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Originally Posted by Sender

Completely agree. i would always buy something JOE as just about any of their body molds was easy custom fodder.

Ended that way with Marvel Universe too, especially the last couple of years.






Hasbro should just bring JOE & MU back to retail.


WE need our 3.75 fix!

It's coming! A matter of when is all. For GI Joe, we gotta wait for the new movie and any new media push that follows around then to help get stores wanting it.

And as for Marvel 4'', a bigger push is coming but gotta wait on some older stuff getting out of the system first. Some clogs set some things back. But by the time the new GI Joe movie is up and going with toys, it should be back again, and hopefully better streamlined this time for cost-efficiency.

Part of the hiccup is on retailers as well. Their backstock and the loss of TRU means they have to wait until retailers see the demand for it and want it. Middle man syndrome so to speak. But thanks to recent massive merchandise moves from Black Panther and other areas, we should see some better material coming later.

Next Black Panther movie definitely. Spider-man FFH is really likely too(after how well Homecoming did, retailers may be open to trying out a spider-man line like before again), and Infinity War 2 is a maybe. Retailers do want a budget line that'll move more volume than what has been moving, and want numbers back to what Avengers 1 and Ironman 2 were at. Though the recent budget lines haven't been doing too bad. So there might be some give and take between the two to better blend the cost efficiency, and then a premium version released somehow(like the MCU 2 packs).

The biggest problem really is the retailers themselves though. They want material that moves, but also want cheaper material. After Jurassic World, they want numbers/prices closer to that while still having the variety styles for the eye catch. So it's become a blend of how to meet retailer expectations and demands while also still getting fans/kids what they want.