Deja vu?
You know, this instance of Mokey's absence from the line (thus far) remainds me of what Sideshow Toys did with the Muppet busts. They released Crazy Harry, Lew Zealand and even Link Hogthrob...
But where was the one bust we wanted to see more than these characters? Yeah.
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I was just reading the Review for Series 3 of these, and here's a snippet:
I alluded to this in the series 1 review, but it is impossible to imagine Janice without her long-term partner in the band, Floyd Pepper. As of this writing, Floyd has not been officially announced in bust form. Floyd is the most glaring omission from this line. All of the other Electric Mayhem members are present. Hopefully, Sideshow will do the right thing and either add a sixth series (with possibly Floyd, Rizzo, Sweetums holding Robin, and Pepe) or at the very least produce a Floyd bust to conclude this wonderful line.
And what happened with Sal Manilla? A figure came close to being made, but other variations of characters pushed him back, and eventually out of the line completely. Okay, there's no Sal...but Johnny is really incomplete without him.
When characters are made in a line, and fans are used to seeing a core group of characters, the main ones should be made, released, and sold together.
Now the following is just a hypothesized situation. The following scenario did not happen. I'm just using this example to make a point.
What if (and this is just an example), they made some limited edition Simpsons figures that were 24 inches tall. And let's say they had a few "waves" to play with. They make Homer, Marge, Bart, Maggie and then say "Well...Lisa will be released later. There's not much demand for her." Then after three or four variants of Disco Stu, Comic Book Guy and Surly Duff, the company goes "Well, we're stopping the line. What? We forgot to make a Lisa? (Joe Quimby voice) Er, uh, er, uhhh...so long!" (Runs out of the Town Hall with a briefcase of all the customer's cash).
Then what? We have a lot of fans who are looking at empty wallets and sets of incomplete Simpson families with frustration. Then it's off to unload the figures they really didn't want, but bought when they they thought Lisa would complete their collection. Next up on Ebay: "DISCO STU VARIANT W/ GREEN JACKET--RARE L@@K!!!!!"
There have been fans on this board who are upset with incomplete sets of the Henson family of creatures, regardless of the company that makes them. If they were still possible to be made somehow, how many of you would still be willing to buy a Floyd bust or a Sal Manilla figure? Me too.
I am very, very tired of incomplete groups from series. Core characters should be included for fans to enjoy. Mokey should not be tossed aside to make room for "Worker Doozer #3". Doozers are fine, but...man, do we need so many that it takes away from the production of Mokey?
march...march...march...march...
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"Magnificent, aren't they?"
Convincing John