The "They left us too young" thread: IE cancelled toys shown at shows or in mags

[knewby]

******ANTON*****...prepare to cry again...........Larry

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[Anton Phibes]

Oh for Cryin' Out Loud!!!!   This is just absurd! They are parodies for goodness sakes!!!!!!  What kind of licensing issue could be involved in a Psycho parody figure!!!!!!!!!!!!?!

[Anton Phibes]

All the good Psycho stuff gets cancelled or is unlicensed. I cry. I seriously cry. Between Mrs. Bates and the lunchbox, I am practically crippled in the morale and excitement department. The I find out we cant even get a little goo goo parody cutsie poopsie made...because...of...licensing issues??  What?


Somehow that train wreck Bates Motel tv show is responsible for this.  Which means Psycho will now be tied up in licensing hell like Halloween and the first Evil Dead are.

I guess its up to DD to save my bacon with some Psycho stuff. Get busy, M.

[knewby]

LOL...sorry my friend. No one seems willing to tackle our favorite Hitchcock film..........Larry

[knewby]

We always have our masks.........Larry

[Anton Phibes]

It definitely seems to have a curse on it in the collectibles department. That's for certain. Crikey.

Agreed. Lovely maskies. The precioussssssss. Wouldn't Mezco's Mrs. Bates look lovely sitting next to her though...ooops...I'm doing it again. At the risk of derailing my own thread on things being stripped from our collecting community clutches....I will share a pic of my own. Then back to pining for other lost loves. Keep this going peeps. Painful memories, but good reference.

[Rockshasa]

I can guarantee that almost all of these figures would have gone into production had not our economy tanked back in 2008. That recession crippled toy collectors everywhere (not to mention many of the shops that distributed these toys) and not too soon after, many hard core toy collectors gave up collecting...product prices almost doubled and monetary raises on the job all but stopped. Prior to 2008, toy collecting was rampant and was a sweeping trend across the country. As I recall, looking back, it peaked around the time that the Lord of the Rings trilogy was riding high...Bush was still in office, and I remember you could go into a toy store every week and see a slew of new LOTR figures on the racks (not to mention tons of other cool new toys). McFarlane Toys was still riding high, and the hyper-detailed figures were in every store (NECA, SOTA, Palisades, Sideshow, Mezco). Anyway, it all died when the recession hit. Ahhhh, I remember the days fondly when you could go into a TRU and buy five 7" Movie Maniacs for $50. Those were the days...

[monsterloco]

I still have hopes for mezco Mrs bates hopefully it's going to be like the mummy that took forever to come out

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[Anton Phibes]

I still have hopes for mezco Mrs bates hopefully it's going to be like the mummy that took forever to come out

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From the intel I have gathered....you can abandon the hope. There has been no greater cheerleader (I can think of) for the Mezco Mrs. Bates to happen than me....but  I have given up the ghost after being given some insight. 

[Wolfman]

From the intel I have gathered....you can abandon the hope. There has been no greater cheerleader (I can think of) for the Mezco Mrs. Bates to happen than me....but  I have given up the ghost after being given some insight. 

I hope the people responsible for killing this off, have their own wine cellar moment, if you know what I mean.

JP

[Monsters For Sale]

I hope the people responsible for killing this off, have their own wine cellar moment, if you know what I mean.

JP

Yeah.  I hope all their wine gets corked, too.

[Anton Phibes]

Fellas....from what I understand....there weren't even enough pre-orders to make her happen. So the decision was made based on a presumed lack of interest on our part. Ouchie.

[Wolfman]

Fellas....from what I understand....there weren't even enough pre-orders to make her happen. So the decision was made based on a presumed lack of interest on our part. Ouchie.

Why can't they just make her in a limited edition of 100. They shouldn't have a problem selling that amount, one would think.

JP

[the_horror_man]

Fellas....from what I understand....there weren't even enough pre-orders to make her happen. So the decision was made based on a presumed lack of interest on our part. Ouchie.

Still can't believe it. Not only because it is such and iconic image/character, but we really don't have any Mrs Bates figures.

Why can't they just make her in a limited edition of 100. They shouldn't have a problem selling that amount, one would think.

JP

I thought the same thing. Pretty sure 50 of them would go to UMA members.

thm

[Anton Phibes]

I wanted 2.