Re: NECA: New PREDATOR movie figures announced
I think the fact that Hot Toys does make 12", roughly, sized Aliens and Predators is a factor in them not releasing their own. If Hot Toys had announced their T2 line a year ago before NECA got rolling, I would imagine NECA wouldn't have put out 12" figures from that, but rightly so, theirs were the best looking mass produced T2 12" figures around before HT, so there was room to sell even to the collector market. With Aliens and Predator, there's already product in the 12" range and competition for NECA, and where NECA's core product line is 7" scale, they probably just don't want to waste resources on figures that could lose out to something already on the market.
I think the fact that Hot Toys does make 12", roughly, sized Aliens and Predators is a factor in them not releasing their own. If Hot Toys had announced their T2 line a year ago before NECA got rolling, I would imagine NECA wouldn't have put out 12" figures from that, but rightly so, theirs were the best looking mass produced T2 12" figures around before HT, so there was room to sell even to the collector market. With Aliens and Predator, there's already product in the 12" range and competition for NECA, and where NECA's core product line is 7" scale, they probably just don't want to waste resources on figures that could lose out to something already on the market.