Post by 3Lephant (Naptown Icon) on Dec 23, 2008 2:24:09 GMT -5
Hey figure fans,
As some of you may know I am a huge fan of the Mortal Kombat figure line done by Jazwares. If you also collected you know the line ended prematurely. Over the past year, I've called people at Jazwares, emailed them, and done whatever I could to find any information on the whereabouts of the figure line. Unfortunately, nobody ever called me back or emailed me back. After seeing Sonic the Hedgehog figures at Toys R Us, I was outraged when I found out that Jazwares had made them. I decided to do an in depth search to find out any new information I could on the company. And boy, did I stumble upon something great.
I will spare a lot of the details (mainly because I don't want anyone hassling my new friends), but I made a new contact with the company who sculpted the Goro figure. He gave me some valuable information.
- Midway pulled their property from Jazwares as the company was continuing to struggle financially. As my friend and I both agreed, since Jazwares was paying for the rights to produce the figures, it made absolutely no sense why they would pull the rights.
- There were plans to make the following items but never followed through because of lack of time:
1. A 4 Figured Box Set (Pictures included below)
2. Kintaro (Who nearly made it to production with the last line). His words were "I should mention that Kintaro would have been flocked.
Like the old Panthor from the 80's he-Man figures"
3. A Clear Reptile (Similar to the Comic Con Sub Zero)
4. Kano in alternate attire but never got approved. I'm still waiting on these pictures, but if I could guess it would be similar to the first Mortal Kombat game or the bald headed MK3 one)
5. The next line of MK figures would have included Kitana, Rayden (see pics below), and "a robot but I forgot who."
6. A 3" Series line
I've still got some more information and pictures coming so I'll update it as soon as I get it. I've known a lot of this stuff for some time, it's just taken a little extra time to get permission to post these pictures online.
Without further interruption..
He told me there were only a "few" of these made, which I believe to be less than 5. I will own one soon and will post pictures as soon as I get it.
The Diorama it would have included..
Kintaro has been posted online before, although I'm not sure if it was this exact image. It should be noted, when he sent me this image and I saved it, it was entitled Kintaro Ver2, which would imply that there was a version 1!
Raiden with pants and no hat
Raiden with hat and ninja attire
My contact told me he was working on a list of the next series they were working on, and also is going to supply me with prototype images. As a fan and a collector, I couldn't be happier.
Until next time, thanks for reading! Let me know if there is anything you want me to ask.
As some of you may know I am a huge fan of the Mortal Kombat figure line done by Jazwares. If you also collected you know the line ended prematurely. Over the past year, I've called people at Jazwares, emailed them, and done whatever I could to find any information on the whereabouts of the figure line. Unfortunately, nobody ever called me back or emailed me back. After seeing Sonic the Hedgehog figures at Toys R Us, I was outraged when I found out that Jazwares had made them. I decided to do an in depth search to find out any new information I could on the company. And boy, did I stumble upon something great.
I will spare a lot of the details (mainly because I don't want anyone hassling my new friends), but I made a new contact with the company who sculpted the Goro figure. He gave me some valuable information.
- Midway pulled their property from Jazwares as the company was continuing to struggle financially. As my friend and I both agreed, since Jazwares was paying for the rights to produce the figures, it made absolutely no sense why they would pull the rights.
- There were plans to make the following items but never followed through because of lack of time:
1. A 4 Figured Box Set (Pictures included below)
2. Kintaro (Who nearly made it to production with the last line). His words were "I should mention that Kintaro would have been flocked.
Like the old Panthor from the 80's he-Man figures"
3. A Clear Reptile (Similar to the Comic Con Sub Zero)
4. Kano in alternate attire but never got approved. I'm still waiting on these pictures, but if I could guess it would be similar to the first Mortal Kombat game or the bald headed MK3 one)
5. The next line of MK figures would have included Kitana, Rayden (see pics below), and "a robot but I forgot who."
6. A 3" Series line
I've still got some more information and pictures coming so I'll update it as soon as I get it. I've known a lot of this stuff for some time, it's just taken a little extra time to get permission to post these pictures online.
Without further interruption..
He told me there were only a "few" of these made, which I believe to be less than 5. I will own one soon and will post pictures as soon as I get it.
The Diorama it would have included..
Kintaro has been posted online before, although I'm not sure if it was this exact image. It should be noted, when he sent me this image and I saved it, it was entitled Kintaro Ver2, which would imply that there was a version 1!
Raiden with pants and no hat
Raiden with hat and ninja attire
My contact told me he was working on a list of the next series they were working on, and also is going to supply me with prototype images. As a fan and a collector, I couldn't be happier.
Until next time, thanks for reading! Let me know if there is anything you want me to ask.
