Integration

Freekazoo · 06-24-2019, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by webz

Spider-Man has a huge fandom, but anything other than the traditional red/blue suit or the symbiote suit just doesn’t perform as well. Stacks of the GameStop PS4 suit Hasbro legends were at my local GameStop on clearance.

Wolverine, however, is like Ironman and Batman. His different suits and costumes sell pretty well. You rarely see wolverine as a shelf warmer.

I think you may be overestimating Wolverine's popularity outside of the Tiger Stripe suit and possibly the film iteration which hasn't had very good collectibles since The Wolverine. Lot's of places are marking down the Mezco X-Force version and there are several major vendors that have a loads of stock for the Brown suit. This released after the traditional Spidey but had around 1700 more units produced, so it's a bit of a wash. The Tiger Stripe being an Exclusive was still a shitty move on Mezco's part.

I expect it is similar for Spider-Man and Wolverine in ML, but you could be right on this, though the example of the PS4 suit is a different issue as there was a widespread lukewarm reception to the giant white spider design from the beginning.

Comic Wolverine has one "costume" to most of the planet, movie wolverine doesn't have a defined costume anymore. Spider-Man has one "costume" to most of the planet no matter what media. Superman:1. Wonder Woman:1. Etc.
Iron Man's core costume doesn't deviate for long away from the red and gold before it comes back.
Batman is the only real exception with an array of equally popular costumes color schemes, and even that has really only happened over the past 30-40 years with the films, BTAS, and games.

It's interesting you mention the Asian market position on villains. as a lot of that is derived from how integrated specific villains in defining the protagonists. There are several examples of villains having resounding popularity in Japanese media (Kiryu from Godzilla), but a lot of them suffer from just being an obstacle to the protagonists... Now I'm wanting a Mezco Green Goblin with a glider.

06-24-2019, 09:51 PM	#1335
Freekazoo Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 276	Quote: Originally Posted by webz Spider-Man has a huge fandom, but anything other than the traditional red/blue suit or the symbiote suit just doesn’t perform as well. Stacks of the GameStop PS4 suit Hasbro legends were at my local GameStop on clearance. Wolverine, however, is like Ironman and Batman. His different suits and costumes sell pretty well. You rarely see wolverine as a shelf warmer. I think you may be overestimating Wolverine's popularity outside of the Tiger Stripe suit and possibly the film iteration which hasn't had very good collectibles since The Wolverine. Lot's of places are marking down the Mezco X-Force version and there are several major vendors that have a loads of stock for the Brown suit. This released after the traditional Spidey but had around 1700 more units produced, so it's a bit of a wash. The Tiger Stripe being an Exclusive was still a shitty move on Mezco's part. I expect it is similar for Spider-Man and Wolverine in ML, but you could be right on this, though the example of the PS4 suit is a different issue as there was a widespread lukewarm reception to the giant white spider design from the beginning. Comic Wolverine has one "costume" to most of the planet, movie wolverine doesn't have a defined costume anymore. Spider-Man has one "costume" to most of the planet no matter what media. Superman:1. Wonder Woman:1. Etc. Iron Man's core costume doesn't deviate for long away from the red and gold before it comes back. Batman is the only real exception with an array of equally popular costumes color schemes, and even that has really only happened over the past 30-40 years with the films, BTAS, and games. It's interesting you mention the Asian market position on villains. as a lot of that is derived from how integrated specific villains in defining the protagonists. There are several examples of villains having resounding popularity in Japanese media (Kiryu from Godzilla), but a lot of them suffer from just being an obstacle to the protagonists... Now I'm wanting a Mezco Green Goblin with a glider. Last edited by Freekazoo; 06-24-2019 at 09:54 PM..