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Originally Posted by dukefett

Mezco said specifically about the Constantine release that he'll include guns and cigarettes, they just couldn't show them.

https://twitter.com/mezcotoyz/status...86715394756609

"To Hell with guns and smokes you say? We have been requested to omit these items from our current marketing photos but if there is anyone who can go to Hell and get them, it’s Constantine. You’ll need to have faith in Mezco on this one!"

I think that's because Constantine was probably prototyped/conceived right before/just as the DC "no guns" rule was happening, so they managed to get the figure to still have them but couldn't show them. In the interview with Mez from back in May, iirc he specifically says that due to the rule, he wouldn't be able to release Two Face with any of the guns he came with if he had been revealed now.

I think what's especially tripping some people up with understanding this is how quickly the rule seems to have gone into effect, with several figures created before the rule took effect still quite available, like Grim Knight.

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Originally Posted by hasbroherofan

Hasbro's been substituting real guns for sci-fi blasters with their Marvel toys for a while now. It's not a total across the board thing yet and some figures still have realistic weapons (mostly movie figures), but it's something fans have been remarking on for the past several years.

Baron Zemo is the most recent example.




Which makes me wonder why McFarlane hasn't at least done the same, or if WB won't even let him get away with that compromise.

Given how long it's been happening and how very not universal it's been for the Marvel figures, I think if anything it's basically more of a "try not to have too many realistic guns, not outright disallowed, just try to keep the number down" situation, compared to the WB/DC outright "no guns at all" rule.