Premium DNA who did the Battletoads and Banjo Kazooie toys and were soon to have an Earthworm Jim line have pretty much disappeared… Earthworm Jim figures started showing up on AliExpress and they swore up and down that these were rejected figures and that the real ones would be much better quality. Wel they haven’t said anything since last July at this point. Complete radio silence and their website has been “under construction” for pretty much that same amount of time. Did they just take everyone’s money and run?

Entertainment earth cancelled all their preorders weeks ago, not sure about BBTS but it’s pretty clear if you want this stuff you should buy it from aliexpress because you’re not getting it otherwise, Premium DNA is cooked.

>>11427051 (OP)
>Did they just take everyone’s money and run?
Yes, again. Everyone told people not to trust them after the first time and people still didn't listen.

>>11427128
After the first time?

It's a shame, they were pretty cool figures, same with Battletoads, another 2-3 series would've been awesome, maybe they were too ambitious

>>11427130
They were first operating as Megalopolis Toys years and stopped sending product out and just took people's money before going bankrupt or something then reopening with these same people in charge and the same mascot even though they swear they are not affiliated. But the current owner of Premium DNA is the brother of the guy who was the owner of Megalopolis or whatever. Entertainment Earth also sued them for not delivering product or something. Just always bad news and issues with these guys.

>>11427197
What the fuck are you even on about schizo

>>11427213
NTA but someone makes a thread exactly like this every 2 weeks or so. Asking where the Earthworm Jim things are and if PDNA had any updates on their other stuff people had pre-ordered.

I knew they were going to do a runner eventually but I wish they would have at least gotten around to Clayfighter or done all three Battletoads first. Anyone who ordered directly from them kind of deserves what they got though.
Also those Jim figures were crazy fragile. One fall and the head snaps right off.

>>11427282
Yeahhhh I was looking forward to the clayfighter stuff as well

>>11427282
They're pieces of shit honestly. I would have been pretty annoyed if I paid full price for Jim between the chest cracks and the straps that came torn from being slightly too small.

>>11427487
I don’t think those AliExpress EJ figures were the intended product though.

>>11427500
we'll never know i guess

>>11427215
And it's going to continue till we get some answers, Ben.

>>11427204
wouldn't this be just.. really, really, really easy to sic the law on?
and if they refused to do anything about it, couldn't you yknow, commit all the crimes you want?

>>11427291
>didn’t have any idea about any of this
>instantly disappointed anyway

I like how nothing Earthworm Jim related ever sees the light of day, not games, not toys and not shows.

>>11427997
No they don't

I'm sad, I was ready to eat crow after their first releases went without incident but seems it was always destined to fall apart. I have Banjo and Jim and they are both pretty decent

>>11427051 (OP)
They are getting sued by ShipMonk for lack of payment IIRC.

Back when this brand launched I thought it seemed way too ambitious to announce all those licenses and it was retarded they started producing MadBalls of all things before anything else, turns out I was right and they've just been staying afloat by not paying anyone lol

>>11428490
They just followed the same gameplan as Geoff Beckett of Shocker Toys. That dude was constantly taking preorders for his Indie Heroes and Anime Heroes lines at tow shows. Then he always had an excuse about what he was taking preorders for the Nth wave when N-1 and N-2 and N-3 still hadn't show up. So many boats "sank" or trucks "crashed" or factories "moved." Eventually it collapsed and then he started all over again as GBJr Toys. But I think he burned enough bridges that it never went anywhere...

Love the Madballs line, been waiting for series 2 for quite some time, they were meant to be out over a year ago and there’s no sign of them coming

>>11429673
I see your Mars Attack poster, did you ever see their Mars Attack line they were going to do?

>>11429684
Yeah I did and I’m absolutely gutted.
They were doing them from the original cards and were planning on doing everything involved.
There’s a good book that has the cards pics and a few cards, it also has some history about the card.
Pretty cheap too, really worth looking at if you’re a fan

>>11427291
>>11428715
>Shocker rug pulled after showing off a Grendel Prime
>Premium DNA rug pulled right after showing off Clayfighter figures
I swear it is like these scam companies are attacking me specifically with these niche picks.

>>11430549
I mean these companies definitely go after niche things to get people to buy them because otherwise they don’t have figures.

>>11428715
Geoff "Jeff" ain't that the guy who fucked Kyle Robinson Customs at sdcc? I heard he made the autistic customizing kid paint all his shit then told him to fuck off and laughed out of the con.

>>11430549
stuff like this really makes me worry about the new hunter rose figure coming out

>>11427204
Oh wow, I remember being told not to trust them after asking about their Barnyard Commandos line at a collectibles shop.

I'm glad I got my Banjo. Jim sucks I got him off AliExpress. I wasn't going to buy anything else from this line unless they got around to Conker or something

>>11436005
I want to like Banjo Kazooie, but I'm turned off by their size and that ive been already accustomed to their Nuts/Smash designs. I wouldn't mind a Conker still

>>11427282
>Also those Jim figures were crazy fragile. One fall and the head snaps right off.
So they were right about the qc issues? Also, I think that's probably more the design than anything.

>>11429673
what the fuck, they made MadBalls in Babo figures?!
Stared at the occulus figure in disbelief for a few seconds before reading your comment.
I thought that game was crazy obscure, I never would have guessed someone would make these

>>11440000
Me again, I just googled "MadBalls" and apparently the video game I've known for over a decade was based on an 80s rubber ball toy line?!
How deep does this go lmao

what a shame, i liked jim, mainly for the faces though, and i wouldn't minded some buttefly shoulders if it meant to cut the sculpt of the body, and psycrow, who looked even better than jim but it felt even more stiff.
gonna have to get professor monkey for a head and bob before they dissapear then, and mourn that we will never get a princess what's her name and peter puppy

>>11427204
>Megalopolis Toys
Something a lot of people forget is that the Four Horsemen hired them as their official distributors for a short time.