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Also I'm concerned about them basically putting off Hammer Horror for now. I wonder if there's more to it that they aren't revealing, after announcing the license back in October 2020 and then revealing nothing for over a year now.

If Universal Monsters is selling better than they expected and they want to just focus to doing more of that for now, as others here are speculating, then why would they assume that Hammer Horror wouldn't sell just as well if not more so if released alongside some of their Uni Monsters figures, especially when they haven't even tested the waters yet with a single release? I bet a 7" Peter Cushing Van Helsing and Christopher Lee Dracula would sell huge. So again, their procrastination with this line and apparent disinterest in doing anything with it for the next however many months seems very strange. If they've already paid for the licensing rights, their money is going to waste if they aren't putting out any product yet. Randy's comments seem to suggest nothing is even in production yet, which means it could be 2023 before we even see the first Hammer figure (assuming they even bother doing anything at all).

The uncertainty about the future of the BTTF line is troubling too. They (or retailers) may have overestimated the demand for it, hence so many figures still shelfwarming at Target and Walmart, and that could be why Randy seems uncertain about its future. I love the line and really want to at least get Old West Marty, Doc, and Buford Tannen before they call it quits. Also why hasn't Griff gone up for preorder yet?! He was revealed months ago, even before 1985 Doc was revealed and offered for preorder. I hope they aren't cancelling Griff.

I wonder what the "big" thing for Predator is that he mentioned. At this point I just want them to finish putting out the rest of the Lost Tribe upgrades. The sudden halt with those and long delay has been annoying. Other than that, the only "big" thing with Predator that would excite me now is a Danny Glover Harrigan figure from Predator 2, but Randy always seems to shoot that request down either because of issues getting Glover's likeness rights or because he doesn't think it would sell. I strongly disagree with the later assumption because a lot of fans keep asking for it and there's potential to do 2 or 3 repaints/retools of the character like they did with all the different versions of Dutch, so it is totally worth making a Harrigan. It would also compliment all the Lost Tribe figures very well in a display.

Was anything asked or mentioned about future Aliens plans? Wasn't it rumored that NECA would be doing a plainclothes Dallas and Lambert to finish the Nostromo crew since all we have for both of them so far is the spacesuit versions?