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  • MegoMonk
    Career Member
    • Jan 22, 2007
    • 518

    Why is Mego making figures that Figures Inc already made?

    Mego will be making Brady Bunch and Married with Children figures. Since Figures Inc / CTVT already made figures of these TV shows, I'm surprised Mego would do the same. I understand making Star Trek figures like Sulu, since Trek fans will always buy them, especially if Mego keeps making Trek figures never made before. Is there really a market for Brady and Bundy action figures?
  • Teemu
    Persistent Member
    • Dec 15, 2010
    • 1742

    #2
    Good question...but apparently people will buy anything just because Mego's name is slapped on it.

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    • PNGwynne
      Master of Fowl Play
      • Jun 5, 2008
      • 19444

      #3
      Just as some do with FTC. There's no dispute in matters of taste.

      I can see Bradys selling, especially with better likenesses.
      WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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      • CrimsonGhost
        Often invisible
        • Jul 18, 2002
        • 3568

        #4
        Originally posted by Teemu
        Good question...but apparently people will buy anything just because Mego's name is slapped on it.
        GOOD!!
        Expectation is the death of discovery.

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        • TrekStar
          Trek or Treat
          • Jan 20, 2011
          • 8354

          #5
          Originally posted by PNGwynne
          Just as some do with FTC. There's no dispute in matters of taste.

          I can see Bradys selling, especially with better likenesses.
          Yes, but will new mego make Mike (Dad) Brady since FTC didn't?

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          • Mikey
            Verbose Member
            • Aug 9, 2001
            • 47242

            #6
            Brady Bunch is pretty timeless

            You can make them every few years and people will buy them.

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            • jwyblejr
              galactic yo-yo
              • Apr 6, 2006
              • 11141

              #7
              At least the bodies will be better this time.

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              • Megotastrophe
                Permanent Member
                • Jun 29, 2018
                • 2693

                #8
                I have a crazy theory. They are doing AJ through DLs license. They are using DMs bodies. Maybe they are doing MWC and BB thru CTVTs license.... It seems less like a true return of a toy company and more like a group of small companies renting the Mego name...

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                • Type3Toys
                  Home Of The Type3 Body
                  • Jan 18, 2005
                  • 619

                  #9
                  Sure, everyone wants figures never made. But without staple characters the other one don't matter.
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                  • TRDouble
                    Permanent Member
                    • Jul 10, 2012
                    • 2524

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Megotastrophe
                    I have a crazy theory. They are doing AJ through DLs license. They are using DMs bodies. Maybe they are doing MWC and BB thru CTVTs license.... It seems less like a true return of a toy company and more like a group of small companies renting the Mego name...
                    That's... not an entirely crazy theory.

                    Except, I don't think CTVT/FTC still has those licenses (it seems like Gilligan's Island and Harry Potter are also expired).

                    But, it does feel more like the use of the Mego name than the actual Mego, especially using DM's bodies, which, BTW, have been used well over the years with EMCE and (I think) BBP figures. My EMCE Trek figures have held us very well.

                    It's the new 14" body and hopefully a second series using a new body that really excites me about this project.

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                    • tmthor
                      God of Knock-offs
                      • Nov 29, 2005
                      • 881

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Megotastrophe
                      I have a crazy theory. They are doing AJ through DLs license. They are using DMs bodies. Maybe they are doing MWC and BB thru CTVTs license.... It seems less like a true return of a toy company and more like a group of small companies renting the Mego name...
                      From what I understand Target chose certain licenses (Brady Bunch , Cheers etc) and since they are exclusive Paid upfront for them just like all other exclusives. So for Mego its Win Win . And i think with numbers in the 10,000 will sell through at least 85-90% of the figures.

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                      • thunderbolt
                        Hi Ernie!!!
                        • Feb 15, 2004
                        • 34211

                        #12
                        Also, the FTC stuff did not get out in the wild like these will. Whole new audience that had no idea that FTC even did them. No giant melon heads or cruddy India bodies either.
                        You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks

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