[Joe Moore]

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Originally Posted by ludovicotek

Ok ok. Yes, that may be the case, but before the rights to The Thing reverted, didn’t Randy say that license wasn’t bankable enough (or something to that effect)? And what about Escape from New York? They Live?? Point still stands: these seem like a riskier bet then some other well-known properties begging for the Ultimates treatment. Heck, NECA dipped into Candyman and Nightbreed with the retros, but Puppet Master goes straight to Ultimates?! Whatever. I’ll take it! But still doesn’t make sense to me hahaha

And I don’t mean to detail the thread. I’m genuinely excited for these. Always loved the Puppet Master movies. I remember renting them as they were released.

I’ve talked to Randy a few times about The Thing over the years. He always said if they could get the license, MacReady was the one figure they would want to do. That, at the time, the license might not be able to support a full line. However they always ran into issues with Universal. They were trying as early as 2014 for a package deal for a number of Universal titles, which I talked to him about when I visited the studio. Every company that tried to do The Thing since Sota has run into one issue or another. It’s been a problematic license.

As for Puppet Master being all plastic, it’s likely because Full Moon has fully cloth replicas of the puppets coming out. While more expensive than the Retro clothed figures would be, they could have seen that as eating into that line. A larger license, like Marvel, is licensed out by price/size, but Full Moon doesn’t have that popularity. It really depends on the deal they struck.