Now that Street Sharks is coming back (With a new younger-audience aimed show a la CGI Masters of The Universe almost a gimmie given Mattel needs back up for that show flopping.) would a Mighty Max revival work in this day and age?
>>10935660MM as portable pocket playset won't do very well today since every kid has a smartphone now. They tried bring Poly Pocket back and it failed. If Mattel were learning then they make the characters as MOTU origins crossovers like TMNT. Skull Master, Norman, and the original Cap Bearer would be and easy fit.
>>10935726>They tried bring Poly Pocket back and it failed.I still see them. Even saw a few at Quickchek the other day. Not to mention micro-sets are starting to slowly crawl back between these and Jakks Mario playsets.
Max's mom got me feelin some kinda way
You think Norman would be black?
>>10935742He’s got reddish hair, so definitely.
>>10935660No. The toys are too expensive for kids or even for collectors.And i dont think that Mattel would do,the roght measures to make it successfull.>>10935726I dont think that it would work as action figures. Only as exclusives for collectors or MM fans. And Polly Pocket is successfull. They still sell them and i think they make new sets as well.
>>10935660we already got a 30th anniversary set this year anon, and the continuation is currently being released by the new owner of the franchise
>>10937440But those sets are unlicensed.
>>10935740That's his mom?!!
>>10939058Yeah, mate
>>10935660Unfortunately I think these things just have too much paint and small parts with unique tooling needed to be affordable for modern retail. They’d be expensive.
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>>10937707the dude released the sets, Mattel did squat. IP and copyright can be lost if you don't defend it. That guys is the new owner of MM. go ahead and seethe you troon
>>10939752Yeah, you tell that troon to go seethe! You aint mad,you right tho.
>>10935660MM failed because it didn't have a solid theme. It's all over the place. Which is a big part of the fun, but then no one knows what it is. It's an anthology of adventures. Street Sharks is Ninja Turtles, but Sharks. He-man is Conan meets Flash Gordon. Mighty Max, is great and all, but it's not summed up in the same way. It's like quantum leap meets choose your own adventure and that's a stretch and not simple enough to sell well to normies.
>>10939077we really need a Bluray release
>>10940014I disagree. Mighty Max is Goosebump but with one hero fighting the monsters.
>>10940221if you really want to argue the difference between Choose your own Adventure and Goosebumps, then you're only highlighting my point of how MM is hard to define.
>>10940547MM is easy to define Horror situations. Goosebump, Tales from the Crypt is it. Choose your own Adventure is very different, it seems that you dont know what it is. The difference is that CYOA is a game board thing and Goosebump,is telling horror stories at the camp fire.
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>>10940638Thank you for your extreme autism. Goosebumps is by far more 90's suburban based and not an adventure story. >>10940770>Space>Castle>Aliens>Ancient Temples>Atlantis>Mutant Spider Ants>DinosaurYea, I'm convinced, this is nothing like MM
>>10940547>>10940638>>10940770I seem to recall Goosebumps had a CYOA book(s) at one point.
>>10940014>MM failed because it didn't have a solid theme. It's all over the place.That was actually part of the business model. Remember MM was made as a male Polly Pocket. And Polly Pocket followed the Barbie formula of putting Polly in different roles/themes. Princess, mother, school teacher, swimming pool etc. Max was meant to be a generic hero with the gimmick of portals to be able to go anywhere so playsets coudl be made about anything.I got into MM because I liked Dinosaurs then I liked the brand and got more. I'm sure others got into MM because of Frankenstein, or the Space Ship or the Dragon. sets and then bought more. Yeah MM was horror themed butit's not like it was meant to appeal to kids who liked horror, it just followed the PollyPocket formula.what killed MM was that its success brought competition. MM showed toy companies there was money in micro playsets and everyone and their mother started making them. You had playmates bring the Ninja Turtles, Bandai bringing Power Rangers, the biggest selling toy brands were now competing against MM. Other companies used their licenses like Mattel making Superman/Batman micro playsets, Marvel also had them. Micro Machines brought in tons of licenses including Star wars, Jurassic Park among others. Godzilla, every major movie like say even independence Day would get them. hell even Pokemon got them. MM just couldn't compete against so many big brands, it's main selling point was copied by everyone and their mother with bigger marketing and name recognition.>>10941192yup, Give Yourself Goosebumps, just as popular as the main series. the mid 90s was full of choose your own adventure books.
>>10941192yes, and Choose your Own Adventure did Choose your Own Nightmare. Really it's semantics to try and correct someone on this. Goosebumps feels more monster/Halloween center and Choose your own Adventure is, well Adventure. Combine the two, you got Mighty Max. Mighty Max very much fits in an anthology type series, like Outer Limits and if someone were to argue "It's more like Twilight Zone"....fuck off. >>10941249>MM just couldn't compete against so many big brands, it's main selling point was copied by everyone and their mother with bigger marketing and name recognition.Yea, those brands were defineable. I agree, Mighty Max had it's time, but it push through because it didn't have anything to fall back on. The endless creativity and go anywhere nature of it is supremely fun. It's harder to market than; sewer, eats pizza, turtle shell. It lacked strong consistent theming and brand awareness and thus marketability. It's kind of what killed He-man. He-man isn't as Conan/Flash gordon as was said, it also got all over the place. It tried to be everything, which when you try to appeal to everyone, you lose the people that were into you. Kids franchises don't usually get a lot of life anyway. Still, you can look at what was successful or had a longer life and see why.
>>10940968>Exteme autismCant be, because i can sense and read that you are butthurt. What you maybe mean is that like Goosebump and CyoA Mighty max has no stringent plot that connects all playset themes or monsters. It kinda is a random thing.But thats mostly just the typical adventure and daily monster show thing. I see it more like a Power Ranger with its daily monster or Monster in My pcoket were it is about variation than having one theme combining the wave like Ninjago for example.
>>10940770>Stock Car Racing>80 days around the world>Cowboys>Surfing>TransformersIt is just a typical book series that combines boardgame or RPGs.Dont play dumb that there is a difference between adventures and Campfire horror stories. It has crossings but it is not that similar.
>>10941192Yeah.So did Transfomrmers or GI Joe. Or Indiana Jones. It was once a big craze and every franchise that was popular with kids made ones.
>>10941498Was meant for >>10940968>Yea, I'm convinced, this is nothing like MM
>>10941496Why are you bringing up Ninjago, retard?
>>10935726I second this. I'd prefer good figures of the characters, but not so much the tiny playsets anymore. They were great alternatives to Game Boy and such, but ive grown past that already
>>10941503Because they have wave theme. With new toy cycle and wave they get a different villian theme.
>>10941496If you see MM like Power Rangers, than you are seeing things that are not there. Monster of the week is the same heroes, same powers, same B-roll, same setting, with a new monster. If your brain is able to feel as if this applies better than Quantum Leap, than yea>Exteme autism
>>10941546Retard, fucking goddamn retard.
>>10941498Ok sure, haunted camera's, law gnomes and ventriloquist dummies are different than robots, fun houses, and mermaids. It's like you've never read a goosebumps book and are basing this off of the cover alone. Posting this >>10941501seems to be proof of that. You know how many classrooms, houses and playgrounds appear in goosebumps? How many MM sets were based on those?
>>10941925It seems that you have the big autism when you cant into variation or see similar tropes they use.I meant the monster of the week thing. It is more based on variation. Show or use a wide range.>>10941926Thats no argument. And shows that you cant discuss things but get angry very easily. Kinda like an autist.
>>10941936I read some, i have to confess i watched the tv show more.But you cant deny that Goosebumps is more a horror thing and CyoA books is widely adventures that you can play like a game. I agree that there is an overlap but thats just the adventure or mystery thing.I can see that MM is using that too, but it is much more like Goosebumps that tries to be horror or disgusting.Thats like saying Inhmanood is just Master of the Universe.
>>10942545>"You can't discuss things">just calls people autisticYou could like, try to talk about toys and just ignore this shit, but autistic people really have little self control.
MM was more of a variety of different aesthetics IE Fantasy and adventure: Doom Dragon, Skull Mountain, Palace of PoisonHorror: Skull Dungeon, Cyclops, LockjawSci-Fi: Wolfship 7, Cyber-Skull, Scorpion
>>10942561We talk about toys, about what MM is. And there isnt any other conversation going, so why not?And autists cant discuss things and start screeching when they hit an one-way.
>>10942600Why do you need to move the goalpost? Because i wrote that MM isnt like Ninjago.
>>10942622Yeah, he hoped to different villians and monsters.
>>10942763>ESL>Ricky and morty gifFucking hell. You people really are why I hate /toy/ Picture unrelated I guess.
>>10943010Haters gona hate. You could choose any flavour but settle for salty.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPB89w3VCi0
>>10943390Better pic
>>10943390>T. Literal Retard
>>10943390Nice video.Awesome collection, fucker even has the variants but somehow missing Shrunken Heads.By the way, the chink Mighty Max toys are out, has anyone gotten theirs?
>>10943455Not very creative, but expected from an autist.
>>10943486Are they out as ro be ordered? Or they will be send out now?I didnt buy any. The ones Taiwanon made are not that interesting to me.
>>10943504They're being sent out, I know a guy that has received them.
>>10943507Ok, thanks for the information!
I got my "Singular Point Mighty Hat" Cosmic Cap from BBTS. Absolutely love this thing, the packaging uses a set of 4 dot tapes that, whether intended or not, make it resealable so you can keep it displayed as is. There's even an instruction illustration behind it. Received it with the inner tray slid so it's not seated completely perfect, but absolutely goes well with the OG Shrunken Heads. You can see Max's knife forming one of the teeth when closed, and I love how the inside both mimics the portal in the opening and has Thor on the 'floor'. Max's detailing is also phenomenal, though that pose is weird. Fits well in the feet-slot though.My two complaints are the price(Given the size, I'd say it's somewhere between 5-10 bucks too much for most people to justify) and that the plastic's a bit too smooth/light. Really hoping that the Doom Zones/Mega Head become more available, but not holding my breath. Might buy the other still available options though.
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>>10944156I got the toy, so not sure your point? Other options were PeariA's website or Robot Kingdom that I've seen. The latter always charges ridiculous shipping, the former I didn't hear was finished until after I got the toy and wouldn't have trusted to pay direct.
>>10944154I still find it hilarious that this guy has spent so much money making these yet never once bothered to talk to someone who speaks English to proof the shit they have written on the card. Anyway, the new upcoming shit looks insanely cool. Sewer croc, the slime gingerbread man, the cultist innawoods wendigo thing, all looking insanely good.
>>10940638>The Race Forever>can be stuck in a constant loop>not like MMfucking retard.
>>10943390>it's salty to point out someones being an idiot and arguing semantics and derailing a topic.at least it's a choice for me, you can't fix stupid.
>>10943502lol not me dude, Im not the only one pointing out that you're an idiot.
Sucks that Mattel would NEVER give away their in-house IPs except for stuff like Funko Pops no matter how much they don't care about them (They're even now caring about Street Sharks due to constantly fucking up reviving Masters of The Universe every single time with a new cartoon highly likely).Imagine if a company that actually excels with detail like McFarlane or Lanard got the rights.
>>10944502>you can't fix stupid.Than you have to live with that burden you got. I hope you will overcome your handicap so,ewhen.
>>10944154Nice, this one is my favorite and I don't really care much for the Christmas ones but will buy them anyway to support the guy.
>>10944154>>10944185>>10944803I love the cap set this guy did. it's truly a love letter to MM. I think its worth the price for all the effort.As much as I want to support the guy, his other stuff reeks too much of fan fiction. The hero is now Robin and he's fighting christmas monsters? and the price is the same as the other sets? I mean that's not MM anymore and I won't bother with the lizard set even if it looks great as well. I mean if he made more MM stuff I'd get it, especially if it's reproductions or stuff baed on the anime or more alike the actual franchise not fanfic stuff.Love the cap set and regret not getting the warmonger megahead reconstruction he is making, you had to preorder a year ago..
>>10944620>I hope you will overcome your handicap so,ewhen.So glad you consistently make genius level grammatical artist interpretations to let us all know how smart you are.
>>10945044Not getting the based as fuck lizard set because the little dude that comes with it is in a different color outfit has to be one of the most retarded things I've ever heard.
>>10945091I just know how hard this makes you.
>>10945114It's not only that, it doesn't feel like MM. Like it comes with little lizard grunts? It doesn't seem quite like MM. The price is also going to be like $100 or more so it's a pass. I'd rather just get a rare vintage playset around that price.
I feel like people have fond memories of the cartoon more than the toys.And the cartoon was lightning in a bottle. Tony is gone, Richard is gone, Tim is...retired? I think? Let it rest in peace.
>>10945505no way namefag. The cartoon was never a huge hit, the few kids that watched it remember it fondly since it was pretty good but most didn't even know it existed. Had the cartoon any impact we would've seen wave 4 sets instead of it being cancelled.Most people remember MM as the male polly pocket the playsets were huge etouldn't compete like it says here >>10941249 the impact it had on the toy industry was felt for the rest of the 90s.
>>10945505Maybe in America, I didn't even know there was a cartoon as a kid, I just loved the toys.
>>10945532>>10945538Really? Huh. Good to know.
>>10945458While not wanting it for the price is definitely fair, can't say I see the logic about the sawblade lizard or the lizardman aren't Mighty Max given that Dragon Island, Gargoyle, Hydra, etc exist.
>>10945532it had the same amount of episodes as street sharks. It was doing well enough the writers thought MM would get a season 3 and push for 65 episodes for syndication. Low toy sales killed the cartoon, not the other way around.
>>10945458I can see what you mean. It kinda remimds you of the turtles mini playsets.
>>10945505I think both. One cant be without the other.
I got my legally distinct Mighty Max in and didn't realize it would be smaller than a horror head but not as tiny as the shrunken head is.
>>10946632This not reboot minda sucks
>>10946634how can I buy the warmonger mega head listed on the back?
>>10946632Well done. Not my type but it looks fine.>>10946634I kinda like that comic.
>>10946632But it always looked like a Shrunken Head.
>>10935660It would be amazing honestly. There's those Taiwan ones coming out but I'm sketched out by them desu
>>10937440He doesn't own it. Dude's super schizo and I have a feeling going to get in a lot of legal trouble if he's not careful.
>>10935660What the fuck is a mighty max?
>>10946634So I'm guessing this is the setup for the premise? Max's hat comes to life and gets him sucked into a portal (and accidentally gets ITSELF trapped, too), leaving this new kid Robin (a Max fanboy) to run around 'Quantum Realms' looking for him?
>>10951908Seem like that.
I dunno Maxbros, I'd like to help out with the fan revival Robin but I'm not feeling it.
>>10954336Most dont feel it. It is nice for a bootleg kind. A way to steer through legal hurdles but it is more a statue than a playset.
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>>10955354>>10955355any decent place you can actually buy these from?
>>10955504Are you US or European?Second wave seems to be a mix of brown hair Max and some Chinese guy (?)
>>10956508Neither, I'm AUS
>>10956508Honestly this is much better. Less specific like a christmas holiday.
>>10956592Maybe https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?Company=1949 then.
