docsilence
Dungeon Daddy
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Man, Firefly feels like the perfect size cast for a crowdfunded version like the Expanse had. And for all the flaws that go along with Joss, I think seeing that cast in GOOD action figures would be a delight.Harry Potter did get a pretty extensive line over in the UK, it seems, from the company Cards Inc./PopCo. Obviously, there's even more of an appeal to British kids than to American ones, so it makes sense they'd have a bigger toy market, but still. Such a shame that things became what they did with that property; don't think I could ever in good conscience buy anything related to that franchise ever again.
I would still like a Firefly line. The old and new Funko Pops and the little Mini statue things are cute, but I'd love articulated figures. Again, Funko's Legacy line was pretty nice, at least for the time, but as usual, they only got around to half the crew. Best AXN was supposed to take a stab at a couple figures, but never got around to it. Hey, if we got a line of figures for The Expanse, albeit crowdfunded, maybe the same could be done for the Firefly crew!
Harry Potter was/is a money printing machine. I do think figures would've done well if presented in the right way, but not as esoteric collectibles. The license was a huge money maker for Lego, so we know at least until Joanne shot her legacy in the kneecap peopel would buy Harry Potter toys.
I'd love a good Game of Thrones line, too, but it may be the wrong niche for six inch scale figures. I have their wargame not to play the wargame but to paint the character minis and that sucker is going STRONG and sells pretty well. GoT can do merch, but it's gotta be the right merch.