[Exodus]

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Originally Posted by Snowflakian

Comic packs seem to be moving at a decent pace. Saw the newest wave of them today when checking for Titans Return Wheelie.

Still no restocking on the single carded, but at least Gamora is in wave 3 of the comic packs, so I'll probably be able to find her then at least.

I wonder if that's a better sales trend or something about certain areas only where two packs move at a better rate than single carded. Cost effect-wise, you are saving money buying a two pack over 2 single carded anyway.

Maybe that could prove beneficial to the future of the line.

Also on another note, rebranding isn't indicative of a line's decline. Transformers and GI Joe have done the rebranding for ages. It's a point of circumventing inventory overflow to get the new material on shelves. "Refreshing" the packaging makes retailers view it as a new line, which causes the figures the get back on shelves as retailers clearance out the older inventory to make room.

MU tried this with the logo changes on the same packaging, but the variation wasn't enough to satisfy retailers on it being "newer products" which is what led to Marvel Infinite, and then what's now Marvel Legends 3.75''. And the packaging refreshing will happen again later. It's a market staple. If you're a GI Joe fan or Transformers fan, you should already be aware of this. Classics didn't end when it changed to generations, or reveal the shield, or combiner wars or even titans return, it simply shifted gears to a new focus to still give us more figures in that same vein with a new way to reach shelves.

This seems to be the practice that the Marvel 3.75'' line is trying to keep the figures coming. Retailer support still seems to be a little on the slow side though. My local TRUs are still trying to unload Uliks and Tritons before they restock. But the sell through rate on comic packs seems to be steady.

My areas are sitting on the first wave of comic packs which sucks..where did you see the newest comic pack from?