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karamazov80 said:
Yeah, I'm happy they executed with Joker, but am not putting much stock in them going forward. Shame they haven't been able to keep up with their planned releases. Seems like they should have set more reasonable expectations of themselves and not put up pre-orders for so many different figures.
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I agree. I’m continually grateful for such a high quality figure of the 66 Joker, a grail for me if there ever was one, however I’ve lost faith in them as a company that can consistently deliver. They seem to be too small to have so many irons in the fire.
 
Fingers crossed that, if ‘66 Riddler doesn’t release before the end of the year, and “Captain Villain” doesn’t go up for preorder, we get an announcement from JazzInc that they’ll make the rest of the ‘66 villains.

Which hurts a bit, because the prototype for Mars’ Penguin is insanely perfect. It’ll be almost impossible to top it - that’s not a slight against JazzInc, but a testament to how amazing of a job Mars did on the prototype.
 
Nine Inch Nails said:
I totally forgot that they made the BTTF figures, man they are really F'N backedup.
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At what point can we recoup non-refundable deposits from Kit if these never materialize ?
Or is that money just gone if they never produce these figures ?
 
professorratigan said:
I don't know. It seems like Mars might have given up on Catwoman after the Jazzinc announcement. And, frankly, I'm kind of okay with that if it means Mars can move on and cover new ground. It will be EXCITING to one day finally have all the 1966-1997 stuff lined up together.
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I still hope Mars delivers on the Catwomen 3-pack from the Batman 66 era.

Need that Julie Newmar.
 
Jroug said:
I'm fine with it taking a long time if the final product is up to standard. Their stuff has been great so far, and it can't be easy to maintain QC.
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I don’t mind waiting either but the delays allow other figure companies to step in and steal Mars/Saturn’s thunder.

Jazz has an early licensed Pfeiffer Catwoman proto almost up for PO but IIRC, Mars only revealed some headsculpt 3D renderings about a year ago - still hope we get to see what Mars has to offer, nice to have options.

From what I understand, Mars/Saturn is a very small small operation so it’s not surprising there are production delays.

But Mars has delivered on some great figures (Romero Joker, Gough Alfred, Keaton Wayne tux). And what other company is offering something obscure like BBTF Biff (in 3 outfits)? Or a dream project like Willy Wonka? I take that back - Molecule 8 solicited a 1/6 Wonka. :rotfl
 
Joost appears to have a good contact to OSK who is on very good terms with Mars, so I can imagine them having some „talk behind the curtain“. Every good company has to start somewhere. Even Hot Toys was a 3rd party company before they got their first license. I expect all three parties to be smart enough to work this out silently and move on to the benefit for all of us.
 
KingGrayskull said:
Joost appears to have a good contact to OSK who is on very good terms with Mars, so I can imagine them having some „talk behind the curtain“. Every good company has to start somewhere. Even Hot Toys was a 3rd party company before they got their first license. I expect all three parties to be smart enough to work this out silently and move on to the benefit for all of us.
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It would be awesome if we could get a nice, healthy collaboration between them, rather than Mars getting shut down totally. Mars has some incredible talent behind it - their new Tommy Lee Jones Two-Face and Burgess Meredith Penguin look absolutely perfect.

…But I also don’t want to spend $500+ for 1966 Batman villains in simple costumes if they collaborated. :lol
 
I'd rather JazzInc drop '66 and let Mars make the figures no matter how long it takes, because with JazzInc the price is obviously going to be higher even before the inevitable cost inflation associated with their faffing about and over engineering. Plus Chinese factories don't have a good record of producing their best work for non-Chinese companies. (*cough* Sideshow *cough*)
 
Same. Let Jazz tackle Catwoman, Penguin, Ivy, and the main Arnold Freeze suit. Leave '66 and the "alternate outfits" (Sequined Forever Riddler, Circus Two-Face, Nygmatech Tux Two-Face, Cone-hair Ivy, etc.) for Mars.
 

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