[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Stranger

Well with their Superman and Batman V.S. Alien two packs coming out it may be safe to say that all bets are off at this point. And in response to your above post, I'm pretty sure Mattel only has the 6" scale licence. I think DC Direct had that license still but they dropped their planned 7" line. Hopefully this will leave a sufficient power vacuum for NECA to fill. They're the only ones really worthy of these franchises. Everything Mattel makes is total garbage; paint, sculpt, articulation. The only thing they've got is their seniority as they've been around much longer.

You know they're terrified of Neca getting a full collector line as their crap wouldn't stand a chance. Hold up a Mattel Dark Knight Joker and NECA one... It pretty much speaks for itself.

What Mattel has is (unfortunately) the master license. What this means is that they get a say in anything DC licensed even if they aren't involved. DC Collectibles has only managed to get through this because they are a part of DC itself and their products don't go to mass release chains like Walmart, Target, and TRU they go to comic shops and specialty stores. NECA has only been able to escape their 1/4 scale restrictions by hooking up with TRU directly to make promotional figures and now with two-packs that feature licenses NECA does fully posses. I would absolutely love for NECA to be able to normally produce 7" scale DC figures but unless Mattel has a serious change of heart or they lose their licensing deal it is unlikely.