neca bashes mcfarlane on their web site

[Darkest Angel]

Yer thinking of your dad again, Jor.

[munkkeyboy]

Originally posted by Spliff:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by munkkey:
curious...I'm not sure how to take it.

It's funny, I realized the other day that I buy way more NECA product than McF at this point because they are making the figures I want to own. That doesn't mean the figures are superior to McF's, though...often they are not even close in quality. But I like the fact that other companies are making characters that we've asked McF to make for years on end to no avail. Sure, NECA is raping all the licenses McF has already used, but I for one am actually happy about that.

So I'd say NECA has plenty of support from fans at this point for what they are doing and how they are doing it, and I'm surprised to see them bashing McF, if that's what they are doing. My point being that McF basically gave them a blueprint of how to run their company, and it seems unecessary to disresepct McF like that.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">See, as true as that is though...McFarlane's focus has NEVER been movie figures. Some people just can't seem to understand that.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I disagree. I think there was a point in time when McF was on the verge of becoming primarily a movie license / spawn license toy company...around 2000 / 2001. But this was also aorund the same time that Todd was able to start obtaining all the sports licenses.

I think if all the sports stuff had never panned out, McF would be doing pretty much what NECA is doing now. And you know what the irony would be? Everyone would be bitching about McF rehashing old licenses [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img]

[Joranthalus]

there's only one reason i feel bad about losing interest in most of what McF has been doing the last couple years... Steve. McF and I were thinking of staying together for the sake of Steve, but ultimately decided it would probably be more hurtful for Steve in the long run.

So, McF will get Steve most of the year, and i'll get steve 1 weekend a summer... if i can make it out to New Jersey... and Steve isn't too busy getting ass-reamed by bears...

[Andyman]

If Stevie even has the party he's definitely paring down the guest list. I imagine Jor will end up on the restraining order list. [img]wink.gif[/img]

[Joranthalus]

i wouldn't be surprised... but i'd want to crash it anyway.

[TCM Hitchhiker]

I couldn't care less...

[JacktheRipper]

Randy and Todd could get their respective companies to battle at Gettysburg I don't give a rats' ass. Keep producing stuff I want to purchase who ever that my be and I'm happy. Shit I'm even giving my money to Mezco. [img]wink.gif[/img]

[Dion Bozman]

That was kinda funny in a sour grapes sorta way. Shrugs. Nothing I'd get my knickers in a twist aboot. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Just to clarify some misinformation, there was a specific ND signing plate on-site for Heder to sign. Also, we don't delete NECA posts on spawn.com because of bad blood. We delete them because we will not pay to advertise their products. Period.

As far as Porthos' comment about "Mr. 75 Percent," I'd like to see you back that up with proof. I certainly don't remember it.
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[Joranthalus]

i've heard a similar comment, but not on the boards... but i think there's a big difference when you're just BSing with somebody in person than posting comments on your site so it didn't bother me.

[0193081]

Originally posted by Michael Crawford:
You guys are funny - I see toy companies do 'unprofessional' crap all the time, including McToys, but that last couple paragraphs was nothing. I agree that perhaps NECA isn't the best people to point out that Mctoys dropped the ball with having Heder there and not having anything for him to sign - you couldn't come up with cardbacks for Dynamite figures or something creative? - but the crack about employment makes sense considering that's where Randy came from.

Obviously, you guys haven't spent enough time reading or seeing the smack people like Larry Ellison at Oracle says about Gates and Microsoft quite publicly, or Pixar says about Disney, etc. They smaller guy tends to always be the one doing that kind of thing, and they really shouldn't - but I think the desire to do it is just to strong for them to ignore.

Michael
MWC

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">They did have ND signing plates. That's what I don't understand.