[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by Kirathis

I cannot speak for elsewhere, but at the Targets I visit here in KC, Hasbro's single-figure cases, along with the massively stocked and dismally performing Eternals wave have quite obviously been hurting sales. The Marvel Legends pegs have been choked with AoA Magneto, AoA Cyclops and Eternals figures for many months.

To that end, I am interested in whether this is a sign of the future with the line or simply Target fed up with under performing products and 20+ of the same figure that they are unable to move. That being said, as you alluded to, being dropped by a major retailer may still spell disaster in the long term.

As someone who dropped the line in 2018 and has since only returned with an intent for cosmic characters and the occasional interesting figure, I am definitely in your camp regarding Haslab as well.

I'm not sure what is going on at Target and this could be just a slapping of Hasbro's wrist, but any decision to rollback the retail presence of a company's wares (for any reason) is to be considered seriously.

I noticed your absence and return; glad you are back for at least Marvel Cosmic; we've been getting some love and I hope you are happy with Nova and Quasar. I think Nash captured best what we longterm heads are feeling. Those of us that have seen the line change hands and die are reliving some familiar pangs:

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

For sure. And it doesn't help any that it seems like there's more re-hashes than actually brand spankin' new product coming out lately.

We've talked about other reasons for waning interest in the line for the longtime collectors, but this is honestly the biggest issue. There are a few characters that of course are going need to be regularly re-tooled or straight up releases yearly, it's not the Wolverines, Spider-Man or Iron Man type characters I have this issue with.

It's the sheer amount of B and C listers getting rolled out for the third or fourth time in as many years, if not more than that, that's really killing my interest here.

THIS is it in a microcosm. We've stuck with Hasbro through a lot hoping that there would be a reward for that patronage. There have been many highlights, but those seem to be giving way to some irksome and self-destructive tendencies that, if not course corrected, could see Hasbro taking another hiatus on the Legends line. Actually, a break now wouldn't be that big of a blow with multiple other 6" lines: Star Wars, GI Joe, and Power Rangers all have dedicated fan bases.