[Joe Moore]

Candyman 8-Inch Scale Figure by NECA

[Alucard1138]

Just ordered, this is so juicy!

[Trivial Psychic]

Not a fan of this film series, but I'm glad we're getting this. It gives me hope that we might one day see a Tall Man (Phantasm) or a Harry Warden (My Bloody Valentine.) Plus...Tony Todd was a pretty awesome dude when I got to meet him.

[Dolemite]

MacReady's too obscure.

[Joe Moore]

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

MacReady's too obscure.

He's never said that. He has tried multiple times to get The Thing license to do MacRady specifically multiple times. He attempted to do a sweeping "Universal" license to get multiple properties from them, but they couldn't ever reach an agreement.

Also, there is some type of issue withe The Thing license in general. Chronicle Collectibles is currently holdign a license for statues, and is prohibited from producing anything due to the issue (they wouldn't tell me what the specific problem was).

[Black Arbor]

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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

He's never said that. He has tried multiple times to get The Thing license to do MacRady specifically multiple times. He attempted to do a sweeping "Universal" license to get multiple properties from them, but they couldn't ever reach an agreement.

Also, there is some type of issue withe The Thing license in general. Chronicle Collectibles is currently holdign a license for statues, and is prohibited from producing anything due to the issue (they wouldn't tell me what the specific problem was).

I really wish some company would tell us the problem, PCS and Chronicle got held up and if we knew what the issue was maybe we could start a petition or something to get them made!

[Dolemite]

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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

He's never said that. He has tried multiple times to get The Thing license to do MacRady specifically multiple times. He attempted to do a sweeping "Universal" license to get multiple properties from them, but they couldn't ever reach an agreement.

Also, there is some type of issue withe The Thing license in general. Chronicle Collectibles is currently holdign a license for statues, and is prohibited from producing anything due to the issue (they wouldn't tell me what the specific problem was).

Oh. Geez, all this time I thought that Randy just wasn't interested. "The Thing is too obscure" line has been repeated numerous times here by various posters and this is the first time I've seen you correct it.

Anyway, thanks for clearing that up. I feel better knowing that he at least tried. Hopefully things'll clear up with the license in the future.

[Joe Moore]

Final Packaging Photos of the Candyman 8-Inch Figure by NECA - The Toyark - News

[Black Arbor]

The Candyman can, 'cause his coat is full of bees, and he's gonna kill youuuuu!

[webz]

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Oh. Geez, all this time I thought that Randy just wasn't interested. "The Thing is too obscure" line has been repeated numerous times here by various posters and this is the first time I've seen you correct it.

Anyway, thanks for clearing that up. I feel better knowing that he at least tried. Hopefully things'll clear up with the license in the future.

Too obscure is definitely not the case, especially with Neca. I know The Thing movie and I'm not a horror buff at all. I'm pretty sure there are more fans of The Thing than many of the other franchises that get figures. I gotta agree with Joe that's it's a gotta be a licensing issue.

I'm sure Neca would make killer figures based on the various forms of The Thing. Hopefully it gets cleared up at some point. Movie product licensing, especially of catalog films that may have been split up over many different sales and bankrupted production companies, can be a very tangled web.

[StudioOneTwelve]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Moore

He's never said that. He has tried multiple times to get The Thing license to do MacRady specifically multiple times. He attempted to do a sweeping "Universal" license to get multiple properties from them, but they couldn't ever reach an agreement.

Also, there is some type of issue withe The Thing license in general. Chronicle Collectibles is currently holdign a license for statues, and is prohibited from producing anything due to the issue (they wouldn't tell me what the specific problem was).

Been hearing about this for a while now. The licenses for a lot of classic movies we love from the 80s are going through a lot of turmoil as of late due to an congressional amendment in the late 70's. Long story short, it made it so that the creators could take back the rights to the franchise they created from the studio after a few decades. We're hitting that "few decades" point right now with a lot of major beloved franchises and it's making it really difficult for people to get merchandising rights or at least the right to make action figures. Another issue with stuff like this also happens to be likeness rights granted by actors, which can in some cases muddy up the process of trying to get a figure or a line of figures made.