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06-18-2020, 04:47 PM | #1 |
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Yes I am not making this up
@NECA_TOYS · 20m Gyms are still closed but I’ve been sweating to the oldies and dealing my meals with this guy. You can get your own Richard Simmons figure this Fall. |
06-18-2020, 04:50 PM | #2 |
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Wow thanks NECA...
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06-18-2020, 07:28 PM | #4 |
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Surprising announcement for sure. But with how well the Golden Girls sold, I'm not too shocked they're mining other popular 80's icons. It's a pretty low risk release. The clothing fabrication is relatively cheap, and the only real new pieces are the portraits. If they had a freelancer (like Trevor Grove) work on them, then they're not even taking away their in-house resources to work on it.
It's actually something I'm surprised Mego didn't get to first.
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06-18-2020, 07:38 PM | #5 |
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So.... anyone actually planning on buying this?
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06-18-2020, 07:45 PM | #6 |
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Cobra1, yes! I am pre-ordering this for my mother. It will be the first action figures she’s ever owned.
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06-18-2020, 07:56 PM | #7 |
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well not for me it did make me laugh. I just hope someday NECA can get Mr Rogers likeness from the Fred Rogers Company. I want a Mr Rogers with cloth cardigan sweater and the like.
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06-18-2020, 09:37 PM | #8 |
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I think that's pretty neat.
definitely an icon of my childhood. always super positive, and helped a lot of people with their perception of themselves. not to mention that likeness is dead on. If I still collected anything in that scale, I would probably order. |
06-18-2020, 10:08 PM | #9 |
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A Mr. T figure would have been cooler, but oh well.
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06-18-2020, 10:25 PM | #10 |
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Anyone knows what happened with their Conan license? Would be great if they retook those figures, add articulation, etc.
Specially now that super7 is basically destroying those XD |
06-19-2020, 04:03 AM | #11 |
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I never knew I needed this. I need this.
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06-19-2020, 06:48 AM | #14 |
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No. No one will buy this.
Golden Girls sold because it's a popular show that's still running in syndication. Richard Simmons was just a kitschy oddity who hasn't been relevant in decades. I can't imagine toy collectors being big enough fans to want to own this and anyone under the age of 30 wouldn't even know who the fuck he is. |
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No. No one will buy this.
Golden Girls sold because it's a popular show that's still running in syndication. Richard Simmons was just a kitschy oddity who hasn't been relevant in decades. I can't imagine toy collectors being big enough fans to want to own this and anyone under the age of 30 wouldn't even know who the fuck he is.
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06-19-2020, 07:42 AM | #16 |
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NECA posted something yesterday about a figure release out of left field. This is definitly aimed at people who don't collect, it's fine, it's a MEGO, this didn't take up a spot of something I was going to get.
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06-19-2020, 08:07 AM | #17 |
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If it's successful, they can make Robot Richard Simmons.
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06-19-2020, 10:07 AM | #22 |
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Now we wait for mrburns evil robotic richard simmons
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06-19-2020, 11:21 AM | #23 |
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How is NECA wasting plastic on this shit when I've been waiting forever for them to make a retro Dr. Phibes? Or ANY Vincent Price character?
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06-19-2020, 11:46 AM | #24 |
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Not enough of a market for figures based on Carpenter’s “The Thing,” they said. Needed to be viable for mass retail, they said. But this, there’s definitely enough of a market for this.
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06-19-2020, 11:49 AM | #25 |
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At this point I'm pretty sure "no market for it" means "we were unable to get the rights for whatever reason".
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