[thechris]

Past experience has shown that I'm going to risk getting drawn and quartered for saying this, but I'm not going to buy and my reason for this is because there's already a risk that we won't be getting anything beyond these ninjas and cyborgs based on Primacron's post that Rayden had been cancelled. I'll just wait on these a while and if we get more than these guys, I'll consider buying.

To be honest, I ONLY really care about the MK1 through MK2 guys. Everything in the way of design beyond MK2 never really appealed to me. I remember I was around 11 or so when MK3 came out and me and my friend were like "Um... these costumes look really sleazy and even a little uh... weird.", that's why I loved the Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks action RPG and Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. They used the Mortal Kombat II roster. As long as they have Liu Kang, Kano, Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade, Rayden, Sub Zero, Scorpion and Reptile from MK1, I'll be happy. *IF* they have Goro and both MK1 and MK2 versions of Shang Tsung, I'll be even happier! *IF* they have Kitana, Mileena, Jade, Noob, Smoke, Baraka, Kung Lao, Jax. Top it off with Kintaro and Shao Khan *delighted*. What I'm worried about is that these figures won't do so hot and they'll stop at the ninjas and cyborgs...

The roster is vast and I think they'd be safer (and make a lot of people happier) if they just released the main guys of MK1 first. It's 9 guys and one oversized. See how that pans out instead of getting us to shell out for a bunch of ninjas and cyborgs and then offer us nothing else if this tanks. NECA is lucky that their TMNT figures were absolutely badass that I can live with not having gotten the Shredder and foot ninjas that were promised but I would imagine that the appeal of these MK ninjas will not have the same effect on me and Jazwares would be losing my business for good. LOL.

I know a lot of people want "variety" and wouldn't mind seeing a Li Mei, Fujin or Shinnok in there, but bare in mind that this could be at the cost of Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Sonya Blade, etc. I couldn't care less about El Fuerte or Seth. As far as I'm concerned, that could've been M. Bison and Vega in there or even Fei Long or Cammy. Give me Streetfighter before it became the game where Asian kids castrated you every round with some ridiculous 300hit hyper super combo over XBox Live.

I like to think that we as buyers also have rights in that when we buy into a line, we're making an investment and I always want a return on my investment whether it's money or the satisfaction of a "complete" collection. While I respect that some of us are happy equally satisfied with an incomplete line, I'm not that kind of collector. Jazwares is going to have to give us some guarantees before they start getting my money. If they aren't going to "finish" the Mortal Kombat line (pun intended), let us know because I don't want to be tricked into needlessly spending my money on a bunch of ninjas that'll no doubt be weirdly disproportionate to my MU collection.

Don't pull a NECA and release something and then pull out of Wave 2. Seriously, Jazwares is scaring me with this MK and SF shit. If we don't see prototypes of Chun Li, Dhalsim, Edmund Honda soon, SF won't see any of my money, either. And I don't need to be told how my money doesn't matter to Jazwares. I'm guessing for a small company, one or two GOOD customers does make a big difference and I'm a GOOD customer. I don't cherry pick my Marvel and DC.

I have every figure from MU since day 1 except the Archangel Mail-Away and every DC Infinite Heroes figure except the black Mary Batson and the final 3 pack with Flash, Heat Wave and Trickster. If Jazwares can guarantee a collector like me the roster of MK1, that would be enough for me to buy. If Jazwares guaranteed the 8 world warriors and the 4 boss characters from Streetfighter II, they will have my money..... so long as the figures don't suck crap, that is. LOL. There's that, too.