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Originally Posted by webz

Very surprised there wasn't a major push of Venom collectibles shown at Comic con. Sure, Hasbro/Marvel has their boring comics wave, but I expected to see a Hot Toys Eddie Brock/Venom, Funko Pop movie Venom, a few sculptures, or a Neca 18" toy, etc. I knew we wouldn't get movie toys, due to the rating and Hasbro/Marvel ignoring movie Deadpool for figures, as well as Logan, instead opting to release more bland comics figures.

While I'm not expecting cake toppers and cute toddler t-shirts, I am shocked nothing has been shown, now that so many saw Venom at comic con, and his face is known, so there's not a lot of surprise to protect. We haven't even seen blacked out silhouettes of work in progress.

I'm a little worried and disappointed. I've been looking forward to this moment for 30 years (Spidey 3 was a mere appetizer)...

For R rated content that's not fully MCU tied as yet, that content won't happen until after the movie proves itself in popularity and box office/reception.

Same was true for Deadpool. Where the amount of side content outside of the cutesy and comic book stuff didn't happen until after the movie proved to be such a huge success. Then everyone jumped on it. Same pattern here.

On new unproven film IPs, caution is usually common. Unless it's a blockbuster all audiences/market type. Avatar, Pacific Rim, Tron Legacy, Robocop, Reel Steel, all getting toylines for their movies, but none of those were R rated either. Venom doesn't have that kind of mainstream kid appeal to warrant that as yet due to the R rating. But if it performs exceedingly well like it looks like it will, expect a lot of product for collectors to follow in its wake.

Spidey 3 on the other hand was an all audience and kid focused toy line. It has the same blockbuster film toy formula as others with higher expectations because it's spider-man and had previous high toy sales to further cement it. Comparing the two doesn't work. Different intended audiences and expectations. Made at a different time too. Even MCU stuff and Homecoming didn't quite get the same product line support Spider-man used to get. You also have to keep into consideration that Spider-man 3 is right after Hasbro bought the toy license too. So it was one of their first major motion picture toylines for Marvel.