[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by Jason Abbadon

Huh. down here it's the GL figures cloggng the pegs (with that "snot monster Parallax" big toy bing the worst offender). The Thor line never did much but the Cap line has been selling out- except the lame variants like "cap with winter coat" or "cap with riot gear". Mostly it's the wave 2 cap moving like hotcakes- showing that comic version figures sell better than actor-likeness figures every time. That was the killer on the Thor line, I think.

The biggest loser of the year is definitely Tron, followed by Pirates of the Carribbean- which I dont think has sold more than the one figure I bought (just for her head to customize). That entire display at my local target is stuffed full and has been since they put it up a month ago.

Huh. I've always found it interesting in how things sell differently in different parts of the country.

In my personal town, I'm like the only collector. At the walmart, it seems everything else sells to kids (Which is both good and bad. If they're hot on something, then it gets replenished pretty well, and makes finding collectors figures easy. If they don't, then the line stagnates until it's reduced.)

When I branch out to all the other reasonable places, I have 5 other walmarts, one target, and one TRU that comes into a reasonable range. I go out that way, it changes, and the other lines start selling down too. But at least still in this area of north texas, Green Lantern moves very well.

However on messageboards, I think a lot of people tend to use their personal opinions about a line to judge how well it is or isn't selling (I'm not saying, or accusing you that you're one), and they often completely ignore the kid factor.
And Tron is doing so poorly in my area, I even actually forget that line exists!