More Mego Licenses Announced! Firefly, Charmed and Wizard of Oz coming soon!

[Remco Monster]

Facts of Life ARE coming, Art Baltazar showed a shipping box last night that was marked Tootie.

[tmthor]

Where is all this Facts of Life talk coming from? Has that property been announced?

I guess we will see today............But I Think we already know the answer. Also Is not one of the "Classic TV Channels" Saturday morning line up have the show on it along with 'Saved by the Bell" ?

[Brown Bear]

I hope it's not Facts of Life, I really don't see that selling well, although I'd be game for a Misses Garrett.

Ya take the good. Ya take the bad. Ya take them both and there you have the facts of licensed toys.

[RonnyG]

Where is all this Facts of Life talk coming from? Has that property been announced?

It's just speculation at this point. I'm afraid I started it. In another thread, we were guessing the identities of the figures that Mego posted on their facebook page. The image was blurred on purpose. I guessed that one of the figures in the blurry image looks like a girl doll with knee socks and a Burgundy skirt reminiscent of the school uniform the girls wore on the show. Facts is owned by Sony, which also owns Jeannie who we know is coming for sure, so it's a possibility.

[TrekStar]

Where is all this Facts of Life talk coming from? Has that property been announced?

From what I understand, a picture is on the mego Facebook page, I'm not on Facebook, just going by what others are saying.

[Remco Monster]

Where is all this Facts of Life talk coming from? Has that property been announced?

[TrekStar]

It would bomb.

Star Trek the Next Generation would sell. Thundarr the Barbarian would sell. Real Ghostbusters would sell. Filmation Flash Gordon would sell. We need to think more action oriented and toyetic. Otherwise we are all going to be digging through stacks of unsold sitcom characters like Bundys, Bradys and Full House after the scalpers have cherry picked the Trek, Monsters and DC Heroes.

I think the Brady Bunch would sell okay, didn't the classic tv toys release sell out, like the I Love Lucy figures did?

[TrekStar]

I hope it's not Facts of Life, I really don't see that selling well, although I'd be game for a Misses Garrett.

[tmthor]

Looks like from the Picture on the Mego FB page "Facts of life" "Dracula" or some form of vampire Happy days and "Jimi Hendrix" are all coming as well. the Pic is blurry but that's what it looks like.

[Werewolf]

As far as sitcoms, do you think Seinfeld would sell well?

It would bomb.

Star Trek the Next Generation would sell. Thundarr the Barbarian would sell. Real Ghostbusters would sell. Filmation Flash Gordon would sell. We need to think more action oriented and toyetic. Otherwise we are all going to be digging through stacks of unsold sitcom characters like Bundys, Bradys and Full House after the scalpers have cherry picked the Trek, Monsters and DC Heroes.

[TrekStar]

Not EMCE, but DST did a Munsters line that was awesome. Someone here used the Marilyn for a perfect Sue Storm.

http://thefwoosh.com/forum/viewtopic...75471&start=75

Okay, I vaguely remember those, probably had seen pics but don't remember seeing them in stores in my area,
plus I had 8 " bodies on my mind with cloth outfits.

[hedrap]

I know FTC did a Munsters line, but I didnt know EMCE Diamond Select doing a Munsters line? or did you mean Universal Monsters?

Not EMCE, but DST did a Munsters line that was awesome. Someone here used the Marilyn for a perfect Sue Storm.

http://thefwoosh.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=75471&start=75

[hedrap]

80s nostalgia is big right now. They need 80s licenses... A Knight Rider Michael Knight figure would sell...Arnold as Conan the Barbarian would sell..

Those would work, but Conan requires two, maybe three licenses; Conan Films/Howard Estate and Arnold. Knight Rider...are you paying the Hoff? It's a different market today, which is a point Marty hit home hard at the Meet.

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.

I agree with all of that, but the issue with most 80's sitcoms are the locations were just as iconic as the characters. I think Mego will be better off with sitcoms to go Reaction-esque and start with a playset plus one character. So Cheers is Norm with Bar. It could then interlock with Night Court and Wings. That way, you have nostalgic diorama/model that can be displayed in a home theater.

[TrekStar]

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.

I know FTC did a Munsters line, but I didnt know EMCE Diamond Select doing a Munsters line? or did you mean Universal Monsters?

[Brown Bear]

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