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Trivial Psychic · 04-25-2015, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MastaMikeX

Sign me up for both versions of Series 1! Cryomancer Sub-Zero is beyond awesome! I wonder if Series 2 will get variations as well??

Honestly, I hope that this will be the only variations figures for a while, because the line hasn't even launched and got off the ground. Look what happened in the case of the failed Capo Toys kickstarter for their Street Fighter line (the initial kickstarter offered no fewer than 5 variants of Ryu, which really turned people off...) If Mezco is not careful with all the variants, they could end up setting themselves up for figures to pegwarm, which would make for a horrible situation. I would prefer to have all new figures as opposed to "bloody" versions of characters that will already have been released. And because these figures are based off of MKX, and not the entire series as a whole, there is a delicate time window that needs to be followed in the release of these figures. Fighting games tend to be popular on average for only a year or two (at which, the next iteration or sequel is often released) so Mezco does not have the luxary of dilly dallying. The need to strike at the height of the game's popularity while the anvil is hot.

Follow NECA's example in this case with their Pacific Rim line. Honestly, I believe that the line has got as far as they did by offering a healthy number of new Jaegers and Kaiju before back tracking to give us the various Gypsy variations that are now warming the pegs at my local stores recently. The line could be cancelled tomorrow, and it wouldn't feel like a waste or a failure because they still managed to get out the vast majority of the characters that people cared about, instead of focusing on one or two with minor alterations with every wave.

04-25-2015, 02:49 PM	#67
Trivial Psychic Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 4,533	Quote: Originally Posted by MastaMikeX Sign me up for both versions of Series 1! Cryomancer Sub-Zero is beyond awesome! I wonder if Series 2 will get variations as well?? Honestly, I hope that this will be the only variations figures for a while, because the line hasn't even launched and got off the ground. Look what happened in the case of the failed Capo Toys kickstarter for their Street Fighter line (the initial kickstarter offered no fewer than 5 variants of Ryu, which really turned people off...) If Mezco is not careful with all the variants, they could end up setting themselves up for figures to pegwarm, which would make for a horrible situation. I would prefer to have all new figures as opposed to "bloody" versions of characters that will already have been released. And because these figures are based off of MKX, and not the entire series as a whole, there is a delicate time window that needs to be followed in the release of these figures. Fighting games tend to be popular on average for only a year or two (at which, the next iteration or sequel is often released) so Mezco does not have the luxary of dilly dallying. The need to strike at the height of the game's popularity while the anvil is hot. Follow NECA's example in this case with their Pacific Rim line. Honestly, I believe that the line has got as far as they did by offering a healthy number of new Jaegers and Kaiju before back tracking to give us the various Gypsy variations that are now warming the pegs at my local stores recently. The line could be cancelled tomorrow, and it wouldn't feel like a waste or a failure because they still managed to get out the vast majority of the characters that people cared about, instead of focusing on one or two with minor alterations with every wave. Last edited by Trivial Psychic; 04-25-2015 at 02:52 PM..