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Originally Posted by lehsreh
ive been thinking about this the past few days. i hope this isnt what they do, just reuse the same bodies over and over, i wont but them if they do. ive mostly been thinking of how i can change some parts out and make some customs, it should be easy to change out the legs with any other joe mold. i hope the vest does come off of gung ho, that would make him perfect for any number of customs.
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I don't know. I think that with new heads and web gear, a few basic bodies can go a long way. As I said in my first post, Marvel Legends has been doing it successfully for years. Their original Namor mold has also been used for Kraven the Hunter, Nick Fury, and Cyclops. The Moon Knight mold has been used for Havok, Captain Marvel, and Quicksilver. None of those figures look like one another.
With the right cosmetic changes, one mold can go a long way. This is a big difference from straight-up repaints, which is what Hasbro's been giving us for the past few years. You can't repaint an ARAH Duke torso into Flint because of the bandolier. But if you have a torso mold of just a button-down shirt, you can easily turn that into Flint by swapping the bandolier for those shotgun-shell suspenders that Flint wears... Or into Shipwreck by not having any accessories attached. I really think this is the best way for Hasbro to keep the line going, because it will keep their costs down, and since they'll only need to make new heads and accessories, we should (hopefully) see fewer straight repaints of the same character over and over again.
What it comes down to is that the toy industry apparently isn't like it was when we were young. Hasbro can't make a mold and maybe use it one time for one character. They have to repaint it multiple times to recoup their money, and I'd rather have the same mold with minor retools over and over again as several different characters, than the same mold repainted as the same character many times.