FTC: Superfriends is more than likely

[garfoot]

I was looking on the FTC Facebook page and found this:


2. Any chance of you guys making the 1970's tv show the Super Friends with likeness and cardbacks reflecting the colorful show opening?



Figures Toy Company : cant comment on the package design for superfriends yet


I have been holding back on the Mego figures trying to budget my money for this year, but if they make the Super Friends in 8" format, that would sway some funds their way. I have always wanted these figures!!!!!!!

[filmation batman fan]

WOW! Wouldn't that be awesome? And of course a HOJ and LOD playsets. But I think they should see Scott and Paul for these!

I wish to go on record and state that I am definitely in favor of a Super Friends line by Figures Toy Co.

I've always been a fan of the core group from 1977-1979. So I will be outspoken in my request to see Mego figures of the Wonder Twins. I've always wanted Zan and Jayna in Mego form, 8 in. Comic Action and Pocket Hero forms when I was a kid. Never got them. I would be happy to at least get 8 in. Mego versions of the Twins.

I hope they do it all. Every character Hanna Barbera animated both heroes and villains.
Even Alex Toth designed versions of the main five.

So I strongly cast my vote for the Super Friends.

[HardyGirl]

WOW! Wouldn't that be awesome? And of course a HOJ and LOD playsets. But I think they should see Scott and Paul for these!

This way of addressing the SUPER FRIENDS possibility (IMHO) is the most productive i.e. talking about what we WANT rather than what we don't want.

Otherwise FTC is playing a guessing game when researching such things.

Personally?

I'd shoot for similar figures of (but Hanna-Barbera variations on) the Megos they are already releasing AND the Hanna-Barbera original released in evenly divided waves of 4.

I'd start with bigger guns and see how it goes.

Maybe like this:

WAVE 1
SUPERMAN (Hanna-Barbera version)
BATMAN (HB V)
ZAN
JAYNA

WAVE 2
LEX LUTHOR (HB version which may very well be identical to the comic version)
ROBIN (HB V)
APACHE CHIEF
BLACK VULCAN

WAVE 3
AQUAMAN (HB V)
WONDER WOMAN (HB V)
WENDY
MARVIN

WAVE 4
GREEN LANTERN (HB V/CB V)
BIZARRO (HB/CB V)
SAMURAI
GLEEK/WONDER DOG (2-PACK)

WAVE 5
FLASH (HB V/CB V)
CAPTAIN COLD (HB V)
EL DORADO
RIMA

WAVE 6
RIDDLER (HB V)
HAWKMAN (HB V/CB V)
SINESTRO (HB V)
CHEETAH (HB V)

WAVE 7
ATOM (HB V/CB V)
SCARECROW (HB V)
GRODD (HB V)
BRAINIAC (HB V)

WAVE 8
HAWKGIRL (HB V/CB V)
TOYMAN (HB V)
"UNIVERSE OF EVIL" SUPERMAN
"UNIVERSE OF EVIL" BATMAN

[Ivaniski]

lol. Yeah, bear in mind that the more Batman & Robin variations they can do, the more foes & supporting cast can be added.


How else will I ever get a Killer Moth Mego?

BINGO!!! The more variations from a Batman & Robin line,....Oh Yeah, the more foes & supporting cast. Thus, Mo' Money for FTC and Mo' figures for us to pick and choose from. We gotta keep hope alive.

Neal Adams Batman, the time has come.

[huedell]

Since no one asked: the characters I'd MOST want from Superfriends, beyond the original Mego figures, would be Marvin and Wendy.

This way of addressing the SUPER FRIENDS possibility (IMHO) is the most productive i.e. talking about what we WANT rather than what we don't want.

Otherwise FTC is playing a guessing game when researching such things.

Personally?

I'd shoot for similar figures of (but Hanna-Barbera variations on) the Megos they are already releasing AND the Hanna-Barbera original released in evenly divided waves of 4.

I'd start with bigger guns and see how it goes.

Maybe like this:

WAVE 1
SUPERMAN (Hanna-Barbera version)
BATMAN (HB V)
ZAN
JAYNA

WAVE 2
LEX LUTHOR (HB version which may very well be identical to the comic version)
ROBIN (HB V)
APACHE CHIEF
BLACK VULCAN

WAVE 3
AQUAMAN (HB V)
WONDER WOMAN (HB V)
WENDY
MARVIN

WAVE 4
GREEN LANTERN (HB V/CB V)
BIZARRO (HB/CB V)
SAMURAI
GLEEK/WONDER DOG (2-PACK)

WAVE 5
FLASH (HB V/CB V)
CAPTAIN COLD (HB V)
EL DORADO
RIMA

WAVE 6
RIDDLER (HB V)
HAWKMAN (HB V/CB V)
SINESTRO (HB V)
CHEETAH (HB V)

WAVE 7
ATOM (HB V/CB V)
SCARECROW (HB V)
GRODD (HB V)
BRAINIAC (HB V)

WAVE 8
HAWKGIRL (HB V/CB V)
TOYMAN (HB V)
"UNIVERSE OF EVIL" SUPERMAN
"UNIVERSE OF EVIL" BATMAN

[PNGwynne]

lol. Yeah, bear in mind that the more Batman & Robin variations they can do, the more foes & supporting cast can be added.


How else will I ever get a Killer Moth Mego?

[huedell]

There goes my hopes for a Neal Adams Batman. They'll make a Superfriends Batman with big goofy SMILE instead.

Ignore Ivaniski and fear the worst... because, as we all know, history has proven that those that hold a Batman action figure license always keep Batman variations to a bare minimum.

[Ivaniski]

There goes my hopes for a Neal Adams Batman. They'll make a Superfriends Batman with big goofy SMILE instead.

Never give up my friend,...FTC often visit these boards, and believe me they want to make "All" of us happy.

[The Bat]

There goes my hopes for a Neal Adams Batman. They'll make a Superfriends Batman with big goofy SMILE instead.

[jayraytee]

In my opinion the superfriends Batman and Superman, etc would be the same as the ones they are already making. If we get Hawkman, batman, Superman, Wonderwoman, Flash, Green Lantern, Green Arrow and Captain Marvel.... as regular Megos, then to complete the Superfriends just add in the few other characters from the show. I mean the Justice League and Super Friends rosters are made up of the same core group. I don't need a Superman with a slightly different more cartoony hanna barbara head. When I was a kid, I watched Super Friends and played with Megos and to me Superman was Superman and Batman was Batman.

[Uni]

Since no one asked: the characters I'd MOST want from Superfriends, beyond the original Mego figures, would be Marvin and Wendy.

[hedrap]

Are we sure we're reading too much into this?

If they produce a 70's version of Hawkman, then how is he going to look different than his Superfriends counterpart? Same with Flash, GL, etc...

So, that could be the "Superfriends" in context; the releases will coincide with the characters who appeared on the show.

All it requires is a redesign of the original group to appear more Superfriends than classic Mego. But the secondary guys? It would mean their first GL, Flash, etc... releases would have to be more modern designs. Which, is the exact opposite from what we're seeing with the Batman figures.

[jeffbearco]

I'm actually all for remaking some of the original heroes. But if you do, improve them! Include accessories that should have come with the originals but didn't. Give Batman a Batarang! Give Green Arrow a decent quiver and a couple of trick arrows! Give them all cases that are resealable! Give Wonder Woman a case that is printed with cut-out wings on back to turn her box into the invisible jet!

Be creative and show us something new or at least a variation on a theme. The GA prototype I saw looks pretty much identical to the original Mego that I already have as well as the Mattel version. Why would I buy another identical figure?

Just my 2 cents.

JeffBearCO

[BATMAN89]

Now, see, this is where it gets fuzzy for me. Are we expecting FTC SF versions of A-listers, or secondary characters/foes as a WGSH supplement?
Because A-listers seems redundant IMO of the WGSH repros they are already doing/planning. Admittedly it'd be just head-sculpt changes

^^ I also agree. To do the Super Friends, it would be smarter to continue on with heroes never made and then revisit special edition versions of existing heroes at a later date.

True!
But I would take a Batman with the light blue trunks, and the cowl with the black shadow on the forehead.
Also, a smiling Batman is comical these days.
I do collect Batman stuff first and foremost though.

[MIB41]

^^ I also agree. To do the Super Friends, it would be smarter to continue on with heroes never made and then revisit special edition versions of existing heroes at a later date.