Who says it won't sell, you and HT don't know unless they actually make them!
Expendables 2 didn't make a billion bucks at the box office nor was it expected to, doesn't mean there aren't enough fans and sales to warrant them making figures from it.
Same can be said for every licenses that isn't a mega huge blockbuster with built in fans.
Sideshow is making the Malgus PF, they could've just done another sure seller OT character instead but they didn't, and people are psyched for that piece.
Sideshow is also making a Babydoll PF when they could've stuck to more of the same, they had a reason and i bet that reason is because there's a market for it.
How can a license become successful if it isn't utilized? If hot toys gave up on Batman after two figs then they wouldn't have made money from it.
There's a reason for the expression, Spend money to make money.
For hot toys that translates to "Don't spend money making much from Sucker Punch or Expendables or other such licenses you won't make much money from them"
I'm not saying it's a sure bet money maker for them but saying there's obviously a fanbase out there and it's worth taking a calculated risk making more figures.
I'm not sure but i think there is somewhere
OK but no. A low edition product based off something unpopular can sell.
That would be the only way. But you can't just make things based off unsuccessful properties. You just can't.
You don't seem to understand that these licenses cost money. Sucker Punch wasn't free. And making the figures isn't free either.
There might be a fan base, but since the movie is almost universally hated, critically panned, and flopped, why would you want to make products for that? There's no logic.
There's fanboy logic. "I want this, and I know people who want this, so they should make this."
I want Equlibrium figures. That movie is a cult flick. It's not well known, flopped at the box office, and I don't think it was well recived.
I understand that making figures for that would be a waste of money. They might sell if you make them an exclusive, or low edition numbers yes. But like I said. That's it.
You're thinking with your heart. Not your head.
Iron Man, and Batman have always sold. Predators have always sold. They keep making them, because they make money.
Now, you brought up the idea of testing the waters. Testing the waters is a gamble. Especially for a company that also caters to another country.
People in the US would've probably latched onto Rocket, or Sweet Pea. But in Japan, the obvious choice would be Amber.
Same with Watchmen. Perhaps Rorschach isn't as interesting to Japanese people. They prefer the women. And The Comedian. Who knows.
All I know is this. Logic sells. Not fandom. McFarlane asked the message board what figure do they want to see made. The answer was Candyman. You know what the biggest peg warmer of all time, in the history of McFarlane Toys was, a figure that sat on the pegs for the better part of 5 years? Candyman.
So there you go.
oh well hopefully I don't regret getting BD.
