MrNobody
Just A Head
They seem to be experimenting with more out there stuff like the BTAS and Adam West Batman sets. It wouldn’t surprise me if we got a general Timmverse wave somewhere down the line.I'd be down for that. If we were leaning into the DCAU take, it'd be cool to actually have a mini to match, and call her Kara In-Ze and all.
Before the Batman: The Animated Series Clix set came out, I was really hoping it would have a mini for JLU Supergirl. They really only hit the core members of the JL and Lex Luthor, though, and didn't do much else repping the DCAU outside of Gotham.
On Brainiac 5, the mechanics are interesting, but I do worry a little bit about being able to recruit Kryptonians and Champions - lots of high-end figures there, which the Legionnaires don't get a lot of (and the ones they do get tend to have negative powers).
The Legion has a few high-end characters that just haven’t been carded yet. They have a handful of Kryptonian-level characters, the last Green Lantern, and it’s not all that uncommon for full-grown Supes to join their ranks.
Still, I see how just being able to spawn in someone like Supes II as a Legionnaire could be a problem, balance wise. One idea I scrapped was that you sent Legionnaires into the past in the Time Bubble by placing them on his card, and while in the past they could “retrieve” the Champion and return to the “present”, or they could stay in the “past” to provide some sort of passive benefit. And maybe instead of placing them within 3 spaces of Brainy, you would have to place the returning Legionnaires in your start zone. So you can still pull up any Kryptonian or Champion, but you’d have to jump through a few hoops. And then maybe the Champion would have to have an OM on their own card to be considered a Legionnaire?
First of all, not liking the Legion? How dare you, sir.I'm actually a big fan of the Silver Age Supergirl (have some of the hardcovers and everything, though I'll probably upgrade to the omnibuses at some point). I'm not a huge fan of her as a Legionnaire - frankly I've never liked the Legion in general - but there's pretty strong precedent with our Superboy.
But I think, if we were going to really go with a Silver Age version, we'd need a "Superman's Secret Weapon" power. It's really a definitive angle for her early days - even if it's something as simple as Reluctant Hero for Kryptonians (or Kryptonians and Legionnaires...?).
Oh, and for JLU Supergirl, we already have a figure ready. Lord Pyre actually painted up one for me way back when as a gift. I think I still have some pictures laying around. The Timm design is my favorite look for her, with her original 59 close behind (though I do like her 70s hotpants costume too).
I think limiting a Silver Age Kara to being a Legionnaire wouldn’t be my top choice. Sure, Superboy is one, but I’d say being in the Legion is one of Superboy’s most defining attributes. I almost think Champion would be better for Kara, but that’s probably not the best fit personality wise. I honestly just want a Supergirl that isn’t in the weird synergy-less void that the current one is. It would be cool to somehow capture her time in the JL, Legion and Titans (although maybe that last one was a different version of her?) but I imagine that would be really hard to do on a single card.