In a discussion with Toy Migos, Juhn Lim from Jada Toys revealed that once Wave 5 reaches retail, the classic series Mega Man toyline will go on a pause while the team evaluates its future direction.
"Realistically, if we do continue [Mega Man] it will probably be saved for a San Diego [Comic-Con] reveal maybe. The direction we go doesn't necessarily have to go the way it's been going," said Juhn. "I feel like there are so many different options to go, roads to go down. I think trying to veer away from what we're doing and other options might be a fun way to take the line."
He continued, “I’m not really interested in revisiting iterations and versions that have already been developed. There are several companies doing, for example, Mega Man X. So realistically, I don’t have an interest in doing X. I can say that for sure.”
It’s a fair point. With Kotobukiya, ThreeZero, and Hiya Toys all tackling the X series, it makes sense for Jada to avoid an oversaturated corner of the market. There’s still a wealth of untapped Mega Man characters out there, so the line’s future could go in almost any direction. We may find out what's next sometime closer to SDCC 2026.
Would love to see them make the stardroids into figures
ReplyDeleteAw man, BUT with the X series you could do stuff the other companies haven't done/been doing which would be do X and Zero in the SNES styled artwork as well as the Maverick bosses.
ReplyDeleteThey'll likely do Legends next since not many figures from that series. Or ZX or Zero or something.
Battle Network would be the smarter choice, its fans are going into their 30s now and no one other than Kotobukiya's made figures for it past Megaman himself for over the past 20 years. Plus it had a lot of great designs in its own right that need justice like Beastman, Chargeman, and the heelnavis.
DeleteI feel like doing SNES variants is not the best use of resources. It'd be better to stick with Maverick bosses.
DeleteHe may tackle legends or more specifically Tron bonne. I can see him doing that line of figures next. Beyond that it'll probably be different versions of megaman like the 11 design and such
ReplyDeleteI appreciate wanting to give attention to classic mega man. These figures have been looking so good 😫 I can’t wait to get rush and proto man and guts man, this wave is so peak
ReplyDeleteNot sure what this means, but immediately de-confirming X is promising, since that would be my first guess. And I appreciate the self-awareness that so many companies are doing X now, haha.
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