Omg does anyone remember dino-riders!? 🥰

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Oh it comes up quite a lot!

DC is sit on a golden mine. AT&T seems like didn't even know what to do! I think Blue Beetle is a very good prospect, too. Great video.

@nbriez-c5914

3 жыл бұрын

They definitely dont and it shows, look at all the cuts the made to their comic division and on top of that the people who just left cause they are fed up, i honestly feel bad for DC right now, but yes they are sitting on a massive platinum and gold mine

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Well maybe they will turn their focus to more of these properties. And yes, Blue Beetle would be great. I'd go Ted Kord, but I am guessing WB is more likely to do the modern version with space stuff.

If they make a Booster Gold movie, the actor who plays The Homelander would fit very well.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Oooh, good call

Booster Gold sounds like an AMAZING movie protagonist! How did I not know about this character?!

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know! But bring on the movie DC!

@TitularHeroine

3 жыл бұрын

What's really cool is that all his stuff is Legion Of Superheroes gear he stole out of a museum or something. The flight ring, Brainiac 5's force field belt, all stuff we'd seen in comics for decades. He just burgled the crap. 😂😂

@tawdryhepburn4686

3 жыл бұрын

@@TitularHeroine god damn. I desperately Wanna see this on screen.

The friq'n Metal Men? Top of my list, too! 👍 #1

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Make it happen WB!

The Warlord. Great fantasy setting & characters from the 70s/80s. Also had a line of toys that came out in 1982 from Remco that may or may not be the first MOTU knockoffs.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Oh Warlord is a great story. I loved the JLU episode where they went to Shakara. Made sure to get to him and Demos in that toy line just for that.

Robin / Nightwing / Grayson movie please!

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

I'll watch that!

@peppermintspacecapsule9898

3 жыл бұрын

I'll bring the popcorn! 👍 I'd also love to see a Hawk & Dove movie too, but they'd have to bring the beloved Donald back from the dead! Maybe he could mentor the new Dove..., sort of the DCEU's Man-At-Arms! 😊

You'd shown one of the Metal Men from Batman's Brave and the Bold line.....I really dug that the design team snuck in a couple other Metal Men members as accessories that came with other figures in the line....smart and fun!

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Right! This is why they are so toyetic

Plas could be an added character in a Shazam! movie. Booster would be a good film as well and you could throw in him meeting Blue Beetle (Ted Cord) and maybe we could get a 'Big Three-less Justice League International film with Shazam, Plas, Booster, Beetle, Fire, Ice and Guy Gardner.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

JL International the movie! Heck yes!!!! Bring it DC

About twelve years ago Marvel decided to take a chance on a film version of a character that had been a continual second stringer with little public recognition when they made Iron Man. Fast forward to today and most fans of the MCU probably have no idea how disregarded that character was. DC needs to take a chance on some off the wall stuff, and most of all get talented screen writers and directors and not censor them into vanilla obscurity. If they made a decent Swamp Thing or The Demon movie I'd be first in line. Metal Men would be awesome, too.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

That is how I feel too. It is amazing now unknown Iron Man was and now he is a top Marvel character! Some chances are worth it!

Your videos are very underrated... great job with all of the knowledge and history

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Any help sharing them on social media is most appreciated!

Toys definitely make people happy!

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

amen! Kids especially

I would love to see a Booster Gold and Plastic Man movie! Lobo and the Omega Men or The Legion of Superheroes would be great for movies and toy lines as well.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

I would love LOSH, but that is a lot of new characters to introduce the world to at once!

Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld i would LOVE a translucent Amethyst that lights up from withen as a little girl i LOVED this comic - fantasy, adventure, adult situations that went over my head, romance, a flying horse, this could be a really brightly colored movie with seriously dark overtones

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that is a great one too

13:44 The line could be like GI Joe but with dinosaurs

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly~ Make it happen DC

Its unfortunate that the box office directly ties to toy sales especially when the toy lines usually have some awesome gems that get overlooked by the mainstream

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Breaks the heart! But yeah, a movie bombs and the great toys made for it bomb too most often.

I did not know of The War that Time Forgot! It looks awesome! I would totally go to see that and buy the toys. Another cross universe character that would be good is Adam Strange. That has a lot of world building outside of Ran.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Oh Adam Strange would be awesome. Anyone with a jet pack is great in my book!

@Tayfrog

3 жыл бұрын

@@spectorcreative1872 jet packs make every thing cooler!

Guardians of the Galaxy is very Toyettic and was basically unknown before the film.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

My point exactly!

A Metal Man movie at DC is in development.....

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Make it happen AT&T

If they made a Booster Gold movie based on Geoff Johns run, it could have potential. They could also add a bunch of other characters to the film. A race through time saving DC's hero's before they become the characters we know and love.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

That is a great run

I just got and read an omnibus of the war the world forgot and i thought it was such a great concept and it would be an amazing movie

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Make it happen WB!

Cool ideas. Booster Gold is also quite funny too. And one I’d put back on the big screen and would make cool toys because of his world is Swamp Thing. The DC channels show is basically an instant cult classic...

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

He would be such a great movie!

A great video! How about the Legion of Super-Heroes?

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

As a movie? It would be cool, but that is A LOT of characters to introduce audiences to at once. Although hose flight rings...

@KalElelVigilant

3 жыл бұрын

You can start with the core of the original 3, adding Supergirl (and Brainiac 5) or Superboy, and introduce chracters as the plot and playsets demand: spionage? Chameleon & Phantom Girl. Sword and sorcery? White Witch, Dream Girl, Projectra, Naltor & Orando. Martial arts? Timber Wolf and Karate Kid. Alien-aliens? Blok, Quislet & Tellos

Tom Kenny cranked out an amazing performance as Plastic Man in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

True dat. Great show all around

@unlimitedrabbit

3 жыл бұрын

@@spectorcreative1872 That last season really felt like they had given up on story ideas. I was hoping against hope that there would be a Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew! episode but we only got the Easter egg of Zoo Crew member Little Cheese appearing on a queso jar.

I don't know if I am working in a movie studio I would be very skeptical with all those ideas. there's definitely some hidden gems but does need quite a bit of reworking. I think The Metal men and Booster Gold, while they are interesting characters they just don't have that charm for a standalone movie. Unless they follow the Marvel formula where they sort of introduce the characters in other DC movies to generate interest and then do their own spin-off. A great example is kind of like Martian manhunter if you do a stand-alone comic book or stand-alone movie it's a tough sale. Not that he's not interesting character it's just how the character works. I'm sure there are movie makers that can prove me wrong. I just don't have any ideas to introduce these characters to the audience in a way that would excite them. But then again there were quite a few Marvel movies that in my opinion were terrible but end up selling very well So what do I know :)

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Martian Manhunter would be great too, Either way, are cool DC movies are needed!

Another awesome video! The streak continues unbroken!

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Unbroken! Nice! Thanks for the kind words. Be sure to pass these videos to anyone else you know who might like

@rodrickadamginsburg8960

3 жыл бұрын

@@spectorcreative1872 Always my pleasure & always do!

I think "Turbo Teen" would make a great toy line.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Not a bad addition to the list!

I have not heard of The War That Time Forgot. That would be neat. Anyhow good luck to You when You are The CEO of Disney...Uh...I mean run Hollywood.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’ll mention you in my Oscar speech. :-P

I *love* the Green Lantern movie figures line!!! Why in the holy living hell, though, were there so many variations on the heroes and virtually zero villains?? (Ok, the disgraced Guardian, Sinestro sorta but still as a Corps member, and the big bad was a frickin' Collect And Connect. Vs. *legions* of ring bearers.) Were you involved in the Infinite Heroes line at all?

@yauyuso

3 жыл бұрын

I was 90% sure there would be a sinestro wearing a yellow ring variant and that never happened lol

@TitularHeroine

3 жыл бұрын

@@yauyuso Right?! And based on the rest of the line, imagine the possible variations! Translucent, airbrush paint apps, Maximum Charge, Comics (or Concept) Series, wonky constructs...

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Villains actually don’t sell as well. More on that soon

@TitularHeroine

3 жыл бұрын

@@spectorcreative1872 cool, looking forward to that 👍

I´m a DC fan. And while I would love that DC has the same amount merchandise coverage that Marvel has the truth is that WB has gone a different route with their movies. Yes, they could and should do kids shows like Justice League Action and promote their characters and sell toys that is not the way they want to go. As for the third example...I have one better: Warlord.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Hey if he fights lizard men in the center of the Earth I am all in!

Scott, I'm sure you will have plan to do a video about the backstory of the Green Lantern movie line. and other DC movie lines. I love the sculpts for the movie 6-in green lantern Movie Masters line. But for some reason the articulation was so so bad..... Like the joints were there but there have like 20% range..... I just don't understand it. and the ball joints heads are pretty much like a cut joint that can move left or right.... barely move up and down. it's like the toy designer had no thought put into it. I was actually very disappointed cuz I really enjoyed the sculpts and also had high hopes for the movie when you do do you mind explaining why the Dark Knight movie masters figures we're so bare bone they came with zero accessories. I personally consider a Batman figure without a batarang pretty much a crime. And as a collector line instead we got these evidence package which was very silly....

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Considering the GL movie was three years of my life, you bet I will do a video!!!

Here's another possibility for a toyetic DC movie franchise... The Creature Commandos! Who wouldn't want to see a vampire, a gorgon, a Frankenstein's monster, and a werewolf doing black ops missions against Nazis? Oh, and throw G.I. Robot into the mix while you're at it.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

That is a GREAT idea!

Hey great job on the video buddy. So question... How do you go about getting a toy line made? Who did you go to that sponsor you? I got so many good ideas, I mean .... Gold pure gold... But idk who to go to.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Helping client develop toy lines and product for market (both pitching to retail, creating prototypes and branding/content) is what I do as my full time job. You can see more at Spectorcreative.com

What would be the top Independent Comics Toy-Centric characters you would like to see? Top Anime Toy-Centric characters you would like to see?

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

I”ll have to do a follow up!

I know there are movies that are successful at the box office but the toy line wasn't. But are there examples of the reverse? That'd make a good video topic as they'd be uncommon.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

That is an interesting question. I'll need to think about it and if I can find some examples I'll add it to the list!

You've gone into this topic in the past, and I'll say what I said then again. I think you're putting the cart ahead of the oxens when you say: "We should make a movie based on this property, because it has great toy-etic properties!" There are many things to consider before making such a decision, and the biggest obstacle of course, and you mentioned it, so kudos for that, is that you take these properties to executives, they ask if people know about it, you say that's it's not really popular, and may in fact be actually obscure, and 70% of the battle is lost right there. I also find it almost a contradiction that you say that movie toylines live and die on the success of the film, and yet it feels like you're basically saying that having great toys will help the movie being successful. I totally see your argument that the more toy-etic a property is, the more toys, and more interesting toys you can make of it, but I don't think that will translate into box-office success.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Great comments and thoughts! I suppose what I am saying is not that great toys will help the box office, more that a good source material will help sell more toys.

@manjiimortal

3 жыл бұрын

@@spectorcreative1872 That argument I can get behind, yes.

It worked with Guardians of the Galaxy

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Risks can pay off.

The Dinosaurs line is a great idea. Only problem I have with it is that it'll only be at 1:18 scale at most to be viable. That's ok for the dinosaur figures, but not for the soldiers. That scale for human figures aren't as appealing anymore except for vintage-influenced collectors. The current standard right now is 1:12 scale, but that would make the dinosaurs expensive. One way I can think of is to make the human soldiers available at retail a la GI Joe Classified, as well as some dinos, such as velociraptors and pterodactyls (which would make good army builders). Then make larger dinos like T-Rex and Triceratops available to specialty shops. The largest ones, like Brontosaurus, can be made something like a crowdfunder, similar to what Hasbro did with the Sail Barge and Sentinel. Heck, I'm actually surprised Mattel hasn't thought of this one yet. I feel that will do well against GI Joe Classified and Valaverse's Action Force. The human soldiers alone would do great, especially if they do figures from different time periods. They'd have no problems with the dinosaurs as they can just upscale their Jurassic Park ones. They even made a 1:12 T-Rex already.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think thid id one of the things that the JP line does struggle with. To make dinosaurs and figures in scale would take really big dinos. Maybe they can be shrunk down with a martian shrinking ray or something or use little army men for the figures!

@iampoch01

3 жыл бұрын

@@spectorcreative1872 were you still with Mattel when they released that Super Colossal Tyrannosaurus Rex? That was an absolutely epic toy, to be honest and worth the purchase. Toy retailers here in the Philippines didn't carry it (even our local TRU) so we had to import it and had it shipped via ocean freight. But if that didn't do well, then there might be no chance of us seeing 1:12 dinos again 😥 I was actually bummed when their next "colossal" dinosaurs was a 1:18 scale brontosaurus.

@iampoch01

3 жыл бұрын

Hi @spector. I just found out that Mattel's Amber Collection is 1:12 scale! No toy store offered that here in the Philippines and he just got what he bought at BBTS through me! I had an instant boner the moment I held the packaging! Mattel's sitting on a goldmine!

While I do agree that the concept of Plastic Man is good, didn't they try that a little in the early 1980s with a cartoon & baby?

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but I am thinking live action

I am the green lantern!😄

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

You too huh?

Dino riders dude!

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

Trying to find a new angle on that line. It is awesome~

Wait doesn’t dc comics have another stretchy man that’s on the flash

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

They have many. Elongated Man for one.

I wasn't sold on the Dinosaurs, until I finished the video. Then I thought, oh yes!! Those would be amazing. But ONLY if the dinosaur mouths and legs were articulated. They would have to be Jurassic Park level quality dinos, and at a minimum... GIJoe quality soldiers. Because articulated dinosaurs are a lot more fun than solid dinosaurs. Especially if they bite! Sound effects? Maybe, but not necessary. Kids will make the noises. After batteries run out, kids will still make them roar.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

I have an upcoming video on JP dinos. Should be up your ally...

@Gkeese

3 жыл бұрын

@@spectorcreative1872 awesome. Can't wait. I love all your videos. Even the ones that I think I won't enjoy, I end up loving every one of them. The nostalgia, and even the education about toys is amazing. You're actually one of my more favorite channels right now.

3:15 aren't you tired of Batman movies? we got a new batman every 10 years or so. I am so tired of them.

@spectorcreative1872

3 жыл бұрын

My point exactly. Their are so many other great characters DC could do as movies besides ANOTHER Batman movie.