[Frank Richards]

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Originally Posted by evilekim

Then why can't another company make them? If Playmates wants to do just kids geared stuff, so be it! I won't buy any of it. If there done with collectors then some other company should be able to make figures. I'm sick of Playmates toys company running the TMNT world. They didn't create the turtles! These master toy licenses are a joke anymore IMO Companies like this just crap all over us, they obviously don't care about collectors.

Right now, Playmates and Nickelodeon are making money hand over fist with their current TMNT line.
I predict that they're gonna ride that train until this new generation of younger fans finally begin to lose interest, and then at that time, I imagine that Nickelodeon will then seek to capitalize on the nostalgia market again.

Nickelodeon is making so much money by focusing on the stuff aimed at kids, that we adult fans just aren't on their radar right now. But we will be, as soon as the huge popularity that the franchise is currently experiencing inevitably begins to dwindle. At that point, Nick will look to us to keep the money coming in, and hopefully that will result in the collector-grade stuff that we all want.
Hopefully then, they'll allow someone like NECA to produce figures that we older fans want to buy.