General Marvel Legends

[Damien]

knock back a few and not discuss toys.

I feel like I would like to discuss toys with Dwight that don't involve things he's involved in. I'm positive he's very limited on what he can say publicly as a person representing Hasbro and Marvel. I want to hang out with him and find out what other toys he likes, what he thinks they're doing well, what he thinks of other companies in general, etc. The kind of stuff that professional-Dwight will not/cannot talk about.

 

[AceofKnaves]

Also, I laughed watching the panel pre-post recap when Dwight said if you want an MCU Werewolf by Night, to just "flock it" - flock this one because the MCU version was fuzzier. "Flock it."

Made me laugh so hard because MCU Jack is actually way *less* fuzzy in wolf form than comic Jack.

 

[Beamish]

OK, this post isn't meant to be snarky at all so if it comes off that way I apologize.
Can somebody explain how much influence and power Dan (and formerly Ryan) has?
In the recent interview I just posted upthread, Carbon Scoring asked about getting a horse in the line. Dwight then looked at Dan for his response. At the NYCC and SDCC panels, paraphrasing here but Dwight referred to Ryan as the former member of the team who was holding up getting a horse.
How does Marketing have power over character selection?

 

[SDcomics]

I think it comes down to budget and how much money each character costs.

It was 2 or 3 years ago when Dwight told me about the Western Boxed Set idea he had. He said it would have included a horse. Then he said when he pitched the idea it was shot down. I said really? By who? And he said walk with me over here. So we walked over to Ryan and Dan. Dwight and I brought up the Western set and they BOTH seemed dead set against the idea. "Horses are expensive" they said. Dwight and I kept on them and they repeated it. "Horses are expensive."

Now at the SDCC Legends panel I believe it was Jesse who said Ryan was the one who was against horses and he wasn't with the team anymore. But my feeling is, whether it's Dan, Ryan or whoever is in charge, the price is the price. And if they don't have it in the budget, they're not gonna spend it.

 

[SDcomics]

Folks, don't shoot the messenger. I'm just telling you what I heard and saw. I want a horse in this line as badly as anyone else. I just don't think it's going to happen anytime soon.

 

[Damien]

Yeah, I think some people see 'marketing' as 'the walking commercial guy.' But they are also 'the money guy.' They're the ones with spreadsheets. They're the ones saying this or that won't cost out into a wave or into the year's budget or whatever.