I was fortunate to find the painted versions of the prototypes of Hal Jordan, Atrocitus, and Kilowog shown below. Several prototypes of the small actions figures that were shown to retailers did survive and made their way to eBay. That was the nail in the coffin for the show despite its critical acclaim and ratings success. When retailers were approached about supporting the toy line they recalled the pegs and pegs full of movie products in their clearance aisles and balked at it. The hitch – CGI animation wasn’t cheap at the time and the series required a toy line to make it financially viable. The Cartoon Network ordered a CGI Green Lantern animated series to build off of the movie. Anticipation was high for the Green Lantern movie and retailers dropped a lot of money on Green Lantern merchandise for a boom in popularity that never came. 2011 – Green Lantern: The Animated Series action figuresĢ011, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Here are six Green Lantern collectibles that never made it into our collections. But there are some things that never make it past the prototype stage or get announced but never go into production. It seemed that DC had finally realized the potential that the franchise had and started cashing in on it. There have been quite a few Green Lantern collectibles over the years, most notably the period of time during the widely popular Geoff Johns.

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