Dang they haven't done the pack since DX02 have they? And it's a killer look for this particular suit too. I actually prefer it.Oh! I forgot! We still need the Hong Kong backpack and Sonar head again! Let’s go, Howard! Armory 3.0 ftw!
To be fair, when HT have a strangle hold on 95% of IPs relevant to most of the collecting world, InArt needs to work with what they have to at least fill out a portfolio. I’m super glad WB/DC are loose with licensing their IPs, which resulted in fine figures like Joker, Gandalf, The Batman etc. etc.
Not sure how much crossover there is with Potterheads in this hobby, but, credit where it’s due, those are iconic films and I appreciate them venturing outside the normal realm of genre movies that have been mined and remined in 1/6th in favor of something that hasn’t been tackled quite as much. I also give them props for starting at the beginning with the kid versions instead of the later stuff.
I’m still wondering how the Dune figures have affected their distribution model and if WB are going to open their doors to global licensing for IA, as well. The fact that they’re going to have a presence at SDCC this year will be interesting. I think it’d be funny as hell if they were set up right across from Sideshow/Hot Toys’ booth. Let the consumers decide!Exactly. Go ham on whatever WB IP/Icon they could get their hands on, so long as it’s also profitable in Asia as well
Funny enough, Sideshow bailed on SDCC last year so I wonder if they'll do the same this year. If INART decides to go, they might just end up being there by themselves.I’m still wondering how the Dune figures have affected their distribution model and if WB are going to open their doors to global licensing for IA, as well. The fact that they’re going to have a presence at SDCC this year will be interesting. I think it’d be funny as hell if they were set up right across from Sideshow/Hot Toys’ booth. Let the consumers decide!
I’m still wondering how the Dune figures have affected their distribution model and if WB are going to open their doors to global licensing for IA, as well. The fact that they’re going to have a presence at SDCC this year will be interesting. I think it’d be funny as hell if they were set up right across from Sideshow/Hot Toys’ booth. Let the consumers decide!
I feel like, if they can steal that WB Consumer Products Partner of the Year Award from HT, HT’s exclusive hold over global distribution rights is over. Queen already has distribution with SSC for some of their statues and busts and I feel like, with global distribution, SSC might even have to just set Howard’s feelings about it aside and start selling IA products.
I’m still wondering how the Dune figures have affected their distribution model and if WB are going to open their doors to global licensing for IA, as well. The fact that they’re going to have a presence at SDCC this year will be interesting. I think it’d be funny as hell if they were set up right across from Sideshow/Hot Toys’ booth. Let the consumers decide!
Viper’s drawing his contingency plans as we speak.
Undercover?? He’s their main guy! He’s the Darth Vader to Chans emperor…if Vader were a blind HT knob shiner and Chan was a boring and predictable Sidious.
I just can’t imagine they’d turn down another company that they also are dealing with and, realistically, I feel like Howard owes a large portion of his global market *to* Sideshow’s distribution and not the other way around. He’s benefitted significantly from the Sideshow deal, to the point where some of those earlier releases like DX05 Indy and DX07 Luke were literally because Sideshow had those licenses and were willing to share. I don’t know whether or not it does happen, considering their longstanding relationship, but, if it did, I can’t imagine him being in a position to just take his toys and go home.
