[miraclefan]

These are the most asked questions I've gotten about this potential toyline from another forum and I thought I'd share them here.

Is there enough of a fan base to support this?

If I didn't think there was I wouldn't be bringing up the idea.

Is there enough of a fan base with money that will support this?

Have you seen how much the recent Pop culture shock collectibles Judge Dredd statues cost?
And they all sold out pretty fast.

Of Judge Dredd and his universe, yes.
However it has to be only JD and his universe.
Back in 1999 a toy company called Re:Actionfigures made a toyline centered around the characters of 2000 AD.

I can tell you from what I saw and heard from people who carried this series that the only characters to sell where the ones related to Judge Dredd, no one bothered with Strontium Dog (Johnny Alpha) Durham Red (who looks like a generic Goth/hooker chick) and Slaine, who looks like a Scottish Conan the Barbarian rip-off!
The Dredd figures sold fast, but the 3 characters I just mentioned where peg warmers for YEARS! doh!

Then in 2005 Toybiz released 'Legendary Comic Book Heroes' and in it's first and most widely available wave Judge Dredd was the first and in most instances the only one to sell out!

Is there enough of a fan base with money that is willing to buy an action figure, and will support this?

I believe so. Statues and other related collectibles appear to sell VERY WELL.

You want to start small. Perhaps a single figure. Then roll the profits of that one into subsequent figures. The worst thing you can do when being an entrepreneur is to bury yourself in debt, then spend the next 10-20 years paying to correct a single mistake.

That's why I said the first 2 waves would be of only the comic and film forms of Dredd and Anderson resulting in 4 figures total, If they under perform no great loss to the company.

How much would it cost to license the character? That takes a big chunk out of profit. That I don't know.

One thing I think is that their costumes are - lets face it - impossible

You probably can't move an arm with that big ass eagle on there, especially out of plastic

Believe it or not The very first Judge Dredd action figure from 1999 (from the now defunct re:actionfigures) had this problem fixed.
They attached the Eagle and armor shoulder pads via a swivel peg to the back of the left and right shoulders so when you lifted either arm the armor would move up or down.
Toybiz's Judge Dredd had the shoulder armors glued to the arms which resulted in the situation you mentioned.

I would love some of those figures that are hero-clox size or a bit bigger

I think they did those before, better price range, set action positions make it easier

Then huge range of figures for citizens , juves, perps, muties, bike patrols, Max normal, Maria other judges cadets

Buildings etc

For moveable maybe Star Wars figure size might be better

Great minds think alike.
On top of the 7 inch Mature collector line there would be a series of 3 1/2 scale figures (think Star wars/G.I. Joe) specifically for diorama and army building.
Where the 7 inch line would have 32 points of articulation and only a few figures (only the main heroes and villains) a year made the 3 1/2 inch line would have 14 points of articulation and allow for a wider array of characters like gangs, army and more obscure characters and even vehicles to be made to be made.