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Originally Posted by Sender

Plus it was interesting to know that Hasbro isn’t holding all the cards apparently in that department.

Eh, to be blunt, someone above hasbro in the food chain may have called in a favor to get that venom packaged in figure to go with the movie back before Venom itself was released in theaters. And it was a non-concern because it was a limited articulation promo item.

So I wouldn't read too much into it, and consider it a nice bone thrown to the community since Walmart previously had the spider-man 3 exclusive venom.



As for Fortenite compared to the hall of justice in YJ, a lot of that had more to do with the figures themselves. The YJ figures had no real demand since they were done like the JL/JLU ones previously. If YJ had Foretnite level of articulation, they would have sold at high volume.

Build-a-playset is very possible when done right. The problem is that it's been mixed in approaches so far, up until Fortenite, it's been very half-assed except for a few instances. Usually held back by the figures themselves. Like if Mattel tried it again using the new Jurassic World standard, it'd likely sell really well for DC stuff. (Which tbh, they could straight up repackage the hall of justice pieces from YJ for that even.)

It's proven really successful over in mega construx too. The difference being, the success stories have all had decently articulated figures at a reasonable price. Same reason why Daretoku/Oretoku works so well over with Epoch in Japan. Price to articulation ratio plus accessories.