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More Mego Licenses Announced! Firefly, Charmed and Wizard of Oz coming soon!
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That would be good. Things like Greatest American Hero and this, things Mego almost made, but didn't, could be very attractive to collectors. The Masters of the Universe Classics line does quite a few "planned but never got made" figures; I'm waiting on one of those even now (Wrap Trap/ Horde Mummy) in Super 7's second wave, in fact. Super 7 also did the Kenner Alien 3.75 inch figures Kenner never actually made, and that has gone over well. Getting something that was planned but never produced seems to scratch a strong itch with a lot of collectors. Even though I'm not a huge fan of Logan's Run (not that I didn't like the movie, mind you), I would get the figures just because Mego ALMOST made them in the day.Comment
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Maybe there's a huge contingent of collectors out there just dying to have an Alice the maid action figure, but just because of TV show has been in syndication for decades doesn't necessarily mean people are clamoring for action figures of them. Right now the strongest buyers of collectible toys are men in their 30s-40s and I'd really like to see a couple more licenses announced that may appeal to that demo... And Full House ain't it.Comment
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Bonanza seems like an obvious choice and would make awesome MegosCheck out my website: Megozine Covers - HomeComment
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80s nostalgia is big right now. They need 80s licenses but not sitcoms like Cheers. A-Team would sell. A Knight Rider Michael Knight figure would sell. He was just in Guardians of the Galaxy. I imagine a Magnum P.I. figure would sell. Arnold as Conan the Barbarian would sell. Plus 80s toons are gold right now. Do something like Thundercats. Thundercats would fly off the shelves.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...Comment
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The emphasis seems to be trying to find new collectors, trying to get people who don't currently collect and maybe never heard of Mego. Thats why many of the licenses seem unlikely. Would Thundercats sell better than Cheers? Sure. But who do they sell to? The same people who already buy action figures or collect Thundercats. Mego needs new fans.
I have a feeling Funko Pops is being used as an example of reaching people who ordinarily wouldn't even go to the toy isle. Target feels Cheers and Charmed may find a whole new audience...maybe it won't. But there's only one way to find out. I mean, who would have guessed that Golden Girls would be one of Funkos biggest hits? An ironic buy is still a buy.Expectation is the death of discovery.Comment
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Addams Family is one of my top wants. There have never been figures from the 60s show made, it’s ripe for the pickin’, and I have wanted some for a very long time.Comment
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Musters was done, though badly, before in this scale, but Diamond seemed to do well with their Munsters line. And we never have had a 60's based line of Addams Family, so releasing some good figures of both in conjunction would be good. you could knock out the main characters in a couple waves, probably, and, if Mego does have the Universal license (based on the blurry maybe Dracula we saw earlier this week), you've got some re-use on the Munster's side for the Creature with Uncle Gillman (just like Diamond did) and even cousin Phantom of the Opera. And, face it, Hermy Baby is basically a brown Frankenstein suit with a new head.Comment
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The Fugitive with one armed man two pack!
Chuck Norris!
Sugar Ray Leonard!
Tony Danza?
Rifleman and Gunsmoke!Check out my website: Megozine Covers - HomeComment
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