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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.

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

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

Emerje

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 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).

My Little Snowflake! It would complain about a billion different things and then collapse on the floor and cry for hours.

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.

Emerje

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.

Emerje

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).

Emerje