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Originally Posted by Psycho Pirate

Serious question that probably sound like a smart ass comment:

Do *you* have any evidence beyond anecdotal to support a homesteads in sales post-Vonner? I don't know of any public source of that information.

If I had to guess one, I'd put my money on less sales. There are fewer waves per year, no more movie-specific lines (beyond one or two figures, including repacks), less big box shelf space devoted to it, and a general trend of toys losing market share to video games and game apps. At a minimum, they would have to increase sales per wave to break even in sales.

Just that production hasn't slowed. Let's call Vonner's last series series 4, end of 2011 to start of 2013 since he left in 2012. 24 numbered single carded figures released. Marvel Infinite series one, the Hyperion wave to the GotG released 24 as well. Comic packs slowed to just 2 releases in 2012. Comic backs are now back so retail has enough faith in brand strength to support them again.

Movie lines are a separate issue and have far less to do with Vonner (especially since he wasn't on movie lines) than they do with the glut of Iron Man 2 and subsequently Avengers and Iron man 3 figures diluting brand strength. Also why the 6" movie figures are now mixed and folded in with the Legends comic brand