Playmates losing TMNT?
 

Huh. I'd imagine all the crap from that lame animated movie didn't help things.

Probably has very little bearing on it. The most likely issue is Viacom raising licensing fees, wanting higher minimum sales guarantees, and asking for much higher royalty rates. Paramount has apparently been raising fees and royalties on Star Trek, with licensees seeing massive increases. I suspect the same is happening with their other properties.

Just noticed that like half my post was deleted somehow before submitting it. It was supposed to say that the animated crap clogging up shelves and not moving wasn't helping things. But yeah Paramount seems to be scumming it up all over the place lately.

Kinda sad. Playmates got the brand up and going, investing heavily in the 80’s cartoon and other franchise building. If it weren’t for them, tmnt would just be another niche indie book with a minuscule following.

If even the master licensee can't afford the TMNT license anymore, will others be able to?