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The whole Django fuss was more a "let's get Tarantino" kind of thing, I think...
Odd to think that child molesters and murderers are now considered to be "harmless fun" by the moral majority.
Don't give those whackjobs ammunition.
If a Mego figure of God did not exist, it would be necessary for EMCE to invent him.
>Odd to think that child molesters and murderers are now considered to be "harmless fun" by the moral majority.
It's got nothing to do with content; it has everything to do with time. Freddy and Jason are 80's characters.... the "good ol' days," so they're now perfectly safe. In essence the parents you're trying to scare NOW were the kids THEN, so you can't scare them with stuff they're familiar with.
Django had nothing to do with the 'moral majority', anymore than acceptance of these figures do. The suspension of the Django figures was a reaction from a special interest group protesting. Its the same folks who tried to get the Confederate flag taken off the General Lee. Ultimately it's all a power play. The notion of being "offended" is little more than an excuse for people to impose their will on others. Jason, Freddie, and Michael Myers are fictional monsters. By definition that excludes them from containing characteristics that suggest a conscious morality. But ultimately they're complete fantasy. Anyone who can't separate reality from those villains in a fictional story have much deeper issues in play. These figures are no more harmful than purchasing a Darth Vader figure for a seven year old. And Vader has "killed" scores more than these monsters. I hope this line is highly successful.
>Odd to think that child molesters and murderers are now considered to be "harmless fun" by the moral majority.
It's got nothing to do with content; it has everything to do with time. Freddy and Jason are 80's characters.... the "good ol' days," so they're now perfectly safe. In essence the parents you're trying to scare NOW were the kids THEN, so you can't scare them with stuff they're familiar with.
Don C.
Quoted for truth. Our parents and grandparents had Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolf Man and a host of others back in the day, all of whom were probably frightening to some folks and raised their ires. Google the old Aurora Monster Model Kits and the outrage those caused parents. Action figures of Freddy and Jason have been around for a LONG time - this is just a new format is all. Besides, I see more collectors/monster fans buying these up than hypothetical little Billy down the street, who'll probably be way more interested in blowing stuff up in some video game or whatever.
"It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. The words of Ten Bears carries the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life... or death. It shall be life."
I bet these sell like a champ! I learned a long time ago; it's the license not the format/scale that sells a figure...
As a maker of 8" figures I am ecstatic... These figures prove market viability... Even though I'd rather make the Phantom or Flash Gordon, these figures are a good sign for us...
In the middle of July, it was revealed that the popular toy company NECA would be releasing a brand new retro Jason Voorhees 8 inch figure from Friday The 13th Part 3, styled like the old Mego figure dolls from many of our reader's childhood. There was one image released to accompany that news, which was mentioned as a prototype image only. Well now, NECA's Twitter account recently released a cool teaser image from the promotional photo shoot for the Jason 8 inch figure.
Jason's looking good!
Maybe not "Mego-like", as the head sculpt is probably a little gruesome (to me, anything Mego is pretty child-friendly), but I like it.
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"When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."
Are these the same license? Or 2 different licenses? What banner are these being sold under? Would it be "Modern Horror Movie" characters, or something like that? If these sell well, and more figures are offered in 2014, I'm wondering if these are going to be part of a series, and if so, what they'll call it......
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