[Tony_Bacala]

Mezco One:12 Dick Tracy vs Flattop Boxed Set

[ShabbyBlue]

This just makes me wish NECA or some other company could do a screen accurate line based on the 1990 movie. But Warren Beatty allegedly holds such a tight grip on the movie rights and has no interest in merchandising anything for it. Supposedly he even refused to do a big special edition DVD set when the 20th anniversary came up in 2010 despite fan interest. There's lots of deleted scenes I'd love to finally see from that film. And the 30th anniversary passed 2 years ago and still all we have is a barebonee bluray release. The film is highly underrated and visually looks amazing in HD. I just wish after 3 decades of gaining a cult following, it could get more love from the studio and/or Beatty.

[Thatannoyingguy]

So cool. I love this style of sculpting. Looks like Tracy can stand by Popeye and golden age Batman on the shelf. Man, I have a feeling they’ll eventually do a One:12 Fleischer Superman. I only mentioned this because Tracy’s face looks very similar Fleischer’s Superman.

[Vaportrail]

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Originally Posted by ShabbyBlue

This just makes me wish NECA or some other company could do a screen accurate line based on the 1990 movie. But Warren Beatty allegedly holds such a tight grip on the movie rights and has no interest in merchandising anything for it. Supposedly he even refused to do a big special edition DVD set when the 20th anniversary came up in 2010 despite fan interest. There's lots of deleted scenes I'd love to finally see from that film. And the 30th anniversary passed 2 years ago and still all we have is a barebonee bluray release. The film is highly underrated and visually looks amazing in HD. I just wish after 3 decades of gaining a cult following, it could get more love from the studio and/or Beatty.

That I don't get. Why don't some people like money?
It's the same thing with the Jaws figures coming out.. no Roy Scheider because his estate backed out.

[ShabbyBlue]

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Originally Posted by Vaportrail

That I don't get. Why don't some people like money?
It's the same thing with the Jaws figures coming out.. no Roy Scheider because his estate backed out.

Well it may have been that Scheider's estate wanted more money than NECA was willing to pay, rather than the estate just flat refusing. For all we know, an initial agreement was reached, which prompted the Brody preorder to go up, but then some lawyer or other person associated with the estate got greedy and came back asking for more money, forcing NECA to back out of the deal. That's just pure speculation on my part though.

But that's also why we can't get Jack Nicholson Joker figures because he wants way too much money for his likeness rights according to everyone who has ever attempted to do it (NECA, etc.) and so far Hot Toys has been the only one willing to pay since they could more easily recoup those costs on $200-300 1/6 scale Joker figures versus NECA/Mezco/etc. trying to sell $25-$40 6" figures.

[Boogieman4hire]

That's a solid Dick.

[ghostbogey]

I saw these Mezco "Tracy" Sets...
Do "like", this fig look...

They have my attention ;^)