EMCE UNIVERSAL MONSTERS LUNCHBOX VERY, VERY CLEVER :USING CARLOS DRACULA

[Mord]

 Why do you think that customizers have become so lucrative? Even if the parties involved come to some sort of agreement, the product will inevitably be compromised (green jackets anyone?). Give me a perfect custom piece over the "official" one any day.

[Wolfman]

Universal Studios should stick to their rides, and sell the rights to the monsters to someone who cares.

[jimm]

So stick a fork in this one I gather?

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[Monsters For Sale]

Looking more and more like Universal thought this was too clever to be allowed to live.

"When it seems too good to be true... "

Hope I'm wrong.

[Haunted hearse]

"Hotel Transylvania 2, is doing well at the box office.  Even if the film has no appeal to some diehard monster fans, it shows that these creatures could still appear in a film which would have an audience.  Unfortunately, as we can see with films like "Van Helsing", and the Mockingbird Lane TV show pilot, Universal seems to want to distance themselves from the classic monsters, and the difficulty in anybody trying to make merchandise based on the classic monsters doesn't help.

[Subatomic_Matt]

I'm saddened to check in here and see that both the lunch boxes and army men are on hold.

Such a sad, damn shame.

[Mord]

I'm saddened to check in here and see that both the lunch boxes and army men are on hold.

Such a sad, damn shame.

"On hold" is a very optimistic term for these items.

[Anton Phibes]

Out of tears. Eyes now cry blood over that lunchbox. A downright awful catastrophe of epic proportions.

[jimm]

boooo

[Anton Phibes]

Emce via their facebook page about 2 months ago posted this, so maybe there's hope? :



Universal Monsters update: So, we were at the Diamond Select Toys offices the other day on various business, and we brought up the fact that not a day goes by without someone emailing/PM'ing us on the status of the lunchbox and armymen toys. They are handling the aforementioned admin issue with the studio as best as they can, but we can attest to the fact that, depending on the property, some studios move faster than others. Continued patience on this is appreciated.

[Mike Scott]

Gonna file this under "Creature Mystery Game repro" and move on with my life.

[horrorhunter]

If I were insanely wealthy I would buy Universal and personally fire those decision making suited monkeys in slow motion.. then hire them back just so I could fire them again with extremely rude prejudice. Then I would fill the vacancies with non-braindead employees who could give the fans what they want, and help fill Universal's coffers at the same time.

By doing the fans a favor with cool merch, they would be making money for the company. This isn't a difficult concept to grasp.

[Mord]

Emce via their facebook page about 2 months ago posted this, so maybe there's hope? :



Universal Monsters update: So, we were at the Diamond Select Toys offices the other day on various business, and we brought up the fact that not a day goes by without someone emailing/PM'ing us on the status of the lunchbox and armymen toys. They are handling the aforementioned admin issue with the studio as best as they can, but we can attest to the fact that, depending on the property, some studios move faster than others. Continued patience on this is appreciated.

TRANSLATION:

Prepare for generic Dracula and green coat Frankenstein, kids.

[aura of foreboding]

   TRANSLATION:

Prepare for generic Dracula and green coat Frankenstein, kids.

Just shelve the thing.  The art was perfect.  The only improvement would be replacing Carlos with Lugosi.  For that, I would wait another year. 

[Mord]

Just shelve the thing.  The art was perfect.  The only improvement would be replacing Carlos with Lugosi.  For that, I would wait another year.

"For that, I vould wait several lifetimes (said in Lugosi voice).