More Mego Licenses Announced! Firefly, Charmed and Wizard of Oz coming soon!

[palitoy]

It's not just the Reaction stuff. Funko's Game of Thrones and Firefly Legacy figures, which had very well done modern sculpts and articulation, moved slowly even on heavy discount. Even as popular as the shows are their figures didn't really move. Unlike the Funko Golden Girls figures which sold crazy good and are worth a ton on the secondary market, go figure.

I saw only one character on heavy discount here (we get all of Funko's bombs in dollarama).

I'm not going to be gloomy about this and predict failure, it's a really cool thing that's happening.

[Werewolf]

I think it has a lot to do with the fact that though many people watched the shows .....don't always collect figures.

My sister loves Firefly. Watched the show religiously and owns the entire series on DVD. She has zero Firefly merchandise even though she collects toys.

[Werewolf]

I'm not going to be gloomy about this and predict failure, it's a really cool thing that's happening.

I don't mean to be gloomy and I think the majority of licenses will be a huge success. I just think some choices like, Cheers or Firefly, won't be as strong of sellers as other.

[PNGwynne]

Wizard of Oz? WIZARD OF OZ!? WOZ!!!?? Crikey, someone slap me, I'm in heaven.

Thanks, Marty.

[CrimsonGhost]

I don't mean to be gloomy and I think the majority of licenses will be a huge success. I just think some choices like, Cheers or Firefly, won't be as strong of sellers as other.

Cheers is going to be awesome! I'm still just sayin'....

[scott metzger]

Is there some doubt now about the SyFy story? Something about Paul leaving a comment on the story questioning it?

[scott metzger]

It's not just the Reaction stuff. Funko's Game of Thrones and Firefly Legacy figures, which had very well done modern sculpts and articulation, moved slowly even on heavy discount. Even as popular as the shows are their figures didn't really move. Unlike the Funko Golden Girls figures which sold crazy good and are worth a ton on the secondary market, go figure.

A lot of that may have been that, while well sculpted, the figures were not well made. The Magic the Gathering figures got a bad and deserved rep for poor quality control, and I don't know if Funko's later lines showed any marked improvement. A bad rep spreads fast among collectors, and I never recall hearing people ranting about how their 6" lines had improved. Golden Girls were a different kind of figure with a good QC track record, and were a lot cheaper, to boot.

[tmthor]

I saw only one character on heavy discount here (we get all of Funko's bombs in dollarama).

I'm not going to be gloomy about this and predict failure, it's a really cool thing that's happening.

I agree we should wait it out and see what happens they could be a run away hit with people kicking themselves because they passed on it when they first saw them.

[sprytel]

1. Firefly is awesome.
2. Even though it is not a show to the Mego era, I think Firefly's fan base might really respond to Mego figures. Sometimes it is about finding the right format for the property (and executing on it, of course).
3. Did you see that "I Dream of Jeanie" packaging!?!? Clever, collector-friendly packaging could go along way to selling some of these properties.
4. If other people don't want these, then: Awesome, more for me!

[Klosterheim]

I think these will be amazing.

DC Legends of Tomorrow would be a great choice.

I'd like them to get a license for Highlander: The Series. I just realized that I want a Methos Mego along with a few other Immortals.

[The Bat]

If they do Kristie Alley on Cheers...the sculpt could then be re-used do Lt. Savik from Star Trek:WOK!!!!!!!!

[ribefex]

I am very happy for the news of Wizard of Oz. I hope they make the Flying Monkeys and the Guards. If they have the same quality of the original Mego ones, they can be a great sales success - as can be seen by the great reception here.
In relation to the Munchkins, I would prefer that they do them in true Mego style, with the child body (which EMCE already has of its excellent Twilight Zone line).
And, in relation to the seven main characters, I would like if they improve the head of the Cowardly Lion, the only one that I think has not the same level of likeness. At least I hope they reverse his face-hair paint scheme.
Oh, as JediJaida said, it would be great if they improve the Witch's shoes, or put her socks on.
In any case, I´m very grateful for making them again!

[Nostalgiabuff]

Is Firefly an older series or is it current? I hadn't heard of it until today...then again, I'm the kind who tends to live in the past.

- Ian

Firefly is an American space Western drama television series which ran from 2002–2003, created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as an executive producer, along with Tim Minear. The series is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity. Whedon pitched the show as "nine people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different things".[1]

The show explores the lives of a group of people, some of whom fought on the losing side of a civil war, who make a living on the fringes of society as part of the pioneer culture of their star system. In this future, the only two surviving superpowers, the United States and China, fused to form the central federal government, called the Alliance, resulting in the fusion of the two cultures. According to Whedon's vision, "nothing will change in the future: technology will advance, but we will still have the same political, moral, and ethical problems as today".[2]

Firefly premiered in the U.S. on the Fox network on September 20, 2002. By mid-December, Firefly had averaged 4.7 million viewers per episode and was 98th in Nielsen ratings.[3] It was canceled after eleven of the fourteen produced episodes were aired. Despite the relatively short life span of the series, it received strong sales when it was released on DVD and has large fan support campaigns.[4][5] It won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2003 for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series. TV Guide ranked the series at No. 5 on their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".[6]

The post-airing success of the show led Whedon and Universal Pictures to produce Serenity, a 2005 film which continues from the story of the series,[4] and the Firefly franchise expanded to other media, including comics and a role-playing game.[7][8]


the story was continued in the movie Serenity, which was actually my introduction to the show. it's a great show, mix of western and sci fi, great characters and cast. you should give it a shot

[glimpy]

this should be very interesting

[marcia29]

Firefly was a great show, and to see Mego grab this license is heartening. Maybe it will help generate interest in this show which was gone way too son.