If Hasbro and McFarlane switched licenses they may be inadvertently be saving me from myself, as I'm definitely not rebuying everything in a different aesthetic/scale.
Every DC collector said that when McFarlane got the license 😀
precisely. And since then I got rid of all my DCUC collection and acquired upwards of 100 multiverse figures in the span of a year. which to be honest was on par with the amount of releases I accumulated from Mattel but that was over a ten year period. That's another check in McFarlane's column. He produces so much in a small window of time that not only is there something out there for everyone, But inevitably you'll have an entire roster of characters within months if not weeks. Say what you will about McFarlane but he is not a fan of making people wait for anything. Whether that's his next special edition release or an entire roster of the JLA from an era that we, as collectors have been clamoring for, for entire decades. And that's just Todd's personality. He looks at the industry standard and all of its conventional wisdom associated with that particular thing and says "Well I bet I can do it better than that."If Hasbro and McFarlane switched licenses they may be inadvertently be saving me from myself, as I'm definitely not rebuying everything in a different aesthetic/scale.
Every DC collector said that when McFarlane got the license 😀
I definitely haven't gotten anywhere near the number of DC figures I used to during the Matty era, but that's less about the figures than my own changing tastes and approach to collecting. Although having niche tastes tends to misalign with McFarlane's character selection.
@secondwhiteline I mean you say that, and still McFarlane produced figures from stories like Endless Winter. How much more niche can you get???
If this were to happen and it's Hasbro's ML scale, detail and articulation for DC and it's McFarlane's scale, detail and articulation for Marvel, I would continue to buy both.If Hasbro and McFarlane switched licenses they may be inadvertently be saving me from myself, as I'm definitely not rebuying everything in a different aesthetic/scale.
@stoopid_sandwich Fair point. I guess I consider doing figures from modern crossovers not niche, but faddish? Those are supposed to be big, central events for a publishing line.
@secondwhiteline true. I guess I look at niche from a collecting standpoint as something that tends to be so different and not mainstream that the average collector might shy away from that particular figure if they saw it in stores because they are not well versed in modern DC books to understand its relevancy. Take myself for example; the last modern, contemporaneous Batman book I read was Black Mirror. And following the announcement of the New52 universe, all the way through most of the reboots and crisis events that have occurred the last 12 years up until the World's finest book as well as the recent JLA vs Godzilla vs Kong book. I figured that was my on ramp to DC since its the most stable that universe has ever looked since the post crisis era. And because of those comics set in the new 52, rebirth, dark crisis, convergence era, I mostly sat out on collecting any figures that McFarlane released from those event comics or monthly storylines because I have no attachment to them. But ever since McFarlane started making figures from Hush and several members of the classic Superman family...I've been hooked.
I can definitely see Hasbro giving up the Marvel (and Star Wars) licenses. But why would Todd give up DC? I figured maybe he'd keep DC and go after Marvel IF Hasbro drops it. Then he'd have both DC and Marvel.
Plus, Todd already is allowed to do the Marvel Statue pieces. So, he's kind of got his foot in the door to at least negotiate for the Marvel license.
But I hadn't heard this rumor that DC and Marvel could flip between Hasbro and McFarlane other than on here of course.
Lol, the "rumours" of them changing brands. Jeez some people just don't understand business; McF are providing the best numbers for figs DC has seen in a very long time.
This talk all started because McF started doing Marvel statues and folks starting clamouring for figs.
Spoiler alert; McF aren't letting go of DC and DC aren't letting go of McF.
I totally missed the hunt for the Batman Beyond Blue/Terry variant. Anybody know of anyway to get one?
Just got the Breyfogle Batman delivered today from MTS. Looks pretty cool in the box. Will open later and check out the figure itself.
I was really looking forward to this figure until this morning when I saw a video of the single release Platinum blue and gray variant of Batman from the Batman / Spawn 2-pack, and that figure looks more like what this figure should have been. So it's kind of a bummer. Especially since the other figure is a platinum and I'll never be able to find it.
Uh, apologies if it's a noob question from a noob to the thread; but the Batmobile Beyond's cockpit does open, right? I don't see any such pics.
@ninjak in terms of the Platinum, it's a x1 per case much like all the figs in that wave. So won't be any harder to find than the rest
I totally missed the hunt for the Batman Beyond Blue/Terry variant. Anybody know of anyway to get one?
I have only heard/seen that they are at Target. Does not seem to be widely distributed yet. They are under an assortment internal code, so even harder to try to find. With that being said, I believe Target is probably holding back stock of them for something. I have been trying to find one myself. Hoping more show up at Target or that Todd does an EQL for them.
Uh, apologies if it's a noob question from a noob to the thread; but the Batmobile Beyond's cockpit does open, right? I don't see any such pics.
Yes.
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