>>11530433NTA but if a public company as large as Mattel wants to pay an absolutely outrageous sum to get back a license, they have the pockets to do it and there would be nothing small companies like McFarlane could do about it. The difference in cash flow is huge. The probable reason Mattel lost the license in 2020 is because they bid low due to their existing line failing.
But that is not to say DCMV was doing well under McFarlane these last few years, it seems to have been going down the tubes with all the chase and collector edition and now elite edition Zatanna stuff.
>>11530448Ironically he is probably right about McFarlane putting out the best DC mass market retail line, but that isn't saying much given how bad DC has been at mass retail. Only time will tell if Mattel improves.
>>11530475But the CE Wonder Woman is a terrible figure. Look at the knees, ankles, and the face sculpt. It only sold because Todd starved people of classic WW for years. SA Supes is good though.
>That's technically not an improvement but literally avoiding getting a goddamn lawsuitNTA but they are still doing platinum versions of CEs that are sending the customer a weird variant they did not order. It's somehow not illegal. Also even if someone sued them, the most they could get is their money back due to the way monetary rewards work in civil law. No one is going to sue over getting sent the wrong $35 figure, meaning they can keep fucking people over with CE platinums. But not for much longer anyway.
>>11531041These aren't randomly sent instead of normal figures. Since people can just ignore them they're irrelevant to anyone but WB/DC, McFarlane and anyone who happens to want them.
