Buck Rogers DST Deal, It's Official!!!

[JediJaida]

[Teemu]

yeah as expected, kiss the awesome buck rogers line goodbye

Those in the know are aware that Diamond just purchased the awesome ZICA Toys body and their plan is to roll out a full line of 8 inch high end figures that aren't the "Retro Cloth" style. Think more or less what ZICA was already doing, but in a more massive scale because of DST's licenses. This will be under another moniker and not "Retro Cloth" but they hadn't nailed down what the new line would be called.

They only had one prototype of this there which is the Barney Ross from Expendables, but Zach told me that they hope to do a lot more. He said they would probably be $40ish figures, but would sport a ton of detail, form fitting clothes, realistic head sculpts and the proto showed that off. I did ask if they would continue the previous Buck Rogers line that ZICA tried, but he was a bit iffy on it. They did buy the body rights and such, but he thought there would probably be more of their own in house licenses, than Buck. A few more photos in the main: C2E2 DST Gallery

Infinite Hollywood: C2E2 2012 Day One Coverage

[JediJaida]

It should be interesting to see what they do with the body.

Just what kind of licenses do they hold?

[thunderbolt]

They have Trek, Universal Monsters, not sure what else. They do some Marvel stuff, too.

[mightyquinn]

More monsters!!

[JediJaida]

Does Hasbro still have the Avengers license?

I wish that DST could get it, get in line with Doc, and start producing some really GOOD Avengers figures!

I know I'd like a new Thor, Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Captain America, and Hulk.

Of course, we'd all need Loki. He's the best bad guy since Lex Luthor back in the 70's!

Of course, the devil is in the details, and they'd need to get everything perfect in 8" scale.

Anyone else wanna chime in?

[Teemu]

Does Hasbro still have the Avengers license?

I wish that DST could get it, get in line with Doc, and start producing some really GOOD Avengers figures!

I know I'd like a new Thor, Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Captain America, and Hulk.

Of course, we'd all need Loki. He's the best bad guy since Lex Luthor back in the 70's!

Of course, the devil is in the details, and they'd need to get everything perfect in 8" scale.

Anyone else wanna chime in?

Hasbro has the Marvel license to produce toys..DST has to get permission to produce any type of Marvel product (aka Minimates)

DST could make 8" clothed Marvel figures, but only through permission and paying license costs through Hasbro

In the end,don't get your hopes up...lots of promises and talk,but most of the time it doesn't get done

[JediJaida]

*Sigh*, still; it was a nice daydream.

[megozilla13]

Sad news. Didn't the Buck license expire already anyway.

mikej

[JediJaida]

Yeah, it was last year, I think.

Which was a shame, because I was really looking forward to getting a Wilma, Princess Ardala and Hawk.

With any luck and a lot of prayer, we'll still see a Hawk figure done.

That would be EPIC!!!

[Type Two]

...but Zach told me that they hope to do a lot more. He said... .

Oh, no. Zach and the infamous DST Chuck are involved? Forget about any Buck Rogers product coming out. Ever.

If anything is released it will be a NEW line designed by Zach and Chuck and "to the extreme"!

Word to your mother.

[joyandtomstudios]

Oh, no. Zach and the infamous DST Chuck are involved? Forget about any Buck Rogers product coming out. Ever.

If anything is released it will be a NEW line designed by Zach and Chuck and "to the extreme"!

Word to your mother.

Yeah when I heard that the project moved to Diamond I figured our sculpt would never see the light of day. Chuck has never been a fan of our work. Good thing we kept a casting for our private collection.

[Type Two]

DST Chuck...how do people like him keep their jobs? He singlehandedly made me stop buying Minimates, and I know several people who are still angry over the Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek debacles.

I don't mean to step on anyone's toes, but Chuck has always reminded me of Georg Brewer at DC Direct. DCD finally got smart and showed GB the door. IMHO, Diamond should wake up and follow suit.

[drmego]

"DST Chuck" is the guy who took the chance on making Star Trek megos again
and has been championing these figures since 2006. He has been more
responsible for "re-mego" than anyone - because he puts his money where
his mouth is!

Consider my toes stepped on.

[Type Two]

Ooops. Sorry, Doc. I was merely talking as a former Minimate fan who has had his entire foot stomped on by poor (IMHO) decisions regarding that line.

Further, I still hear from friends who are still very upset about Star Trek figure line promises, cancellations and inaction and don't get me started about the ill will still around about...Battlestar Galactica...Wave 3... .

But, hey, if you get along with him, maybe he isn't all bad.