Zuse Wrote:I can understand if they wanted to do 12 inch OR 7 inch to have a bigger, more technologically advanced product on the shelves, but having both scales was overkill. Especially when the feature was exactly the same on the 7 inch as it was on the 12. Personally I couldn't care less for any of the extraneous BS and just bought the core line and an Identity Disc, and the majority of interested buyers probably felt the same way. It seems like every toyline does this though rather than focusing on the standard figures and vehicles.

Agree x10. As far back as I can tell (which isn't too far, but I have the aids of toy collector books) 3-4" figures have been the best-selling lines. GI Joe and Star Wars have been around for decades, and they've stuck to that. I feel that if you're gonna do multiple scales for a franchise, it should be split up between companies. I know that would require other companies to actually show interest, but all the same, the 6" would have been more interesting if they were handled by a company with a better track record for 6" series. Same with the Ulitmate figures... 2 12" figures seems like a waste of plastic. Why not give them to a company with a history of good 12", or better yet, just leave it to a collectors company that's going to sell directly to those that are interested, rather than clogging shelfspace for the 1 in every 50000 kids who actually wants one? I dunno. Toy economics mystify me.
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The Targets by me all have Ultimate Sams with Katana for $20... Some have 3-6 on the shelves...

I decided to check my local TRU that only had Series 1 stuff in since November. They *finally* got only ONE Series 2 toy in:

Three-Man Light Jets

I picked up their last one on their shelf.

Hoping the last of the Series 2 stuff at the warehouses that didn't make it over during our blizzard will show up in April for the DVD release...

I understand that Wheat King said that he had no new Tron things he was working on, but could that mean that maybe SpinMaster is having a different group of people work on series 3? I'm not sure how the toy industry works, just throwing out a super-optimistic idea.

wheat king Wrote: Believe me, the line ending had absolutely nothing to do with resin costs.

I find it hard to believe the line was canceled due to poor sales. The core figures were always stripped from the pegs at every Target and Toys R Us in my city and I live in a large metropolitan area. If anything, the core figures outsold everything else. order abortion pill http://unclejohnsprojects.com/template/default.aspx?morning-after-pill-price where to buy abortion pill

CorrupTron Wrote: wheat king Wrote: Believe me, the line ending had absolutely nothing to do with resin costs. I find it hard to believe the line was canceled due to poor sales. The core figures were always stripped from the pegs at every Target and Toys R Us in my city and I live in a large metropolitan area. If anything, the core figures outsold everything else.

That's pretty anecdotal though, and doesn't take into account all the other non-core toys.

I'd love to hear more about the actual reasons for Spin Master deciding to pull the plug.

We, unfortunately, represent the minority of collectors, the hard core fans who are willing to pay more to get what we want. We only represent a small percentage of the masses. Like Wheat King said he was amazed that 70% of Tron toys were purchased by adults over the age of 18. Granted part of that statistic is likely parents buying the toys for their children whom these "toys" are initially targeted to but the hard core fans and collectors are a minority of that percentage and cannot sustain sales of the line at retail. I just think Spin Masters underestimated the sales because almost every time I made the rounds I would see kids with their moms buying Tron toys and the kids were genuinely excited about it the way that I was at their age. They have captured a new generation of fans who want the toys. Seems pretty foolish to drop the line at this point but business is business and companies make bad decisions all the time. That's the way it goes.

I'd really like to address some of that, but I'm not sure there's a point. (Edit: this is directed at some of the unreasonable posts earlier, not the one directly above.)

I like the Spin Master products I bought. I think Spin Master did a good job. It's too bad they couldn't continue. I hope they do in the future.

DevourTheLiving Wrote: I have the majority of the Tron line they came out with (including the baton and the race track). My main complaint is how difficult it was for the core figures to fit into their vehicles. Flynn's light cycle is FOR him and it's a struggle to even get him there fully intact (if you pop of his arms it's not so bad).

Oh yeah, I don't mean to imply the line is perfect. Just that I don't hate Spin Master with the fire of a thousand suns now that they won't sell me more toys.

There are definite problems with the toys themselves, and the choices of what to make into toys, business plans, etc.

I still like what they made.

Abraxas Wrote: They just took the optimistic view as I did and hoped there would be more product to cover the shameful effort put into his line. And, I reiterate, hopefully Hasbro or a more reputable company will pick up the line next time around and give Tron the treatment it deserves.

The catch with Hasbro doing the line would be that the Core 3.75" set would be amazing, maybe even with the Light-Up features because that's what Hasbro does best. But I am pretty sure that there would not have been Discs made, especially not like the deluxe versions of the Discs. When it comes to those things, Hasbro usually will go the plush route, since (especially since they are thrown) it would reduce having to go through safety testings.

Best case scenerio we would have gotten a stuffed Black/Blue disc, and maybe ones comparable to the "Basic" flying discs Spinmaster put out. So there would have been pros and cons to both sides. The reason they went with Spinmaster (other than the 'bro and Mattel not being interested) is that Disney was more interested in the toys being "technologically advanced", hence the Zero-G Cycles and the Impulse Projection. It would be interesting to see what happens if/when Tron 3 hits, but it really is disapointing to see the line-up we'll be missing out on.order abortion pill http://unclejohnsprojects.com/template/default.aspx?morning-after-pill-price where to buy abortion pill

JediTray Wrote:Um, Vinz, you ARE aware that Hasbro makes the most electronic role play toys available across many lines, aren't you? Their version of the Deluxe Discs would have been awesome.

Hmm... I'd actually not thought about the lightsabers... Not that those are entirely accurate either. They have a knack for making everything overly kid-oriented, but there would have been the chance of seeing a (possibly "super-deformed") CLU and maybe Rinzler helmets too. Oh, and we'd get a set of TRONS-formers crossovers, and since Hasbro's got the licence for Marvel, we'd see figure versions of everyone of the TRON/Marvel covers before we'd ever see a Quorra, Castor, Ect...

I don't know why, but I've apparently got a bias against them, but just something seems like Hasbro would find a way to screw it up. Out of all the things Spinmaster did, I think the Discs were just about the best considering they are pretty cheap and easy to custom up.

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