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These look legit based on what we have seen recently.
It appears that you can buy these right now if you can read Chinese on the Chinese Auction site Taobao. Good Luck! I am not sure how many that they have, but they are probably due to the fact that they were both being manufactured in China and someone took a few samples home. If you scroll down, you will also see pictures of the Target Exclusive and the Bizarro Batman as well. We may have to start checking this site a little more often!
I wonder if Lego cares about this, or if they consider all of the free press a good thing? What do you think?
For credit, I found these on Eurobricks and Wikipedia, but I believe that GrooveBricks broke the news here.
Everyone in the rumor mill believes that this will be a free promo with purchase for the annual May the Forth be with you. I think that this is a little week for that promotion, but it may be the only way that will will see a little known character like this as a minifigure.
Here is a huge description of Admiral Yularen from
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wullf_Yularen
and here is a brief one from http://www.starwars.com/databank/admiral-wulff-yularen
“ADMIRAL WULFF YULAREN An admiral in the Republic’s service, Yularen served gallantly in the Clone Wars, commanding a Jedi Cruiser in many campaigns against Separatist forces. Yularen was assigned to serve with the Jedi General Anakin Skywalker, and the rigid officer and the impulsive Jedi made for an odd combination. Yularen admired Anakin’s bravery and instincts in battle while deploring his recklessness and willingness to interpret orders creatively — or ignore them altogether.”
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I am not sure about the Trickster, but it looks like a book or DVD packaging. Both of these were found out on http://en.brickimedia.org here and here.
Here is a brief description of the Trickster taken from http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Trickster
“The Trickster is a member of the Rogues and enemy of The Flash who commits crimes using dangerous gadgets themed after practical joke elements. His most notable invention is a pair of shoes that allow him to walk on the air itself. He has also been a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Secret Society of Super-Villains. There have been two super-villains to use the name, former circus acrobat James Jesse and teenage hoodlum Axel Walker. Trickster was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, first appearing in Flash #113. (1960) Axel Walker was created by Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins, first appearing in Flash (Volume 2) #183. (2002) ”
Here is a picture of the first comic that he appeared in for those that are not familiar with him. Image courtesy of http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Flash_Vol_1_113
I am not sure if we have a new movie coming, or if this will be part of a DVD animation that will be released this summer. I poked around a little and I see a Flash Movie in 2016, but that is too far off to release a figure for it already. I did however find this article.
Where is looks like we have a Flash TV series coming out in 2015. In the past, these series have not been stellar, but based on my watching of Shield and Gotham this fall, I will definitely give this a try. Those two shows have been top notch.
I also found and auction for Bizarro Batman as well. This is currently available for pre-release purchase here at Amazon. Take a look. they have great pictures of the figure on Amazon already.
You can order it here. Amazon
The batman figure looks fun and I will have to have one, but I am suprised that they think kids will like Batzarro. I used to cringe when superman had Bizarro superman in it and I just passed right by the Batzarro issues. Who knows, maybe they will be great!
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