[Black Arbor]

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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

It’s really not. Some inaccurate info, but it’s mostly how it is. It’s a lower risk for NECA to make the 8” figures, and they have said they use that as a gauge of interest in certain licenses. The cost is lower since they all mainly use the same bodies. The fabric outfits and new heads/hands are far cheaper to produce than a fully sculpted figure. Escape From NY was one they tested in retro, and it sold low enough, they didn’t do anything else with the license.

Night of the Demons is exempt from that, however. Those are requested by, and most likely 100% funded by Shout Factory as exclusive product. For NECA, it doesn’t matter how well they sell, the run is already paid for (it would matter to Shout Factory though).

That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about this idea that we should buy crap we don't want on the off chance we get something we do want, when presumably the reason Randy and co. get these licenses for older movies is because people have demanded them enough. If Randy Falk could look me in the eye and tell me with a straight face that he thinks Valerian and Jared Leto 2049 figures have more appeal and sell better than an Ultimate Snake Plissken, well, I want some of whatever he's smokin'!