[Joe Moore]

NECA Making Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Figures

[Tony_Bacala]

If they just make the aliens in the trailer, they have like 10 waves.

[jpizzow]

Cool!

Now if they could just get the license to Mad Max: Fury Road. I would sh!t my pants.

[Gunathar]

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Originally Posted by jpizzow

Cool!

Now if they could just get the license to Mad Max: Fury Road. I would sh!t my pants.

Your pants will stay clean because NO ONE is allowed to do Mad Max toys: George Miller just won't allow the rights.

[graphyt]

Mad Max and John Wick are two series that I wish NECA would pick up. I never thought about Valerian and Laureline. This could be a massive and amazing wave. Drenched in Euro-scifi awesomeness. Lord I don't need another NECA line that I want to collect in its entirety. I can't wait.

[Skoob]

Movie trailer: yuck.

Yeah, a good 1:12 figure of Mel Gibson as Mad Max would be a grail.

[Nexodusrex]

I am looking forward to the new Howard the Duck Movie

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by graphyt

Mad Max and John Wick are two series that I wish NECA would pick up. I never thought about Valerian and Laureline. This could be a massive and amazing wave. Drenched in Euro-scifi awesomeness. Lord I don't need another NECA line that I want to collect in its entirety. I can't wait.

I think Mad Max is on almost everybody's wish list but nobody gets it because it just isn't available. I recall Randy once addressing John Wick and saying that while he enjoyed the flick it probably wouldn't do well in toy form.

[graphyt]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

I think Mad Max is on almost everybody's wish list but nobody gets it because it just isn't available. I recall Randy once addressing John Wick and saying that while he enjoyed the flick it probably wouldn't do well in toy form.

That sounds about right. Really past John Wick I don't know how many other figures they could sell.

[Dolemite]

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Originally Posted by Gunathar

Your pants will stay clean because NO ONE is allowed to do Mad Max toys: George Miller just won't allow the rights.

I don't know where you're getting that from. There was a whole line of figures years ago.

[Gunathar]

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

I don't know where you're getting that from. There was a whole line of figures years ago.

Randy Falk wrote this many times on Twitter when asked if NECA would do Mad Max figures.

[Joe Moore]

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Originally Posted by Gunathar

Randy Falk wrote this many times on Twitter when asked if NECA would do Mad Max figures.

Now that Miller is back in complete control of the license, he refusing to allow any merchandise other than the tie-in video game for Fury Road. NECA has hit him up numerous times to do the entire franchise & Miller won't budge.

[Dolemite]

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Originally Posted by Gunathar

Randy Falk wrote this many times on Twitter when asked if NECA would do Mad Max figures.

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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

Now that Miller is back in complete control of the license, he refusing to allow any merchandise other than the tie-in video game for Fury Road. NECA has hit him up numerous times to do the entire franchise & Miller won't budge.

Oh, okay. Bummer. A NECA-made Lord Humungus figure would have been awesome.

[UpDog]

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Originally Posted by graphyt

That sounds about right. Really past John Wick I don't know how many other figures they could sell.

If they did it in the 6' scale i'm sure they could sell plenty just as custom bases/henchmen for ML/DC collectors

[streams]

They will most likely make only the lead characters and maybe an alien and/or droid that figure big in the film.

[En Sabah Nerd]

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If they did it in the 6' scale

6" scale? NECA? NECA ain't never heard of no 6" scale friend.

[SpasticPlastic]

Not sure how excited I am about the movie, but the comic is one of my all time favourites. So, in that regard, I'll gladly buy anything NECA puts out. Plus, it's a good thing that the source material that Lucas so obviously ripped off for Star Wars is finally getting some mainstream attention.

[deecee4]

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Originally Posted by SpasticPlastic

Plus, it's a good thing that the source material that Lucas so obviously ripped off for Star Wars is finally getting some mainstream attention.

is this the french comic strip from the 70s (before SW) that has a character thats frozen in a carbonite block? i remember seeing that randomly on some blog but couldn't recall the name of it. there were some other things too but i remember it was quite eye opening seeing all the similarities.

[Startaiger]

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Originally Posted by deecee4

is this the french comic strip from the 70s (before SW) that has a character thats frozen in a carbonite block? i remember seeing that randomly on some blog but couldn't recall the name of it. there were some other things too but i remember it was quite eye opening seeing all the similarities.

It's here ==> https://nothingbutcomics.net/2015/12/14/valerian/

+ Grand Moff Tarkin below.

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Startaiger

It's here ==> https://nothingbutcomics.net/2015/12/14/valerian/

+ Grand Moff Tarkin below.

Maybe that comic art was just inspired by Peter Cushing, he's kind of always looked like that

The similarities are notable but it's not like Valerian invented most of these things, a lot of classic sci-fi tropes were established in ye ol' Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon stories. There are a ton of sci-fis from before the '70s that clearly set the tone for what would become the sort of standard used by Star Wars and Star Trek before it.

[Startaiger]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Maybe that comic art was just inspired by Peter Cushing, he's kind of always looked like that

The similarities are notable but it's not like Valerian invented most of these things, a lot of classic sci-fi tropes were established in ye ol' Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon stories. There are a ton of sci-fis from before the '70s that clearly set the tone for what would become the sort of standard used by Star Wars and Star Trek before it.

Agreed. Even if Lucas took some elements from Valerian or Kurosawa's movies (among others), Star Wars is its own thing, & is far more popular worldwide than any of the "ripped" properties.
Same could be said for many other characters: Batman (Zorro, The Shadow), Robocop (Japanese Metal Heroes, Marvel's Deathlock), ...

[deecee4]

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Originally Posted by Startaiger

It's here ==> https://nothingbutcomics.net/2015/12/14/valerian/

+ Grand Moff Tarkin below.

yeah, i originally mentioned tarkin but then edited it out cause i thought it would be silly to say lucas plagiarized that since cushing's looks are all his own.

anyway, yeah, thats it...doesnt seem as shocking as when i first saw it. the frozen guy still stands out but like was already mentioned the rest seemed pulled from sci fi/fantasy tropes...

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Startaiger

Agreed. Even if Lucas took some elements from Valerian or Kurosawa's movies (among others), Star Wars is its own thing, & is far more popular worldwide than any of the "ripped" properties.

The Kurosawa influence on Star Wars is a little different since it's a totally different genre but also Lucas was fairly vocal in admitting how much Kurosawa's work influenced him (particularly The Hidden Fortress influencing parts of ANH). At one point Lucas even wanted to cast Toshiro Mifune, a regular leading actor in Kurosawa's films, as Obi Wan but 20th Century was opposed to casting a Japanese actor in a lead role and Toshiro was concerned about how the image of the Samurai would be altered in Western perspective if he were cast.

[ChuckSass]

i cannot wait for this movie.

[Joe Moore]

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