[Jackieboy]

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Originally Posted by Sender

True. As many of us have integrated ToyBiz's Marvel 5" figures into our MU collections in some form or another already.









By "Most", it's really Hasbro that's dropping the 3.75 inch ball here.

Lanard has soldiered on through the decades and Mattel axed their 3.75 inch DC lines years back.

While Star Wars is bringing back their Vintage Collection, their vehicles and playsets offerings have significantly dropped over the past decade. And "bigger" couldn't be more true, with the recent HasLab projects.

No one really knows when Hasbro's hiatus for GI Joe and Marvel Universe will end either. Outside of the recent GamerVerse two packs, which does NOT have any further news of late; We can only speculate a couple years from now.
But that doesn't quell the demand that many MU fans have now especially with the largest Marvel blockbuster movies and sequels, not to mention the end of an Avengers saga/cast.

As a result, kickstarters, back-collecting, and other brands are what many 3.75 inch collectors are up to now.

MU as an active line is in the boneyard now along with the rest of those cult lines that never really could find the fanbase that lines such as starwars,transformers,legends have.star wars always takes a breather,GI joe will be back but maybe in legends scale this time round???
the first 3 years of MU had mediocre success,but rapidly declined afterwards.with most of the legends collectors dropping it,final nail in the coffin!!!it could not sustain itself at a profitable level with the fanbase it currently has.so why should Hasbro pander to a "handful" of people???

really the only people profiting off MU are customisers and scalpers.notice at last years con how legends have gone full tilt on customising made easy display set up they had?plus all the options and accessories you get with their latest waves?seems they wnt to encourage people to try their hand at customising by providing the pieces neccessary???a very smart move!!!