[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Jay West

It's crazy because at least 3 companies make 6 inch DC figures: Medicom (sp), DC Collectibles, and Mattel. I suspect its because Funko and Mattel are both in general American retail. Medicom and DC Collectibles are different beasts.

Medicom can do the 6" DC stuff they do because they're foreign so all of their figures will run for import prices (or at least safely above Mattel's price-point) so they pose no direct threat or competition to Mattel's productions as they are considered in another bracket of goods by cost. This is true for pretty much all Asian companies making American licensed products (Marvel, DC, Star Wars, etc.).

DC Collectibles can do what they do because they are DC, a branch thereof devoted to making figures and statues, but still a part of DC. The only stuff typically off the table for DCC is what Warner Bros delegates to Mattel or is contractually assigned to Mattel (the movies for the most part). This is the most likely reason why DCC's upcoming movie figures for BvS and Suicide Squad are running import prices even though they come from a domestic company, so they don't directly compete with Mattel's 6" figures on price. Of course then DCC can do any and all of the comic based figures they want to because being a part of DC that's all already in their domain, apparently video games and TV stuff also falls in with that but can also be shared with Mattel.