Am I the only one?

[DaBillmann]

I agree, you are entitled to your opinion... and it is interesting to get an opposing perspective. But when you start a thread called "Am I the only one?", don't be shocked when people post to express their disagreement. You asked for them to do it right there in the title.

Uhhhhhhh, I wasn't shocked by people disagreeing with me and actually expected people to. and I expected to be in the minority. what I was surprised by was people sounding irritated with me for my opinion. Sorry but comments like "I am more annoyed by people complaining......" sounded a lot like "keep it to yourself" to me.

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

Sorry if I was snappish but a couple of people sounded like they were telling me to stop whining and take what I can get.

BTW of the first 8 figures that have been released by FTC, half are villains. What you're getting is near perfect Mego replicas plus additional villains like Ras and Scarecrow that Mego never created.

I couldn't be happier. Sorry that you aren't.

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

Uhhhhhhh, I wasn't shocked by people disagreeing with me and actually expected people to. and I expected to be in the minority. what I was surprised by was people sounding irritated with me for my opinion. Sorry but comments like "I am more annoyed by people complaining......" sounded a lot like "keep it to yourself" to me.

'People' is plural. It wasn't singling you out, there have been complaints about every announcement around this line. Ironically, many of the complaints center on FTC doing too good of a job replicating the Megos, which is exactly what many here have claimed they wanted all along.

[DaBillmann]

BTW of the first 8 figures that have been released by FTC, half are villains. What you're getting is near perfect Mego replicas plus additional villains like Ras and Scarecrow that Mego never created.

I couldn't be happier. Sorry that you aren't.

Oh yeah I get THAT, and when it was just the Batman line, I was fine with it. and I AM happy that they are making them.

[DaBillmann]

'People' is plural. It wasn't singling you out, there have been complaints about every announcement around this line. Ironically, many of the complaints center on FTC doing too good of a job replicating the Megos, which is exactly what many here have claimed they wanted all along.

Oh yes,. sorry if I came across like I felt singled out. I felt I was one of a number of people being told to shut up. LOL

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

Oh yes,. sorry if I came across like I felt singled out. I felt I was one of a number of people being told to shut up. LOL

Wait till Batman Wave 4 comes out and someone complains that they have released too many villains so far

[DaBillmann]

Wait till Batman Wave 4 comes out and someone complains that they have released too many villains so far

LOL. LOL. And of course, LOL.

that would TRULY be irony at its best.

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

I think the business model is the reason we get more heroes (just like was mentioned earlier in the thread). I remember seeing so many He-Man figures during the relaunch but hardly any villains. Anyhow, I am with you on the villains. I wasn't thrilled with the ones packaged on the two-pack, but before I mentioned it, the Scarecrow head appeared so I am excited about that. It would be cool to see someone redo the Tomland Space Raiders so that we had generic villains to battle the heroes as well. They would work well for the 8 (or 7?) inch line of Power Rangers as they never make enough of the bad guys for that line.

[PNGwynne]

Honestly, the support here in the aggregate for FTC has been very high--if "we" can't discuss concerns and share opinions here, what is the point of a forum, which is by definition " a medium where ideas & views on a particular issue can be exchanged" ?

The debate over sculpts, "off-model" or not, is as old as vintage Mego itself, as are wave assortments. We can indulge--yes, indulge--in it now even as we did then. The difference is, now it MAY have some impact.

The attitude of "take what you get & like it" is just as prevalent here as "oh, they screwed it up."

I advocate buying what you like, and enjoying what you buy. Vote with your wallet and let the market decide.

In fact--and our community has demonstrated this again & again--we will support reMego lines warts & all. "Naysaying" is largely venting, IMO and if we're anxious about assortments, where better to express it than here?

I'll be buying two Scarecrows regardless, so surely I'm entitled to my two cents.

[DaBillmann]

Honestly, the support here in the aggregate for FTC has been very high--if "we" can't discuss concerns and share opinions here, what is the point of a forum, which is by definition " a medium where ideas & views on a particular issue can be exchanged" ?

The debate over sculpts, "off-model" or not, is as old as vintage Mego itself, as are wave assortments. We can indulge--yes, indulge--in it now even as we did then. The difference is, now it MAY have some impact.

The attitude of "take what you get & like it" is just as prevalent here as "oh, they screwed it up."

I advocate buying what you like, and enjoying what you buy. Vote with your wallet and let the market decide.

In fact--and our community has demonstrated this again & again--we will support reMego lines warts & all. "Naysaying" is largely venting, IMO and if we're anxious about assortments, where better to express it than here?

I'll be buying two Scarecrows regardless, so surely I'm entitled to my two cents.

Yeah, basically what I was doing was venting and looking to see if anybody else felt the same way. I have had this issue with most action figure lines.

[HardyGirl]

I have 2 Doc Mego Robin head figures, (1 blonde, and 1 black haired), and I put a red jumpsuit and boots on one and a blue jumpsuit and boots on the other, and put a lightning bolt sticker on the red, and a star sticker on the blue. A little boy I used to babysit, said these guys were villains, "Evil Lightning and Mr. Star". My point is that you can fill in the gaps w/ your own custom or kitbashed figures, and you'd probably be happier w/ those than anything FTC came up with. And as far as the ratio, don't teams and legions and leagues fight one or two villains, anyway? Just look at the Superfriends. Except for "Challenge" most of the time, the whole group was fighting 1 super villain and his minion. So if you think of it that way, it sorta makes sense.

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

The complaints don't bother me, they are healthy IMO. What bothers me is consistently complaining about every new development and then attaching a hypothetical instead of an actual. Such as "There's a broken arm about to be packaged" or "A missing belt is going on" or "Too many figures too soon, quality will suffer!" or "sculpt removed too fast so it is misshapen" or "Why didn't they 'fix' Speedy's costume, how hard is that?!?"

What we as Mego collectors told FTC (and any company that tried to revitalize the line) was that we wanted correct and accurate reproductions of existing Mego characters and new characters that Mego missed, produced faithfully from the Mego era (70s, very early 80s).

So far, FTC is giving us exactly what we asked for, and we are still criticizing their every movement. If they are truly paying attention to us, they have to be pulling their hair out wondering WTH.

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

I have 2 Doc Mego Robin head figures, (1 blonde, and 1 black haired), and I put a red jumpsuit and boots on one and a blue jumpsuit and boots on the other, and put a lightning bolt sticker on the red, and a star sticker on the blue. A little boy I used to babysit, said these guys were villains, "Evil Lightning and Mr. Star". My point is that you can fill in the gaps w/ your own custom or kitbashed figures, and you'd probably be happier w/ those than anything FTC came up with. And as far as the ratio, don't teams and legions and leagues fight one or two villains, anyway? Just look at the Superfriends. Except for "Challenge" most of the time, the whole group was fighting 1 super villain and his minion. So if you think of it that way, it sorta makes sense.

I think most of us want to see the Legion of Doom lineup of villains from the Super Friends completed, and a handful of others that Mego never made like Deathstroke. But the thing we all need to remember is that:

1 - FTC is a business trying to make money
2 - Villains don't sell as well as heroes

So FTC is going to make more heroes which means that in order to get a healthy roster of villains, FTC has to continue to see sales that are strong enough to justify continuing to introduce new waves of figures. So far it seems sales are very good, but we have to remember that we'll need to see over a dozen or more waves to put a serious dent in the villain lineup that most of us want to see.

Money talks, if you don't buy the heroes now FTC assumes you won't buy the villains later. Not saying anyone should buy heroes now that they don't want on the hope it leads to villains they DO want later, just trying to explain FTC's position. Even though Anthony is a Mego fan, he's also a businessman.

[DaBillmann]

I have 2 Doc Mego Robin head figures, (1 blonde, and 1 black haired), and I put a red jumpsuit and boots on one and a blue jumpsuit and boots on the other, and put a lightning bolt sticker on the red, and a star sticker on the blue. A little boy I used to babysit, said these guys were villains, "Evil Lightning and Mr. Star". My point is that you can fill in the gaps w/ your own custom or kitbashed figures, and you'd probably be happier w/ those than anything FTC came up with. And as far as the ratio, don't teams and legions and leagues fight one or two villains, anyway? Just look at the Superfriends. Except for "Challenge" most of the time, the whole group was fighting 1 super villain and his minion. So if you think of it that way, it sorta makes sense.

Darn you Hardygirl! How dare you go and make sense!

And yeah, often that happens, but, I like my heros and villains to FIGHT, as in punching and kicking and firing eye blasts. Unless the villain is Darkseid, that doesn;t usually work out too good for the one lone villain. LOL.

[DaBillmann]

I think most of us want to see the Legion of Doom lineup of villains from the Super Friends completed, and a handful of others that Mego never made like Deathstroke. But the thing we all need to remember is that:

1 - FTC is a business trying to make money
2 - Villains don't sell as well as heroes

So FTC is going to make more heroes which means that in order to get a healthy roster of villains, FTC has to continue to see sales that are strong enough to justify continuing to introduce new waves of figures. So far it seems sales are very good, but we have to remember that we'll need to see over a dozen or more waves to put a serious dent in the villain lineup that most of us want to see.

Money talks, if you don't buy the heroes now FTC assumes you won't buy the villains later. Not saying anyone should buy heroes now that they don't want on the hope it leads to villains they DO want later, just trying to explain FTC's position. Even though Anthony is a Mego fan, he's also a businessman.

Oh yes, I understand they are in it to make money. I guess I don't comprehend the whole thing about heros selling better. Especially in a market like this, where people are buying the thigns for themselves, due to a love for the characters, as well as a love for Megos as opposed to buying a kid a Christmas present. Seems like there are enough completists out there that villains would sel las well as heros.

I guess now yo usee why I don't own a toy company. LOL