Incomplete lines?

[zeedox]

This is one of the most annoying things in action figures if you ask me. Mostly it shows lack of enthusiasm for a property to not create a certain amount of the core characters. For example, Gilligan and the Skipper. I mean really. No Ginger? If someone feels this stuff wouldn't sell why bother making the first two? The other most annoying example was the Diamond folks only making Picard and a Borg. A Borg? Seems to me folks are getting permission to make stuff without much thought behind what makes those properties great in the first place. I have gotten used to "waves" so i guess at least 4 at a time sort of works. I mean with have the girlfriend of the son of Tarzan made but not Thurston Howell III. They did the Dukes right so it confuses me. I say this as I pack up my Gilligan and Skipper, both sizes mind you, away forever....

[enyawd72]

I'm sure it all comes down to sales. That's the genius of the Marvel Legends build-a-figure. They can make less popular characters sell by including a piece of a figure everyone wants.

[PNGwynne]

I don't think it's strictly sales, though good sales might make licensing easier. The license is important, look how it affected BBP's beautiful 8" Twilight Zone line.

[Toyman_Chris]

Gilligan's Island. You have to pay for each actor's license. You start with Gilligan and Skipper. If you can't sell those....well.....Mrs. Howell aint happening. Just how business works. Dollars need to make sense!

[jeffbearco]

I really wanted the Dr Who line to continue. I would have also kept buying Universal Monsters, but that line died as well.

That's why I'm not jumping on buying the Teen Titans line until I know if they are going to do 8" versions of the original 4 that Mego made.

I've also been treating the Super Friends line as a "pick and choose" line until we see how Batman turns out. If Batman turns out to have an enormous head, it saves me the money of going back to buy Robin. I also skipped Superman because he was only about 50% of the figure I had hoped for. But if Batman turns our really great, I'll go back and get Robin and Superman.

JeffBearCO

[Toyman_Chris]

I really wanted the Dr Who line to continue. I would have also kept buying Universal Monsters, but that line died as well.

That's why I'm not jumping on buying the Teen Titans line until I know if they are going to do 8" versions of the original 4 that Mego made.

I've also been treating the Super Friends line as a "pick and choose" line until we see how Batman turns out. If Batman turns out to have an enormous head, it saves me the money of going back to buy Robin. I also skipped Superman because he was only about 50% of the figure I had hoped for. But if Batman turns our really great, I'll go back and get Robin and Superman.

JeffBearCO

They already released the original 4. The next run is New Teen Titans - Nightwing Cyborg Raven and Starfire.

[LonnieFisher]

They already released the original 4. The next run is New Teen Titans - Nightwing Cyborg Raven and Starfire.

He wants eight inch versions of the four Mego released.

[jwyblejr]

Gilligan's Island. You have to pay for each actor's license. You start with Gilligan and Skipper. If you can't sell those....well.....Mrs. Howell aint happening. Just how business works. Dollars need to make sense!

I'm sure they'd have no problem getting the green light from Dawn Wells,with the way she's pimping herself on MeTV.

[thunderbolt]

I'm starting to be a little concerned about the 66 line. Catwoman is necessary to give it completion. False Face, Clock King, Aunt Harriet and the Commish would be nice, too.

[Nostalgiabuff]

i think they were not able to get the license for the commissioner for the Batman 66 line. you might have to just make a custom of him to complete it. the old man head from CTVT's Space 1999 would probably work

[Toyman_Chris]

He wants eight inch versions of the four Mego released.

Ahhhhhhh.

[LordMudd]

Flash Gordon has been done twice in 4 inch and still no Dale figure. She is at least as important to the story as Flash or Zarkov. Funko did a Princess Aura figure from the movie and still no Dale. Just doesn't make sense.


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[thunderbolt]

i think they were not able to get the license for the commissioner for the Batman 66 line. you might have to just make a custom of him to complete it. the old man head from CTVT's Space 1999 would probably work

I have a head from ebay that looks perfect and way better than the old man head, I would prefer a release instead of a custom.

[CrimsonGhost]

So help me out a bit...Is an incomplete line one where figures are announced and not released, such as Star Trek with Marta, or is it a line where they didn't release all the characters, such as Gilligans Island? If there was never any intention to release any figures beyond what was released, such as NECA's Snake Plissken, would that also be considered incomplete? I mean, I would buy Cabbie and The Duke Of New York, I don't know if anyone else would...

If FTC only intended to make Skipper and Gilligan, then I don't see how that could be considered incomplete.

To me, it's if figures are announced and not released for whatever reason.

Whether certain or specific characters get made or not seems kind of subjective.

Not trying to be confrontational or anything, just trying to understand.

[jeffbearco]

I would also have liked it if the Harry Potter line had gone on further. We got one great one, Harry; one OK one, Ron; and one with a massive head, Draco. I would have liked to get Dumbledore, Snape, and Megonagal as well as Hermione.

JeffBearCO