Six Million Dollar Man Aciton Figures Wave 2 Images!

[ZICA]

Great post, BionicMatt! Appreciate learning the facts about Steve Austin's outfits in the show. An action figure of him in his navy blue leisure suit would have been awesome with the Fembot 3-pack! I now have to agree that you need a Steve Austin in each wave of figures, and your suggested mix of characters for Waves 2 and 3 makes perfect sense! And I preordered Wave 2 even though disappointed the photo cards didn't match Wave 1's artwork, but if the mix had included a Steve Austin figure with his own photo card, I would have liked the change much better.

Craig, would you please reconsider your decision to cancel the line and try BionicMatt's above suggestions? Seems to me people buy more in the fall through the holidays, so your presales would be much stronger. Also, do you realize how popular the Venus Space Probe would be with collectors, since the original Kenner toy is a holy grail? Aside from Star Wars, I personally have no interest in any other toy lines you might do besides The Six Million Dollar Man, and The Bionic Woman. At least think about it for down the road, never say never.

Nobody is more disappointed and frustrated that wave 2 isn't going to happen than me, but I've got more important things to focus on now and I'd rather not waste my energy dwelling on what could have been. Also, the amount of time it would take to develop and produce new figures and the Venus Space Probe is far longer than what I have left on the license. Who knows, maybe Funko will grab the license once it's available and continue where I left off.

[Bionic Chris]

Great post, BionicMatt! Appreciate learning the facts about Steve Austin's outfits in the show. An action figure of him in his navy blue leisure suit would have been awesome with the Fembot 3-pack! I now have to agree that you need a Steve Austin in each wave of figures, and your suggested mix of characters for Waves 2 and 3 makes perfect sense! And I preordered Wave 2 even though disappointed the photo cards didn't match Wave 1's artwork, but if the mix had included a Steve Austin figure with his own photo card, I would have liked the change much better.

Craig, would you please reconsider your decision to cancel the line and try BionicMatt's above suggestions? Seems to me people buy more in the fall through the holidays, so your presales would be much stronger. Also, do you realize how popular the Venus Space Probe would be with collectors, since the original Kenner toy is a holy grail? Aside from Star Wars, I personally have no interest in any other toy lines you might do besides The Six Million Dollar Man, and The Bionic Woman. At least think about it for down the road, never say never.

[BionicMatt]

Quote Originally Posted by starsky View Post
i think wave 3 and a venus space probe would have been jackpot craig or would you have needed wave 2 to succeed in order for wave 3 to happen?

Wave 2 needed to succeed for wave 3 to happen. Only two figures were planned for wave 3 because I wanted to start work on the Venus Probe. The figures were Steve in khaki outfit and a fembot 3-pack.

I'm so bummed that the line has been canceled! I'm in the camp that believes the character mix may have been partly to blame, since the price certainly can't be at fault. With a five-figure wave, I really think a Steve Austin (in khakis) would have been a sure thing (in place of one of the Rudy Wells figures). Without a Steve Austin variant, the set is really just five average-looking guys, with no "exciter" in the mix. A better sample of the "Mr. X" robot face exposed might have helped, too.

My thought would have been for another two waves of five figures each (keeping Craig's fembot 3-pack idea):

1. Steve Austin (khakis)
2. Oscar Goldman
3. Mr. X robot
4. Rudy Wells (Oppenheimer)
5. Barney Miller

1. Steve Austin (mustached; navy blue leisure suit)
2. Rudy Wells (Brooks)
3. Fembot #1 (Katy)
4. Fembot #2 (Callahan)
5. Fembot #3 (generic; faceless in black uniform)

As desired as a Steve in khakis figure is, the outfit he wore most often was a navy blue leisure suit (I gave up counting at 18 episode appearances). Steve wore the navy blue leisure suit when battling the fembots in "Kill Oscar-Part II", so it would make sense to offer that outfit with the fembot wave. Almost as common was the khaki "adventure fatigues" outfit with 15 appearances. Next came the tracksuits with red at 6, royal blue at 5, and light blue at 4. BTW... Barney Hiller's tracksuit in "The Bionic Criminal" is navy blue (with red & white stripes) --not black-- a some have stated, and as BBP has (incorrectly) outfitted their 8" figure.

I know the flood of low-priced figures from Funko has probably been taking its toll on many collectors' budgets, likely hurting the SMDM line. I'm also one that would have paid a higher price to keep this line going. Maybe $15 per figure, or the set for $60-$65 might have helped. It's hard to second-guess Craig and the people marketing these things, since they know what needs to happen to make them a reality. Making enough profit to have made the effort worthwhile--not to mention to keep the line going--is something of which collectors are hopefully mindful.

As far as card art goes, I fully understand the cost of the commissioned artwork is very high, and, outside of Steve and the robots, most of the other characters don't lend themselves to the snazzy how-cool-is-that art of Wave 1. It's hard to imagine any collector not buying new figures because they had photo cards rather than illustrations. If the line had continued, it would have been nice to see Wave 1 reissued with photo cards, making the initial release that much more special.

So unfortunately, an in-scale Venus Space Probe goes back into the if-only-there-was-something-that-cool-in-my-collection dreams.

[ZICA]

So what is the cool property that could get us excited. Is it retro/classic property or a completely new concept like Boss Fights Hacks? Just a hint.

All I can say at this point is that it will be a modern take on a retro/classic property.

[jp1977]

So what is the cool property that could get us excited. Is it retro/classic property or a completely new concept like Boss Fights Hacks? Just a hint.

[ZICA]

i think wave 3 and a venus space probe would have been jackpot craig or would you have needed wave 2 to succeed in order for wave 3 to happen?

Wave 2 needed to succeed for wave 3 to happen.

[SeattleEd]

Sad to read to read about this but makes sense. Need the guaranteed capital to invest.
I, too, was looking forward the Venus Space Probe and seeing it packaged in a retro box. I would settle for a resin repro at this point.
The upside is you managed to get a Bigfoot and Blue outfit Steve. I'm grateful to get those as retro figures! Thank you, Craig.

[starsky]

i think wave 3 and a venus space probe would have been jackpot craig or would you have needed wave 2 to succeed in order for wave 3 to happen?

[ZICA]

Now that the line is dead, just what were the wave three figures that you envisioned?

Only two figures were planned for wave 3 because I wanted to start work on the Venus Probe. The figures were Steve in khaki outfit and a fembot 3-pack.

[jp1977]

Now that the line is dead, just what were the wave three figures that you envisioned?

[Brown Bear]

I broke the news to my kids and my eight year old said "Daddy, can you ask your Craig friend if he'll sell us the protos?" LOL

[noelani72]

yea me too - really glad I got wave 1.

[starsky]

yeah me too. :(

[jonwes]

Just got my cancellation notice from BBTS. Very sad, but at least we can enjoy the awesome wave we did get. Thanks for bringing us that.

[jp1977]

I am so bummed out over this. However my years of toy collecting have shown me that sometimes, patience can pay off. I do not know how long you have the license for but maybe someday this could be revisited again. Looking ahead to Captain Action!