So far, Topps has still been the only way to acquire these figures. Not characters, but figures. Just like ZLC Collectibles is the only way to acquire Rocky in sweats. And if I might step outside of the Mego world, just like Hasbro Pulse is the only place to purchase Marvel Legends Johnny Storm in a blue & white FF uniform and a clear Sue Storm (and Mego Ghostbusters and G.I. Joes), difference being you don’t have to pay upfront with Hasbro… unless you buy a HasLab item and some of those items are as expensive as all of the Topps figures combined.
Re-reading the Topps announcement, nowhere does it say that this is the only way to acquire these “characters”. In fact, it says exclusive figures, *including* new characters and reimagined classics. I do remember reading about the Topps deal being a way to get characters we otherwise might not get, and that might be true. And it does make me wonder if we get more DC characters like Ra’s Al Ghul in the future; a deal like Topps probably made a character like him possible.
But, making a pure assumption because I do not work for Mego, once these figure were guaranteed to be manufactured (funded by us, which some people have a problem with, and that’s fine) and the head molds were made and paid for, I assume it made it financially possible for Mego to release these characters to mass market; they just had to be different than the Topps figures. The Topps deal made the variants possible.
Depending on the sales of the IP, maybe Mego figures out how to get a Worf released. Maybe we see the Shazam figures as the new Shazam and Black Adam movies get closer. But without Topps, maybe we never see a Ra’s Al Ghul, a Borg Queen, or a Sisko… or the Crushers or Deanna Troi. Time will tell on some of these IPs.
So, I don’t understand how the goalposts were moved, especially based on the Topps announcement. If anything is wrong with the announcement, it’s that we never got any 14” figures, but the plug was pulled, so that explains that too.
Just my opinion.
Re-reading the Topps announcement, nowhere does it say that this is the only way to acquire these “characters”. In fact, it says exclusive figures, *including* new characters and reimagined classics. I do remember reading about the Topps deal being a way to get characters we otherwise might not get, and that might be true. And it does make me wonder if we get more DC characters like Ra’s Al Ghul in the future; a deal like Topps probably made a character like him possible.
But, making a pure assumption because I do not work for Mego, once these figure were guaranteed to be manufactured (funded by us, which some people have a problem with, and that’s fine) and the head molds were made and paid for, I assume it made it financially possible for Mego to release these characters to mass market; they just had to be different than the Topps figures. The Topps deal made the variants possible.
Depending on the sales of the IP, maybe Mego figures out how to get a Worf released. Maybe we see the Shazam figures as the new Shazam and Black Adam movies get closer. But without Topps, maybe we never see a Ra’s Al Ghul, a Borg Queen, or a Sisko… or the Crushers or Deanna Troi. Time will tell on some of these IPs.
So, I don’t understand how the goalposts were moved, especially based on the Topps announcement. If anything is wrong with the announcement, it’s that we never got any 14” figures, but the plug was pulled, so that explains that too.
Just my opinion.
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