Oh boy, Seeing diD release a modern figure makes me real nervous. I hope they aren't switching gears away from WWII. I felt my stomach turn when I followed up on Jason's recent post.
Actually, Fury didn't perform well at the boxoffice (by today's standards). According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, since it's release in October of 2014, it has only grossed $85,817,906 worldwide. Of course we, and other WWII enthusiasts went to see it, but the general public, and, more importantly, the core demographic of young people, didn't.
I don't really think those figures have a great deal of impact on the makers of 1:6th vehicles and figures anyway, but it does say something about the way the world is going ...
I was shocked it was that high. I heard about the movie on here and Sixth Division, but it wasn't widely promoted IMO. Compare that to American Sniper where you saw the commercials for weeks before the release.
... it (Fury) wasn't widely promoted IMO. Compare that to American Sniper where you saw the commercials for weeks before the release.
DID has been producing figs from other eras and themes for some time now. They just previewed another Napoleonic fig and it is neat that they did so. As long as they bring out a new WWII figure every now and then it should be ok. What should be more concerning is the lack of new people into the WWII collecting community. We few are becoming fewer each year and with out an infusion of some new blood it will become even harder for DID or any other maker to consider WWII at all. All you have to do is look at the boards and see a lack of new posts or even new posters. Hopefully now that the economy is fixed (cough cough cough) we should see more folks have expendable cash to spend.
Jeff (Geppetto)
Too bad they didn't come close to getting the figure correct according to Tony Barton. I don't think $120 is bad for a quality figure. But take the time to make it accurate, Lets face it, most of the people doing this are also into the history and we want a close to accurate representations as we can get.DID has been producing figs from other eras and themes for some time now. They just previewed another Napoleonic fig and it is neat that they did so. As long as they bring out a new WWII figure every now and then it should be ok. What should be more concerning is the lack of new people into the WWII collecting community. We few are becoming fewer each year and with out an infusion of some new blood it will become even harder for DID or any other maker to consider WWII at all. All you have to do is look at the boards and see a lack of new posts or even new posters. Hopefully now that the economy is fixed (cough cough cough) we should see more folks have expendable cash to spend.
Jeff (Geppetto)