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I'd buy the lot just on general principle. A NECA Bond line would RULE.
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That would be great, but I'd prefer it in traditional Mego style. NECA makes a good product but I still love the charm of a simpler design without the details. Plus that Rocky Balboa figure was a disaster.
I can think of quite a few Bond mego's I'd like to see.
I'll take Bond in any format but I don't think he's particularly well-suited to Mego style. I think getting an accurate likeness is probably important to the line. NECA would do that well. Otherwise it comes across as generic men in business suits and tuxes. Having said that I did like the Exclusive Premiere Bond line from years ago. But I think NECA would put their own spin on the line and do a good job.
Bond figures would need to be in a large enough scale to include lots of cool spy accessories and weapons to help avoid the "men in business suits" impression. I think a 6", 7" or 8" line would be best. 12" works too, but has already been done in that scale. I'm kind of surprised Hot Toys hasn't done Bond yet.
I have some details from the last time a company tried to get an 8" Bond license.
1) They weren't offered any likeness at the time. So you'd get the Bond license but you'd have to negotiate with Daniel Craig and Roger Moore separately.
2) The Bond people were not interested in lower priced toys, they liked the Bond name associated with prestige items. Like watch replicas and the like.
So it doesn't surprise me at all that Big Chief got the license and are starting with one Bond.
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2) The Bond people were not interested in lower priced toys,
That does actually make sense for the property. A line of a bunch of guys in tuxes really isn't going to sell a lot of action figures to kids.
You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...
Bond could also come in a bunch of movie accurate outfits with more play value, like scuba diving gear and wetsuits, ski gear, parachuting outfit, a space suit from Moonraker, and more. It would be a really fun line to collect, but hard to do all the variations and actors and villains from so many movies at a high price point which would require quite a budget to purchase.
Those Big Chief toys are mighty expensive. I think I'd have to really pick and chose which figures to get. They aren't cheap. But they really seem like they do an excellent job on their figures. I look forward to seeing what they do with the line.
I wonder if another company would be allowed to do a less expensive line...more in the Sideshow price range.
I'd love Bond in a space suit from Moonraker. Connery has a great classic Thunderball look with the wet-suit. But the downside is that his legs are exposed and I generally dislike exposed arms and legs. (Although I love how Mego handled Robin and Wonder Woman's exposed legs.
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