[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by jwyss234

Fantastic Four is in a bad place right now, thanks in no small part to the movies. It's hard to get people excited for figures when the movie(s) most people would associate them with bomb so badly.

No disagreement on the FF movies. However, the X-movies have had poor outings also. Nothing comparable as far as the nadir that represents the FF film franchise as a whole, but not all of the X-flicks were resounding box office wins. When you look at recent X-men fig success, it has been achieved largely on the strength of comic fandom. All the characters are comic canon with nary an MCU to be found (Old Man Logan was the closest, but not really). I'll give you that there has been some timing that's coincided with the films, but the numbers of movie-fan tie-in buyers are likely marginal since virtually all of the selected characters are unrecognizable to the casual fan. I see the Fantastic Four succeeding in a similar fashion. If the open secret moratorium on Marvel properties not in the the stable of Marvel Studios is over, which it appears to be, then I can't see any reason preventing green lighting FF figs. If I have a Titus, I can have a Kl'rt. I have a Darkhawk, I can also have a Silver Surfer. I truly suspect good news is coming on the FF front.