We need to strongarm Mattel
POSTED BY: Fremdfirma
UPDATED: Friday, August 8, 2003 04:39
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Gorramit, I wan't ACTION FIGURES, and a big plastic Serenity, and keychains, and alla that kinda exploit-it-to-the-hilt merchandising crap.
Definate maor seller, the 'Dobson' T-shirt -
I RODE ON SERENITY AND ALL I GOT WAS SHOT!
We need to bully and extort Mattel a lil bit, hopefully they'll see the $$$opportunity$$$ sitting in front of em...
-Frem
fux execs go to the special hell.
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Yeah, I'd go for a poseable Jayne action figure!
And some Firefly stationery would be nice also! 
Book: “A duel?”
Wash: “With swords?”
Simon: “The Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword?”
Zoe: “I think he knows which end to hold.”
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Totally, a Jayne figure would be soooo cool. But the facial features should be really lifelike--like all of those wrestling figures!
Stickers would be great too.
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Yeah, but I couldn't picture too many 12 year olds going out and collecting Firefly figures. No offence but Mattel tends to cater to the younger generation. Besides, lets imagine a young boy asking mommy, "What's a companion?" 
However, there is one Figure artist who will do the Serenity crew justice. And maybe even throw in Saffron & Nishka to boot. Mcfaralne. Now that is a man who does good work. And he like to do the kind of cult tv / movie figures (ie: Strange Brew, Austin Powers, All the horror movies) for fanatics like us. That would be some shiny stuff. Imagine all the Serenity characters in the highest of detail complete with a few accesories, and a display stand complete with 5 phrases per character. So here's a thought.....If you could have such a figure, what phrase would you want each to say?
such as...
Wash, "I was in a firefight, well I was in a fire...well, I got fired, from a job as a fry cook"
That would be freaking awesome.
Shiny!!!!!!!!
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ok each charcters pull string...Hmmm
Mal: "Morbid and creepifying I got no problem with."
Zoe: "You're losing the higher ground here Sweetcakes"
Wash: "Oh my gosh, Who's flying this thing? Oh right, that would be me."
Inara: "Yes, exactly, but I believe the precise words I used were Don't"
Jayne: "I'll be in my bunk"
Book: "The speacial hell"
Simon: " Could you not do that while we....ever"
River: "You're afraid we will suffocate. But we wont. We'll freeze to death."
She understands, she doesn't comprehend
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Now, that's what I'm talking about. Though not so much pull string. Just a small button on the display stand. Have you ever seen the Mcfarlane figures?
http://www.spawn.com/
That is detail. Some excellent "shiny" quotes.
Mal: “See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown!”
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Actually, a much better set of sculptors are the ones at Sideshow Toys www.sideshowtoy.com. They do awesome work on 1/6 scale figures and are the ones who have been doing the great busts of Star Trek and LOTR. They do licensed figures for many smaller properties too, such as the Universal Movie Monsters, Platoon, Get Smart, Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits.
Just my dos pesos,
Rex!
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Originally posted by RexRaygun:
Actually, a much better set of sculptors are the ones at Sideshow Toys www.sideshowtoy.com.
Rex!
WOW! what he said.
Mal: “See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown!”
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I run an online group for 1/6th scale customizers, and we use a lot of Sideshow's stuff. It's a little spendy at times, but the product never ceases to amaze. You can check out some of my custom figures here:
http://community.webshots.com/user/rexraygun
Just my dos pesos,
Rex!
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So then what would be required to put out a set of the Serenity crew? and Safforn. Yeah I like the bad chick!
I'd rather give $$$ to a fellow browncoat than Mattel, or perhaps we could get Sideshow in on the bandwagon.
By the way-any other takers on 5 quotes per figure?
Mal: “See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown!”
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