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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

He's never said that. He has tried multiple times to get The Thing license to do MacRady specifically multiple times. He attempted to do a sweeping "Universal" license to get multiple properties from them, but they couldn't ever reach an agreement.

Also, there is some type of issue withe The Thing license in general. Chronicle Collectibles is currently holdign a license for statues, and is prohibited from producing anything due to the issue (they wouldn't tell me what the specific problem was).

Been hearing about this for a while now. The licenses for a lot of classic movies we love from the 80s are going through a lot of turmoil as of late due to an congressional amendment in the late 70's. Long story short, it made it so that the creators could take back the rights to the franchise they created from the studio after a few decades. We're hitting that "few decades" point right now with a lot of major beloved franchises and it's making it really difficult for people to get merchandising rights or at least the right to make action figures. Another issue with stuff like this also happens to be likeness rights granted by actors, which can in some cases muddy up the process of trying to get a figure or a line of figures made.