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Tony_Bacala · 09-13-2023, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Raine24

It's definitely been a weird ride. The first year and change was a huge range of product with a lot of original sculpts, because they needed to gauge where the consumer interest was while also showing off what they could do. As a huge proof-of-concept offering or mission statement it worked well enough, but the lead time on manufacturing meant that approach leaked into year two before they could respond to what people did or didn't like.

They did eventually react, the most obvious being DCAU figures shuffled off to DC Direct re-pops and bronze/proof chases vanishing (leave that stuff with Warhammer, where those folks actually seek out unpainted versions) in favor of alt colorways, but other changes are rolling out sooo slowly compared to those examples, and there doesn't seem to be any kind of guiding hand making decisions on character selection or tooling re-use. Having a classic Garcia-Lopez '80s Style Guide figure in each non-themed wave from day one should have been a no-brainer, yet it's taken them accidentally stumbling into old-school figures and seeing them gushed over to make them push down that road.

The "be unpredictable" route that's scored me a Clooney Batman (complete with nips!) and updated Super Powers line has also kept me from having a normal Harley Quinn or a single Superman that doesn't suck in some major way. I can't imagine how bad team completists must feel in navigating this line.

Ditto x that.

One well done execution early on - the Dark Nights Metal stuff. They got that whole core alt-Batman line up, very well done, plus a bunch of others, some vehicles, all that. I liked that, I understand that wasn't everyone's cup. But I wish that focus, quality, execution and speed was applied to more traditional teams and looks.

09-13-2023, 05:17 PM	#1710
Tony_Bacala Administrator Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 7,664	Quote: Originally Posted by Raine24 It's definitely been a weird ride. The first year and change was a huge range of product with a lot of original sculpts, because they needed to gauge where the consumer interest was while also showing off what they could do. As a huge proof-of-concept offering or mission statement it worked well enough, but the lead time on manufacturing meant that approach leaked into year two before they could respond to what people did or didn't like. They did eventually react, the most obvious being DCAU figures shuffled off to DC Direct re-pops and bronze/proof chases vanishing (leave that stuff with Warhammer, where those folks actually seek out unpainted versions) in favor of alt colorways, but other changes are rolling out sooo slowly compared to those examples, and there doesn't seem to be any kind of guiding hand making decisions on character selection or tooling re-use. Having a classic Garcia-Lopez '80s Style Guide figure in each non-themed wave from day one should have been a no-brainer, yet it's taken them accidentally stumbling into old-school figures and seeing them gushed over to make them push down that road. The "be unpredictable" route that's scored me a Clooney Batman (complete with nips!) and updated Super Powers line has also kept me from having a normal Harley Quinn or a single Superman that doesn't suck in some major way. I can't imagine how bad team completists must feel in navigating this line. Ditto x that. One well done execution early on - the Dark Nights Metal stuff. They got that whole core alt-Batman line up, very well done, plus a bunch of others, some vehicles, all that. I liked that, I understand that wasn't everyone's cup. But I wish that focus, quality, execution and speed was applied to more traditional teams and looks. __________________ Transformers at TFW2005.com!