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There was less MOTU nostalgia in 200X, Mattel over did the Skeletor and He-Man variants to the point that finding any other character in stores was a chore, IIRC.
Retail stock questionable stuff all the time that lacks current media. Look at Target's retro MEGO stuff. Some of those 8" figures...limited appeal. Retro "Action Jackson". Retailers fudging suck anymore, anyway. This whole action figure thing is dying at retail, probably faster than we realize.
I know many people who work at a Target or Walmart, and trust me... action figures aren’t dying. The number of 40+ year old men trying to cling desperately to their youth is growing. Our fathers bought a sports car and a floozy secretary. Our generation buys toys. Each store has 8 to 10 “constant collectors” ... the guys who hit the store as product is put out trying to be first. Then there are 20-60 circular collectors ... the ones that hit every store in an area each weekend hoping to find something. Then after that are parents and kids.
Yes... KIDS. Those little crumb crunchers that the toys were originally designed for! They still buy toys! Just yesterday my heart swelled watching a group of 9 to 12 yr old kids giggling about grabbing a few McFarlane DC and marvel demogoblin BAF toys. They went to the self checkout and off with their treasures.
Makes me happy that in this day of entitled man-children swearing at Neca over bebop & rocksteady that a few toys still manage to evade adults and find their way to children.
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