Hasbro Made-to-Order Figures

[Misfit]

I can't think of anything I want under this made-to-order model, but I also would have said the same last year and they managed to get me with a ridiculous base and an Apocalypse. I'm probably going to refocus my Marvel collecting back to the animated universe so if this delivery method is how we get a cartoon-accurate Juggernaut then I'd probably bite on that. A Gamerverse Sentinel would make sense for this delivery method, but I don't know if I'd go for it, personally.

 

[hmmberto]

I wanted a HasLab Fantasticar but was concerned they'd over do it to justify HasLab pricing, but I would think a basic, no electronics flying bathtub style could be done at a reasonable price ($125?).

Then maybe revisit the Hellcharger without the electronic bells and whistles.

Fantasticar is such a no-brainer for them to try. I have a 3D-printed one and it's great, but I'd buy an official version in a heartbeat.

I'd love to see the Hellcharger make a comeback but at this point I'll just be happy to see Robbie get made at all. Hopefully when he comes he's on a better body than that Longshot repaint.

 

[hmmberto]

There are tons of things I still want under the MtO model, especially if Dragon Man and Mephisto are good barometers of what they might consider making (see: all the previous wishlisting in this thread). I'll take more big-big guys too, but I don't know how likely we are to see properly sized Fin Fang Foom, Celestials, Living Tribunal, etc in this setup.

 

[Beamish]

Yep - a bunch of stuff I'd want with this model, starting with Awesome Android and any number of big guys like Goliath (Pym, Foster, Josten, Barton), Atlas and Giant-Men.
If this model was expanded to get costly things that may not be as big as Dragon Man, but budgetary-wise this is the only way we get it, like Bushmaster, Anaconda and Griffin, then I'm all for it.
And a HUGE YES if this is the only way to get huge boxsets like Serpent Society or Imperial Guard. If I get to go to SDCC in 2026, that is definitely a question I'll ask.

 

[Schizm]

A Fantasticar release would be a great reason to also release updated FF figs - or even include them.

I'd still love an MCU giant Giant-Man, about the new Sentinel size. This year would be a great time. And he could come with the Endgame Rocket and Hulk we never got.

I would like to see the FOX-Men Cerebro ramp and control panel like that guy from Etsy made. Yes, I can just buy that - and I will at some point - but that's a great idea for an X-display and I'd like it more stable and modular without paying extra. And the control panel could have lights that reflect off the figures/Cerebro helmet to make it look cool.

Also totally in for a Millennium Falcon cockpit. And, this may just be me, but I'd love a meeting room with the giant circular tables that were all the rage for the Avengers and X-Men. X-Men's should be silver but I wouldn't hate a re-deco in "classic Mansion wood" for the Avengers. Kinda the same shape as the Animated Batcave McFarlane is rereleasing.

 

[Reno]

I think that there are an endless number of prospective Made to Order figures (or other) that I'd buy. At the top of my list would be Armor and some representation of the island Krakoa. After that I'd certainly want a Giganto the Mole Monster and the Celestials Arishem and Ziran. It the Living Colossus would be nice also. I'd really like to see them try more with diormas/playsets and vehicles at this scale even though I'm sure that I'd hate the prices they'd try to charge.

 

[Damien]

Finally spent some time today messing around with the Sentinel. Despite it being bigger than anywhere I have to actually put it, it's just so much fun to have it. Loads of nostalgia (old toy, cartoon, and comic all rolled into one) and just overall an excellent centerpiece figure. The space I'm using just to mess around with it is an old cube shelf we have in our walk-in closet. It's got little (and one very big) white marks all over it from the cats' claws as they jump and play on and it and stuff, so it's not exactly a pretty display area, but it's what I've got for now.

Since this works really well for me as a vintage toy remake and as a comic figure, I decided to go with a comic/vintage toy inspired display and save the actual '97 figures to be displayed with Apocalypse next year. This is only temporary anyway but for now I'm showing him off with my three favorite X-Men characters.

 

[TheSameIdiot]

Since this works really well for me as a vintage toy remake and as a comic figure, I decided to go with a comic/vintage toy inspired display and save the actual '97 figures to be displayed with Apocalypse next year. This is only temporary anyway but for now I'm showing him off with my three favorite X-Men characters.

I absolutely love this. Because of that, I'm allowed to bully you for your choice in X-Men characters. I mean, what??

 

[JakeEkiss]

I think for me the top wants for MTO are Cameron Hodge, Brood Queen, and MvC Sentinel assuming that one wouldn't be a normal deluxe. Honestly I sort of doubt I'm getting any of those (except maybe the Sentinel) anytime soon, but a man can dream. *goes to eat dinner*

Who the hell wants JUST an A-Wing knowing they'll never get an X-Wing? Like.. seven hardcore Black Series collectors?

*looks up from dinner still chewing*

What's that? Somebody say my name?

Actually what I'd REALLY like is a B-Wing but that's the biggest fighter they had in the OT and even X-Wings are too big for 1/12 scale.

Danger Room is great, but how big would a Danger Room dio piece realistically have to be to comfortably display even 4-6 figures in a way that you'd WANT them to be displayed in a Danger Room scene, ya' know?

I think for a Danger Room the way to go is give you a certain number of connectible panels (say, 3.5-4" square). Make them all double-sided 'walls' and 'floors', with a little variety and then you load it up with Danger Room trap accessories that plug into ports on the walls. With come clever engineering you can get it in for a price point low enough people would buy multiples to build their own custom Danger Room of any size and orientation. Maybe you split it up and do two MTOs. One that's just the wall pieces and one that's the accessories so people can mix and match quantities.

There's already a great model for this in Gundam Chain Bases (something I've been eyeballing for a while as part of my plans for a Sentinel dio). In fact I've been looking at the one 52 toys is doing for their BeastBox stuff. Those are awesome, and usually not terribly expensive, they're just at the wrong scale. I think it's one of the few Dios they could actually make work and get folks in for multiples like they did with sentinels. It's definitely one I'd go in on. The only thing I'd hope for is they make the walls the right color. The Danger Room is so often that scifi grey, but in my mind's eye it'll always be sea foam green:

I wanted a HasLab Fantasticar but was concerned they'd over do it to justify HasLab pricing, but I would think a basic, no electronics flying bathtub style could be done at a reasonable price ($125?).

Yeah, I think the Fantasticar would be an easy home run, especially if it coincided with an FF wave.

I absolutely love this. Because of that, I'm allowed to bully you for your choice in X-Men characters. I mean, what??

Clearly Damien is a fan of the mutants who fit under the umbrella heading of "knife guy", and are we really at all surprised?

 

[JakeEkiss]

Having thought out how I think a MTO Danger Room could work now I'm just thinking of how you'd market it by showing the base set, and then showing a MASSIVE Danger Room using multiple connected sets and housing the 97 Sentinel or Apocalypse fighting the X-Men. It'd be a very different sort of project for the ML team, but I do think they could make it work.

 

[fac]

I think for a Danger Room the way to go is give you a certain number of connectible panels (say, 3.5-4" square). Make them all double-sided 'walls' and 'floors', with a little variety and then you load it up with Danger Room trap accessories that plug into ports on the walls.

Diamond Selects panels that came with their X-Men are pretty much this and I think work pretty well as a diorama background.

Hasbro just needs to look at the concept they have been using with the SW Vintage Collection modular walls and floors (although better done so that there were less male/female molded connectors - they should all be female with separate pegs to connect them - the use of the male and female limits combinations at times.)

 

[JakeEkiss]

Hasbro just needs to look at the concept they have been using with the SW Vintage Collection modular walls and floors (although better done so that there were less male/female molded connectors - they should all be female with separate pegs to connect them - the use of the male and female limits combinations at times.)

This is basically how Super Action Stuff's armory walls work. They're panels with female ports and a bunch of peg connectors, and yeah, some version of that I think is the best, most versatile option.

If they were smart they would also do as I've seen in some and make the ports for accessories able to be hidden by filler pieces. Allows you to have a more seamless facade and also potentially opens up options for lighting (which they wouldn't need to include, they'd just need to make stuff that will work with the most common LED sizes).

What's also cool about a MTO Danger Room is they could do a new version every couple of years and rerelease and so long as it was backwards compatible they could keep adding to it with new options.

 

[EnigmaticClarity]

I noted this somewhere else but since you guys are mentioning the Danger Room it's worth noting that Dwight recently said in a con interview that they were already working on one. He said they were on pause trying to add more "toyetic" features to it but that they hoped to get it done at some point but that it wasn't currently in the release pipeline.

 

[Damien]

I absolutely love this. Because of that, I'm allowed to bully you for your choice in X-Men characters. I mean, what??

Why would you need to - Hasbro already bullies me about it.

I think for me the top wants for MTO are Cameron Hodge, Brood Queen, and MvC Sentinel assuming that one wouldn't be a normal deluxe. Honestly I sort of doubt I'm getting any of those (except maybe the Sentinel) anytime soon, but a man can dream. *goes to eat dinner*

I don't see why a Brood Queen couldn't be a deluxe figure. I also don't see why it would be dream territory. That's a fairly popular part of the X-Men mythos. They did Broodverine already. I'd say it's a matter of time.

Actually what I'd REALLY like is a B-Wing but that's the biggest fighter they had in the OT and even X-Wings are too big for 1/12 scale.

I was always partial to the Y-Wing (although the X-Wing is probably my favorite). I also really like whatever that other one was in the new era.. the E-Wing? That has a really slick design and might even work as a 1:12 HasLab, but I only ever want one 1:12 SW ship and it has to be an X-Wing. Which will never happen.
Honestly, it's a good thing I don't have a mansion, because I'd just go back to collecting 1:18 Star Wars. That scale has fucking -everything-, and I'd want it all.

Clearly Damien is a fan of the mutants who fit under the umbrella heading of "knife guy", and are we really at all surprised?

Ironically, I fucking hated it when they decided to give Warpath knives.

I noted this somewhere else but since you guys are mentioning the Danger Room it's worth noting that Dwight recently said in a con interview that they were already working on one. He said they were on pause trying to add more "toyetic" features to it but that they hoped to get it done at some point but that it wasn't currently in the release pipeline.

He sure did. I still don't see how they're going to make it work, but I'm excited to find out.

 

[Schizm]

Another option: Iron Man Armory.

Disney Toy Box did a great job but it's Haslab-priced now. So come on, Hasbro - you keep giving Iron Man unique sculpts, now give us somewhere to put all of them.