the films Superman, Avatar, The Dark Knight trilogy, Green Lantern, and Man of Steel. Figures in the line are sculpted by Four Horsemen Studios, who also sculpted figures for Mattel's DC Superheroes and DC Universe Classics lines.

6" figures

The Dark Knight

In June 2008, these figures are based on the film The Dark Knight and its predecessor Batman Begins.

Single carded

Series 1

• Batman (The Dark Knight suit)
• Batman (The Dark Knight suit, unmasked variant)
• Gotham City Thug
• The Joker

Series 2

• Batman (Batman Begins suit)
• Batman (Batman Begins suit, demon variant)
• Scarecrow

MattyCollector.com exclusives

These figures (with the exception of Joker as Gotham City Thug) were also available at Toys "R" Us beginning in April 2010:

• The Joker as Gotham City Thug
• Survival Suit Bruce Wayne
• Harvey Dent
• The Joker (jail cell version with Missile Launcher)
• Scarecrow (in business suit)
• Batman (night vision)
• Two-Face

Multi-Packs (Toys "R" Us exclusives)

• Batman Vs. The Joker
• Batman Vs. The Scarecrow
• Survival Suit Bruce Wayne and Jim Gordon
• Batman and Honor Guard Joker

Vehicle (Target exclusive)

• Bat-Pod

Green Lantern

These figures are based on the 2011 Green Lantern film starring Ryan Reynolds.

Series 1

• Hal Jordan
• Rot Lop Fan
• Tomar-Re

Series 1.5

• NautKeLoi

Series 2

• Isamot Kol
• Sinestro

Series 3

• Krona
• Maskless Hal Jordan with Bzzd

Series 4

• Galius Zed
• Hector Hammond

Series 5

• Morro, DC comic book character
• Parallax, DC comic book character

Exclusive

• Green Man

Two-Packs

• Hal Jordan and Abin Sur
• Hal Jordan and Krona
• Hal Jordan and Tomar-Re
• Sinestro and Hal Jordan

SDCC 2011 Exclusive

• Kilowog

The Dark Knight Rises

These figures are based on the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises. Each figure included a set piece to create the Bat-Signal featured in the series.

Single Card

• Batman
• Batman w/ blueprints (Kmart exclusive)
• Bane
• Alfred Pennyworth
• Catwoman
• Catwoman w/ goggles down (variant)
• John Blake
• Jim Gordon (Walmart exclusive)
• Ra's al Ghul

Two Pack

• Batman vs. Bane (Toys R Us)

SDCC 2012 Exclusive

• Bruce Wayne to Batman

The Dark Knight Trilogy

• Batman (Batman Begins), Batman (The Dark Knight), and Batman (The Dark Knight Rises) 3-pack (Toys R Us Exclusive)

Man of Steel

In May 2013, these figures were released based on the film Man of Steel.

Series 1

• Superman
• Jor-El
• General Zod

Series 2

• Faora
• General Zod (in shackles)
• General Zod (in battle armor)
• Superman (with Kryptonian Key)
• Superman (with Black Suit)

Batman v Superman

Series 1

• Batman
• Superman
• Wonder Woman
• Batman (Armored)

Series 2

• Batman (Knightmare Batman)
• Lex Luthor
• Aquaman

12" figures

These figures are exclusive to MattyCollector.com and are based on the 1978 film Superman:

• Superman
• Lex Luthor
• General Zod

These figures are exclusive to MattyCollector.com and are based on the 2011 film Green Lantern:

• Hal Jordan

External links

• Movie Masters at Batman: Yesterday, Today, and Beyond

Further reading

• Zenker, Gary (2013). Ultimate DC Comics Action Figures and Collectibles Checklist. White Lightning Publishing.