Forum threads and comments in Facebook Groups often feel like exercises in thinking out loud. That said, it has been encouraging to see companies like SooSoo, ToysEra, Mars, Present Toys and PlayToy popping up in the last few years to take on lines and b-tier and c-tier characters that have been completely ignored by Hot Toys, so who knows where and how much they’re listening. Every once in a while I’ll stumble upon an old list from a few years ago and realize that several characters have since been produced, or that a company is tackling a line like Star Trek (Exo-6), ‘66 Batman (Mars) or comic Marvel and/or DC (SooSoo, Hono, Present Toys).
Off the top of my head, I suppose my current list would be:
Star Wars: Aayla Secura, Darth Talon, Oola, 2nd Sister, Aurra Sing, Rancor, Wampa, Savage Opress, Shaak-Ti, Senate Guard, Imperial Guard Trainees
MCU: Yellowjacket, Ultron Drone, Ayesha, Okoye, Nakia (BP2), Namor, Clea
DCEU: Shazamily (Shazam 2 costumes)
Superman 2/Supergirl: Zod, Ursa, Non, Supergirl
Wonder Woman: Lynda Carter
Ghostbusters/GB2/Afterlife: Dana, Gozer/GB2 uniforms/Phoebe, Trevor, Lucky, Podcast, old Peter, old Ray, old Winston, ghost Egon
TRON/Legacy: Flynn, Lora, Dillinger, Quorra, Gem, Clu
Blade Runner/2049: Roy, Pris, Rachel, Sebastian & toys, Tyrell/Joi (better version), Luv
The Fifth Element: Leeloo, Korben, Ruby Rhod, Zorg, Diva, Mangalore
Terminator: T-800 endo, TX endo, Reece, T1 Sarah Connor
Battlestar Galactica (‘78): Apollo, Starbuck, Boomer, Adama, Athena, Cain, Sheba, Baltar, Lucifer, Iblis, Cylon
Kiss: Gene, Paul, Ace, Peter
Universal Monsters: Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride, Wolfman, Mummy, Creature
Princess Bride: agree that line needs to be completed
Assorted Characters/Lines I’d be interested in if done well:
Highlander
Excaliber
Barbarella
Babylon 5
Andromeda
Gilligans Island
I Dream of Jeannie