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Post by LA Times on Jun 15, 2023 19:26:44 GMT -5
Does McFarlane still hold the Mortal Kombat license? A lot of the character designs for Mortal Kombat 1(12) are similar to the ones from Mortal Kombat 1-3, so that could be a way McFarlane can release the classic looks.
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Jun 19, 2023 20:36:28 GMT -5
Does McFarlane still hold the Mortal Kombat license? A lot of the character designs for Mortal Kombat 1(12) are similar to the ones from Mortal Kombat 1-3, so that could be a way McFarlane can release the classic looks. I'm a member of an MK Facebook group and one of members said that Todd told him on Twitter that they no longer have the licence. TBH I'm a little tired of different companies getting the figure licence each time a new game is released. |
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Post by LA Times on Jun 19, 2023 20:43:14 GMT -5
Does McFarlane still hold the Mortal Kombat license? A lot of the character designs for Mortal Kombat 1(12) are similar to the ones from Mortal Kombat 1-3, so that could be a way McFarlane can release the classic looks. I'm a member of an MK Facebook group and one of members said that Todd told him on Twitter that they no longer have the licence. TBH I'm a little tired of different companies getting the figure licence each time a new game is released. I dont like how the MK figure license has been passed around either. It has been with Hasbro Toy Island Infinite Concepts Palisades Toys Jazwares Mezco Funko Storm McFarlane |
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Post by Captain McKay on Jun 22, 2023 21:17:34 GMT -5
I'm a member of an MK Facebook group and one of members said that Todd told him on Twitter that they no longer have the licence. TBH I'm a little tired of different companies getting the figure licence each time a new game is released. I dont like how the MK figure license has been passed around either. It has been with Hasbro Toy Island Infinite Concepts Palisades Toys Jazwares Mezco Funko Storm McFarlane To be fair, it’s been 30 years. Compared to something like DC, this isn’t a ton of companies. Also, McFarlane tends to have pretty limited runtimes with certain licenses when it comes to games, it seems. Storm has been since 2016 I think? That’s a good run, although the irregular releases mean we don’t have a ton of releases to show for it. |
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Post by The Assassin on Jun 26, 2023 9:31:51 GMT -5
The passing around the license isn't necessarily the problem, more every company's lack of commitment or lack of strategy, meaning we never get much of a range of characters. With the possible (and hopeful) exception of Storm's classic MK line which is still ongoing, all we ever see is Sub-Zero, Scorpion, a few others, then give up. Over and over again. And as theoutlaw1999 said, part of the problem is every company except Storm takes the approach of focusing on whatever game is current and hyped, but that approach doesn't allow long enough to cover all the characters since they give up when the hype dies down, and just "start again" with the next game and next company, and the cycle repeats. Unfortunately most companies are only interested in quick and easy profits, over a comprehensive high-quality figure line. It's heartbreaking to see how many beloved and popular franchises have this problem with their figure lines (particularly "classic era" type lines) being abandoned and left incomplete. Sometimes it's unavoidable and unforseen circumstances, but sometimes it isn't. |
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Post by punksnotdead on Jun 27, 2023 15:38:50 GMT -5
After getting the Ryu, would love for Jada to make figures from any of 1/2/3 in the exact same way.
But yeah, nobody gets through a good lineup of them. Even McFarlane made some really strange decisions with the lineup. Storm is doing amazing but I felt like I found out about those too late in the process to start from scratch with it. I got Raiden and then just got cold feet over the price per figure. Plus, something in the $25 range would be a lot more ideal to roster build, even though I think Storm is worth the money.
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Post by The Assassin on Jun 28, 2023 3:54:29 GMT -5
After getting the Ryu, would love for Jada to make figures from any of 1/2/3 in the exact same way. eh, they're fairly nice but too cartoony and soft on details for my liking. i'd be interested to see what Jada could do if they upped their budget and quality slightly though. definetely a company with potential. I think Storm is worth the money. I don't, even though I do collect them and have likely spent thousands already. They're pretty good, but could definetely be better. my biggest complaints are frequent inconsistent scale, occassional cartoony heads or balloony muscles, and I really wish they'd license the original actor likenesses. for the price they're charging, none of these things should be an issue. Also from a collection/fan perspective I wish they'd release characters more often to complete the classic characters, though that said from a financial perspective i do struggle to afford to keep up even at the current pace. Despite my criticisms I'm still really happy to be able to build a classic MK figure collection, and hope the line lasts long enough to get a really deep roster of characters. |
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Jun 29, 2023 21:03:38 GMT -5
After getting the Ryu, would love for Jada to make figures from any of 1/2/3 in the exact same way. But yeah, nobody gets through a good lineup of them. Even McFarlane made some really strange decisions with the lineup. Storm is doing amazing but I felt like I found out about those too late in the process to start from scratch with it. I got Raiden and then just got cold feet over the price per figure. Plus, something in the $25 range would be a lot more ideal to roster build, even though I think Storm is worth the money. I liked McFarlane but they wasted so many spots. A shirtless Baraka and the non MK characters were totally unnecessary. We could've had the likes of Frost, Shang Tsung or Scarlett in those spots. |
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Post by Captain McKay on Jun 30, 2023 7:23:14 GMT -5
After getting the Ryu, would love for Jada to make figures from any of 1/2/3 in the exact same way. But yeah, nobody gets through a good lineup of them. Even McFarlane made some really strange decisions with the lineup. Storm is doing amazing but I felt like I found out about those too late in the process to start from scratch with it. I got Raiden and then just got cold feet over the price per figure. Plus, something in the $25 range would be a lot more ideal to roster build, even though I think Storm is worth the money. Agreed on Jada. The SF figures look like they’re based on old school SF2 art. Imagining what they could do with figures based on old school John Tobias art would be so good. Plus the movement would be killer. McFarlane had a decent sized roster for sure, but yeah, some very questionable additions. I didn’t need a Joker in a Mortal Kombat line, nor a second or third Spawn. The molds got repainted enough to give collectors a decent amount of figures between alt attires. Plus their Kitana, Johnny Cage, and Noob are genuinely really good figures. |
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Post by Eric on Jul 2, 2023 20:15:49 GMT -5
So many similarities between SF and MK right down to their fig licenses and what happens with them. Both got decent collections with Hasbro (though not fully accurate). SF had a good run with Sota that Storm is now rivaling. Otherwise (just off the top of my head), it's been a few limited runs that end up inconsistent.
It's like Ryu and Ken are guaranteed for SF, and Sub-Zero and Scorpion are guaranteed for MK.
I'd take Jada MK figs, too, for the record. I'm still waiting to find the SF Jada figs somehow for non-scalper prices, but I'm excited about them. If I could get similar classic MK figs, I'd be so pumped.
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Post by Captain McKay on Jul 16, 2023 15:29:39 GMT -5
So many similarities between SF and MK right down to their fig licenses and what happens with them. Both got decent collections with Hasbro (though not fully accurate). SF had a good run with Sota that Storm is now rivaling. Otherwise (just off the top of my head), it's been a few limited runs that end up inconsistent. It's like Ryu and Ken are guaranteed for SF, and Sub-Zero and Scorpion are guaranteed for MK. I'd take Jada MK figs, too, for the record. I'm still waiting to find the SF Jada figs somehow for non-scalper prices, but I'm excited about them. If I could get similar classic MK figs, I'd be so pumped. A lot of people have said the same thing about Jada, after seeing how good the SF stuff is a classic MK line would be great. Fei Long would be easy re-use for Liu Kang, and knowing how well Fei Long moves it'd be an easy way to see how nice an MK line could be. |
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Post by Eric on Jul 16, 2023 19:58:08 GMT -5
So many similarities between SF and MK right down to their fig licenses and what happens with them. Both got decent collections with Hasbro (though not fully accurate). SF had a good run with Sota that Storm is now rivaling. Otherwise (just off the top of my head), it's been a few limited runs that end up inconsistent. It's like Ryu and Ken are guaranteed for SF, and Sub-Zero and Scorpion are guaranteed for MK. I'd take Jada MK figs, too, for the record. I'm still waiting to find the SF Jada figs somehow for non-scalper prices, but I'm excited about them. If I could get similar classic MK figs, I'd be so pumped. A lot of people have said the same thing about Jada, after seeing how good the SF stuff is a classic MK line would be great. Fei Long would be easy re-use for Liu Kang, and knowing how well Fei Long moves it'd be an easy way to see how nice an MK line could be. Good point about reusing molds/parts. That makes it even more appealing for Jada. Classic MK in this style would be another dream line for me. I'm not sure where the MK license is, but some companies are realizing going after people like us that grew up with the old school stuff are worth targeting, so I hope someone is aware. Get out the classic stuff first, and then we'll buy in when they go with MK11 or MK1. Also, since my last post I was able to order Ryu from Amazon for 25 and he's shipping next month. I hate to wait that long, but I think it will be worth it, especially if they get all the Super SFII characters eventually 🤞 |
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Post by Captain McKay on Jul 17, 2023 20:32:13 GMT -5
A lot of people have said the same thing about Jada, after seeing how good the SF stuff is a classic MK line would be great. Fei Long would be easy re-use for Liu Kang, and knowing how well Fei Long moves it'd be an easy way to see how nice an MK line could be. Good point about reusing molds/parts. That makes it even more appealing for Jada. Classic MK in this style would be another dream line for me. I'm not sure where the MK license is, but some companies are realizing going after people like us that grew up with the old school stuff are worth targeting, so I hope someone is aware. Get out the classic stuff first, and then we'll buy in when they go with MK11 or MK1. Also, since my last post I was able to order Ryu from Amazon for 25 and he's shipping next month. I hate to wait that long, but I think it will be worth it, especially if they get all the Super SFII characters eventually 🤞 I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Ryu is great. |
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Post by Eric on Jul 17, 2023 22:31:23 GMT -5
Good point about reusing molds/parts. That makes it even more appealing for Jada. Classic MK in this style would be another dream line for me. I'm not sure where the MK license is, but some companies are realizing going after people like us that grew up with the old school stuff are worth targeting, so I hope someone is aware. Get out the classic stuff first, and then we'll buy in when they go with MK11 or MK1. Also, since my last post I was able to order Ryu from Amazon for 25 and he's shipping next month. I hate to wait that long, but I think it will be worth it, especially if they get all the Super SFII characters eventually 🤞 I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Ryu is great. After watching your stop motion, the wait might be too much now haha |
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Post by mmondrag96 on Jul 18, 2023 16:44:56 GMT -5
Does McFarlane still hold the Mortal Kombat license? A lot of the character designs for Mortal Kombat 1(12) are similar to the ones from Mortal Kombat 1-3, so that could be a way McFarlane can release the classic looks. I'm a member of an MK Facebook group and one of members said that Todd told him on Twitter that they no longer have the licence. TBH I'm a little tired of different companies getting the figure licence each time a new game is released. Damn really? I really wanted the rest of the MK11 roster. |
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Apr 1, 2024 16:42:54 GMT -5
Apparently WB have suspended their IP's which means no more Mortal Kombat figures for the foreseeable.
Absolutely gutted, Storm were so close to completing the Trilogy roster.
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Post by Captain McKay on Apr 9, 2024 11:39:52 GMT -5
Apparently WB have suspended their IP's which means no more Mortal Kombat figures for the foreseeable. Absolutely gutted, Storm were so close to completing the Trilogy roster. Yeah man, I’ve heard a few things about possibly renegotiation or a new deal, but nothing concrete. I love this line, I’d hate to see it end. Right now Sheeva is the only one left on my preorder list, once she arrives I won’t have any more to look forward to. Sad. |
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Post by The Assassin on Apr 17, 2024 12:01:29 GMT -5
Apparently WB have suspended their IP's which means no more Mortal Kombat figures for the foreseeable. What does suspending their IPs mean? Suddenly stopping all merchandise? Why on earth would they do that? Surely it's temporary? May I ask where did you read this? Perhaps an article or a press release would make it more clear what this all means |
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Apr 17, 2024 19:51:21 GMT -5
Apparently WB have suspended their IP's which means no more Mortal Kombat figures for the foreseeable. What does suspending their IPs mean? Suddenly stopping all merchandise? Why on earth would they do that? Surely it's temporary? May I ask where did you read this? Perhaps an article or a press release would make it more clear what this all meansHonestly, I have no idea with suspending their IP means either, but apparently it's something to do with the debt they're currently in. I'm a member of quite a few MK sites on Facebook and it's been reported everywhere that the licences have been suspended. It's another reason why no toy companies are making figures from the new Mk1 game. Also, the Mortal Kombat line has been removed from Storms official site so that's a bad sign. |
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Post by Eric on Jun 25, 2024 21:29:08 GMT -5
MK1 license is more exciting to me than MK11 was because of the more classic-style looks/colors and characters in the game.
But I can't help but feel like Todd will do exactly what he did with MK11, which means it won't be worth it for me to start collecting the line unless I just want Sub-Zero and Scorpion and a few other favorites. Plus some (too many) repaints.
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