[Veronica Mars]

Actually the plastic free packaging hurt sales because the product didn't read as action figure to the causal consumer. Studies have shown that closed packaging like last year's windowless boxes read as board games or puzzles to the average toy buyer, and since those are usually stocked in a different aisle in most stores, windowless packaged figures got completely overlooked.

Target and Walmart not stocking more than a case or two and not restocking is due to low sales. Waiting for clearance tells big boxes retail that these products aren't worth it to buy, and Hasbro doesn't care because they got paid before anything hit the pegs. That's why it seems likes the big box stores are only stocking media supported products, so they aren't left holding the bag when nothing sells