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Originally Posted by tlasjr

I just saw a post on FB talking about the DC retro Batman 89 line "coming soon " doesnt spinmaster loose the DC license in 15days?

IIRC, Mattel’s license won’t kick in until “next summer”. The last major license changes I’ve seen have been giving the prior holder the spring season to “sell down” inventory rather than be a hard shift. That and the fall season is typically peak sales so it doesn’t make much financial sense these days to launch stuff in the post-Christmas malaise as even retailers will let junk linger until early summer when the film tie ins start to hit.
The 89 Batman Retro stuff will probably be the last new items Spinmaster ships to retailers for its DC license. Everything else will simply “linger on” on a sell down basis until retailers finally dump it.

My expectation is that you’ll see Spinmaster products on sale through Easter, with Mattel products likely hitting in late May in conjunction with Supergirl and probably a push for a new Batman line as well.