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Old 03-08-2021, 07:10 AM   #1
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Possible Loyal Subjects 5in Line

saw this one twitter...keep your eyes open for the possibility of these, although they do look very similar to figuarts

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Old 03-08-2021, 07:21 AM   #2
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Yuck, same sculpt across all 4 turtles
and will probably end there with no other characters.

Pass.
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Old 03-08-2021, 07:29 AM   #3
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So they're exact copies of the Figuarts except shittier? Why!?

https://www.ozziecollectables.com/pa...ja+turtles+BST

They're up on this site... WTF
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Old 03-08-2021, 07:49 AM   #4
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So they're exact copies of the Figuarts except shittier? Why!?

https://www.ozziecollectables.com/pa...ja+turtles+BST

They're up on this site... WTF
$80
5"
Same sculpt
Yeah I don't think so.
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Old 03-08-2021, 09:17 AM   #5
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How many turtles lines do we need? It's just overload at this point, buying the same thing over and over
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Old 03-08-2021, 09:26 AM   #6
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Damn, these are the most amazing TMNT figures ever, I would have said 12 years ago.
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Old 03-08-2021, 09:27 AM   #7
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So they're shorter than the figuarts line was, and they cost more? Will anyone want these?
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Old 03-08-2021, 12:59 PM   #8
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$80
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Same sculpt
Yeah I don't think so.
$80? I thought the price tag for this line is $15.99. I felt like they were a good deal for $15.99
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Old 03-08-2021, 01:37 PM   #9
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$80? I thought the price tag for this line is $15.99. I felt like they were a good deal for $15.99
They'd be killer at $15.99. At $20 I might bite. At $30 I'd pass since we're in TMNT collector heaven these days and there's no need for another line.

At $80... wow. Even a Playmates boxset makes more sense than that.
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Old 03-08-2021, 06:55 PM   #10
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$80? I thought the price tag for this line is $15.99. I felt like they were a good deal for $15.99

Price tag for this line is $15.99
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Old 03-09-2021, 12:27 PM   #11
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Saw these on toyark, came here to see if anyone else saw these are figuarts rip-offs. You did not disappoint.

How are they getting away with it??
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Old 03-09-2021, 12:49 PM   #12
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Man I have nothing that's 5" but PLS is also making 5 inch beetlejuice and lydia and Ozzy Osbourne which I all want, if these are $15 I might just get them to have more stuff at that scale..
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Old 05-18-2021, 08:35 PM   #13
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Saw these on toyark, came here to see if anyone else saw these are figuarts rip-offs. You did not disappoint.

How are they getting away with it??
My guess is that they bought the molds.
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Old 05-19-2021, 09:12 AM   #14
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My guess is that they bought the molds.
Wouldn't suprise me. I know the company said years ago the line was done. Might have decided to cut their losses and sell the molds. Hope this happens.
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Old 05-22-2021, 04:44 AM   #15
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My guess is that they bought the molds.
That's ridiculous. The figures are different scales for a start, not to mention the articulation differences.

I would imagine that both companies would have been working from the same control art provided by Nickelodeon.
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Old 05-21-2021, 08:21 PM   #16
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Saw these on toyark, came here to see if anyone else saw these are figuarts rip-offs. You did not disappoint.

How are they getting away with it??
Probably Bandai doesn't even know that The Loyal Subjects exists.
Also, there's nothing to take action to. Can't sue someone based on a few art work released online.
And then comes the more serious part where there's no proof of plagiarism when it's 2 companies making products (In TLS case, planning to) that's based on the same license with the same reference guide/art.

I remember back in the day when Hot Toys and Enterbay were both making an Arnie figure based on Terminator2. People accuse Enterbay of copying Hot Toys when you can tell they are different sculpts. And yes there are similarities because both toys were suppose to look like the same actor...
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Old 05-23-2021, 03:44 AM   #17
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Thing's arent like they were pre-nick era, turtles figures are a pass for me now because there's so many to choose from.

The only chance they have for me to buy them now is if they have a vastly different take that looks good. BVTMNT figures succeeded and super7 has me right on the edge due to them aiming to remake the classic toys instead of a particular shows incarnation.

I imagine I'm far from alone in this now, which is going to be interesting in the future as companies start to realize super7 has it figured out by going for outside-the-box styles and a focus on B C and D roster characters instead of the standard A's
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Old 06-15-2021, 12:48 PM   #18
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Any news on these? Just wondering if anyone else has heard /seen anything.
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Old 06-16-2021, 01:57 PM   #19
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The Loyal Subjects TMNT BST AXN figures. Coming to Walmart, soonish.







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