DC ’s cadre of Heron and villain have been mashed up with a mess of thing over the years . But transforming them into the wide - eyed , slightly creepy engine of Thomas the Tank Engine makes for a toy that is adequate piece laden with animated nostalgia and sheer , bloodcurdling terror .
Mattel ’s latest sole merchandise for San Diego Comic Con this year will see Superman , Batman , Cyborg , The Joker and Harley Quinn transformed into various train from the long - pass tike ’s serial . Superman is naturally Thomas the Tank Engine , because just like Thomas , he ’s vanilla extract and boring as hell ( as a child I ardently preferred my namesake , James the Red Engine . But I ’m sure that ’s neither here nor there in my estimation of fancied sentient wagon train - beings ) .
But seriously , the unmoving , yet supposedly joyful faces of Thomas and Friends are already creepy-crawly enough , but when they ’re interchange onto these role they calculate even more eerie . Batman forever locked in a grinning is alreadywell establishedas disconcerting , but said smiling face being smeared over the front of a train bedight in Batman people of color ? Good lord .
And just look at that Cyborg . They ’ll tell you that ’s a grinning , but if that ’s not the face of a human / automaton / steam engine hybrid longing for the cold embracement of death itself , then I do n’t have intercourse what to differentiate you .
Mattycollector has the details for how you could break up up the set of 5 toy dog — which comes with a comic that explains the origins of the Thomas the Tank Engine / DC universe mashup because oh god why would you do that — at Comic Con ( and online after the convention)here .
[ viaTopless Robot ]
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