[behindthemask]

None of us know for sure how long the Hasbro Marvel Universe train will last, so enjoy the ride while it's here. If you want to ensure the existence of the wave then army build,customize, buy peg warmers, do reviews, donate toys to charity... all good things to help ensure retail sales which translates to Hasbro's yearly profits, more profits equals more toys. Because the subject matter is plastic representations on Marvel Characters, the world view and market share view aka disney will also rely as a major factor. If you have countless bombing movies in a row, word of mouth spreads, people don't buy the merch associated to the film, they maybe pissed off an iconic character was poorly portrayed like what Michael Bay did with the Transformer series. Point being if the movie sucks, your not gonna buy the dvd, the video game the action figure, the tshirt etc... and the hatred may crossover to all Marvel stuff.

There will be Iron man 3, Thor 2,the new spiderman movie... which will lead to a sequel, rumours of another Hulk movie, the Wolverine, possible a Hawkeye,Antman and Black Panther movie, also rumored a remake of DD. other possible venues that have been rumored are cloak and dagger, the watcher, more x-men films. |

Mean while they'll be pumping out video games, both regular and digital comics, animated shows and movies, artwork, tshirts,hats,coffee mugs, bed spreads, calanders the works... you name it Marvel has it, they must have 100+ product liscences. MU is just 1 of those, so if other major aspects fail, MU may follow suit, but to be honest we all want to be a superhero no matter the age, I believe marvel and marvel toys will be around for a long long time. The line itself has blossomed from the first figures to the newest stuff shown. The sculpt,detail and paint is awesome, mind you the QC can be the shits, which is almost as bad as distrabution. Minimum 2 pegs stocked per store should be a requirement, basically you want to sell all my other products well carry these or no go. Play Hardball Hasbro! I can see the line carrying on for years, how many well that's left to be seen, if QC can maintain at a good rate, the products are priced right, packaged well and look and perform to their abilities then I don't see anything stopping them.