Marvel & DC Mego Reissues?

[dumbldor]

Don't worry Dubldor, the Re-issues aren't going to affect prices on WGSH. most of the good carded stuff is in the hands of collectors who spent a pretty penny on them so no matter how much the Re-issues affect Ebay sales of loose figures, vintage carded stuff will always be steep. Re-issues don't affect package variations.

I agree completely. I thought I shared my thoughts on this subject here, but it must have been another thread. The rare carded WGSH are, for the most part, in the hands of very few collectors and are worth whatever someone is willing to pay for them on the infrequent chance they ever go up for sale. Repros will not change that one bit.

Even if the rare carded WGSH would plummet in price, it does not matter. Toy collecting is not an investment. I am way ahead in this game, anyway. It's all monopoly money to me. When I can sell something for big bucks, it is a bonus.

[The Bat]

Here's a quote from the Man Himself...Doc Mego!

"There will be more Treks, and I will not rest until the super-heroes are hanging on store pegs. "

[mego boy CA]

welcome and yes it would be awsome to see some dc and marvel mego repos!

[thunderbolt]

Yeah, they hold the master toy Licence,and the "1,000" page agreements
lay out in Fine detail what can be and can not be made in the form of action figures and toys, to inculde that Marvel and DC have the finale say what gets produced.
and Both sides beat each other over the head with the contract.
Things that are manufactured outside the licence holder, are items not cover in the agreements.
as for the Tonner, there not action figures persay but high end collectible dolls.

It not going to happen.

DCDirect and Marvel Select can and do operate even with the contracts with Hasbro and Mattel. So, it could easily happen thru Diamond, EMCE and Direct and or Select.

[Count Creepyhead]

I think is inevitable. It's going to happen. Might be another year or so but I guarantee we'll see Re-issues of at least Supes, Batman+Robin, and Aquaman. Then we'll see Pengy, Joker, and Riddler.

If Trek happened then Dc and possibly Marvel WGSH are gonna happen. I think that was Emcee's plan anyway. Test the waters with Trek so we can Re-issue WGSH.

Don't worry Dubldor, the Re-issues aren't going to affect prices on WGSH. most of the good carded stuff is in the hands of collectors who spent a pretty penny on them so no matter how much the Re-issues affect Ebay sales of loose figures, vintage carded stuff will always be steep. Re-issues don't affect package variations.

[jemboy2004]

well If they do dc and marvel reissues my godson will be very happy! He loves to look at my megos in their cases so if they re-issued them he would get them all.

I have to think that this could happen but still wonder if they would do many. One reason is Mattel and hasbro sell toys all over but emce only though select places. Is there really a market for dc and marvel to be satisfied with the sales volume? They might give it a try but after selling a few hundred or even a few thousand they might drop the project. Unless they are really high priced which would leave me out of buying them as I would only have interest in them if I could get them at a decent price for my gifts to my godson.

[AAAAA]

^^^ Since Hasbro nor Mattel produce 8 inch costumed dolls currently, would it be upsetting either?

Yeah, they hold the master toy Licence,and the "1,000" page agreements
lay out in Fine detail what can be and can not be made in the form of action figures and toys, to inculde that Marvel and DC have the finale say what gets produced.
and Both sides beat each other over the head with the contract.
Things that are manufactured outside the licence holder, are items not cover in the agreements.
as for the Tonner, there not action figures persay but high end collectible dolls.

It not going to happen.

[websbestcomics]

This is all pretty fascinating. I know very little about the ins and outs of the toy industry, but it does seem promising. I'll definitely be onboard to buy any WGSH they decide to produce.

[jds1911a1]

That's the thing.

As long as it's done as a "reissue" for the collector, direct market, I can see a small line of WGSH thru Diamond Select and Marvel and DC giving the go ahead.

Just like the reissues of GI Joe, Carebears, Transformers and everything else recently put out to take advantage of people my age reaching the point in life where we have disposable income to blow of fragmented pieces of our childhood.

Remove Diamond Select and their bargaining power from the equation and it falls apart. The end.

Consider this for the moment, as well. NO ONE thought Lucas would or could legally give a license to any other company to produce figures while Hasbro had them nailed down for YEARS. Yet, they managed to use the between the lines legal small print to allow Sideshow to produce 1:4 scale figures/statues exclusively for the "collector" non-mass market. Of course that led to them finally getting the rights to 1:6, but that's another story.

So multiple licenses for different markets? Ya, big companies can and will do that, if money's involved.

Actually i think sideshow buys the right to produce the 12" figs from hasbro as the master license holder with lucasfilm having approval rigths on product (i am a star wars collector too) i rememeber rebelscum website has addressed this with hasbro and that was the explanation I recall. Similiary EMCE has bought the right to produce the st reptros from Diamond as the license holder (or diamond contracted with EMCE Doc would have to confirm which)
Now if we all want to spend the kind of dollars a sideshow figure or a kotoboya from japan costs the chances go up. but disposable income or not without a lower price point for casual nostalgia purchases I can't forsee it happening unless doc went right for "rare" wgsh and aimed the line just at real mego heads and had a high price point

[thunderbolt]

^^^ Since Hasbro nor Mattel produce 8 inch costumed dolls currently, would it be upsetting either?

[Hulk]

The economics of it all could sideline any deal. DC and or Marvel would need to see significant potential for income from any licensing deal, especially if the figures might upset their current licensees. Then the real question becomes can EMCE's China supplier handle that kind of volume, and if not, then either it doesn't happen, or someone gets squeezed out of the deal. Just speculation of course, but I wouldn't want to be the low man on that totem pole.

[LadyZod]

That's the thing.

As long as it's done as a "reissue" for the collector, direct market, I can see a small line of WGSH thru Diamond Select and Marvel and DC giving the go ahead.

Just like the reissues of GI Joe, Carebears, Transformers and everything else recently put out to take advantage of people my age reaching the point in life where we have disposable income to blow of fragmented pieces of our childhood.

Remove Diamond Select and their bargaining power from the equation and it falls apart. The end.

Consider this for the moment, as well. NO ONE thought Lucas would or could legally give a license to any other company to produce figures while Hasbro had them nailed down for YEARS. Yet, they managed to use the between the lines legal small print to allow Sideshow to produce 1:4 scale figures/statues exclusively for the "collector" non-mass market. Of course that led to them finally getting the rights to 1:6, but that's another story.

So multiple licenses for different markets? Ya, big companies can and will do that, if money's involved.

[Captain]

Normally, I would say this was a dead subject....just never EVER going to happen.
The Diamond Select/EMCE connection however totally throws that opinion out with the trash.
I can easily see a pact between Marvel and or DC with Diamond Select to have re-issues made. In fact, I would almost bet that some kind of discussions are taking place on this very type of project as we speak...err...read!
Diamond has done DC and Marvel related stuff in the past that seemed to contradict with the "established" DC/Marvel licensed products. I'm sure they could do so again.

Outside of a Diamond project....I refer back to my original opinion.

[thunderbolt]

Oh, I forgot one thing:



Actually, I don't give a crap what the little loser thinks about these figures or anything else, and he shouldn't care what I think. It is so pathetic for this loser to continue to obsess with me, my collecting habits, and what I think. What a creepy, pathetic, little existence. Stop the man-crush now and get a life.

I'm just glad that i am not the only one the cretin obsesses over. Thanks for being there, Dan!!

[The Sentry]

*throws 2 cents in*

If you would have asked me this about 6 months ago I would have laughed at you, and 6 months ago of you would have told me about Megomuseum I once again would have laughed, "No one has interrest in old toys fromthe 70's anymore!" I would have said. However since June of this year, I've had so many wake-up calls to business proper in the Mego dept. I doubt I'll ever go back to sleep!

Personally, I think the Doc has crossed some serious leaps and bounds with the Star Trek licence, and even more with POTA (This one makes me happiest, I only needed a small few things to complete my POTA collection and obtaining that licence only makes it easier to complete what I need!)
I think if Marvel got their heads outta their @$$es they would see that this is ground that NEEDS to be covered, thanks to the success of ROBOT CHICKEN and the fact that there's a forum about this particular line of toys that's growing in popularity everyday (just google "MEGO" and see newcomers!) this was a franchise that was very popular and still would have been if Mego would have taken the Star Wars licence. Imagine what Mego figures would be like today? WOW! I personally think DC will be a shoo-in they seem to welcome different styles of the superheroes, and have spread themselves out very nicely, so I don't worry about DC, and since Marvel has those 9" figures they think that those are Megos, NOPE! I don't like them at all! I want the old-school and I think alot more share my feelings, plus one other thing, I think that this generation needs to see what rang our bells as a kid and show the kids of this era what a great action figure is all about!

So my fingers are crossed, and I think it just may happen IMO. It's just gunna take some time to secure the fact that there is a demand for these!

God, I hope it happens!

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