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Agreed, and I don't think anyone could have convinced them that there was a significant amount of money to be made there AND from Tatsunoko's perspective, if the deal is based on a percentage of revenues, Harmony Gold actually has a huge upper hand at the bargaining table. Would BW really make a strong push to put a 35 year old show on TV to outside markets? BW wouldn't be striking deals with Hollywood for a show that has less visibility than Robotech in that market. If BW did get the license, would HG become hostile and block the import of goods based on their copyrights or trademarks? If you're in BW's shoes, you might look at this and think that the best way to move forward is to go full Last Jedi, bury the past. Companies have been making toys for the domestic market and it's easy for the international market to import them so, why bother rocking the boat?
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I think that's pretty similar to how it went down. It was the Wild West for a while, HG got greedy, the license rights were kind of done willy-nilly, so Tatsunoko and BW went to court to clarify things which put an end to (many of the) HG shenanigans but established BW's embargo on anything that would put a dime in Tatsunoko's coffers. But Tatsunoko only has one party that would buy the rights other than HG, BW, and BW wants them to die a painful death so... HG gets the rights again.
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I think there are a few hurdles to overcome on this one but the biggest one is BigWest. BigWest owns everything domestic and forbids its licensees from dealing with Tatsunoko or its licensees. So, Bandai and Arcadia can't do anything with Tatsunoko or they risk losing their domestic business. Arcadia is a non-entity in this since they wouldn't be able to make a material bid on anything but if Bandai had said "Look, sell us the rights to Macross" they would have irked BW, perhaps lost their license, perhaps started a lawsuit from BW about international distribution, it might have gotten ugly. So then the question would be 'why not have BW purchase their rights back from Tatsunoko?' but the answer may be the same, BW refuses to do business with Tatsunoko, perhaps to their own detriment here. Also, if Tatsunoko did owe HG money from a lawsuit, renewing the license is an easy way to make that debt go away. I would guess that BW doesn't feel there's a huge market for the original SDF Macross show for them and that, in today's world, Westerners can import toys pretty easily, so there's not enough value in putting pride aside for a moment and do business with Tatsunoko. So, rather than stepping into the quagmire, don't even bid on the rights so Tatsunoko makes as little as they can from their deal with HG.
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As I recall it, they had limited Japanese rights when the show was released but those expired a long time ago. They have international rights to the animation and merchandising of SDF Macross outside of Japan in perpetuity. So BW makes no licensing fees on any DVD sales, TV broadcasting, or toy sales, just Tatsunoko (which they licensed to HG).
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From a merchandising perspective, yes, so the question would be if new paint schemes would be enough if a differentiation to sell VF-1 toys. Since BW owns the IP it might be enough, I wonder if Jetfire's existence would help that argument, a lawyer would need to weigh in.
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Agreed, I still think they should animate Macross the First, come up with a new name for the series outside of Japan, then export the First and all the sequels under the new name.
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Nailed it.
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Well they have their drum to beat for SDCC.
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1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
jenius replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
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That's a lot of stands!
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Disney’s Little Mermaid Live Action
jenius replied to jvmacross's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Ariel has only one song I remember... Well, and her La La La that she sings a couple times. Maybe they'll give her more like they have Jasmine a song. -
7/9 is the delayed date though, the original date was in June.
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You can buy them from Blackaces on eBay already.
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We would all just be making stuff up at this point.
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I would love more of both toys but would prefer they each her unique paint schemes.
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Ha, sounds fun, and shipping should be easy on the wallet!
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VF-1D then Hikaru 1A!
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I find it highly unlikely the Hikaru 1A would follow Kakizaki.
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I expected it and I like it... Not the toy, but the box. KC and Bandai are kicking themselves for not doing it first.
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They'll figure that out and just throw the appropriate circle in the Hikaru 1A box.
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Ah yes, well then we need someone to meet this challenge
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You mean a PF VE-1 with Roy's strike parts? I don't have them in front of me but I doubt it'd work due to the different backpack/angle... I'm curious to see someone attempt it though.
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Totally just guessing. If they're going to keep up the pace then a March release doesn't seem out of the question. I figured after the one/two punch they'd let us bake until April but the second wave of strike parts would make it so May/June would be more likely. As a fan of the HMR line, I wouldn't mind them dabbling there for a couple months before coming back into the DX line.
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Yeah, do we have anything expected for March?
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Same here! Was also an expense I forgot about since DX toys have all seemed to be pay up front lately...
