warriors!!...come out and play....mezco...

[alkoholik]

sorry if posted already....

Mezco sends over news that they've just released pictures of their figure line based on The Warriors! This cult classic has deserved toys for years now...

Mezco Toyz, the ?koolectible toy company? announces it has acquired the rights to the Paramount cult movie classic ?The Warriors?. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the movie, some very exciting things are happening with this license. Mezco Toyz will create a five-figure assortment of some very cool action figures, these figures rock dead-on likeness, plenty of ?attitude articulation? and tons of accessories. The figures will be packaged in a stylish and collector friendly clamshell package that can be J hooked or shelf displayed. Famed video game developer, Rock Star Games, will be releasing a hot new video game based on the same property. Both the figures and video game are slated for release in Spring 2005.

[TCM Hitchhiker]

Well, it is a bummer that they are the cartooney Mezco style, but they rock none the less. They shall all be mine!

The Warriors have been a LONG time request from me, and a film I have wanted action figures from since I was a kid.

[JacktheRipper]

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[Peter Peeker]

damn...
looks like I'll be passing.
don't care AT ALL for that style.


man, that pisses me off... [img]mad.gif[/img]

[TCM Hitchhiker]

I think Mezco are boneheads for the most part. I don't really like much of anything they have ever put up, and this styalized crap has got to go. They must not be too into sales figures either, because being this cartoony style will definitely lose sales.

I still can't help but be excited for thise line though. Luther looks awesome!

[Peter Peeker]

and I'm willing to bet that the Fury I want will be the chase/variant/impossible-to-find one...

[Joranthalus]

Mezco did an excellent job on the Hellboy figs, they know how to do regular action figures well, and they aren't stupid enough to pass that opportunity up on something like Scarface...

Didja ever think that doing "charicatures" might get them around licensing issues that other companies have run into trying to get these properties made?

And... they sell. Obviously they aren't for everyone, but Scarface is flying off the shelves... Blues Brothers are moving pretty well, and Animal House had a couple pegwarmers but mostly avoided clearance... unlike pretty much everything McF has been doing lately.

Personally, i love the cartoony style, although 'the warriors' defines 'lame' imo...

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ December 15, 2004 01:58 PM: Message edited by: Joranthalus ]</font>

[Peter Peeker]

I don't give a rat's ass aboot their "issues"...
lame is lame.
that goes for the Scarface stuff too.

[Joranthalus]

lame is in the brain of the beholder... hate is in my heart... and i've got a full tank of gas and no place to go...

well, that's not entirely true... i've got half of a tank and i need to go to the PO....

[Peter Peeker]

you are a very silly man, jor.
and I like you that way.

agreed on the "beholder" thing.
I just think that if yer gonna make cartoon-like figs, stick to cartoon properties...

as for how McF stuff is selling, well, I got my own ideas aboot that. [img]wink.gif[/img]