[Joe Moore]

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Originally Posted by roshan

I disagree. Although their DC/MOTU 2-packs suck in execution, they are at least trying to expand back into retail. Now I agree that the 30th line could have been done for a broader audience, but they are trying to put figures out to a wider audience. It just didn't work. I don't know why they thought it would be successful. The only time I ever saw a successful mesh of two seperate brands in a two pack was Marvel vs Capcom in the 90s but those actually had a point of relation with the video game. The couple of comics from the 80's is not enough to tie them together.

I never felt those 2-packs were a serious attempt to put MOTU back into the mainstream. It was handled so poorly (not surprising, this is Mattel after all) and it was an overall product that people in general didn't care about. First, they were exclusives and second it was catering to an extremely tiny market; Those that like the large DCU figures and those that like MOTU. Second, the price put killed any chance of this being an impulse purchase for casual interest fans or parents. If 2-packs is the way they feel they need to go, then do 2-packs of the actual MOTU characters.