Not the end of Animated toys, new figures announced!
Not the end of Animated toys, new figures announced!
Yeah yeah, haven't posted in a bit, and when I'm going to, it's potentially bad news.
Both the local Targets and local Wal*Marts (Colorado Springs, CO) have marked the Transformers: Animated line as canceled and won't be stocking up any new figures for it past what has already shipped. That means that the March/April waves won't be showing up at all in these stores.
Oddly, Universe seems to be continuing even as the seasonal reset makes a ton of room for the Revenge figures beginning to surface.
Unfortunately, the Hasbro rep checking the Wal*Mart aisles didn't really know what to make of the changes, as she knew about upcoming figures, but also confirmed that retailers were 'dumping' the Animated line. :S
Both the local Targets and local Wal*Marts (Colorado Springs, CO) have marked the Transformers: Animated line as canceled and won't be stocking up any new figures for it past what has already shipped. That means that the March/April waves won't be showing up at all in these stores.
Oddly, Universe seems to be continuing even as the seasonal reset makes a ton of room for the Revenge figures beginning to surface.
Unfortunately, the Hasbro rep checking the Wal*Mart aisles didn't really know what to make of the changes, as she knew about upcoming figures, but also confirmed that retailers were 'dumping' the Animated line. :S
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For the wave cancellation? http://www.bigbadtoystore.com . As another thread indicated, they've sent out emails confirming that some of the new toys (I forget which all were included) were indeed cancelled.Ackula wrote:Source?
As for the local stores dropping the line, well.. erm.. the stores themselves. Target is a bit more obvious than Wal*Mart, since all the Animated toys are marked with a 'silver button' on their peg marks, which means canceled.
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Dang, well I need to get a few of these before they dissapear for good. I was hoping that this wouldnt happen, but having so many TF oriented lines on the shelfs at the same time, and also having animated season 3 coming on the air soon, and ROTF movie line coming out in a few months, I knew something was going to get the axe. They need to cancel that crappy SW/TF cross over line, and let animated run its course. They should have tried to get animated on the air in january and not wait to the spring to try and bring out season 3 and also the toys to go along with it.
When you have Transformers animated, SW/TF cross over line,Marvel/TF cross over lines, Universe, the '07 movie line, and you add in the new animated figures, and the ROTF toy line coming out soon, that is to much Transformer for me, and should have been spaced out more or something.
When you have Transformers animated, SW/TF cross over line,Marvel/TF cross over lines, Universe, the '07 movie line, and you add in the new animated figures, and the ROTF toy line coming out soon, that is to much Transformer for me, and should have been spaced out more or something.
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Hasbro's done the same thing with regard to their GI Joe line. They cancelled a bunch of product. Apparently they realized they had too much to release right before the movie line.
I'm surprized it was Animated that got shut down as opposed to TFU since Animated is the "kids' line". Plus Animated by and large has had much better figures imo. Aside from Cyclonus and the Lambors nothing has really stood out, but I've been highly impressed will all but a small handful of the Animated figures I've picked up.
I'm surprized it was Animated that got shut down as opposed to TFU since Animated is the "kids' line". Plus Animated by and large has had much better figures imo. Aside from Cyclonus and the Lambors nothing has really stood out, but I've been highly impressed will all but a small handful of the Animated figures I've picked up.
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Further evidence that Animated is for the chop. What a shame. Personally I'd love to see Universe continued, though I can't see that happening till long after ROTF. I'm disappointed that it looks like Animated is being dropped over the crossover lines. I've never bought any of those and I probably never will. I've got most of the Animated toys and I'm going to miss the show when it's gone.
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Selling child porn? Having no other lines? Merging with the idiots from across town? Chroming anything that isn't nailed down? Producing 65,000 Optimus Prime toys a year? Cultivating a smallish following of American otakus while failing miserably in their domestic market? Commissioning an intentionally stupid official timeline?Clay wrote:What, did Hasbro take a cue from Takara?
Actually, it was "canceling lines that are 92% finished, even after the adverts and catalogs are printed," but you're right. We should start a checklist to mark Hasbro's decline into Takara-grade stupid.Cliffjumper wrote:Selling child porn? Having no other lines? Merging with the idiots from across town? Chroming anything that isn't nailed down? Producing 65,000 Optimus Prime toys a year? Cultivating a smallish following of American otakus while failing miserably in their domestic market? Commissioning an intentionally stupid official timeline?
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Yes, now they do during times when no episodes air. Also, there are two different Cartoon Networks now. CN West and CN East, both are adapted to the various time zones.another tf fan wrote:But on my Sat CN airs TF:A at 3 am. 6 am EST, but I am on the west coast. 3 AM PST. Not really good time for Kids.
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Yeah, but Dish Network only runs the EST feed here on the west coast. Out here in the woods Dish is almost the only way to get tv. Really doing a lot of Kids a disservice running TF: A at 3 am.secretcode wrote:Yes, now they do during times when no episodes air. Also, there are two different Cartoon Networks now. CN West and CN East, both are adapted to the various time zones.
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