McFarlane DC Multiverse

What are the odds Todd will actually get around to Zatanna and Black Canary before the license expires? Or, as previously mentioned, Lois of any kind?

These rumors seem to take us up to the end of the year and Ivy isn't even on the list yet.

MAYBE his last wave will be ALL female characters and then he'll say his line ended because of them.
 
Schizm said:
What are the odds Todd will actually get around to Zatanna and Black Canary before the license expires? Or, as previously mentioned, Lois of any kind?

MAYBE his last wave will be ALL female characters and then he'll say his line ended because of them.
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LOL... I'm wondering if he'll just obstinantly hold out and never do them at all. He's definitely petty enough.
 
FWIW, I think Todd has until at least June 30th 2026 and more like December 31st 2026. My understanding is that’s when the Spin Masters master license expires. Todd should mirror that. He’s stated that the Supergirl movie figures are already in the works for Spring of 2026. Also, I think these figures are for the fall. Plus based on the WonderCon reveals, turns out Todd can keep a secret. At least a half dozen of those figures were not on any leaked list I ever saw. Merlyn, Metron, Kite Man and others were left field reveals. So I don’t think we know everything yet.
 
There's potentially some great stuff on that leaked list.

Doctor Mid-Nite, for sure. I hope they do a totally different version of the character as the chase. The Failsafe robot megafigure could be awesome. Hopefully it's not using the Final Suit megafig model. Classic versions of Batgirl and Scarecrow sound promising.

They're finally doing Black Mask and they choose to do him as Batman? Like they did with Hugo? I'm not crazy about that idea.

I'm looking forward to seeing all of these.
 
The press releases we've seen say the DC license goes to Mattel mid year 2026. I haven't read the fine print on the contracts, but if that means full transition as of July 1 it would likely mean Todd would have to stop shipping product by then and probably a little earlier and active marketing would likely have to stop at that time. Product would still be on shelves obviously, but anything he didnt have on trucks before then he might have to eat. Since no one wants to have to trash product they spent money to produce the production stops earlier than that... I would guess anything not finished at the factory by Chinese New Year could run the risk of not making it to market.

Of course the contracts may call for a later hand over date, or might allow some cushion with getting planned items out... but remeber when the license shifted to McFarlane, Mattel had a bunch of unproduced prototyped figures they had shown off at ComiCon they didn’t get to produce, so I wouldnt count on Mattel being particularly generous with the handover time line. Part of the reason the license shift was announced so early was to allow Todd a final lap and to get everything already developed produced and out the door
 
So...

Last week, Todd announced that their figures will no longer be in the toy aisle, but rather back in the collectibles section of electronics at Walmart.

I'm wondering if he worked out a NECA/Playmates/Turtles situation, in which he can continue selling DC figures, so long as they are in another part of the store, "collector" items, and a little higher of a price point.
 
RicksNerdLife said:
So...

Last week, Todd announced that their figures will no longer be in the toy aisle, but rather back in the collectibles section of electronics at Walmart.

I'm wondering if he worked out a NECA/Playmates/Turtles situation, in which he can continue selling DC figures, so long as they are in another part of the store, "collector" items, and a little higher of a price point.
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I would be surprised if Mattel agreed to that. Mattel paid a bunch of money to hold the Master toy license for DC... I don't see it as very likely that they would sign off on allowing Todd to keep doing his 7 inch line, just selling it in a different spot They have to know it would still peel off sales from whatever 6 or 7 inch line they plan to do.

I suppose its not impossible but I don't believe its likely and I suspect the shift is something else, probably just trying to attract different customers who frequent the video game aisle and not the kids toy aisle.
 
I had heard that Spin Masters and Mattel would overlap for six months until the end of 2026. True or not, I dunno. But if true, I’d guess it would apply to Todd as well. Potentially lots of figures in the next 18 months. Or even 12 months.

As for the reveals, Dr. Mid-Nite would indicate Charles. But the reference pic is of Pieter. Are we sure it ain’t Beth? Anyway, it’s a similar look, but a lot of different costume details distinguishing Charles and Pieter. I’m not sure both are attainable with just paint for a Platinum variant.

Spectre vs Atom Smasher is win/win. A retooled, repainted movie Atom Smasher and a big Spectre is a pretty perfect 2-pack. More JSA any way I can get it please.

Zero Hour Superman is a good call. Not too far off from the Resurrection suit.

New 52 Earth 2 Batman is a pipe dream come true for me.

The rest is Batman. I’ll pick and chose my way through it.
 
RicksNerdLife said:
So...

Last week, Todd announced that their figures will no longer be in the toy aisle, but rather back in the collectibles section of electronics at Walmart.

I'm wondering if he worked out a NECA/Playmates/Turtles situation, in which he can continue selling DC figures, so long as they are in another part of the store, "collector" items, and a little higher of a price point.
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This is what I’m hoping for. Sell on the collectable aisle of Wal Mart and Target under DCD. Keep pumping product through specialty stores and etailers. And keep printing “Not a Toy” on the packaging.
 
I heard a rumor that Todd was going to be able to keep making DC figures indefinitely as long as he agreed to print "For Anal Use Only" on the packaging and they were stocked in the health and beauty aids section near the other naughty stuff.

It seems a little far-fetched though.
 
Oooh lots of good Bat-stuff in that list. Hush Riddler and classic Scarecrow are exciting. Batman Inc should be fun.
Honestly the whole list is great . . .
. . . but I notice Max Schreck isn’t on it.
 
PantherCult said:
The press releases we've seen say the DC license goes to Mattel mid year 2026. I haven't read the fine print on the contracts, but if that means full transition as of July 1 it would likely mean Todd would have to stop shipping product by then and probably a little earlier and active marketing would likely have to stop at that time. Product would still be on shelves obviously, but anything he didnt have on trucks before then he might have to eat. Since no one wants to have to trash product they spent money to produce the production stops earlier than that... I would guess anything not finished at the factory by Chinese New Year could run the risk of not making it to market.

Of course the contracts may call for a later hand over date, or might allow some cushion with getting planned items out... but remeber when the license shifted to McFarlane, Mattel had a bunch of unproduced prototyped figures they had shown off at ComiCon they didn’t get to produce, so I wouldnt count on Mattel being particularly generous with the handover time line. Part of the reason the license shift was announced so early was to allow Todd a final lap and to get everything already developed produced and out the door
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I think that last wave didn't make it out more because retailers just didn't care anymore. At the end, the only thing Mattel was able to get to retail were two Batman-centric waves, one to Target and one to Walmart. Which, interestingly seems to parallel the fact that Walmart has relegated McFarlane to the the collector's section this year. Went to a Walmart today, and they had 4 total McFarlane items in the entire store, while Spin Master had multiple pegs in the main toy aisle.

And just to address other comments, Supergirl comes out in June, 2026, so products would hit in April or May, which fits the mid-2026 timeline. I'm not buying rumors of overlap (maybe on store shelves, but not production and shipping of new product), or of McFarlane Toys retaining any rights (except maybe some DC Direct product). I guess we'll see what happens.
 
I'm all the way in for Classic Scarecrow. I do wonder which version he means exactly, though. Still bummed he never got around to Injustice 2 Scarecrow, but then again, nobody has.

Wouldn't be too surprised to see Todd make the change to the collector's section. They started doing that a while ago in my stores- the regular releases were still in the toy aisle, but the Collector's Edition figures they started moving to the electronics section a while back. Then again, regardless of what they may or may not have worked out, at least in my neck of the woods, every store is so different, I wouldn't be surprised if some or most just continue to do their own thing. McFarlane doesn't seem to have reps like NECA does, do they? Then again, if my stores have NECA reps, they must be slacking on the job.
 
joshsquash729 said:
I'm all the way in for Classic Scarecrow. I do wonder which version he means exactly, though. Still bummed he never got around to Injustice 2 Scarecrow, but then again, nobody has.

Wouldn't be too surprised to see Todd make the change to the collector's section. They started doing that a while ago in my stores- the regular releases were still in the toy aisle, but the Collector's Edition figures they started moving to the electronics section a while back. Then again, regardless of what they may or may not have worked out, at least in my neck of the woods, every store is so different, I wouldn't be surprised if some or most just continue to do their own thing. McFarlane doesn't seem to have reps like NECA does, do they? Then again, if my stores have NECA reps, they must be slacking on the job.
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What is the only other Scarcrow we’ve ever gotten in the main DCMultiverse line? Was that the suit from the Peter J. Tomasi and the Jorge Martinez run?


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AceofKnaves said:
Oooh lots of good Bat-stuff in that list. Hush Riddler and classic Scarecrow are exciting. Batman Inc should be fun.
Honestly the whole list is great . . .
. . . but I notice Max Schreck isn’t on it.
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Me too. We're going to have to jump through so many hoops for that figure. I'm calling it here. Later when Todd announces what kind of exclusive he is you can go back to page 24 and find this post. What if he just let us........you know.......buy it.
 
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