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trebleshot · 02-24-2014, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Serious Lee

I'd like to see a day when all the New York heroes meet. You know? To fight Mole Man and his hordes or something like that. These companies that own different rights don't really do each other any favours, but a little collusion might go a long way.

I'd love to see that too. I also think it will eventually happen, due to Marvel now being owned/backed by Disney. There is no reason for Marvel to shop their IPs around anymore and as the current deals expire, I feel Marvel will have everything go back to in-house. It's just going to take time.

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I still think that Hasbro should have made a set of figures for First Class, obviously not all in movie form, but it was a great opportunity to make Shaw and classic Beast. They could have done a modern Havok, and used the Rogue sculpt. Nimrod BAF? If we don't get figures for DoFP, then I'll think something's up.

Hasbro actually gave a couple reasons why they didn't do a full line for First Class. One was because X3 didn't do very well and they weren't sure how well FC would perform (the more popular the movie, the higher the sales of product tie-ins). Another is that there were three Marvel films out that same year (2011) and Hasbro's Marvel department only had enough resources to focus on two of the three (Cap and Thor, specifically). That doesn't even account for the fact that the entire time, MU was still going strong.

In 2012, we only had two Marvel films: Amazing Spider-Man and Avengers. Both had full product lines and market push.

In 2013 we had three Marvel films again, but only one got a full-blown retail line (IM3). Wolverine ended up with a token wave of 3.75" figures, reused role-play toys and an online exclusive ML wave. Thor 2 was kind of in the same boat, aside from the ML figures. MU was still around, but on top of that we had the Avengers/SHIELD figures.

This year, we have four Marvel films: Cap 2, ASM2, GotG and DoFP. We've already seen toys for Cap and Spidey. Would it be that big of a surprise if there is very little in the way of products for GotG, considering the popularity of the first two and the relative niche status of GotG?

02-24-2014, 10:42 AM	#60
trebleshot Dark Lord of the 'Ark Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,224	Quote: Originally Posted by Serious Lee I'd like to see a day when all the New York heroes meet. You know? To fight Mole Man and his hordes or something like that. These companies that own different rights don't really do each other any favours, but a little collusion might go a long way. I'd love to see that too. I also think it will eventually happen, due to Marvel now being owned/backed by Disney. There is no reason for Marvel to shop their IPs around anymore and as the current deals expire, I feel Marvel will have everything go back to in-house. It's just going to take time. Quote: I still think that Hasbro should have made a set of figures for First Class, obviously not all in movie form, but it was a great opportunity to make Shaw and classic Beast. They could have done a modern Havok, and used the Rogue sculpt. Nimrod BAF? If we don't get figures for DoFP, then I'll think something's up. Hasbro actually gave a couple reasons why they didn't do a full line for First Class. One was because X3 didn't do very well and they weren't sure how well FC would perform (the more popular the movie, the higher the sales of product tie-ins). Another is that there were three Marvel films out that same year (2011) and Hasbro's Marvel department only had enough resources to focus on two of the three (Cap and Thor, specifically). That doesn't even account for the fact that the entire time, MU was still going strong. In 2012, we only had two Marvel films: Amazing Spider-Man and Avengers. Both had full product lines and market push. In 2013 we had three Marvel films again, but only one got a full-blown retail line (IM3). Wolverine ended up with a token wave of 3.75" figures, reused role-play toys and an online exclusive ML wave. Thor 2 was kind of in the same boat, aside from the ML figures. MU was still around, but on top of that we had the Avengers/SHIELD figures. This year, we have four Marvel films: Cap 2, ASM2, GotG and DoFP. We've already seen toys for Cap and Spidey. Would it be that big of a surprise if there is very little in the way of products for GotG, considering the popularity of the first two and the relative niche status of GotG? __________________ Last edited by trebleshot; 02-24-2014 at 10:47 AM..