Another rant on FTC Figures:

 With Playmates losing TMNT and figuring out the rat race for the new owner, Super7 being in limbo with lots of their lines I'm interested in... TMNT, D&D, GI Joe... OK, it's just 3. NECA is slowly pushing me away with their target exclusives. Mattel only has my interest with thw few She-Ra releases... would've liked to see a New Eternia Adam though.

Marvel Legends are losing me due to price increases. Barely buying a figure or two and that too will end soon.

McFarlane has nothing to grab my interest...

So that leaves JADA and Figures Toy Company. But the title of the rant is Figures Toy Company related.

Did you know Secret Service Agents are law enforcement?

I did not. Now I know... and knowing is half the battle. 

All they need is new heads.

They have the body: Male Wrestler Announcer

They have the hands: Cop hands (for gun usage)

They have the gun: Police officer

All they need is heads. Easy peasy. They can make 2 Agent bodies. Pale and dark skinned. Then toss in a headache for other agents.

They COULD Make a female Secret Service Agent Reusing the legs of the ref, with new Torso and arms. That also gives us parts for a pantsuit body for female presidential candidates. Not ginna lie but I might buy a Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin figures.

Speaking of law enforcement: Security guards and the fat bodies:

I keep mentioning this one because it makes sense. We knownthe fat cop stereotype and same for the Security guard. You can have the fancier pseudo police look that some Mall cops have or the more casual "runner" look with the polos.

One of the fat Security guards could be sold with a vehicle like this... just make sure it isn't a 1:1 copy of Paul Blart. Then FTC could sell vehicle variants like they did with the podium.

Fat guys need trigger hands too!

Melanin and Estrogen in Law Enforcement:

I mentioned this... has nothing to do with having former classmates and other friends being female members in law enforcement. Also, we need black and brown cops...

Just sayin'... 

More fans/Civilians/Crew

Female EMTs come to mind... followed by EMTs with Melanin... for the crew. Fans I've mentioned fat kids, fat women long sleeves and long pants for the fat men and children. MORE torso overlays for women and men. Adding more melanin to the mix of characters... especially for the fat folks, men and children.

The merch stations could use other employees. And Nerdy guys would fit in.

Criminals

I've mentioned these a few times... we can't have Hunter be the sole criminal. We could use some more folks. And introduce the shorts for the men and sleeveless arms. 

Create-a-Superstar

It's time for FTC to retire the old Jakks based bodies and bring forth new Wrestling bodies compatible with the Ultimate lines by... themselves. I touched upon this in the past. They have some parts ready, just getting new to the mix so they can combine to make other wrestlers. It can also allow them to sell existing bodies based on their lines. This could open up for "unoffical" releases. Like say more black people faces, with black Announcer, EMT, Security guard, etc. Hell, alternate expressions for the fan characters could be put here.

Other small playsets

We got the vendor set the media scrum set. Maybe they could try their hand at backstage and other type of small playsets, not necessarily exclusive for wrestlers. Their Law Enforcement line allows for city areas and such.

While I don't like this idea, they can go the Jakks way with cardboard and plastic for them.

Expand the politician line.

I said it before and say it again. We need more than Trump.

Conclusion 

Figures Toy Company has improved, but they can do better. Hopefully they can expand and make OK figures that are accessible.