harryoscop
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This is for when they start revealing the awesome merchandise!
Mattel is no worse than Hasbro, stop. I actually think Mattel made the leap with their MOS MM lineup, and sculpting. Good selection of characters, and IMO great mass produced figures. They moved too. I didn't see them hanging on well past their welcome. By the time the DVD came out they were gone. Series 2 was very difficult to find in stores.I'm sure Mattel has a pretty outdated mediocre lineup just waiting to shelf warm. All I ask for in terms of merchandise from this movie is a 6 inch scale Batman and Batmobile to go with him.
These days, when I walk into a Toys R Us or a Walmart, what I see is DC losing an entire generation of kids. Marvel dominates the aisles, while a few (mostly terrible) DC toys occupy a small, sad corner shelf. When it comes to mainstream consumer merch, Marvel's toys are better made, better merchandised, and better marketed.
One hopes that there will be an effort to reverse this trend with BVS.
On the other hand, DC's designer line is fantastic. I'd love to see a Batfleck made for that line. The Capullo Batman from that line is one of the highest quality toys in that price-range I've seen DC produce.
As for merchandise on the collectors end of the spectrum... I just grabbed the Hot Toys Robocop, so that pretty much blows my toy budget for a while. I missed my chance to buy the Hot Toy's Batman '89 version, though, and always regretted that... so hopefully by the time their Batfleck rolls around I will have some extra cash to throw at it.
Does a signed photo of Henry Cavill from BVS count?
Yes.Does a signed photo of Henry Cavill from BVS count?
Not because their toys are better. They're roughly the same quality.These days, when I walk into a Toys R Us or a Walmart, what I see is DC losing an entire generation of kids. Marvel dominates the aisles
I may have been unclear. I disagree that the toys are of the same quality, but I did not mean to imply that Marvel's quality is the reason they dominate the aisles. They dominate the aisle for a litany of reasons, chief among them those you go on to mention. Being better made, marketed, and merchandised is merely a single prong of the attack.Not because their toys are better. They're roughly the same quality.
Yes, that is precisely why I made the statement that I made.This is the Marvel generation right now with kids. DC doesn't have the shelf space because they're not dominating media like they did in the 90s. And when Marvel releases like 2 or 3 feature films every year and DC gets one out every 2 to 3 years of course there will be a disproportionate amount of product for Marvel compared to DC.
Mattel is no worse than Hasbro, stop. I actually think Mattel made the leap with their MOS MM lineup, and sculpting. Good selection of characters, and IMO great mass produced figures. They moved too. I didn't see them hanging on well past their welcome. By the time the DVD came out they were gone. Series 2 was very difficult to find in stores.
Their MOS MM were easily better than the atrocity that was their TDK trilogy lineup. Sidenote, at least MAFEX is delivering where Mattel failed. Hopefully they give me a much needed BEGINS Batman, and Bane too.
Anyway, I heard Mattel were completely putting and end to the 6 inch lineup in all forms. But it would be such a wasted opportunity not to get BvS, as epic as it will be cinematically, in that scale.
I don't think we need a new Superman figure, given the differences in his costume from MOS are minimal, virtually un-noticable. But we absolutely need
Affleck's Batman
Affleck's Batman in Anti-Superman Armor
Maybe a Wonder Woman, depending on her role. And I could only dream of a Batmobile in that scale to go with the MM.
a) It's not confirmed they won't continue the 6 inch MM line for BvSI didn't know that Mattel was doing away with their 6-inch figures. If that's the case, why not leave that scale to a company like NECA? Their 25th Anniversary 7" 1989 Batman was amazing!
They are ... no amount of mental gymnastics could make it be otherwise. To argue like the Marvel Legends are some increased quality compared to the Movie Masters is absurd.Saint said:I disagree that the toys are of the same quality
a) It's not confirmed they won't continue the 6 inch MM line for BvS
b) NECA's 25th anniversary Batman is the best figure I own
c) Mattel, and even DC Direct doesn't want American based companies making profit off rights in every scale to these characters that they pay license fees to keep.
NECA found some crazy loop hole to release that amazing figure.