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Mezco Details License For Mortal Kombat

Posted on November 4, 2014 at 1:34 pm by Joe Moore under Video Game Toy News

Mezco has sent along a press release that details their surprise deal to acquire the Mortal Kombat license. We were pleasantly surprised to see the first few figures at New York Comic-Con 2014. The press release not only mentions the 6″ figures we saw, but that fans can look forward to a 3.75″ line of figures as well! Here’s the press release with much more info from Mezco:

Mezco Toyz Acquires Mortal Kombat License

New York- Mezco Toyz is proud to announce it has entered into an agreement with Warner Brothers to create a new series of collectibles based on the popular video game franchise: Mortal Kombat.

Mortal Kombat is one of the most successful and influential video game franchises ever created. Having celebrated over two decades of success and with nine games in its legacy and an all new next gen platform game being released spring 2015, the Mortal Kombat brand is a top rated and earning game brand that is a fan favorite. With gamer anticipation at a record high, millions of units of the game have already been pre-sold.

Mortal kombat is well known for its unique characters, engaging fighting style and most notably, its finishing moves. Since its initial release in 1992, Mortal Kombat has won numerous awards, setting previously unimaginable sales records. With cumulative sales topping 40million games sold, Mortal Kombat has been called “One of the reasons for people to own a gaming console…”.

Mezco is in development on numerous lines based on the world of Mortal Kombat and starting with the new up coming Mortal Kombat X game. initial offerings include: 3.75 inch figures, 6 inch scale figures, accessories, bobble heads, plush figures, clip-ons and key chains and more.

Mezco previewed several of the 6inch scale Mortal Kombat figures at New York Comic Con in October.

Additional figures and more details will be revealed at Toys Fair in February 2015. Mezco’s Mortal Kombat lines will be available in stores starting 2015.

Toyark will be in attendance at Toy Fair in February. We’ll cover the reveals live from the show floor and we’ll update if any additional info becomes available prior to the show.

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› Companies: Mezco › Characters: Raiden › Scale: 6 Inch, 3.75 Inch

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  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    11-04-2014, 11:34 AM

    Mezco Details License For Mortal Kombat

  2. snake5289's Avatar snake5289 says

    11-04-2014, 11:52 AM

    Glad to know there will be more 3.75 MK figures. Looking forward to seeing what else they're offering but I'm still not sure if I want get any this time.

  3. evilekim's Avatar evilekim says

    11-04-2014, 03:12 PM

    This is really great news! Jazwares did a horrible job with this license. The ideas were there, but the quality was very bad. They never even made female characters lol They just flat out sucked with the MK license. If I was Mezco, I wouldn't even look at what Jazwares made. Just start over. Most people passed on the Jazwares stuff anyway. I really hope we get a better deluxe version of Shao Kahn. I waited forever for a good figure of him, Jazwares screwed it up.

  4. Enigma2K2's Avatar Enigma2K2 says

    11-04-2014, 07:59 PM

    Call us if you get past the ninjas....

  5. webz's Avatar webz says

    11-04-2014, 11:43 PM

    Hasbro failed. Jazzware failed, infinite concepts never released in mass market... Mk is a loser of a brand in the toy worlds. Hope Mezco had better luck, but I really doubt it.

  6. Ninjinister's Avatar Ninjinister says

    11-05-2014, 01:03 AM

    3.75s! YES! Mezco's Hellboy line was my favorite ever in this scale! I hope this turns out just as good, if not better!

  7. Blanka has no avatar! Blanka says

    11-05-2014, 02:01 AM

    Quote:
    Hasbro failed. Jazzware failed, infinite concepts never released in mass market... Mk is a loser of a brand in the toy worlds. Hope Mezco had better luck, but I really doubt it.
    You have no clue what you're talking about.

    Hasbro released two series, and vehicles. It was never intended to go past the movie (like the Street Fighter line that Hasbro did, and that's a "winner" property).

    Jazwares held the license from 2005 until last year. Almost 10 years. They may have sucked, but they obviously sold well enough for Jazwares, and Toys R' Us--in that Jazwares kept making them, and stores kept buying them. In what way are those fails?

    Infinite Concepts collapsed on itself, but still had plans for a second series.

    Palisades made a line of limited run statues.

    Pop Shock Collectibles have been making statues and busts for some time...

    So. Tell me again how MK is a "loser" license?

  8. webz's Avatar webz says

    11-05-2014, 07:22 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Blanka View Post
    You have no clue what you're talking about.

    Hasbro released two series, and vehicles. It was never intended to go past the movie (like the Street Fighter line that Hasbro did, and that's a "winner" property).

    Jazwares held the license from 2005 until last year. Almost 10 years. They may have sucked, but they obviously sold well enough for Jazwares, and Toys R' Us--in that Jazwares kept making them, and stores kept buying them. In what way are those fails?

    Infinite Concepts collapsed on itself, but still had plans for a second series.

    Palisades made a line of limited run statues.

    Pop Shock Collectibles have been making statues and busts for some time...

    So. Tell me again how MK is a "loser" license?
    Easy, my ex was a manager for kb toys before it collapsed, and they got all the extra jazz ware crap that didn't sell at TRU. They couldn't sell it either. I have 3 local TRU stores, and several Walgreens stores, they have had the same night wolf and clear raiden toys for almost 3 years. There is 3years worth of dust on them. One of my local TRU stores even had Shao Kahn's throne for two years on clearance... They don't sell.

    Infinite concepts planned wave 2 at the same time as wave one. Neither ever achieved mass release. A VERY small number was released to test markets, but IC died before they could secure mass release deal. I know, I constantly emailed them, and called local toy and comic stores every week for months when they were supposedly released.

    Street fighter was far more successful than the mortal Kombat Hasbro toys. I saw those in 1995 when I was hardcore into MK, and I was one of the few that bought them all at retail. They ended up going on clearance a few weeks after release. No one wants toys based on those figures. Not in a mass market sense. Statues, made in very limited number, can sell. There are enough nerds to buy 2000 statues... Mass marketed toys need to sell 10 times that... And MK really doesn't have that pull for toys. The major selling point of the games is gore, which doesn't translate to mass market toys. Mommy isn't buying little jimmy a scorpion toy with removable spine.

  9. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    11-05-2014, 07:45 AM

    You cannot possibly use any sales data from 1995. The market, target audience and the entire industry has turned over multiple times since then. What sold or didn't sell 20 years ago has no bearing on anything selling or not selling today.

    How Jazwares handled the line (rather poorly in most peoples opinions) doesn't necessarily dictate how well all licensors will do with the franchise. We'll have to see how well Mezco handles the figures, distribution, and character selection before we can say their efforts resulted in success or failure. Also, Mezco is a bit more geared towrads adult purchasers than Jazwares. Jazwares is a company almost exclusively aimed at a young audience and their MK figures were a bit a departure from that.

  10. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

    11-05-2014, 03:41 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Joe Moore View Post
    You cannot possibly use any sales data from 1995. The market, target audience and the entire industry has turned over multiple times since then. What sold or didn't sell 20 years ago has no bearing on anything selling or not selling today.
    Bullshit! I'm sure my Spawn figure collection is worth a fortune now!


    Right?


    ...Nah, I'm joking, it isn't worth crap. At least I like looking at them.

  11. Black Arbor's Avatar Black Arbor says

    11-05-2014, 04:16 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd View Post
    Bullshit! I'm sure my Spawn figure collection is worth a fortune now!


    Right?


    ...Nah, I'm joking, it isn't worth crap. At least I like looking at them.

    What!? You mean my MOC "Party" Angela is worthless!? I've never been huge into MK (I did love Injustice though), but these toys look pretty good. Hopefully they can be fudged into a 7inch display, so they can fight NECA's Freddy Krueger and Kratos figures!

  12. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

    11-05-2014, 05:54 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Black Arbor View Post
    What!? You mean my MOC "Party" Angela is worthless!? I've never been huge into MK (I did love Injustice though), but these toys look pretty good. Hopefully they can be fudged into a 7inch display, so they can fight NECA's Freddy Krueger and Kratos figures!
    I didn't like the guest characters in MK9 at all, that being said Freddy's a nightmare illusion monster guy, Kratos is a demigod, and Mortal Kombat people are just guys with special abilities or whatever so you could probably put the 6" MK figures with them without it being too "what the hell?"

  13. Black Arbor's Avatar Black Arbor says

    11-05-2014, 10:25 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd View Post
    I didn't like the guest characters in MK9 at all, that being said Freddy's a nightmare illusion monster guy, Kratos is a demigod, and Mortal Kombat people are just guys with special abilities or whatever so you could probably put the 6" MK figures with them without it being too "what the hell?"
    Good point! Maybe instead of Freddy and Kratos, you could have 'em fight the Dead End Predator or the Ed-209! Or Dante and the Terminator! Man, now I want that to be a real game... haha

  14. snake5289's Avatar snake5289 says

    11-05-2014, 11:12 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Black Arbor View Post
    Good point! Maybe instead of Freddy and Kratos, you could have 'em fight the Dead End Predator or the Ed-209! Or Dante and the Terminator! Man, now I want that to be a real game... haha
    I didn't care the crossover characters in MK9 but if you put Dante in a game you're pretty much automatically guaranteed my money.

    I still need to pick up UMvC3. It has Dante AND Ghost Rider. That's my dream match/team-up right there.

  15. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    11-06-2014, 07:06 AM

    Cleaned up the thread. There's no place here for baiting, trolling and insults.

  16. TheLongestDay's Avatar TheLongestDay says

    11-06-2014, 07:18 AM

    Cannot wait for the 3.75" line! Hope they aren't ridiculously hard to find though!!!!

  17. Ninjinister's Avatar Ninjinister says

    11-06-2014, 10:42 PM

    I e-mailed Mezco and told them how much I appreciated a 3.75 line. I haven't received a response nor do I really expect to... but I hope it reaches somebody there that they've made a decision that has made someone happy.

  18. snake5289's Avatar snake5289 says

    11-25-2014, 11:30 AM

    Staff Edit:
    Please do not hotlink from other people's websites.


    http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/m...category=10358

    If the 4" Raiden comes with the extras I'll pick one up since I missed out on the MK9 Raiden. Other than that meh.

  19. Autobot_Goldbug's Avatar Autobot_Goldbug says

    11-25-2014, 07:47 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ninjinister View Post
    3.75s! YES! Mezco's Hellboy line was my favorite ever in this scale! I hope this turns out just as good, if not better!
    I look forward to seeing some pics of the 4 inch ones.
    I hope they make a Sonya Blade.

  20. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

    11-25-2014, 09:17 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Autobot_Goldbug View Post
    I look forward to seeing some pics of the 4 inch ones.
    I hope they make a Sonya Blade.
    I don't think Sonya is in MK X so the chance of a figure is slim. From what I've read and heard Johnny Cage won't be in the game either, but both are replaced by their daughter Cassie Cage (what with this being set like 25 years later story-wise). I find it disheartening, but at least Sub Zero, Scorpion, Raiden, and Kano are back.

  21. snake5289's Avatar snake5289 says

    11-25-2014, 11:27 PM

    I hope there's an explanation of how Subs is a.) not a cyborg anymore and b.) not dead. It'll probably just end up being something along the lines of "uh...MAGIC F**K YOU!!!" like always though.

  22. TheLongestDay's Avatar TheLongestDay says

    11-25-2014, 11:29 PM

    Any shots of the 3.75" figs out there yet?

  23. TimothyR has no avatar! TimothyR says

    11-25-2014, 11:46 PM

    these things look gorgeous.

    the designs are rather awesome looking, the weapons look great, and most importantly, the molds look super solid.

    i, like many others probably, was always a huge fan of the ninja's.. i'd love to get other versions of subzero and scorpion. i love seeing the evolution of their designs.. throw in reptile too.

  24. Autobot_Goldbug's Avatar Autobot_Goldbug says

    11-26-2014, 12:29 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd View Post
    I don't think Sonya is in MK X so the chance of a figure is slim. From what I've read and heard Johnny Cage won't be in the game either, but both are replaced by their daughter Cassie Cage (what with this being set like 25 years later story-wise). I find it disheartening, but at least Sub Zero, Scorpion, Raiden, and Kano are back.
    They didn't say these were limited to just that game.

  25. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

    11-26-2014, 01:16 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by snake5289 View Post
    I hope there's an explanation of how Subs is a.) not a cyborg anymore and b.) not dead. It'll probably just end up being something along the lines of "uh...MAGIC F**K YOU!!!" like always though.
    I liked how MK9's story seemed aware it was going to be corny and just ran with it. We really don't need an explanation for Sub's return, let's just be happy he's not a cyborg. Most likely it either won't be Kuai Liang or they'll say when he was revived it was in his natural form. I don't know, it kind of pissed me off when most of the heroes just got killed towards the end of the game.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Autobot_Goldbug View Post
    They didn't say these were limited to just that game.
    I hope they aren't limited to just this game. I'd like to see the different versions of the characters represented as well.

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