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MORE TOY COMPANIES TO USE CROWDFUNDING AFTER MCFARLANE TOYS SPAWN KICKSTARTER ANNOUNCEMENT ?!
This idea hasn't fallen on deaf ears, as we got the scoop that other toy makers will soon start their own crowdfunding venture.
BREAKING NEWS:
MORE TOY COMPANIES TO USE CROWDFUNDING AFTER MCFARLANE TOYS SPAWN KICKSTARTER ANNOUNCEMENT ?!
The New York Toy Fair is still ongoing and there has been a lot of
exciting announcements during the weekend! It seems tons of brands are
cashing in on one particular thing this year: Nostalgia! With several
brands bringing back the
3¾-inch figures from the past, others bringing us figures
like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in packaging that looks like the
ones from the past, or Power Rangers from the 90's, all those brands are
trying to touch our nostalgic nerve and get
us to buy reproductions of figures we already had 30 years ago.
But one particular announcement certainly did not go
unnoticed: Todd McFarlane, the "ToddFather" himself, announced his
project of a Kickstarter for a revival of the very first wave of Spawn
figures from 1995. The goal is to start a Kickstarter
for each figure from the set (Spawn, the Clown, Violator, Overkill,
Tremor, Medieval Spawn, and an unmasked version of the Spawn, with
trademarked 'hamburger-head'), and release them, with today's better,
upgraded scuplts, while selling them in the same packaging
the original figures had in 1995.
This idea hasn't fallen on deaf ears, as we got the scoop
that other toy makers will soon start their own crowdfunding venture.
"Todd McFarlane created a multi million dollar business and made a name
for himself, through his art, comic book stories
and McFarlane Toys, and he is now trying to relaunch Spawn using
Kickstarter? This is genius!" said one of the top Toy company
representants interviewed at the Toy Fair.
The early rumors ToyFarce News has managed to gather are:
- Howard Chan, from Hot Toys, thinks about starting a GoFundMe to help his multi million dollar brand release figures a bit faster than at current time.
- The toy
makers of Hasbro will soon start a Patreon, where they will release
pictures of the design, sculpting, prototype, all the processes to make a
figure with different levels of payments showing you more if you pay
more.
- IndieGogo has had conversations with the people from Funko, no details about the subject.
- Mattel to restart their 'MattyCollector' service as a paid subscription, with different tiers.
More news at 11:00...
FUNKO POP SOON RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS, WILL START MAKING OWN EMPLOYEES POP FIGURES!
There are thousands of franchises that have been made into Funko Pop figures, and even fans of the most obscure things can find a Pop figure of their favorite characters.
BREAKING NEWS:
FUNKO POP SOON RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS, WILL START MAKING OWN EMPLOYEES POP FIGURES!
Everyone loves Funko Pop! There are thousands of
franchises that have been made into Funko Pop figures, and even fans of
the most obscure things can find a Pop figure of their favorite
characters.
The first Funko Pop figures came out in 2010, and 10
years later, over 8500 different Pop figures have been created. From the
big hits like Star Wars, Marvel, DC to the Golden Girls, Bob Ross or
Weird Al Yankovic, to even more obscure franchises, there isn't a famous act that
hasn't been made into Funko Pop figures.
But with the latest dozens of announcements that Funko
has made about their Pop figure line earlier this year, it seems that the inspiration is
coming to an end.
A source had told ToyFarce News that "there simply isn't any franchise left that Funko hasn't already made into Pops!".
In order to continue makikg more, the creators of Funko
have decided for their next announcements to start making the
employees from their own office as their next Pop figure line.
The first wave will include Steve from Finance, Jessica
the receptionist, Mike the IT guy, Sam the trainee and Linda from HR,
which will also have a 'Chase edition' with different clothes!
With the advancement of technology and the 'Pop
Yourself!' app, it will not take long before anyone and everyone will be
made into a Pop figure! "The goal is to have every single person on the planet made into those" said our anonymous source.
More news at 11:00...
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, HE-MAN STYLE?!
After the success of the DC Primal Age line, the different Savage World series and even the WWE ones, one of our reporters found out that we have not heard the last of those 'Masters of the Universe' looking action figures!
BREAKING NEWS:
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, HE-MAN STYLE?!
After the success of the DC Primal Age line, the different Savage World series (Thundercats, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Horror icons...) and even the WWE ones, one of our reporters found out that we have not heard the last of those 'Masters of the Universe' looking action figures!
The next franchise to get the 'He-Man treatment' will be none other than everyone's favorite crew of the USS Enterprise from 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'!
Who has never dreamed of a beefy, muscled up Jean-Luc Picard, a Worf looking like Beast-Man, a She-Ra Deanna Troi or a SyKlone Data?
We can already tell those figures will sell like hot cakes, and cannot wait to get our hands on them to boldly go where no man has gone before!
Engage!
More news at 13:00...
The next franchise to get the 'He-Man treatment' will be none other than everyone's favorite crew of the USS Enterprise from 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'!
Who has never dreamed of a beefy, muscled up Jean-Luc Picard, a Worf looking like Beast-Man, a She-Ra Deanna Troi or a SyKlone Data?
We can already tell those figures will sell like hot cakes, and cannot wait to get our hands on them to boldly go where no man has gone before!
Engage!
More news at 13:00...