Wave one of the Batman Retros are up for Pre-Order at Figures Toy

[HumanWolfman]

Anyone else having trouble placing an order? It wont allow me to order.

[BATMAN89]

What are you trying to do? Check out with regular checkout or PayPal?
I added the four to my cart and then hit checkout with PayPal and it took me right to the Log in.

[HumanWolfman]

What are you trying to do? Check out with regular checkout or PayPal?
I added the four to my cart and then hit checkout with PayPal and it took me right to the Log in.

I don't want to pay with paypal. I want to use a credit card

[GaryPlaysWithDolls]

I wouldn't mind getting ahold of some of these. Where were they when I had all my Retro Action money to spend?

[pmwasson]

I had trouble paying with a CC at first. I then started over and created an account and then tried to check-out with my CC and everything worked. I figured I'll be buying a lot of stuff this year, so I might as well make an account

[JimCem99]

Says:

Server Error

We are unable to process your transaction at this time. Please wait a few minutes and try again.

[BATMAN89]

I don't want to pay with paypal. I want to use a credit card

Oh! Sorry, I didn't try that.

[BATMAN89]

Ya, the normal checkout is messed up!
Can you do credit card through PayPal?

[Bronxboykev]

I paid thru pay pal and didn't have an issue.

[Jason73]

I paid yesterday with a credit card and had no problem. Got lucky I guess.

[Lynn TXP 0369]

Pre ordered the set of 4.
Lynn

[Jetjungle75]

Me too!!

[megocrazy]

He already stated in another thread he couldn't afford the license for it. It all comes down to timing and who has the deeper pockets.
Lynn

Well next time. Please let the members of the board know this is on the table is you're interested in partnering. I would've gladly invested some $$$ on a project like this. I know there is money to be made in ventures like this. but, one has to know about it first ; )

You have to realize that at limited distribution the cost of the license is a huge portion of the cost of the figure production. The cost of the license is divided, not by the number of figures produced but the number of figures sold. The chance of a loss is far greater than the chance of great success.

Just for fun, since we're a forum that directly relates to this release. Start a running list of the number of people that preorder and see how deep it goes. I've seen 5 or 6 so far but let's see where the totals run to. You would think this would be a major outlet for the type of distribution they're using, but short of the rotocast Batman, Joker and Riddler heads there's nothing in this initial release that hasn't been readily available in the past 5 years from multiple outlets. They are simply Mego remakes, just on a card. I do personally believe the 66 line will get some support but there's still a heavy cost burden and you need to sell a bunch of figures to make that initial investment back. I'm interested in seeing how well these go. As a collector I see a lot I want if they go deep enough on that 66 line, and the sculpts that they released look incredible, but from a business side, knowing what I know about the production and distribution side of retail, I see a lot of stuff that would frighten me if it were my money. It's a gamble for sure.

[jayraytee]

Which is exactly why a kickstarter campain would be the most viable option. Come up with an estimate as to what creating the figures would cost including the license and set that as the goal.

http://www.kickstarter.com/hello?ref=nav

When we did it for a band we knew, they had a goal budget of $10,000... they raised over $30,000. The pledges were tiered so that if you pledged $20, you get a copy of the album, $40 and you get an autographed copy, $60 and you get the autographed copy plus a button and sticker, $100 and you get all that plus a T-shirt, $200 and you get all that plus a thank you in the credits, $500 and you get all that plus execitive producer credit, etc.

You could tier it with trading cards, extra figure parts and accessories, stickers, maybe different artwork on a backer card only for kickstarter backers, or multiple figures, etc. In this way, some fans might actually essentially preorder for $1,000 instead of just the individual figure cost. They get some extra bonus stuff and the ability to fund the project.

I have seen movies funded, even a graphic novel artist raised over $100,000 to print a book of art.

[jayraytee]

Don't want to derail though, I preordered my set the first day.