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Either Edrio or Benthic Two-Tubes would make EXCELLENT Hot Toys figures!
Can you imagine how awesome he would look the shelf with that costume and rifle !
Either Edrio or Benthic Two-Tubes would make EXCELLENT Hot Toys figures!
Can you imagine how awesome he would look the shelf with that costume and rifle !
Can you imagine how awesome he would look the shelf with that costume and rifle !
I just don't see why Hot Toys won't release an action figure of Pao or one of the Two-Tubes brothers.
They might be low-sellers. That's why.
Exactly "might". So why not take the might out of the equation.
These are exactly the type of figures HT should be putting out to fan choice vote with say 2-3 other figures. Then with the most popular voted figure, crowd source it like Hasbro did with the Jaba Sail Barge (Haslab project). People put in a deposit to cover some of the up front costs etc
Therefore Fans get what they want, it's crowd funded so HT have no financial risk.
Win-Win. They could even make an event of it. One per year for Star Wars, Marvel and DC ?
But no, that's too market savvy for HT.
I used to work for a garage model kit business in the US, and any time i showed a master pattern of a kit i worked on, there were literally hundreds of people who sprang up to confirm they would absolutely buy said kit once it was produced.
The sad truth is that of all the people who say they *will* buy one, less than one in ten actually will pony up the cash for said product.
It's not anyone's fault. We all live in the real world and there are times that real world bills surface and you don't have the cash this month, for whatever reason.
There's also a problem(Which is hugely seen on this forum, in almost every thread), and that is one of customer entitlement.
I'm not attacking anyone about this subject. Anyone who makes these posts knows who they are, and i agree that the customer has a right to what they paid for. But on here, when the inevitable delays start to happen, people start to whine and moan about how long these things are taking. To my mind, it takes as long as it takes, and shortening the time results in a worse product. But time after time, in thread after thread, people are moaning "Where's my Obi-Wan?!?!"(Or similar), when the originally projected date has come and gone.
I can only imagine how much worse it would be on some fan-poll figure that people pre-ordered a year ago and hasn't arrived yet.
Trust me, the first time HT did such a thing would be the last time. It never works. Fans would just get upset over the time it takes, but would have oh-so-much-more entitlement about any delay. And also, the people who would simply cancel after a while. It makes my blood boil when people ask on the forum "Where can i pre-order without an NRD?" They are just saying "I want it now, but want to cancel in 4 months time when i don't care about this character any more".
Once again, i'm not attacking anyone. Just commenting from my own experience in providing niche product for fans of such.
I agree with both points here. I do wonder though if Disney's approval would hold up or prevent such an endeavor. Neither of the tube bros are heavily represented in merchandise it seems. Possible Disney just doesn't see them as priority characters to push with merchandising.
While I appreciate the sentiment of aliens, I just don't see the general collecting audience shelling out $240+ for background and C/D level characters, as cool as they may look. Would HT do awesome work with them? Absolutely. But from a financial standpoint it's never going to be worth it to them.
The ticket is for Sideshow to get their head out of their ass and offer these sorts of characters in the $180 range. They can't do humans well as we've established. But their creatures are solid. If they would shift their MO to creatures and environments and proudly market that prowess, they could become a staple requirement for every 1/6 collector. They need to get this idea of going toe to toe with HT out of their head.
The new Mary Sue, man.
While I appreciate the sentiment of aliens, I just don't see the general collecting audience shelling out $240+ for background and C/D level characters, as cool as they may look. Would HT do awesome work with them? Absolutely. But from a financial standpoint it's never going to be worth it to them.
The ticket is for Sideshow to get their head out of their ass and offer these sorts of characters in the $180 range. They can't do humans well as we've established. But their creatures are solid. If they would shift their MO to creatures and environments and proudly market that prowess, they could become a staple requirement for every 1/6 collector. They need to get this idea of going toe to toe with HT out of their head.
At least Jyn was trained by Saw. Rey hadn't been trained by anybody and she was already perfect.
While I appreciate the sentiment of aliens, I just don't see the general collecting audience shelling out $240+ for background and C/D level characters, as cool as they may look. Would HT do awesome work with them? Absolutely. But from a financial standpoint it's never going to be worth it to them.
The ticket is for Sideshow to get their head out of their ass and offer these sorts of characters in the $180 range. They can't do humans well as we've established. But their creatures are solid. If they would shift their MO to creatures and environments and proudly market that prowess, they could become a staple requirement for every 1/6 collector. They need to get this idea of going toe to toe with HT out of their head.
Well, Rey was very strong with the Force ...should mean something [emoji2368]
Of course apparently Rey was so strong she definitely gave birth to the Force itslef.
"The Force is Female"
...eeeh [emoji849] ...so, when you watched the OT or PT your first thought was that the Force was male and ejacuated by Anakin?
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