[Krunomo]

I don't think crowdfunding has been that big of a miss. If at the end of the day the project is funded then that's what counts even if it is 100% funded of 5000% funded. In terms of it getting funded It all depends if the offering has good value, however, i don't think it's the easiest path to success.

The Spirit Splinter NECA dropped was a popular, however, many like myself didn't care much for the extra junk also many dont trust loot crate. The Gremlin was extremly poor value and the other crates were just bleh. Ultimately, most of us just want figures we dont want a bunch of useless crap like pins and patches.

One thing with Spawn is Todd owns the character so can do with it as he pleases. I imagine putting licensed characters on a third party crowdfunding site may be a problem. Hasbro owns transformers so they can do with it as they please. They dont own Star Wars so i guess its not impossible but i imagine it may be much more difficult than we realise. Certainly the addition of extras may not come so easily as the buck stops with the licensor. That said, i couldn't imagine a company would put up an actors likeness rights as a failed campaign would be insulting to the actor and having gone through the effort to obtain the license would be a massive waste of time and effort.

Ultimately, i think this crowdfunding method will work well for Todd due to his business model. I think he will see success after success especially if he constantly sets the bar at 100k. It will likely work less well for companies like NECA. I think NECA could use it as a way to deliver more dioramas or larger characters without individual likenesses. I very much doubt NECA could use it to give us characters with actors likenesses tho.