Champions Action Figures...?

[wrestlinggeek]

I had an idea earlier today. Why not produce a line of Champions Actions figures to go along with the MMO? The firstv wave would, of course, be the Champions themselves and Doctor D. But starting with wave 2 (I'm thinking Viper and a few more heroes), produce figures based on players' characters. Give people a time in which to submit their characters for consideration. Then have the entire CO community vote on which one(s) get made, and whoever submits the winning character(s) gets a free copy of the figure. So, what do we think? Could something like this be made to work?

[KA.]

I had an idea earlier today. Why not produce a line of Champions Actions figures to go along with the MMO? The firstv wave would, of course, be the Champions themselves and Doctor D. But starting with wave 2 (I'm thinking Viper and a few more heroes), produce figures based on players' characters. Give people a time in which to submit their characters for consideration. Then have the entire CO community vote on which one(s) get made, and whoever submits the winning character(s) gets a free copy of the figure. So, what do we think? Could something like this be made to work?

I could see the possibility of creating Champions action figures, but I doubt that anyone would want to produce player's characters due to possible IP isssues.

KA.

[Curufea]

Spore produces player created action figures - IP is not a problem if the player signs it over.
Or do you mean if players don't create original characters, but steal IP from actual comics?

[wrestlinggeek]

I don't see IP being a problem. Just disqualify any character that is obviously based on a specific property of another publisher. And if the worry is over the player losing the rights to his original character, well that's why I said submit characters for voting. If you want to retain the rights to your original character, don't submit it for action-figure consideration.

[Jagged]

So, what do we think? Could something like this be made to work?

I would not be interested in Champions IP characters, I would be interested in player characters though. WoW has Figure Prints (http://www.figureprints.com/) so its possible in theory. WoW though has (as I understand it) a far simpler character creation than CO (simpler than CoX) and a larger audience to make it cost effective.