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The toys you want that companies will NEVER make

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The toys you want that companies will NEVER make

Postby blackeyedprime » Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:25 am

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In a world where certain brands have figures from every company and their dog, to figures of company dogs...or other companies willing to churn out multiple versions and waste just by not including a masked/unmasked head whist other IPs may not have even got a single figure.

That or merch may be so limited or so old (or even worse old, fragile and limited) or plain just not done great the first time around.

Maybe the licence was something only five people in the world watched. Plenty of stuff out there that I'd never watch and that gets merch so hey ho let's have at those too.

Here's a few of mine:

Highlander (tv series) duncan, Amanda hey if they want to do a non toon version of qunitin then go for it. Highlander films often see sporadic figures but duncan is the one to me.

Forevernight just 3 figures, some one sometime. Maybe neca.

All the Sam raimi/Robert tapert shows but maybe just the main characters. Xena, hercules (all the gods/demi gods) , Brisco, cleopatra, American gothic..

Magnum (I want playmobil magnum dang it, Higgins and the boys would look great)

Dallas reaction style figures - OK, I don't want these but believe that it should have merch.

Primal, I want a spear and fang yesterday. Not just some uber expensive iron studios statue or something.


Manta force (diaclone style?) I'd like some bigger action figures of the troopers, this line could go full on reinvention and I'd still be interested.
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Re: The toys you want that companies will NEVER make

Postby blackeyedprime » Tue Aug 08, 2023 11:47 am

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I gotta scratch playmobil Magnum PI off my never made list :)

https://www.playmobil.co.uk/magnum_-p.i ... imageMain2

Doesnt come with the boys and I'd want the Helicopter too but really cant complain, guess I'll switch that to modern Magnum PI :P
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Re: The toys you want that companies will NEVER make

Postby Emerje » Wed Aug 09, 2023 3:23 am

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That's awesome! Only complaint is that Higgin's hair is all wrong, but otherwise that's a great set!

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Re: The toys you want that companies will NEVER make

Postby AllNewSuperRobot » Wed Aug 09, 2023 12:01 pm

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Phantom 2040 (and by extension, the wider legacy of Pulp Heroes)

I do have a real fondness for Pulp Heroes. My friends that are aware of this, know not to mention a Certain 80's adaptation that really grates on me. This is probably though, my favourite iteration of The Ghost Who Walks. Because it was a blend of Pulp Hero within a sci-fi Future setting. Well regarded as it is. It is still an outlier legacy series of a classic comic book character not represented by the Big Two. Although Neca are knocking it out of the park with their DotE line. I doubt they will move this far down the line of the Phantom.
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Re: The toys you want that companies will NEVER make

Postby blackeyedprime » Wed Aug 09, 2023 12:18 pm

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I cant see Neca doing Phantom 2040, the body to leg proportions is too similar to Guyvers requiring a new body type.

I can see them doing a Billy Zane though :P just downsize the super shredder body for the muscle definitions hahahaha I'd be down for a Billy Zane from Demon Knight too (even Titanic- best character in it, made me cry when he found out he was being cheated on).
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Re: The toys you want that companies will NEVER make

Postby AllNewSuperRobot » Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:50 am

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Just like the Highlander cartoon, which I similarly remember fondly. Phantom 2040 was very stylised. Which is often a strike against it, when it comes to figure representation. The Phantom film, as with The Shadow film from around the same time. They were fine. Aesthetically, their heart was in the right place at least. I enjoy them on the same level as The Rocketeer or Darkman.
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Re: The toys you want that companies will NEVER make

Postby snavej » Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:52 am

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Postby AllNewSuperRobot » Thu Aug 10, 2023 3:41 pm

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As we've discussed elsewhere, StarCom was a great line with a high-end show.

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The magnet gimmick alongside how (for the time) intricate and interconnected the vehicles were, really made it stand out to me as a kid. Yet, the fact that it is vehicle based is likely the main reason a collector focused toyline wouldn't reappear. Anything other than a reduced scale line which would amount to models. Would likely be too cost-prohibitive for a franchise that has been dormant for the better part of 30+ years now.
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Re: The toys you want that companies will NEVER make

Postby Emerje » Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:47 am

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Yes loved Starcom as a kid, though I only had 2; the one in the top photo with 4 wheels and a big yellow gun on back and a "good" white 4 legged walker that came with a big yellow crate it could attach underneath and fly off with by way of pop out VTOL thrusters. Very creative stuff in that line.

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Re: The toys you want that companies will NEVER make

Postby AllNewSuperRobot » Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:53 am

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Emerje wrote:Yes loved Starcom as a kid, though I only had 2; the one in the top photo with 4 wheels and a big yellow gun on back and a "good" white 4 legged walker that came with a big yellow crate it could attach underneath and fly off with by way of pop out VTOL thrusters. Very creative stuff in that line.

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I had a couple of the Shadow Parasites and a bigger thing that I can't really recall enough to google search now. My brother had some of the Starcom sets too. Looking it up, Mattel now has the rights to Starcom. Which is probably another reason it won't come back. I mean I just discovered recently that an indie studio has a line of Earthworm Jim figures on the way. Which is the only way these kind of properties do more than just be sat on.
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Re: The toys you want that companies will NEVER make

Postby Emerje » Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:54 pm

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AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
Emerje wrote:Yes loved Starcom as a kid, though I only had 2; the one in the top photo with 4 wheels and a big yellow gun on back and a "good" white 4 legged walker that came with a big yellow crate it could attach underneath and fly off with by way of pop out VTOL thrusters. Very creative stuff in that line.

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I had a couple of the Shadow Parasites and a bigger thing that I can't really recall enough to google search now. My brother had some of the Starcom sets too. Looking it up, Mattel now has the rights to Starcom. Which is probably another reason it won't come back. I mean I just discovered recently that an indie studio has a line of Earthworm Jim figures on the way. Which is the only way these kind of properties do more than just be sat on.

The thing is both Hasbro and Mattel are good about licensing out their stuff, just look at Super7. I can only imagine the issue is more with their licensing costs and unless a company is big enough to to produce things in numbers that can get their stuff into stores (not to mention be sure the nostalgia is really there and not just a vocal fan minority) those costs become hard to overcome and you end up with companies like Ramen Toys that go the KO rout instead (Centurions) but also sometimes doesn't (Silverhawks).

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Re: The toys you want that companies will NEVER make

Postby Triggerdick Megatron » Sat Nov 23, 2024 12:54 am

You know I really wish Mattel would bring back Mighty Max. I adored the MM toys and the cartoon, it's on youtube btw.

I know they had a vote at the San Diego Comic-con where they asked what franchise you would like to see return and the top 2 (in no particular order) where Street Sharks & Mighty Max. There is hope!
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Re: The toys you want that companies will NEVER make

Postby Emerje » Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:37 am

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Triggerdick Megatron wrote:You know I really wish Mattel would bring back Mighty Max. I adored the MM toys and the cartoon, it's on youtube btw.

I know they had a vote at the San Diego Comic-con where they asked what franchise you would like to see return and the top 2 (in no particular order) where Street Sharks & Mighty Max. There is hope!

20+ years ago micro playsets were everywhere, and now there's nothing. I wonder what happened? There's still the occasional girls toys, but I wonder why these failed with boys?

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