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I too would say cautiously optimistic. From a collector's point of view, I'm all for new characters, even if they're done badly. I'll simply buy a bunch of bodies and swap them. Call me greedy but if a company wants to take the risk and I get some characters from my childhood memories like Egghead and Tut which would be high on my want list, bonus for me. But, as I said earlier, I love the thought but just can't see how this works financially. The market just hasn't looked like it can support it and this much product is going to make those impulse purchases of characters you may have been on the fence about almost non existent, unless you're financially overloaded. Not to mention BBP puts out a ton in this format as well. Just more choices for consumers.
The Brady Bunch license didn't seem to do too well, so I can't really expect Gilligan to do much better. I can get an original Mego Tarzan, on any given day, for about the same money as I expect these to sell for, so why buy new? Original Dukes the same way, maybe if they redo Daisy and an Uncle Jesse, but I can't see that being a huge impact on the cost of the license. I can picture Conan being similar to the Andorian or Romulan figures. Some will grab one that can't afford to or justify buying an original but die hards will still want an original and how many of these licenses will really impact the outside community. Evel was tried in recent years and didn't exist for very long. None that I see will incredibly impact the younger market. Few kids will even remotely identify with any of these. History has proven the older generation market simply doesn't have the volume or consistency to support a major line, for long term. Trek, Universal Monsters, Venture Brothers, etc. were all done extremely well and those seem to have slowed down considerably.
If you look at the lines that have done well in the recent past,WWE, JLU, Harry Potter, LOTR, etc. most had similar things in common. They had major TV or Movie exposure, they crossed the collector market (adults), with the impulse market (kids), and they all had major retailer presence.
All in all as a collector it is an incredibly impressive announcement. There are a couple, Like many, mostly in the 66 Batman line that I will definitely be interested getting. Hopefully the lines go long enough to reach that point. Personally I see it as an uphill battle, but the rewards are cool if they make it.
I too would say cautiously optimistic. From a collector's point of view, I'm all for new characters, even if they're done badly. I'll simply buy a bunch of bodies and swap them. Call me greedy but if a company wants to take the risk and I get some characters from my childhood memories like Egghead and Tut which would be high on my want list, bonus for me. But, as I said earlier, I love the thought but just can't see how this works financially. The market just hasn't looked like it can support it and this much product is going to make those impulse purchases of characters you may have been on the fence about almost non existent, unless you're financially overloaded. Not to mention BBP puts out a ton in this format as well. Just more choices for consumers.
The Brady Bunch license didn't seem to do too well, so I can't really expect Gilligan to do much better. I can get an original Mego Tarzan, on any given day, for about the same money as I expect these to sell for, so why buy new? Original Dukes the same way, maybe if they redo Daisy and an Uncle Jesse, but I can't see that being a huge impact on the cost of the license. I can picture Conan being similar to the Andorian or Romulan figures. Some will grab one that can't afford to or justify buying an original but die hards will still want an original and how many of these licenses will really impact the outside community. Evel was tried in recent years and didn't exist for very long. None that I see will incredibly impact the younger market. Few kids will even remotely identify with any of these. History has proven the older generation market simply doesn't have the volume or consistency to support a major line, for long term. Trek, Universal Monsters, Venture Brothers, etc. were all done extremely well and those seem to have slowed down considerably.
If you look at the lines that have done well in the recent past,WWE, JLU, Harry Potter, LOTR, etc. most had similar things in common. They had major TV or Movie exposure, they crossed the collector market (adults), with the impulse market (kids), and they all had major retailer presence.
All in all as a collector it is an incredibly impressive announcement. There are a couple, Like many, mostly in the 66 Batman line that I will definitely be interested getting. Hopefully the lines go long enough to reach that point. Personally I see it as an uphill battle, but the rewards are cool if they make it.
but it would be nice if they did things nice and right out of the gate. It's almost like they put absolutely no thought whatsoever into the package. I already know I will be recarding mine. 
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