04-19-2018, 06:42 PM | #4041 | |
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Again, just speaking for my area/local stores that I bought the figures at. I don't know if it was the same for everyone. |
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04-19-2018, 08:37 PM | #4042 | |
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So in the case of say Young Justice, ratings were good because of female viewership but the toyline failed and the CN wasn't making their money back with advertising on the show so it didn't help. I have no idea, this is what I remember reading online, obviously I don't know what really happened but I also doubt this was the only reason if not why did every other DC action show at that time fail? And I'm just trying to show the other side of the coin, it's not a "evil corporation doesn't want girls to like product", more of a it doesn't work at best and "why bother if it tends to not work" at worst. Of course there's going to be exceptions with idiotic decisions like the Avatar The Last Airbender toyline that had no Katara but I"d say that's an exception. I think the general consensus of all toy fans is we need more figures of females, the problem is kids still buy the majority of them and a few adult nerds won't do it. And yes you can list exceptions but it doesn't usually work if your name is not Star Wars for example. The more female TMNT figures/mutants the better I say, but we'll see. Rise being such a different take might be the best bet to hope for it. For figures? I wouldn't count on it in a world where even Donatello struggles to get figures released. |
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04-19-2018, 08:50 PM | #4043 | |
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04-21-2018, 12:02 AM | #4044 |
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Will Donatello still have his (technically) "pacifistic" side?
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04-21-2018, 12:11 AM | #4045 | |
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Possibly. This Donatello looks pretty chill to me just like the 2003 one, and I have doubt he will have a high temper like his 1987 and 2012 counterparts.
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04-22-2018, 06:58 AM | #4046 | |
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He doesn't seem chill, at least to me ... He also seems to be adverse to nature ... Spoiler:
Was Donatello ever like this? On another note, I hope that we'll get to witness "Leonerdo". Last edited by Papenbrook; 04-23-2018 at 05:29 AM. |
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04-22-2018, 07:11 AM | #4047 | |
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Maybe it might be better to rely on viewership instead of toys, because you can view the show almost on anything. They could probably get even more money with games too, since there is a big enough playerbase (not just with kids) if the game is good. |
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04-22-2018, 10:50 AM | #4048 |
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The problem is with online streaming, ratings and viewership don't really matter much nowadays either. Kids don't watch shows on TV as much as they used to, there's a reason so many shows are streamed online instead these days.
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04-22-2018, 11:39 AM | #4049 |
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Toys have lost more and more ground to electronics over the years, but it also isn't anything new, this began at least since the 90s. Even if most kids now have tablets or phones toy sales haven't been that different in the past few years and there's still a lot of money in that business.
The problem is not "relying" on toys but that shows are expensive and it's the toy sales that help subsidize the cost of making it. The show would need to have some big sponsors to make it viable and without toy companies they can't always do it. Viewership is not high enough to make it viable for most shows, hence cancellation. If we had hard numbers to work with we could have an idea of what options there really are but without it I can just speculate with the above info. It's important to remember that to a business it's an investment. Breaking even or making a small profit is not enough if they put a lot of money in it with high risk of not getting the return. It's not a charity. This is what most Armchair CEO's online who've never taken a university business class yet feel they know better than the multinational corporations forget about. |
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04-23-2018, 07:10 AM | #4051 | |
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I remember there being a good variety of toys about when I was younger but is there more to choose from now? This could cause the opposite of not being interested in them but maybe kids have so many that buying just slows down. Obviously they can see the trend of current toy sales so would base their expectations on that, if kids like the show. Last edited by newfan; 04-23-2018 at 07:48 AM. |
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04-23-2018, 01:56 PM | #4052 |
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Video games is the most popular entertainment right now but that for all people not just kids. And youtube yes. Yes delete facebook is getting more and more popular each day on evry country of the world.
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04-23-2018, 05:46 PM | #4053 |
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Young teens of today are on twitter and tumblr, facebook is for old people.
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04-24-2018, 03:27 PM | #4054 |
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Here's a new video.
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04-24-2018, 03:40 PM | #4055 |
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And disappointed that it wasn't a character video. But at least a +1 point for Leo's actor passing on the pineapple. I will never understand why pineapple, a tomato based sauce, and cheese are a good flavor combination to many. Ick. |
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I'm kind of tickled by how 'in character' they were in their responses.
And pineapple on pizza is delicious. Pineapple and green pepper on pizza is the best.
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04-24-2018, 04:38 PM | #4057 |
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Were they speaking with their real voices or their character voices in the show? Because if it's the latter, Michelangelo is going to sound like a typical black guy in this show.
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04-24-2018, 08:21 PM | #4058 | |
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Personally to me he sounds like a typical young guy with some high energy.
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04-24-2018, 09:25 PM | #4059 |
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If you watch the video, it's just exactly the way Michelangelo's VA says his lines. That's why I didn't mention Raph's VA, because while he sounds like a "tough guy" voice, that's all it is. But that may not be their "TMNT voices" and just speaking with their real life voices, only reason I am confused is because the guy who places Leo (or is it Don on the left?) sounds like he's using his TMNT voice and not his real voice.
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04-25-2018, 05:34 AM | #4060 |
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