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ShabbyBlue · 02-24-2020, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Jase

Is it just me or do they abandon stuff often? I got excited when they did their initial Game of Thrones line, but they never released any other characters.

Yes, they are just as bad as DST when it comes to doing "one and done" waves for a new figure line and giving up too quickly when sales aren't meeting their high expectations. DST killed X-Files and Pulp Fiction after just one wave, so we'll never get the full main cast from those properties, and now it's looking like Tron is dead after one wave too with DST. For McFarlane, the same is happening with Star Trek, Game of Thrones, and probably Harry Potter. It really makes me reluctant to trust these two companies and bother buying into any of their new lines when it's likely they'll end it after just one or two waves.

I have no regrets so far in choosing not to buy McF's DC Multiverse, especially after seeing the new figures at Toy Fair and confirming that this line is going to be 90% Batman-themed which is ridiculous. It seems clear now that it will never be as diverse as Mattel's DCUC line, so that combined with the scale difference and the possibility the line won't last beyond 1 or 2 years convinced me not to bother starting over with this new DC line after years and money put into the Mattel figures.

02-24-2020, 05:45 PM	#60
ShabbyBlue Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 1,123	Quote: Originally Posted by Jase Is it just me or do they abandon stuff often? I got excited when they did their initial Game of Thrones line, but they never released any other characters. Yes, they are just as bad as DST when it comes to doing "one and done" waves for a new figure line and giving up too quickly when sales aren't meeting their high expectations. DST killed X-Files and Pulp Fiction after just one wave, so we'll never get the full main cast from those properties, and now it's looking like Tron is dead after one wave too with DST. For McFarlane, the same is happening with Star Trek, Game of Thrones, and probably Harry Potter. It really makes me reluctant to trust these two companies and bother buying into any of their new lines when it's likely they'll end it after just one or two waves. I have no regrets so far in choosing not to buy McF's DC Multiverse, especially after seeing the new figures at Toy Fair and confirming that this line is going to be 90% Batman-themed which is ridiculous. It seems clear now that it will never be as diverse as Mattel's DCUC line, so that combined with the scale difference and the possibility the line won't last beyond 1 or 2 years convinced me not to bother starting over with this new DC line after years and money put into the Mattel figures. Last edited by ShabbyBlue; 02-24-2020 at 05:49 PM..