MisterPL Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I haven't seen a Thor or Cap movie pack in stores for months. What I find odd is that TRU is probably going to pick up Amazing Spider-Man 2 'mates, and the 'mates from the first movie are just about everywhere still, including TRU.com. Same here except I haven't seen Cap or Thor 'mates at my TRU in years. ASM is still around but in all fairness it's only been less than two years since those showed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Yeah, but those needed to reach clearance to really get cleared out. Remember, Thor was clearanced really, really quickly, only a few months after coming out. It's a little worrying that TRU is passing on movie waves, if only because the conventional wisdom is that licensees make their money on the movie crap toys, and the comics stuff is just gravy. If TRU is deciding that they don't want 'mates based on movies, the logical assumption is that Marvel comics 'mates may be in trouble. On the other hand, they did buy Iron Man, and Wolverine, so it could be that they just decided that Cap and Thor didn't do well enough the first time around to justify more. Frankly, I'm kinda glad if that's the case, because it always bugs me how movie toys get so much priority. Obviously, I would like more awesome Minimates, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigvis497 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I haven't seen a Thor or Cap movie pack in stores for mnths. What I find odd is that TRU is probably going to pick up Amazing Spider-Man 2 'mates, and the 'mates from the first movie are just about everywhere still, including TRU.com. There's only a few Loki/Odin packs, but a bunch of Hydra guys and Cap/Bucky. Not to mention multiple complete sets of X Men First Class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 It's a little worrying that TRU is passing on movie waves, if only because the conventional wisdom is that licensees make their money on the movie crap toys, and the comics stuff is just gravy. If TRU is deciding that they don't want 'mates based on movies, the logical assumption is that Marvel comics 'mates may be in trouble. On the other hand, they did buy Iron Man, and Wolverine, so it could be that they just decided that Cap and Thor didn't do well enough the first time around to justify more. Not to feed into the skepticism but both the Iron Man 3 and Wolverine waves were late arrivals to most stores and didn't take advantage of the marketing surrounding the films' releases. That doesn't make me warm and fuzzy about TRU's logistical process. TRU doesn't appear to be buying into Thor at all and probably won't be buying much Hasbro stuff either. It's a troubling trend. We're not talking about toys based on box office flops. The Dark World is trending ahead of its predecessor. Of course they couldn't have predicted that a year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk13 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I'm just surprised that they're not supporting movies from the Cinematic Universe. If they had skipped Wolverine, DoFP, or ASM 2 then it wouldn't have been as big of a surprise. But not backing the sequels of two of the main Avengers is weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Right. If Thor 2 and Captain America 2 are a pass, one would think "common sense" would make Amazing Spider-Man 2 and DoFP a definite pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmeaux Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 (edited) Spiderman is a perennial seller in toys though.And Chuck likes Spiderman. That's gotta count for something, right? Edited November 14, 2013 by elmeaux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Now that Chuck's president, it counts for a hell of a lot more, that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Didn't Zach already say that TRU isn't doing DOFP? It's probably more of a surprise that TRU took Wolverine, considering that they didn't do much with Hasbro (passing of the Legends wave, for example). Guardians is going to be an interesting test case, because there was some leaked info from Hasbro that indicated they are planning a lot of stuff. If the toys flop, it may be a sign that Marvel movie toys have peaked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murderofcrows Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 So no sneak peaks until 2014 Zach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Has the Thor 2 license expired yet, though? Could we conceivably get a boxed set with the missing 4 characters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 TRU didn't cut their movie lines, they just didn't increase them to match the film output. I don't know the relative order quantities they took for XMFC, ASM and Thor, so who knows what the sell-through represents, but I imagine they use that data when looking at what to order our new lines. More movies may mean fewer Mates for each film but we're still going to cover every film., as long as it makes sense financially. So I don't think we'll see more Thor, not with so much coming out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rman1115 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Any idea when these will be solicited? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Zach, any idea when we might get to see these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Any idea when these will be solicited? They have been! Zach, any idea when we might get to see these?Not at present, but I will ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Cool, thanks, man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murderofcrows Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Is wave 54 still on target for Jan 8th release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Great looking wave: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1722189/captain-america-winter-soldier-toys-sneak-peek.jhtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Wow, that wave is full of win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 For real. Even not having seen the movie, I can't imagine how DST could have made a better wave. Batroc looks especially cool to me. Kind of a shame to not get a Robert Redford 'mate as I don't imagine we'll get another opportunity for that, but I don't think I would want to sacrifice one of these for that character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valo487 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 These look great. I hope Crossbones does eventually become....Crossbones. Zach, does Winter Soldier come with a mask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkerbean Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 They say you can never have to much of a good thing but with this being the 3rd movie black widow I really hope we don't get another next year with age of ultron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murderofcrows Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Love love love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnemosis Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 These look great! Falcon/BW is a must! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Said it in the other thread, but worth saying again... Falcon is awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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