FTC posts X-Men movie/cartoon costumes comparison on Facebook. Hmmmm

[ovenmitt]

This is 1st time FTC has posted anything Marvel-related on Facebook. Is some kind of Marvel license in the works? DST/EMCE still has Marvel Mego, don't they?

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

That did seem a bit odd...

[The Bat]

Interesting....

[ovenmitt]

There will be a Hasbro TRU exclusive XMen Marvel Legends Jubilee BAF wave but what else has Hasbro done with XMen? There are no Days of Future Past Movie figures like Guardians of the Galaxy! If FTC could score XMen license at 1st- $25 Mego XMen figures starting with 1975 New XMen 40th anniversary in 2015!

[The Bat]

I do hope FTC can work some kind of deal to get the MARVEL license, because I can't afford to keep paying $80 for the DST Limited Edition Collector Sets. Despite the high price tag I wasn't strong enough to resist the Spiderman set.

[BATMAN89]

It is interesting that they posted that link. I wonder if the cartoon license is separate from the rest and available.
They do sell the Cyclops belt already!

[JediJaida]

Not to mention the Thor and Ironman boots.

[madmarva]

Hasbro controls the Marvel master license and if it won't allow a partner like Diamond to make relatively affordable single figures, it makes no sense it would grant the license to a competitor like FTC.

FTC is simply trying to build a community around its Facebook page by offering interesting features to read, like any social marketing plan. It's not sending secret messages.

By the way, I hope I'm absolutely wrong.

[Gorn Captain]

It's not sending secret messages.

I can neither confirm nor deny that they are sending messages, and that they are -or aren't- secret...
As a matter of fact, disregard this whole post. It never happened.

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

Hasbro controls the Marvel master license and if it won't allow a partner like Diamond to make relatively affordable single figures, it makes no sense it would grant the license to a competitor like FTC.

FTC is simply trying to build a community around its Facebook page by offering interesting features to read, like any social marketing plan. It's not sending secret messages.

By the way, I hope I'm absolutely wrong.

They've been 'building community' for a while now, but this is the first time it's focused on characters they don't have the license to. Maybe there's nothing to it, who knows.

[jwyblejr]

Hasbro controls the Marvel master license and if it won't allow a partner like Diamond to make relatively affordable single figures, it makes no sense it would grant the license to a competitor like FTC.

FTC is simply trying to build a community around its Facebook page by offering interesting features to read, like any social marketing plan. It's not sending secret messages.

By the way, I hope I'm absolutely wrong.

And yet Mattel holds the master license to DC and we still get DC ReMegos from FTC.

[jwyblejr]

Not to mention the Thor and Ironman boots.

And Invisible Girl heads.

[thunderbolt]

seems off the wall to be posting it without reason. hmmm. Wonder if Marvel sub families are available like Batman was at first to FTC?

[hedrap]

The ancilliary pieces - boots, etc - don't matter because they're not specific to the trademark. Thor's hammer would be and Iron Man's button would also be, if it was sold sewn onto a red suit. Cap's Shield, Wolverine's Claws, Batman's Cowl, etc... off-limits.

There is a strain between Marvel and Fox. Marvel makes next to nothing on the agreement and was supposedly paying Fox at one point to keep it in development. I know after '02 Spidey, Marvel re-negotiated the contract with Sony, but this apparently never happened with Fox. A lot of noise has occurred lately about how Marvel is not happy about this on top of some big production decisions. The first was using Quicksilver. Now the FF reboot is rumored as the final straw as it's so distant from the comic it muxed up Marvel's anniversary plans.

With no synergy or dollars, Disney Marvel decided to shuffle the two brands by cancelling titles, removing characters, etc...and that begins this fall. Fox did not explain why Marvel did not develop any Days of Future Past toys/tie-ins and that looks to be the same for the FF reboot.

What we do know is FTC has dealt with WB for DC/Batman '66 and Fox is connected to Batman '66 licensing, and the contract Fox has with Marvel comes form before Toy Biz bought/merged with Marvel.

Now here's the pure speculation - Fox may have licensing control over their interpretation of X-Men movie characters since those were not created by Marvel, but Fox movie production designers. That would fall in line with their use of Quicksilver and development ownership in Batman '66. They're also moving forward with X-Men Apocalypse and another Wolverine sequel. If Marvel's not willing to license as they weren't with Days, Fox may have precedent.

[drogge]

I have a feeling FTC is doing something Marvel 8 inch, and I am usually right. They knew what they are doing when they posted those pictures on Facebook.