[SpasticPlastic]

When it comes to licenses I like, my personal feeling is that I'll happily buy anything they feel like putting out that I desire. I grew up watching F13 and never imagined as a kid having ANY toys for those films. Same with Predator, Alien, TCM, Child's Play, etc. I've been buying NECA for 15 years and my collection from them is mostly made up of figures I never thought in a million years I'd own.

If they want to sculpt a new figure once a year and fill the rest of the slots with repaints and variants to offset the costs of tooling, in order to guarantee all new figures can be made, then more power to them. I don't have to buy them. And, Randy's always been pretty clear that when they do offer a re-release, whether it's a repaint, a variant, or just a straight reissue, that that particular figure is not "taking the place of something else." If they didn't release that Jason repaint at that time, there would be NO F13 coming out.

Randy did say today on Twitter that all 3 of next year's Ultimates are completely new tooling. So…it is very likely that this upcoming figure is just a way to help ease the burden of those costs. I think many people forget that NECA, while the best toy company around, is a very, very small company. They are not Hasbro. They are not Mattel. They don't have massive pockets to dip into to get figures made. Those big companies can mass produce hundreds of figures a year, many of which peg warm like crazy, and they don't even bat an eye. I also laugh at people when they complain about NECA reusing parts or sculpts. Most of whom cream their Wranglers when Hasbro announces more Marvel Legends. Hmmmmm…...