8" Obama Figure available at San Diego Comic Con

[dumbldor]

Congratulations to M-, er, the owner of HIA.

Looks great!

[palitoy]

I like that he went the other way with it, it would have been easy to emulate every one else.

[Werewolf]

I'm personally not interested in politcal figures and I honestly can't see there being much of a market for it. I don't quite get this.

[palitoy]

While I agree it's not exactly Star Trek, I think these will sell OK. Since I've posted, people have been emailing me to get some put aside. I'm not even selling them.

[txteach]

I can see a big market for mainstream political figures. A Bush, Carter, Daddy Bush, or Obama figure would make a good series. Also a Bill and Hillary 2 pack with a chase figure Monica Lewinski would be cool. BTW I'm not being political at all. I plan on buying the Obama. He is pretty well done. I'm just not real happy that I'll have to get him from a scalper.

[Mikey]

I think it will do pretty well.

My nephew is a US political collector.

He collects everything from old campaign buttons to Marx presidents figures - to everything in between.

I showed him this figure this afternoon ...

Even though he's not a fan of Obama, he still said he will probably buy one.

This makes me think it's got a potential market totally outside of the toy community.

[palitoy]

I'm just not real happy that I'll have to get him from a scalper.

No scalpers needed, there will be plenty of the regular figure to go around and HIA will also be wholesaling to retailers. You'll get him for show rates or possibly less I guess.

As far as being part of a series, it isn't to my knowledge. The next thing for HIA will be completely different, familiar, yet original.

[txteach]

Thats great. I'd love to know what they are doing next.

[MegoSteve]

The suit looks great.

The sculpt's a near miss, though, and the package design is pretty bad.

I still want one.

[pmwasson]

So is there anyplace to order these now or soon? I know several people I would like to give this to as a gift.

[palitoy]

I'll get ordering info immediately after comic con.

[samurainoir]

Saw these today and did a double take before I realized they were "Mego" figures. The head sculpt is phenomenal.

There is also a very ummm... interesting Mego customizer sharing the booth.

[censy]

Wow! The hits just keep on coming. By that, I mean hits to my wallet. This is such an exciting time for the mego community.

Chris

[pmwasson]

Was this sold at Comic Con? I haven't seen it listed in eBay and you know everything leaves SDCC and goes straight onto eBay.

[Meule]

Not so much a fan of this particular figure, but it's cool to see yet another 8" player in the market and the idea of them releasing other stuff in the future is thrilling