[Joe Moore]

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Originally Posted by Aquaman

If Funko and Super7 could team up to make those awful "vintage" figures, I don't know why Playmates can't play nice and collaborate with NECA for a few waves of figures people would actually buy at retail.

Just repainting those Foot Soldiers in video game colors should be like printing money. And Playmates loves repaints. More than a dozen of their most recent "new" releases are just new paint.

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Those are very different examples. Funko licensed the ReAction figure name and style from Super 7, as well as helped distribute & produce them as a new line of figures. Also allowed Super 7 to get some new retail exposure in markets they had no previous dealings in with a product type neither of them were really dealing in until the Alien figures were released.

Playmates already has an established brand and line with TMNT as well as holding worldwide master toy rights to the entire franchise. It's not simply about coming to an agreement. It's likely about them wanting to minimize competition at a similar size class.