Movie/TV properties that have been ignored for merchandising
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CB2001
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When it comes to B5, I guess you don't know of the action figures, comic books, multimedia packs, Micro Machines, books and model kits that came out at the time. I myself recently picked up the action figure of Bester from a flea market.
For recently, Defiance could have used more. I mean, a comic series or a novel series that covers some of the background of the show's universe, or a guide with a whole lot more about the Votan races than what was up on the website, heck even action figures would have been nice.
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I would love to have seen merchandise for The Last Starfighter... Model kits of the Gunstar, StarCar, and Ko-Dan Armada ships, replica weapons and communocrystals, replica uniforms, the whole kit n kaboodle.
Solos blaster
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They did launch some of the figures,(Blade, Saurod, Karg, etc), but they were done in an almost cartoony way, even compared to the rest of the He-Man line. And yes, you were correct, it was done near the end of the line. They did relaunch new figures with a new cartoon series after the movie came out, but it didn't last as it was too late and interest was gone. Hell, it was too late when they made the movie, and if you've seen the making of(it's on YouTube), what a disaster that was and it almost didn't get finished. Even when I was 9 and saw Ghostbusters 2 in the theater, I thought the reference to He-Man at the beginning was weird and seemingly out of place.
I just wish someone would produce some merchandise for StarWars......
Oh wait.....
Although some collectables from.... wait for it.... Robot Jox would have been cool. A set of battle bots would look nice in action.
Or Battle beyond the Stars... as the space cowboy would say.
Oh wait.....
Although some collectables from.... wait for it.... Robot Jox would have been cool. A set of battle bots would look nice in action.
Or Battle beyond the Stars... as the space cowboy would say.
Cephus
Master Member
Syfy only does their own shows, they don't show old sci-fi shows anymore. And B5 really can't be reshown for the same reason it has never been released on Bluray. The effects would all have to be reshot, they cannot be converted to high def. It is unlikely that we'll ever see B5 on television ever again for that reason.
I watched it not too long ago and it's not that bad. And yeah Syfy's strategy seems to be to keep throwing crap against a wall to see what sticks.
CB2001
Master Member
There was also the action figures and vehicles for the movie that both shows are based on that came out in the 1990s when the movie came out.
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