MisterPL Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 For anyone interested. Personally this is just the latest slap in the face to those who've been begging for more DC Minimates but I'm sure there are collectors out there with broader tastes who would love to add these to their collections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekker 42 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Is that Mighty Max? HA! I have TONS of those micro sets somewhere in my basement. Unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambitron Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I would be interested in the MOTU ones (which they had some on display last year at SDCC) because I love MOTU stuff, I guess it will depend on if they come to retail and are easily purchasable or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 MOTU ones look pretty good, but no interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthRaider Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Mini Factions? These look more Muggs-sized to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbpanizzi Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 They showed the MotU ones last year, but Matty said there was no interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dio Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Whoo, more hipster vinyl garbage. These look like glorified golf tees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 The Leech one looks kinda cool, but i definitely wont be buying these . . . even if they DO make marvel ones. I'm a bit sick of 'designer vinyl'. I'm sure someone would like these - but they aren't for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlecat Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) Hey, don't hate on the designer toy world because of this stuff, that's like blaming Minimates for Shockinis! I like Muggs, but all this stuff is trying to capitalize on a trend that is kind of inherently incompatible with mass market toy sales. What makes real designer toys so great is that, a) the designer has no need to secure more than a handful of customers, and b ) they have no corporation or license owner to answer to -- so he/she is freed up to do whatever he/she wants, and can produce some crazy cool toys. (It also means if they produce something crap, they can probably still sell it to enough people that it won't bankrupt them.) Mass market, licensed toys, on the other hand, need to appeal to thousands of people to make back production/licensing costs and turn enough profit to please the company. If they're trying to tap into the designer toy market with these "designer" lines, they're going to find a large portion of it uninterested in buying "toys" instead of "art"; and if they're trying get hipster cred within the mass market, they're going to find a large portion of it uninterested in "weird" looking toy platforms (even Minimates still get this reaction from plenty of collectors on other toy websites). So it's always seemed a bit unlikely to me that they'd be able to sustain sales, beyond the initial novelty bump, with any of these lines in the long run, although I have liked the short-term benefit of getting some cool Muggs and a Hellboy Mez-it to hang out with the Dunnys on my shelf, so... This rambling rant was brought to you by: insomnia Edited July 23, 2010 by battlecat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcastick Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 I...uumm.....well.... yeah, those are..... hhhmmmm.......... DC Mates, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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