Re: Did They Already Do a Secret Invasion

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:26:11 -0700 (PDT), billbickel
<billbickel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Third problem: Marvel would probably have had to pay big money for the
rights to use the Dire Wraiths

....Nope. It's ROM they'd have to pay the $$$ for, although I'm not
sure if Parker Brothers still own the rights to the character anymore,
much less who actually owns it. IIRC Hasbro might have a piece of that
action from their acquisition of Palitoy's assets in 1985, but I'm not
too sure about that one.

....One thing is for certain: the only aspect of ROM that was
successful was the comic. PB only sold about 200 or 300k figures, and
due to poor construction its estimated at least 2/3 of those were
tossed in the garbage when they broke. Ironically ISTR Mark
Mothersbaugh of DEVO trying to hunt one down recently so he could rip
out the electronics for a circuit breaking project. Dunno if he ever
found one, but if the base figure was actually worth a frack - read:
more points of articulation and was a more "normal" size and not
old-style GI Joe sized - then I could see one hell of an aftermarket
in electronics upgrades. A ROM cellphone or WiFi antenna, anyone? :-)

Hoo'd win: Captain Laser or ROM? :-)

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