FTC teases Harry Potter

[sprytel]

You guys keep talking about children. The first Harry Potter book was published in 1997. There are *plenty* of Harry Potter fans in their 20s and 30s.

Plus, there are a lot of female Harry Potter fans... who are probably more comfortable with the doll-like qualities of Mego figures.

Potter is a hugely popular franchise that is currently under-served in toy merchandizing. I frankly find the idea ridiculous that the only people who would ever buy a 1:9 action figure are old men who grew up playing with Megos.

[thunderbolt]

Oh? So you weren't implying that that means the line was selling well because of that? Or were you indeed implying that, and nitpicking my paraphrasing?

I didn't "imply" anything, I was pointing out that Batman 66 like Potter has appeal outside Mego fans. Just like Universal Monsters and Trek. You were the one implying what I said. I said what I said, no need for you to try and read between lines or put words in my mouth.

[samurainoir]

You guys keep talking about children. The first Harry Potter book was published in 1997. There are *plenty* of Harry Potter fans in their 20s and 30s.

Plus, there are a lot of female Harry Potter fans... who are probably more comfortable with the doll-like qualities of Mego figures.

Potter is a hugely popular franchise that is currently under-served in toy merchandizing. I frankly find the idea ridiculous that the only people who would ever buy a 1:9 action figure are old men who grew up playing with Megos.

Well said. I'm still astonished at how popular Quidditch is on University and College campuses. The cross-gender appeal is also something huge that folks should take into account. Harry Potter is Star Wars and Grease rolled into one for this generation of Millennials.

If FTC can somehow get their figures into the Harry Potter Universal Theme parks around the world, I think that alone would justify the license.

and here's something that most folks are forgetting... The first generation Harry Potter dolls were very Mego-like.

[thunderbolt]

^^^ Funny, I am right now using a Hermoine from Mattel as a base for a custom figure.

[EMCE Hammer]

And I have made half a dozen custom vehicles over the years from the Weasley car. I just dug one out a few days ago so I'd have it ready. I guess now it's safe to say that I've seen some of the sculpts. At least one blew me away.

I watched all the movies with my daughter, who will be 21 soon. I've now started working my way through them again with my elementary age sons. Kids are still dressing as Harry Potter for Halloween around here, and merchandising is still going strong worldwide. The amount of money flowing at the theme parks is pretty amazing IMO. It's not Star Wars, but it's nothing to sneeze at.

[PNGwynne]

This is nothing to sneeze at IMO--just as important a license for FTC as Star Trek or POTA was for Mego.

[TRDouble]

The movie franchise started to go down when David Yates took over as director starting at The Order of the Phoenix, and got terrible by the end as they veered off from the books way too much.

But I still have interest in this line; just not sure how much yet.

I loved the UK\European HP 3-3/4" line and got as many of those as possible. If FTC can pull this line off and give us a good amount of characters (I want to see how they approach Hagrid!), this could be a really fun line.

[Wise4671]

With me it will depend on the head sculpts.

[madmarva]

With me it will depend on the head sculpts.

Do you want the sculpts to be based off the actors or descriptions from the book?

I'd be good with either, but it would be more difficult to nail the actors, although the Batman 66 line has been very good.

[huedell]

I didn't "imply" anything, I was pointing out that Batman 66 like Potter has appeal outside Mego fans. Just like Universal Monsters and Trek. You were the one implying what I said. I said what I said, no need for you to try and read between lines or put words in my mouth.

You're right T-bolt---because I went back and checked your original post---and you put the words in your mouth yourself---
you didn't leave it at "appeal"---you said it was "doing well" outside the old nerds---

The Batman 66 stuff has that fanbase to tap into and that line is doing well outside regular collectors like us.

geez, you'd think you'd pick your battles more

[BATMAN89]

Harry Potter? That's a little less interesting than "The Big Bang Theory" figures. At least one figure from BBT came with a Batman shirt. So I bought it on sale, kept the shirt, and parted out the rest of him.
No use for HP.

[TRDouble]

Do you want the sculpts to be based off the actors or descriptions from the book?

I'd be good with either, but it would be more difficult to nail the actors, although the Batman 66 line has been very good.

Wow. I never thought of that.

I think it would be interesting to see the line based off the book, but did we see all of the characters as they appeared in the book? It is a cool idea, nonetheless.

But I think to succeed, the line would have to be based on the movie likenesses and not the book. And if they go in any chronological order, that means a Richard Harris Dumbledore!

[Wise4671]

Do you want the sculpts to be based off the actors or descriptions from the book?

I'd be good with either, but it would be more difficult to nail the actors, although the Batman 66 line has been very good.

I would like to see them from the movie. My kids would enjoy them if they are if they are from the book all I would hear is that doesn't look like ---- so yeah Movie all the way.

[thunderbolt]

You're right T-bolt---because I went back and checked your original post---and you put the words in your mouth yourself---
you didn't leave it at "appeal"---you said it was "doing well" outside the old nerds---


geez, you'd think you'd pick your battles more

I happen to also be member of the batman 66 board and a line like this is doing well outside this fan site and crossing over to non mego collectors over there, same with the Hot Toys offerings.

[nobody]

I happen to also be member of the batman 66 board and a line like this is doing well outside this fan site and crossing over to non mego collectors over there, same with the Hot Toys offerings.

I'd like to join that board, but you'd just bust my chops on there as well.