DST Spider-Man Limited Edition Collector Set

[Gorn Captain]

Again, 1 body, 3 heads and 3 costumes = $80. If you can pay it, you get it, if not look something else. This is for collectors not kids. Dr. Mego and Diamond team up and score a wonderful Mego offering for us, Mego collectors, and here you have people whining and trying to kill the project...

So basically, if you can't afford $80, you're not a collector, a child, or a whining hater who wants to "kill" the project.
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[Iron Mego]

Yeah, I gotta agree with the naysayers on this one. This is NOT what I would have asked or wished for from new Marvel Megos. I have never been sold on the costume set idea, which is why I've stopped buying Captain Action, and likely won't be buying most of these. I know I won't be getting the Spidey set, and I'll just have to see what comes in the other sets. At $80 PLUS having to invest another $15 to $20 for extra bodies it is not affordable for me. Others are happy with it, and that's great. I hope they're a success.

[Bronxboykev]

I think I said this before... These are being offered up on sights right now for $69.99 even if you had to pay for 2 extra Doc Mego bodies at another $10 that's $79.99 almost what 3 figures from FTC would run you...

[thunderbolt]

People don't seem to understand... These sets will be 1 body, 3 heads and 3 costumes. That's it. That's what the deal is all about. No motorcycles, no accessories, no anything else. If you invest in buying another two Doc Mego (or other) repro bodies then you can assemble the other two heads and suits and get 3 figures.

Again, 1 body, 3 heads and 3 costumes = $80. If you can pay it, you get it, if not look something else. This is for collectors not kids. Dr. Mego and Diamond team up and score a wonderful Mego offering for us, Mego collectors, and here you have people whining and trying to kill the project...

I think most get it, and the fact that this was the only way it could happen. As others have said, not in my budget to plunk down 80 bucks plus extra bodies and shipping on this stuff from two different places. Besides all that, Mego Spider-Men can be had all day on ebay, not circle suits, but plent of Spideys out there. I'd much rather wait and get more 66 Batmen anyway.

[PNGwynne]

"Whiny haters who want to kill the project"? That's absurd.

It's called market capitalism. Buy what you like & can afford.

DM & DST will produce what they think will appeal to a niche market and within the "confines of the license."

It's worth remembering that Mattel RetroAction was imperiled by design & distribution concerns, not niche disinterest.

[wayne foundation 07]

"Whiny haters who want to kill the project"? That's absurd.

It's called market capitalism. Buy what you like & can afford.

DM & DST will produce what they think will appeal to a niche market and within the "confines of the license."

It's work remembering that Mattel RetroAction was imperiled by design & distribution concerns, not niche disinterest.

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

People don't seem to understand... These sets will be 1 body, 3 heads and 3 costumes. That's it. That's what the deal is all about. No motorcycles, no accessories, no anything else. If you invest in buying another two Doc Mego (or other) repro bodies then you can assemble the other two heads and suits and get 3 figures.

Again, 1 body, 3 heads and 3 costumes = $80. If you can pay it, you get it, if not look something else. This is for collectors not kids. Dr. Mego and Diamond team up and score a wonderful Mego offering for us, Mego collectors, and here you have people whining and trying to kill the project...

There was much whining about the FTC WGSH figures when they first came out, thankfully that's calmed down a bit, along with the hand-wringing.

With this line, I can more easily see why people are complaining: The price. The pricepoint alone dictates that a lot of people aren't going to be satisfied.

Personally, I can't justify the $80 price point because I don't like the 2nd Spidey costume. IMO it's awful, the head is terribly mis-shaped and the web-slinging mechanism and belt both look hokey as hell.

Having said that, if they nail the Mego versions of Thor and Iron Man, I would probably be in for those.

[Iron Mego]

I think I said this before... These are being offered up on sights right now for $69.99 even if you had to pay for 2 extra Doc Mego bodies at another $10 that's $79.99 almost what 3 figures from FTC would run you...

Not to split hairs, but it's gonna be more than that. I always factor in shipping and tax on this stuff. So from Entertainment Earth the total is $85.19 for me. Docs bodies are $7/piece (the muscle bodies are $5, but I don't care for those) and any order from Doc includes $7/shipping, that's another $21. Grand total of $106.19 for three figures. If I went with Type S bodies, it'd be even more. That's nearly as much as a complete set of Batman 66 figures, with shipping.

[melkorjunior]

People don't seem to understand... These sets will be 1 body, 3 heads and 3 costumes. That's it. That's what the deal is all about. No motorcycles, no accessories, no anything else.

Seems to me that we're getting plenty of extra accessories in the Spider-Man set...or don't you count web-shooters, extra hands, a camera, and a newspaper as accessories?

[Bronxboykev]

Not to split hairs, but it's gonna be more than that. I always factor in shipping and tax on this stuff. So from Entertainment Earth the total is $85.19 for me. Docs bodies are $7/piece (the muscle bodies are $5, but I don't care for those) and any order from Doc includes $7/shipping, that's another $21. Grand total of $106.19 for three figures. If I went with Type S bodies, it'd be even more. That's nearly as much as a complete set of Batman 66 figures, with shipping.

So far a lot of people are swapping out the FTC bodies so figure adding another $28 to an FTC order and your at $128 we know Doc's bodies are superior so your still looking at $30 a figure no matter how you want to justify it

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

So far a lot of people are swapping out the FTC bodies so figure adding another $28 to an FTC order and your at $128 we know Doc's bodies are superior so your still looking at $30 a figure no matter how you want to justify it

But you don't have to swap out the bodies if you want to display the FTC figures. If you want to display the Spidey set you WILL need 2 more bodies and that IS an additional expense.

You can get a minty original Spidey for $100 bucks even if you get it from benbarb. I just can't see it. Now for Thor or another figure where the original Mego figure costs well north of $100 loose and minty, the $80-$100 for the set of 3 makes more sense. But for the Spidey set, the math doesn't work as well.

[PNGwynne]

... But for the Spidey set, the math doesn't work as well.

That might be why DM-DST chose to reproduce the circle-suit Spiderman.

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

That might why DM-DST chose to reproduce the circle-suit Spiderman.

The circle-suit Spidey does nothing for me cause I had the 'regular' one as a kid. In fact the circle-suit makes me less likely to buy the set for that very reason.

I can understand why they went that route, given the market, but it won't make the set more appealing to all of that market, and to some it will actually make it less appealing.

[Iron Mego]

So far a lot of people are swapping out the FTC bodies so figure adding another $28 to an FTC order and your at $128 we know Doc's bodies are superior so your still looking at $30 a figure no matter how you want to justify it

That's an optional thing. You don't HAVE to swap out the FTC bodies.

[Iron Mego]

We can go back and forth on this forever. The point being that the concept of the Marvel "sets" as they are, doesn't work for some of us "collectors." For me it mainly boils down to the extra costumes idea. I simply don't like it. At $20 less per set I still wouldn't like it.