War of the worlds merchendise!

[dalekhunter]

Do you think there maybe wotw merchendise like movie maniac type stuff the alien the tripods the cylinders a heat ray effect when you press the try me button...I mean another film i'm looking forward too is hitch hikers guide to the galaxy and alreay they have arthur dent ford prefect vogons and marvin figures ready for the off and they loook fantastic...so maybe we will get wotw syuff and if thats the case their could be a release of an old school version of wotw toys i.e. a george pal war machine model or toy that makes the heat ray sound when button pressed...what you think? and tell what you think an idea toy model or collectable should be

[themotile]

I hope we get something from mcfarlane toys, a nice 20" tripod would be nice

[jo73]

Hasn't Todd McFarlane been declared bankrupt?

[themotile]

jo73 said:

Hasn't Todd McFarlane been declared bankrupt?

Mcfarlane toys are still going strong, didnt he sell that company?

[VES]

I think I already started a thread similar to
this in the General Discussion forum some time ago;
Mcfarlane would indeed be a nifty choice for the
license; however I could seem them doing the
Tripods similar to what they did with the first
series of Metal Gear figures; including a piece of
the actual Metal Gear machine with each figure, which
really would bite for a WOTW line, don't you think?

On the other hand, I could also see them doing
a box set piece of the Tripod standing oh, say bout'
18-20" high.
Probably come with a miniature pedestrian to toss in
it's basket, and a "light-up Heat Ray"

Or even better, a "Cylinder crash site box set" with
Martian!
That would be great.

[themotile]

Mcfarlane toys would be an ace choice, I have the Alien Queen, Matrix APU, Alien vs Predator, The Crow the list goes on and on and I love em all, the only thing missing is a 20" T800 and a martian tripod/disaster scene.

[nervouspete]

the said:

Mcfarlane toys would be an ace choice, I have the Alien Queen, Matrix APU, Alien vs Predator, The Crow the list goes on and on and I love em all, the only thing missing is a 20" T800 and a martian tripod/disaster scene.

I agree, they do good quality stuff.

However he attempted to shaft my fave (living) author Neil Gaiman. Alan Moore made a glorious comic called 'Miracleman', which was about a man with amnesia who finds out that he is a superhero. At the same time he appears, a good boy with equvilent powers who suppresses a supervillian within him gets raped, and he unleashes the evil Kid Miracleman, or 'Bates'.

Kid Miracleman flies to London and kills hundreds of thousands there. He drags people up into the air with him and drops them. He melts people. He causes explosions. Radio One manages a brief report of something happening before the radio goes dead. Miracleman arrives and kills Bates. It is a calamity that far surpasses 9/11, and the video footage and Stanley Kubrick documentary shocks the world.

Then Alan hands the creator rights over to Neil Gaiman, who does a haunting four issues of the world with a man who can work miracles. He builds a giant pyramid in London and resurrects the spirits of the dead, namely 13 Andy Warhols who start a t-shirt production line. Miracles begin to happen to ordinary folk and women apply for Miracleman's sperm at sperm banks, causing (literally) hyper-intelligent superbabies. Throw in talking badgers, an annual mourning day, an epic pilgramage, a city just for spies and beautiful grungy art and you have for comics what J G Ballard was for sci-fi.

And then the company folds. Neil holds onto his rights to the character, and Todd McFarlane buys the company rights.

Neil is asked by Todd to write an issue of Spawn for him. Neil pens Angela. Angela becomes a monster hit for Todd, but Neil owns the creator rights for the character. Still, Todd doesn't consult Neil on the merchandise or spin off comics, and Neil doesn't get a penny. Then a deal is hammered out between Neil and Todd: Neil gets Todd's rights to Miracleman so he can go back to the story he loved, and gets to reprint the originals lost in a legal mire - in exchange Neil hands over all his rights to Angela, including royalties. Todd agrees.

Only he backs out on the deal and begins to plan a resurrection of Miracleman merchandise himself, and states that Neil doesn't have the rights to do his comics.

Neil gets annoyed and brings it to court.

Todd loses.

This contributes to Todds bankruptcy.

It's something like that. I'm not sure. I'll have to hunt for a link. To be honest, it was merely a cunning excuse to hype Neil Gaiman's 'Miracleman: The Golden Age', possibly the most strange, rewarding, unreal and imaginative portrayal of a Supermanesque character ever.

*Cough.*

Sorry.

Bye!

Pete

P.S: I realise this may be subject to the dread hand of moderation. I understand. Honestly I do. *Blub*

[themotile]

Err...yeah but the toys are ace!

[themotile]

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There you go Pete!