New EMCE Ideas....

[JediJaida]

New EMCE ideas...

Supposing that each head costs about .50 cents to a dollar to produce that's $2,500 to $5,000 American dollars!

Not unless someone was reeeeaaaallly dedicated to selling rotocast heads would that be a good idea.

If he/she couldn't afford it out of pocket, they'd have to get a bank loan, and depending upon sales, they might not make back the money they borrowed, and have to pay it off with whatever money they get from their day jobs.

Not exactly a tempting thought.

I thought about it myself, but there's the business of getting a tax license, a business license, and all that other legal stuff, which I'd probably have to pay for before getting anything off the ground. And it might be a couple of years before I saw any kind of profit from it, and I still would have to work at my day job, keep my customers happy, and grit my teeth when my relatives tell me how stupid I am for doing this.

My hat is off to Paul for having the chutzpah to follow his dream in spite of all that malarkey. He's braver than I am.

[GSPUSA]

So sidestepping licensing? Isn't that bootlegging and ripping off a property? You really want to get a cease and desist letter from Warner Bros?? I doubt it. Pretty sure you'd have a hard time getting Doc, Castaway or CTVT wanting anything to do with that either.

I know you're right.

[Action Martin]

Yes...but getting enough People to agree, on which one to go in on...that could prove VERY difficult.

Agreed. I think that I've seen only one idea that I would go with besides my own.

[Action Martin]

Or 8" versions of The Avengers (Diana Rigg... yum!)

I that idea.

[The Bat]

It guess it falls on Me to be Captain "bring down"(Dammit Mike...that's Your Job!!).
Ok...Licensing aside...I don't think We could get enough People together, to even get one Head(Rotocast)made in China. Remember when We talked about getting the Japanese Lady to Sculpt Us one Head in Mego scale(cost of about$400.00)...Lee Majors maybe? Well...nothing came of it.

I once talked to Paul(Doc Mego)about adding the Romulan Head to His China made stuff(good things come to those Who wait!). He told that when placing an Order with His People in China...that it had to be a minimum of 5000 Piece's(correct Me if I'm wrong Paul). Now I don't know what the cost of each Head would be...but that's just the Head! I don't think there's enough People on this Board alone, that would support that.

Then of course...there's the rest of the Figure(Body, Clothes, Accessories, etc...). Which...the only logical thing to do would be buy them from Doc Mego, CTVT's, or Cast-A-Way.

[thunderbolt]

We could have a list of ideas and make it a sticky, have a vote of commited people for which ones to do first and so on. Have a treasurer keep a paypal account then when enuff funds are reached, send it to who makes the heads and to each suplier. It could be done word of mouth without official advertising to sidestep licensing.

So sidestepping licensing? Isn't that bootlegging and ripping off a property? You really want to get a cease and desist letter from Warner Bros?? I doubt it. Pretty sure you'd have a hard time getting Doc, Castaway or CTVT wanting anything to do with that either.

[GSPUSA]

Yes...but getting enough People to agree, on which one to go in on...that could prove VERY difficult.

We could have a list of ideas and make it a sticky, have a vote of commited people for which ones to do first and so on. Have a treasurer keep a paypal account then when enuff funds are reached, send it to who makes the heads and to each suplier. It could be done word of mouth without official advertising to sidestep licensing.

[The Bat]

If someone or a group of us could get some rotocast heads done for masproduction and a discount on the parts, we could start a mini-company and try to market them to people online and inperson. Online each of these ideas has a forum and fans who I'm sure they would appeal to. One persons great idea is anothers crappy one.

Yes...but getting enough People to agree, on which one to go in on...that could prove VERY difficult.

[GSPUSA]

If someone or a group of us could get some rotocast heads done for masproduction and a discount on the parts, we could start a mini-company and try to market them to people online and inperson. Online each of these ideas has a forum and fans who I'm sure they would appeal to. One persons great idea is anothers crappy one.

[The Bat]

I agree, I've heard some pretty bad Ideas....but I've heard a few good ones too!

[BlackKnight]

I am Sorry,.. But 90% of the Idea's in this thread are Crap,.. & Wouldn't sell . imo.

I know I wouldn't buy anything Past the 66 Show, GatchaMan. A Magnuim P.I. & a Hoff figure are pushing it,.. but I do have some sorta Interest there.. .

[Timothy2251]

Now that...I'd like to see mass produced! Doc could do The Beatles, both young & old.

In different outfits, no less! The Sgt. Pepper's and Magical Mystery Tour outfits would look gear fab!

Howsabout we get a reissue of Palitoy's Zorro? Or 8" versions of The Avengers (Diana Rigg... yum!), or some of the folks from Gerry Anderson's UFO (c'mon, purple-haired females in silver short-shorts? From the futuristic year of 1980? I'd buy TWO sets, folks!).

My wife would love it if Emcee got the rights to do Xena: Warrior Princess figures... actually, she just wants a Bruce Campbell figure. And so do I.

[thunderbolt]

I can't believe I didn't think of this earlier: The Addams Family!

The Barbie ones just didn't do it for me.

Ken as Gomez? Who do they think they're fooling? Certainly not me!

Barbie as Morticia? In one word: EEEEWWWWWW!!!!!

I already mentioned this one several pages ago.

[JediJaida]

New EMCE Ideas...

Thank you very much for that image. Now I am going to have to get the brain bleach to get it out of my subconscious.

I'd like to see Hawaii Five-0, Magnum P.I., the characters from Narnia, the new Iron Man, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Vincent from the T.V. series of Beauty and the Beast.

That'd be one kickin' sculpt to see.

[apes3978]

TV Ideas: Diff'rent Strokes

Would you prefer the kids of cast to be as they were on the show, or do you want to have older versions of them all in their jailhouse jumpsuits?