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This morning I pre-ordered 2 DST Mego Daredevil sets. When I got off work at noon I saw Mezco is making 1:12 Marvel cloth costumed figures including Daredevil, Captain America, and Punisher different versions of each. I like Mego 8" and Mezco 6", but how did Mezco obtain Marvel license to sell individual Marvel Legends scale figures? I know prices are high, why is Hasbro allowing this while putting tight restrictions on the DST sets? Will Diamond now be able to renegotiate the Mego Marvel license and we can get single figures like Mezco?
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Mezco has some nice looking stuff coming out. We all love the Mego format, but for those that didn't grow up with it, these are really nice. They're also more than twice as much, but the quality is there.
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It's probably basically the same 80$ collector figure license Diamond has. I suppose it may have a scale restriction.
Diamonds license is already for a single figure that has to retail for 80$.Expectation is the death of discovery.Comment
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The quality of these Mezco figures is insane. I've seen the Dark Knight figures in person. They're worth every penny and then some IMO. That Frankenstein will be mine.Comment
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I don't think it will have any effect on the DST Licence 2 Totally different animals simply because of the size and price points... Mezco 1:12 are a 6 inch Dare I say Affordable Version of Hot Toy like figures... I own the Mezco 1:12 Dark Knight Returns figure and the 1:12 Batman vs the Mutant Leder... IMO they are some of the most OUTSTANDING pieces of work short of Hot Toys, and 1 figure runs you in the $60 to $80 range.
and if the Marvel Previews are anything like their DC Counterparts they are sure to be Home Runs.Comment
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The Mezco figures are almost the same price and much more popular with collector's . This has me thinking about collecting these and dumping the diamond Marvels
because these will have DC figures coming out too. Mezco will probably put out more releases than 4 a year.Comment
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They look amazing! If they make it to Spidey I will get one of those, but I really don't want to get the figures they have pictured so far. The Universal Monsters they are doing is another story! I will snap all of those up!
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Im seriously tempted on the Judge Dredd stuff, I just wish BBP would pickup the licence.Comment
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These are amazing. If they start making things in 70's costumes I'm in. Don't care for first appearance or modern on most.Comment
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The Mezco figures are a different scale that EMCE/Diamond Select Marve figures. It's very common for the license for different scale figures to go to different companies. Like the EMCE/Diamond Select Marve figures, the Mezco 1:12 Marvel have a much higher "collectible" price point of $70 retail for a 6-inch figure.
Why is Mezco selling single figures and EMCE selling its format with two additional heads and costumes? Doc Mego explained the price point was set at a collectible level. To increase value for the consumer, the additional heads and accessories were added to the package. You still only get one figure with the EMCE/Diamond Select Marvel package just like you get one figure from Mezco.
The EMCE/Diamond Select Marvel figure price point is fixed at a collectable price point to avoid it cannibalizing other Diamond Select Marvel figures.Comment
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I'd buy them ALL if they were 8" Mego scale...but the 6" scale is a deal breaker for me.
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Last edited by Chris; Feb 6, '16, 10:52 AM.If a Mego figure of God did not exist, it would be necessary for EMCE to invent him.Comment
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