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kylactus 08-03-2016 09:35 PM

I've come to believe it's all cyclical. Bear with me, in 2008 marvel legends died, giving us marvel universe, and gi joe 25th was in full swing again. It was 3.75 heaven. Over the next four years 3.75 was king, to the point where we were starting to get inundated with repacks, repaints, and over saturation, culminating in the IM 2 line that is still findable in some clearance stores. So most companies reached a point where they felt they sold all the 375 merchandise they could to this generation... Solution go 6" for a few years until everyone buys up their fill in that scale, by then you have a whole new crop of consumers to start off on 3.75 again. Mantle, with the DC stuff though, I feel, are always playing catch up. Multiverse was an attempt at compatibility with MU, when that slumped ( I feel mostly due to the fact that most of the main characters had definitive versions made so there was no where to go and people were getting sick of repacks) an legends became hasbros main focus again they went to 6" to fit in with marvel legends. The coin will flip again... Last time it was four years (08-12) and here we are in 2016, next year may be the revival.

snake5289 08-03-2016 09:47 PM

Good theory and as much as I'd like to be hopeful sadly I'm not holding my breath. But at least we had a hell of a run though. No shame in that.

MUfan97 08-03-2016 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kylactus (Post 673478)
I've come to believe it's all cyclical. Bear with me, in 2008 marvel legends died, giving us marvel universe, and gi joe 25th was in full swing again. It was 3.75 heaven. Over the next four years 3.75 was king, to the point where we were starting to get inundated with repacks, repaints, and over saturation, culminating in the IM 2 line that is still findable in some clearance stores. So most companies reached a point where they felt they sold all the 375 merchandise they could to this generation... Solution go 6" for a few years until everyone buys up their fill in that scale, by then you have a whole new crop of consumers to start off on 3.75 again. Mantle, with the DC stuff though, I feel, are always playing catch up. Multiverse was an attempt at compatibility with MU, when that slumped ( I feel mostly due to the fact that most of the main characters had definitive versions made so there was no where to go and people were getting sick of repacks) an legends became hasbros main focus again they went to 6" to fit in with marvel legends. The coin will flip again... Last time it was four years (08-12) and here we are in 2016, next year may be the revival.

Legends didn't officially die until 2010, though...

Also, I kinda view DCM as a different kind of line than MU. MU is mostly comic based, and DCM is mostly based on the Arkham games. We had a few cool variants, sure, but the only truly non-Arkham related figures we got were the Batman and Superman movie figures.

Ninjinister 08-03-2016 11:13 PM

Yeah even though the back of the box still says the line is specifically for stuff outside of comics, back in the 3.75 days it actually was true. There were zero comic based Multiverse figures.

These days the blurb is still there but there's many Multiverse comics figs.

LordMudd 08-03-2016 11:58 PM

I finally finished my custom Harley.
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...pspe2unuoa.jpg


CCC.

boombatty 08-04-2016 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by theArchivist (Post 673466)
Not everyone's cup of tea but these are the only new things in DC.

I do like Lex.

These are statues admittedly by they do fit and lend themselves well to customs. Dont forget some of the DC DVD/Blu-Ray figures that Schleich made (that are also awesome).

redx24 08-04-2016 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boombatty (Post 673542)
These are statues admittedly by they do fit and lend themselves well to customs. Dont forget some of the DC DVD/Blu-Ray figures that Schleich made (that are also awesome).

Target has a killing joke joker for their exclusive.

boombatty 08-04-2016 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redx24 (Post 673551)
Target has a killing joke joker for their exclusive.

I think that is a repaint of the last Joker fig they released.

Madame Warlock 08-04-2016 11:40 AM

I don't mind non-posable figs for certain characters. Better than getting nothing in scale. That Robin looks great.

For me though non-posable characters would be characters like Zatanna(i.e. spellcasters who don't need to move about much), or characters that have a particular signature pose you're probably going to just leave them in anyway, though nothing comes to mind right now(i guess flying characters like Hawkgirl).

slim19722 08-04-2016 12:01 PM

I just picked up a Black Mask on clearance for $3 at Walgreens.

theArchivist 08-04-2016 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boombatty (Post 673542)
These are statues admittedly by they do fit and lend themselves well to customs. Dont forget some of the DC DVD/Blu-Ray figures that Schleich made (that are also awesome).

I didn't know Schleich made those mini figures for the animated movies. I've always wanted to get some but haven't yet. I collect a lot of fantasy figures so I have bunches of static figures. I don't mind them at all because they are usually sculpted very good. I've been meaning to compile a list of those figures and add them to the archive.

ScruffyJedi 08-04-2016 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordMudd (Post 673490)
I finally finished my custom Harley.
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...pspe2unuoa.jpg


CCC.

Nice custom !

tlasjr 08-04-2016 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kylactus (Post 673478)
I've come to believe it's all cyclical. Bear with me, in 2008 marvel legends died, giving us marvel universe, and gi joe 25th was in full swing again. It was 3.75 heaven. Over the next four years 3.75 was king, to the point where we were starting to get inundated with repacks, repaints, and over saturation, culminating in the IM 2 line that is still findable in some clearance stores. So most companies reached a point where they felt they sold all the 375 merchandise they could to this generation... Solution go 6" for a few years until everyone buys up their fill in that scale, by then you have a whole new crop of consumers to start off on 3.75 again. Mantle, with the DC stuff though, I feel, are always playing catch up. Multiverse was an attempt at compatibility with MU, when that slumped ( I feel mostly due to the fact that most of the main characters had definitive versions made so there was no where to go and people were getting sick of repacks) an legends became hasbros main focus again they went to 6" to fit in with marvel legends. The coin will flip again... Last time it was four years (08-12) and here we are in 2016, next year may be the revival.

The problem with that is kids, the main target audience usually collects for roughly thr same span of years. say 6-12 or 7-13.

By that time most have moved on to other pursuits. The kids who bought whiplash and crimson dynamo in 2010 arent the ones buting professor zoom or aquaman now.
Hence the fact Mattel has two lines, a kids line and a collector line.
The scale change is based on two factors profit and miscalculation.
the major companies went to 3.75 scale when gas went up. Now that gas is way down the cost of materials has dropped but the cost of labor has increased. Thus it now makes more sense to produce and sell less of a larger scale figure with a higher profit margin that multiple smaller scale figures.
The miscalculation is that the collectors of one scale will jump on board with a new scale. . I have several thousand 3.75 inch figures. I have a few 6 inch scale figures, 1 of whixh doesnt fit as a 1/18th scale representative of that character.

LordMudd 08-04-2016 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tlasjr (Post 673605)
The miscalculation is that the collectors of one scale will jump on board with a new scale. . I have several thousand 3.75 inch figures. I have a few 6 inch scale figures, 1 of whixh doesnt fit as a 1/18th scale representative of that character.

That is my problem. I have no big figures that don't fit 3 3/4 inch scale but now I may have to get one just for an accessory.

CCC.

redx24 08-04-2016 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordMudd (Post 673609)
That is my problem. I have no big figures that don't fit 3 3/4 inch scale but now I may have to get one just for an accessory.

CCC.

Which accessorie??

redx24 08-04-2016 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boombatty (Post 673552)
I think that is a repaint of the last Joker fig they released.

Not sure iif it is or not. looks very similar but I did find out it's not a target exclusive just most stores in my area didn't carry that particular figur/blue ray combo hence why I thought exclusive

theArchivist 08-04-2016 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redx24 (Post 673612)
Not sure iif it is or not. looks very similar but I did find out it's not a target exclusive just most stores in my area didn't carry that particular figur/blue ray combo hence why I thought exclusive

It's the exact same figure

Schleich first release Joker
http://118archive.com/images/118/dc_...ex01_joker.jpg

Killing Joke Minifigure
http://118archive.com/images/118/dc_...ling_joke2.jpg

redx24 08-04-2016 04:53 PM

Ok good to know. Wasn't 100% if it was but now we all know for sure.

Autobot_Goldbug 08-04-2016 07:59 PM

I just saw a blue costume Multiverse figure at Books-a-Million(BAM) for $11.99. So just another place to check.

LordMudd 08-04-2016 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redx24 (Post 673611)
Which accessorie??

Dr. Strange green magic for 4" Enchantress. Also want to look at Hawkman for the wings.


CCC.

Ninjinister 08-04-2016 08:24 PM

https://scontent.fsnc1-2.fna.fbcdn.n...76&oe=5825589C
Facebook coverrrr

redx24 08-04-2016 08:33 PM

I really need an unmasked Ryan renalds green lantern head.

LordMudd 08-04-2016 08:38 PM

Got the other Catwoman tonight.
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...pscmpkrmxe.jpg


CCC.

Ninjinister 08-04-2016 09:06 PM

https://scontent.fsnc1-2.fna.fbcdn.n...ef&oe=5855A0BD

Is this what kids these days call "squad goals"?

boombatty 08-04-2016 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theArchivist (Post 673566)
I didn't know Schleich made those mini figures for the animated movies. I've always wanted to get some but haven't yet. I collect a lot of fantasy figures so I have bunches of static figures. I don't mind them at all because they are usually sculpted very good. I've been meaning to compile a list of those figures and add them to the archive.

Most the figures are not Schleich. There are about a dozen mini figures that are at @3 inches or under. I believe the three in the picture I posted (and the Joker from Killing Joke) are the only ones and the Balance and Joker have already seen release with the Justice League Schleich line. So the Robin and Nightwing figure are the only "exclusives" that were released solely with media. Other Schleich figures are the Justice League sets FlashThese include, WonderWoman, Superman, Green Lantern, Cyborg, Aquaman, Batman, Joker, Lex Luthor,Bane, Darksied,a and Harley Quinn. Superman and Batman each have 4 versions of the figure in different poses. Then you Robin and Nightwing (DVD/Blu-ray) figures. Then there are the Batman vs Superman movie figures that include Batman, Armored Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. All are 3.75-4" Scale and really well sculpted. I have picked up all but 1 Superman pose and 2 Batman poses.


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