[Arachnid13]

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Originally Posted by ScottyHawkeye

I also think demographics play into why those statistics can't be relied upon. I can only speak from an anecdotal standpoint, but when I was a kid who collected action figures I was insecure about having female figures because I thought people for whatever reason would mock me and think I was girlish. So the only female figures I had were ones that came with male ones or were Lego figures. As an adult, I've come to realize how ridiculous that mindset was and have actually come to love having and collecting female action figures. Part of the reason I came back to figure collecting was to add more women to my collection. So it's possible that they don't sell well with kids but sell well with older collectors, I don't know if those statistics ever had breakdowns like that or if they just went with the assumption the only action figure collectors are kids. Which makes those all the more misleading.

Even then McFarlane Toys' figures aren't really geared to kids per se, they are more so geared to adult and adolescent collectors. The Spawn and Mortal Kombat figures have "Not A Toy" on top of the boxes. DC Multiverse is a different story, but still, Todd & Co. aren't really selling it to people like 10-year-old me who was insecure about having female action figures, they're selling it to 24-year-old me who wants more female action figures. Spin Masters makes DC-themed toys geared to kids. So I don't understand why Todd & Co. act like their clientele are kids.

Oh yeah. Those early women figures were so weird looking, especially Toybiz Marvel Legends figures. I found Toybiz Black Widow and Elektra Marvel Legends figures at Retro Zone, and man their faces look weird. In contrast to the Hasbro Marvel Legends Retro Black Widow, I got from Vintage Stock the Toybiz one has an inferior head sculpt. Also, the Toybiz era was also when toy companies gave women figures weird articulation. Instead of having legs that move up and down the had legs that moved around, it's hard to describe. The JLU Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl I have had that weird articulation and Toybiz Marvel Legends Elektra also has that weird leg articulation. How the times have changed. Now they look great. My favorite female fig I currently have is the GI Joe Classified Comics Scarlett, her face is gorgeous and her articulation is great.




This is why I don't have a DC Multiverse Wonder Woman, all the Wonder Woman figures McFarlane have to offer are weird variants they have yet to make a normal Wonder Woman from the comics. The only Wonder Woman they have to offer so far that I want is the movie WW that's the normal look, not the golden armor one. I have only gotten their Batgirls and Catwomen.



McFarlane still hasn't touched on B-Listers let alone C-Listers. Where's our Black Canary, Huntress, Captain Atom, Blue Beatle, Major Force, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, Lady Shiva, Kitana, or Supergirl. If they haven't gotten to those characters, they'll never get to obscure names.



Batman is the only character WB/DC has any confidence in. Even Mattel had the scale in Batman's favor when they made DC lines. Hell, they had separate collectibles lines exclusively for Batman in addition to him being in the DC Super Heroes, DC Universe Classics, and DC Multiverse lines. There was the 2003 Batman line and Batman Legacy. Is anyone going to tell me that WB/DC isn't demanding more Harley figures? They market the hell out of Harley Quinn in every other sector of merchandising and media, they seriously aren't asking Todd and his company to make 50 billion Harley figures. Just 50 billion Batman figs I guess.

I agree with everything your saying, especially the fact it’s not dc’s fault Todd focuses on Batman. As you said dc really pushes Harley and even more recently poison Ivy but mcfarlane hasn’t made any ivy’s or even a good comic Harley.