Confirmed: Sideshow no Longer Holds the licence for 1:6 LOTR

[pixletwin]

If hot toys gets the license my wallet is going to bolt

No doubt. Can anyone fathom how awesome an HT Uruk Hai would be?

 

[mr.thrifty]

No doubt. Can anyone fathom how awesome an HT Uruk Hai would be?

 

[The Josh]

Not a surprise really. Maybe someday things will come back and if they do I'll be there.

 

[Deeznutz6]

Really bummed now that the final nail is in the coffin, my collection feels incomplete without Gimli and the other two hobbits.

 

[Dally]

That is really depressing, but Greg said that they may come back to it in a year or two (which would be around the time of The Hobbit).

Perhaps Hot Toy's could pick up the license? Imagine what they could do with LOTR figures.

 

[p!tu]

This is why I will no longer collect new lines from Sideshow. They never finish what they start.

why should they finish ^^^^ that aitn selling!!! Thats the most retarded thing ever! Yeah lets loss money on crap that collectors are not buying!

 

[Entropy]

Stuff in some more pipeweed and dream cause HT ain't picking up the LotR license, especially after it just tanked at another company.

The Hobbit film several years off will be our best bet for a 1:6 return to Middle Earth.
But maybe now people will believe the line is dead... until another silhouette pops up where people see a dwarf or hobbit.

 

[kl241]

why should they finish ^^^^ that aitn selling!!! Thats the most retarded thing ever! Yeah lets loss money on crap that collectors are not buying!

So when they announce that they "no longer hold the 1:6 Star Wars license" and Chewbacca is absent from the line, you can say it was because the Star Wars line wasn't selling. Or how about Daniel Craig from 007? Or only 3 Reservoir Dogs? Every license Sideshow has ever had has had it's Kurgan. G.I. Joe, Indy and Star Wars will ALL have theirs as well. Mark my words they will.

 

[Darklord Dave]

But didn't Greg respond to the same question, that they may revisit it in a couple of years?

(He didn't say it - but that might correspond with the release of The Hobbit.)

 

[Shai]

If they released 1/6 figures from the hobbit they also wouldnt sell. Move on people.

 

[kl241]

If they released 1/6 figures from the hobbit they also wouldnt sell. Move on people.

That's an excellent point. If LOTR didn't sell then why get the 1:6 license for The Hobbit? Another line doomed to fail.

 

[OSCORP]

That's an excellent point. If LOTR didn't sell then why get the 1:6 license for The Hobbit? Another line doomed to fail.

Because SS sees $$$$$$$$$$$$$

They could make a few quick bucks off a few core characters and take the $ and run.


They don't care if they finish a line.

 

[Batty]

Because SS sees $$$$$$$$$$$$$

They could make a few quick bucks off a few core characters and take the $ and run.


They don't care if they finish a line.

Well they are a business first. I'm sure they didn't set out with the intention of just selling a few core figures then running. I'm also sure they had high hopes that all the figures in this series would sell well so they could continue to make more characters that would also sell well. That's how companies make money. It just didn't happen.

 

[kl241]

Then they should have completed the Fellowship or at least did Gimli and called it quits.

 

[Entropy]

That's an excellent point. If LOTR didn't sell then why get the 1:6 license for The Hobbit? Another line doomed to fail.

With a movie to excite people they'd sell, assuming they were released around the same time as the film. The LotR figs suffered a bit by coming out well after the hype had died down and the films were on DVD.

 

[kl241]

With a movie to excite people they'd sell, assuming they were released around the same time as the film. The LotR figs suffered a bit by coming out well after the hype had died down and the films were on DVD.

Betcha they don't even do Gollum.

 

[Dally]

With a movie to excite people they'd sell, assuming they were released around the same time as the film. The LotR figs suffered a bit by coming out well after the hype had died down and the films were on DVD.

Yeah if the figures they did had been released in 2003 then they would have had no trouble selling out of every single figure. When the Hobbit nears release I can see people getting excited about LOTR again and maybe then there will be interest in this line again.

 

[Entropy]

or a Sauron, or Trolls which don't really translate too well to articulated 1:6.

 

[p!tu]

So when they announce that they "no longer hold the 1:6 Star Wars license" and Chewbacca is absent from the line, you can say it was because the Star Wars line wasn't selling. Or how about Daniel Craig from 007? Or only 3 Reservoir Dogs? Every license Sideshow has ever had has had it's Kurgan. G.I. Joe, Indy and Star Wars will ALL have theirs as well. Mark my words they will.

Now your making stuff up. The kurgan went down cause the line wasnt selling. Theres no ROI and its all about money. Im sure Reservoir dogs is dead since its another line that is not selling. again a wait of money. Im sure chewbacca will not be done lol

 

[kl241]

Now your making stuff up. The kurgan went down cause the line wasnt selling. Theres no ROI and its all about money. Im sure Reservoir dogs is dead since its another line that is not selling. again a wait of money. Im sure chewbacca will not be done lol

What 1:6 line other that Star Wars has ever been a sellout for SS? Planet of the Apes, X-Files, Buffy, James Bond, Highlander, Lord of the Rings, Reservoir Dogs...

This hobby is a very niche market and they should be nurturing each line to build a core collector base instead of tossing out a few bones and see who will bite. They should make a commitment to a set number of key characters instead of throwing their hands up and saying "we give up." If they can't give their customers that kind of loyalty then how do they expect the same customer loyalty in return? Why commit to collect another line that will have gaping holes?