~A-J-M-74

So......I've been toying with the idea of starting my own toy company. I've been thinking about it for awhile, but lately it seems to be more what I want to do. I have another business I wanted to start, but I may reserve that for "plan b" in case the toy thing didn't work out.

I've always wanted to start a 12" scale figure business......and it seems alot of people I know have beat me to the punch. But, I have different ideas, and I think it would still work. It seems the toy buying market is stable, probably as stable as it could get really......I just need to put pen to paper, so to speak, and get the ball rolling. I've talked to a friend of mine who had a big hand in making the figures being released by Triad Toys, and I am probably gonna ask the CEO himself if he has a few spare moments. I would like to not have to go back and forth to China like he did, but I don't think toys are even being manufactured in the Unites States, if they ever really were.

I have a shit-ton of ideas in my head for characters from my wanna-be comic book artist years......yes, I am planning on releasing a line of figures based on my ideas. Do I think they would sell? Why not? Back in the good ol days (the 70's and the 80's) that's how most good toys started. Not cartoons or movies, not video games, not comics......just a toy line. That's how Masters of the Universe started and look at them now. I think what I have could get a strong following.......but of course I also plan on doing what I originally wanted to do.....make base figures, and clothing and accessories to add to them to make your own figures. Sure, that's what others are doing right now.......but I would like to think I would offer something different than the usual "black leather dominatrix" look which some are doing, or the military look which is also popular. I'd like to offer some Samurai, some Pirates, some Swashbucklers, some Western, some Wizards and Warriors......and still offer some great superhero, sci-fi and fantasy works also. I am a big fan of Marvel & DC comics, as well as artists like Luis Royo, and Frank Frazetta. I am also influenced by the works of Ralph Bakshi and of the HEAVY METAL series of graphic novels, magazines and animated movies.

While I don't expect to become rich doing this, I do believe something like this could help me in my collection, help others with their collections, and keep me from having to do a "real job" and pay the bills.

So any 12" or 1/6th customizers out there, this is the first most of you will hear about this......let me know what you think.