The main issue is that these toys aren't designed to be played with, they're just designed to be sold to retailers.

@skyesyd221

11 ай бұрын

Hmm

@tvctaswegia497

11 ай бұрын

That was my take too. They can't be posed or really played with. Almost like they expected franchise collectors to snap them up and shelve them mint in box awaiting the great return on investment one day. *snort* Those days are long gone. I know a toy collector, he says his collection is worth maybe 60% of what he paid for it.

@vast9467

10 ай бұрын

Seems like a universal issue with toys nowadays, apart from transformers meant to be sold to adults (the only ones who can afford them)

@KhumboSharma

8 ай бұрын

@@tvctaswegia497 i laugh so hard at the corporations AND resellers/scalpers getting reamed by this. if you're buying a toy just to resell it you're a damn leech so their misery is one of life's small joys

@KhumboSharma

7 ай бұрын

@@mightyhendo9828 you're an insane narcissist. scalpers just want to gouge everybody without actually providing anything, they are capitalism at its worst. i respect actual thieves reselling stolen goods more

Asking $36 for an action figure is so incredibly insulting in the first place.

@voidwalker0771

Жыл бұрын

36$ for a cheap plastic -_-

@christopheryoung2874

Жыл бұрын

yup could buy some used video games for that price

@haroldb1856

Жыл бұрын

The price points for toys were set by the same marketing department that decided to use fan baiting as Disney's primary marketing strategy.

@PunmasterSTP

Жыл бұрын

@@christopheryoung2874You could buy a lot of other better stuff for that price too!

@StreetPreacherr

Жыл бұрын

It's funny, it seems an 'action figure' either needs to be under $10, or OVER $200! :)

"Say goodbye to the glory days of Marvel and Star Wars." We did that years ago.

@bosskbounty

Жыл бұрын

What were the 'glory days' of Marvel ... and don't bring up the MCU.

@floridaman4596

Жыл бұрын

​@@bosskbountythe comics, before Disney and pc

@NCTStudio

Жыл бұрын

Star Wars died first, when Krass-idy came into office

@drhkleinert8241

11 ай бұрын

Star Wars died at Episode 2 (Clones) by C Haydensen. Marvel died when Tony Stark died.

@imm0rtaL1ty1

11 ай бұрын

@@drhkleinert8241 You're trippin really Episode 2 killed starwars? LOL

Hard to believe a decade or so back before Disney bought Lucasfilm, Star Wars absolutely dominated toy stores.

@gregdrivesdriver5104

Жыл бұрын

All of these "toys" need to be sent to Kathleen Kennedy as a retirement gift. This is her vision of Star Wars, let her have it.

@whiterabbit75

Жыл бұрын

There was a time where a Star Wars figure never sat on a peg long enough for dust to even touch it.

@samwilsoncaptainamerica233

Жыл бұрын

​@@whiterabbit75And now the franchise is so dead not even collectors will touch that garbage.

@LongBeach88

11 ай бұрын

They still sell like crazy but collectors moved onto high end figures not these cheap pos.

@5150scottie5150

11 ай бұрын

You couldn't even FIND a lightsaber back in the day

I think the reason why Indy toys aren’t selling is because aside from hardcore collectors kids nowadays have no interest in Indiana Jones.

@StreetPreacherr

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, toys need to either be LESS than $10, so clueless Grandmothers will randomly buy them for their grandkids. Or OVER $200, and be extremely detailed 1/6 Scale 'Hot Toys' for the 'hardcore collectors'!

@jaylenwallace2458

Жыл бұрын

Even I was never interested in Indiana Jones as a millennial lol

@flextape467

11 ай бұрын

​@@jaylenwallace2458 I can understand why

@LongBeach88

11 ай бұрын

Collectors have moved on along time ago. They buy high end collectibles like statues, props, and 1/6 scale life like figures.

@Power11112

11 ай бұрын

Also because they keep going hard on the nostalgic lazier versions of Kenner figures and it isn’t even fooling any kids that do buy this stuff like no one’s dumb enough to buy that shit for 12 bucks

When kids don't want toys...you know a company is in trouble.

@flextape467

11 ай бұрын

They prefer the shit on yt kids. I'd say it's a tragedy, but these companies are just getting what they deserve.

@Zodroo_Tint

11 ай бұрын

@rendra86 "Kids today smart" :)

@XxNidokingbiggestfan3131xX

10 ай бұрын

​@rendra86nah bruh this generation is doomed if tick tack keeps existing💀

@Godzillafan78

4 ай бұрын

@@XxNidokingbiggestfan3131xXbuddy the shit on KZread shorts Is far worse then anything tiktok has made and KZread shorts was made as a alternative to TikTok 💀

The merchandise was the main reason Disney wanted to buy Lucasfilm. Whoops!!!!!

@braylin5003

Жыл бұрын

Whoopsy!!!!! 😁😁😁

@bosskbounty

Жыл бұрын

Also why Return of the Jedi was made the way it was.

@danieljlanoue8823

Жыл бұрын

@@bosskbounty It’s pretty funny that all Lucasfilm had to do was put out a mediocre at best trilogy that didn’t “subvert expectations” to continue the golden gooses legacy.

These Toy Store Videos are always good to see Disney's Empire collapse piece by piece.

@Clon.clonee

Жыл бұрын

Hate to be that guy but Disney shelves always had that problem with less popular characters for decades. Don’t think it will collapse soon lol

@StreetPreacherr

Жыл бұрын

@@Clon.clonee How is the toy sales business doing OVERALL these days? Are ANY toys currently selling 'well'? When I talk to my 11 year old nephew he just wants credits to buy DLC crap for Fornite or Minecraft on his birthday. I just assumed that most kids didn't really care about action figures anymore? Like, is that Barbie movie being marketed to 11 year old girls who play with the toys now? Or to 30-40+ year old 'women' that played with the dolls when they were kids?

@Ghost101

Жыл бұрын

@@StreetPreacherr From the stores like Target, I would say still horrible in general unless you're into Pokemon, Legos or toy cars from Matchbox or Hotwheels. Most of the stuff I've seen every time I went is still sitting on the shelves for months on end until they hit clearance. Even the action figures at GameStop are not really selling off the shelves as much.

@DuskusCB

Жыл бұрын

@@StreetPreacherrjudging by the PG-13 rating, I’m assuming the latter

@AJedits65

Жыл бұрын

That seems really fucking petty like I get it Disney has done bad stuff but like every million dollar company is shitty that’s like saying the sky is blue 🙄🙄🙄

The other reason for toys not selling is also the crazy cost they want for this crap nobody wants to pay their crazy asking prices.

@danburgs

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Overpriced, Overrated, OVERWOKE CRAP that no one wants. Not even the weirdo TWITTER lefites want 'em, but then those wankers dont have any money :p

@sephonvar2129

Жыл бұрын

The crazy cost and the fact that many of these figures, especially the Star Wars figures, are on their 10th version of the same figure and people are sick of seeing them. Hell, Target had some rainbow colored pride Star Wars figures they called prototype Luke Skywalker, but we all know what they really were trying to target.

@jamesc8968

Жыл бұрын

I wanted to buy some of the new Indy figures but they cost $40 Australian! That's insane!

@samwilsoncaptainamerica233

Жыл бұрын

​@@jamesc896840$?! That might as well be robbery.

@bretton_woods

Жыл бұрын

They really believe that people will pay $40 in the hope that it will become "Rare" in the future and worth 100s or 1000s if kept sealed. Of course, there is almost no chance of that happening and I guess most speculators must have learned this by now.

As a south american, its wild to see your videos! Some of those shitty toys are still at a high price here in my country. Knowing its garbage there makes me even more unwilling to pay for them lol. Keep up the content!

@youtubasoarus

Жыл бұрын

It truly is baffling isn't it? The prices are insane. Tiny little piece of shit figure for 30 dollars? LOL WTF.

@lorpuz4664

Жыл бұрын

They are Even more expensive sometimes cause "imported product" still what I can See getting sell are Transformers, Barbies and legos which are kind off an eternal toy concept (for now) but the Marvel/starwars rots in shelfs. Heck some Big stores just don't have a toy aile anymore in My country. unless is xmas or "childrens" day. thats a sign of how not profitable toys are. And it's kinda sad. Kids don't really play with toys anymore.

@flextape467

11 ай бұрын

Where's justmeok1?

@nitroxylictv

11 ай бұрын

@@youtubasoarus I got some of the figures that come wrapped in wax paper inside a white box for a heavily discounted price at Walmart. They normally sell for $15-$20 but I got them for $4.50 each. They make good TV stand decorations next to my 15 year old Clone Wars mini-lightsaber DIY kits. Thats about all theyre good for. 🤣🤣 These vintage style figures are so fragile I dont think a kid would want to play with them anyways. The lightsabers are 1/2mm thick plastic that snaps in the wind and the figures themselves are made of a soft destructable plastic.

@youtubasoarus

11 ай бұрын

@@nitroxylictv So they ARE cheaply made aren't they? Wtf. They have some nerve trying to pass off this garbage. They used to be really good quality.

Wish they could make something useful with all that plastic. Park benches, rulers for school kids, portajons… anything but Disney toys.

@CanaryGamesESC

Жыл бұрын

Technically you could still do the bench I imagine. You could make like an art piece out of it.

@markiangooley

Жыл бұрын

Recycling those packaged figures would be a pain. They have those really efficient incinerators in Sweden that generate heat for steam and indirectly electricity, and that might be the best way.

@CanaryGamesESC

Жыл бұрын

@@markiangooley I was thinking more like melting and gluing them together into a bench as an art piece

@CanaryGamesESC

Жыл бұрын

@@markiangooley Also wouldn’t those incinerators release like toxins into the air

@StreetPreacherr

Жыл бұрын

@@CanaryGamesESC So does this just end up becoming LANDFILL then?

I remember how massively hyped Star Wars toys were when the prequels came out. These movies being as bad as they are probably contributed to Toys R Us going out of business. Edit: some of y’all think I’m bashing the prequels. When I say “these movies” I’m talking about the sequels and marvel movies producing a bunch of crap nobody cares about which was the point of this video.

@freaky66

Жыл бұрын

I remember when force awkakens was announced people went nuts for the toys they launched before release. Now nobody cares lol

@chasehedges6775

Жыл бұрын

@@freaky66 2015 was such a different time

@DarthPerkins

Жыл бұрын

I remember when the ORIGINAL Star Wars toys were released and you couldn't keep them on shelves.

@CanaryGamesESC

Жыл бұрын

Actually Toys R Us was doing decently sales wise if I remember right and I think I heard it would still have been making a profit if it wasn’t dragged down and basically killed by debt from a leveraged buyout years ago that it just wasn’t making enough to pay back.

@CanaryGamesESC

Жыл бұрын

@@Tyneras Never even got the chance

I just cannot believe that toy companies and movie studios have misread the market SO bad on this...They must have seen the profits from the Kenner line in the 70's and 80's..and have been kicking themselves they let Lucas walk away with that IP for nothing.... But that was all lightning in a bottle...WE played with SW figures cuz we didnt have 1000 other distractions like kids have today..we collected our little men and PLAYED with them...in the yard in the mud and sand..cuz 3 years was an eternity to wait for the next movie. I went from big-eyed child of wonderment, to bitter, jaded pre-teen over the course of the first three Star Wars movies... That toy-playing generation is never coming back....Its the toys themselves I feel sorry for.

@PunmasterSTP

Жыл бұрын

Your comment was great, but now I’m a little depressed 😔

@projektkobra2247

Жыл бұрын

@@PunmasterSTP -You hang IN there!!!!!!

@JoseHernandez-xv2bt

Жыл бұрын

@@PunmasterSTPI’m barely hanging on man

@I-io8ee

Жыл бұрын

Now it seems only really young kids and adult collectors have an interest for toys

@projektkobra2247

Жыл бұрын

@@JoseHernandez-xv2bt -Depression is the notion that actions are useless...the cure of course...is action...MAKE yourself do something..LITERALLY anything....go for a 5K walk...Make your dinner from scratch from any one of the zillion recipes here on You Tube...Draw or write something, even if you suck at it...Clean up your garage...Plan a day trip to a Frank Lloyd Wright site or other historical place near you. I PROMISE it will turn your whole day around. You know you...But I know you can pull up just on your own.

I really dislike this trend of packaging figures in boxes where you can't see the actual figure you'll be getting - reminds me of the NES days where you had to trust that the screenshots on the back were accurate...

@mgshock

Жыл бұрын

Oh, it's seriously silly with the "deluxe" Star Wars figs with the flap on the box. You open the flap to see.... more of the box.

@Fr0stbit3_

Жыл бұрын

But Hasbro is saving money!

All this 'waste' can be layed at the feet of Kathleen Kennedy.

@williamdrum9899

11 ай бұрын

That's one heck of a carbon footprint!

@borgurman

11 ай бұрын

Kathleen kennedy needs to be fired

@williamdrum9899

11 ай бұрын

@@borgurman I want her to keep her job! So that Disney will cease to exist

@borgurman

11 ай бұрын

Ok

@borgurman

11 ай бұрын

Let disney die then (honestly)

The worst and sad thing is that this stuff then gets thrown away and make so much plastic waste :/

@williamdrum9899

11 ай бұрын

Disney should be held liable for that. I wonder if you can equate their unsold toys to rainforests burned etc

@Klongu_Da_Bongu

11 ай бұрын

@@williamdrum9899 More likely "Turtles and whales choked" to unsold toys

@xirochamber5863

10 ай бұрын

@@williamdrum9899for real talk about global warming mitigation policies yet won’t tax companies and corporations for producing worthless products that pollute our planet.

@williamdrum9899

10 ай бұрын

@@xirochamber5863 Pisses me off so much. I reuse paper bags and avoid plastic silverware by bringing a fork to work. Yet Disney can make 100,000 rose ticos and somehow I'm the bad guy

@xirochamber5863

10 ай бұрын

honestly we should go back to wood and glass. plastic is much more dangerous for the environment than carbon imo. Plastic has spread so far and wide that even uninhabited forests and jungles have found to have microplastics in the planet fibers and cells. Micro plastics causes cancer and infertility and hormone imbalances and we still don't have a full grasp on the future impact it will have on living things in the long run. @@williamdrum9899

The, usually, unseen cost of their failure…it’s easy to look up the box office numbers, but it’s impossible to say just how much money they’ve missed out on in merchandise!

@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access

Жыл бұрын

Billions, easily. If these franchises were as beloved as they were hoping, they’d be making billions

@braddl9442

Жыл бұрын

Take what they made on the movies and double it. That is what they lost on the merch. Just as a rule of thumb. The reality is you spread that out over years.....they lost prob 5 times what the movies made on merch not selling.

@braylin5003

Жыл бұрын

A lot... Especially now that they will lose the case against Florida, so they will need to pay all their overdue taxes

@jimjam51075

Жыл бұрын

​@@braddl9442I've heard 4x box office is what Lucas used to make from merchandising. Wish I could remember source.

@AvengerII

11 ай бұрын

@@jimjam51075 They gave away the secret in the 1980s. That's a statistic I remember reading in "Skywalking," the authorized Lucas biography. They very clearly stated that 75% of the original trilogy's money was made off of licensing. Through the mid-, late 1980s the original trilogy made on the order of $4billion. Only about $1.2billion was in ticket sales. The rest was in toys, T-shirts, games, soundtracks, etc. Marvel was one of the beneficiary licensees. The sales of the original Star Wars comics really helped that company out in a rough times in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Even if the films did well, clearly they over-produce with every minor character. Manufacture the protagonists. If the property turns out popular, then manufacture the supporting and extra characters. They (Disney? The toy companies?) seem to have a really arrogant attitude that if they make it, the consumer will buy it.

@mgshock

Жыл бұрын

That's the way it used to be. One wave with a few of the main characters, then if you're lucky you get a second with a few more. Hasbro goes all in every time even on the oddball properties. As long as the stores buy it they don't care.

@Sleesus

11 ай бұрын

This isn't just a Disney issue, Hasbro in general seems to have this problem. They've been making main characters and troop builders from their own lines like Gi. joe convention and online event or store exclusives and only stocking stores with snake 3 eyes movie tie in figures that won't sell no matter what.

The toys sales look so bad, even Toys for Tots would refuse them.

@JRGProjects

Жыл бұрын

Hence Kars for Kids is gaining popularity.

@AncestorEmpire1

Жыл бұрын

@@JRGProjects Kars?

@JRGProjects

Жыл бұрын

@@AncestorEmpire1 that's how they spell it.

@AncestorEmpire1

Жыл бұрын

@@JRGProjects weird.

@StreetPreacherr

Жыл бұрын

What happens to this crap when the discount stores can't move it? Can the companies even give the toys away if they wanted to? Or does everything need to be destroyed for some business/tax reason? I mean, I'd assume that it would be cheaper to just give the stuff away rather than paying to transport it to landfill, or some facility to be destroyed? And how long does a place like Ollies keep stuff on their shelves before they give up too?

You would think companies would pay people to do this. Go into toy stores and see what's selling and what's not. Where's the market research team?!

@SuperCosmicMutantSquid

Жыл бұрын

They gave the RaD/Market jobs to the diversity and inclusion officers.

@williamdrum9899

11 ай бұрын

They were told to say what the boss wanted to hear

As a miniature wargamer I can attest that failed franchise toys are a great source of cheat table top terrain.

@JohnDoe-vm5rb

Жыл бұрын

The boxes or the toys themselves?

@CanaryGamesESC

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-vm5rbProbably both

@bartlett2335

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-vm5rbthe accessories that come with the toys presumably

@0verkill161

Жыл бұрын

Yes, sometimes even the boxes are used.

People don't realize that toys are a lot like perishable food. A kid seeing Wakanda Forever merch 4 years on will think something's wrong with it

@KingRandor82

Жыл бұрын

They're not wrong....

with the amount of shuri copters we can seize the entire solar system

@skyesyd221

11 ай бұрын

Wut

It's unfortunate that most toys are licensed, and are therefore reliant on the popularity of the series they represent and not the quality of the toy. As a toy sculptor I'm cheering on companies like MGA, Moose, and Spinmaster for bringing fresh ideas to the table and creating new original IPs

I always think the staff must get so excited when you walk over to the shelves and start looking through thinking they can finally shift the stock.. it really is sad to see the toys fill shelves gathering dust when once upon a time when once upon a time everyone was fighting to get that new toy

@LH74

Жыл бұрын

Only Gen X’ers care about action figures. Millennials and Zoomers are addicted to phone apps and social media…. They are dead inside.

@diablojones

Жыл бұрын

You think Walmart employees give a damn? 😂

@3dgar006

11 ай бұрын

I doubt the staff cares. I wouldn’t.

@mgthestrange9098

10 ай бұрын

Yes, they’re all like ‘oh h ohhh… wait, it’s just anotherYou Tuber filming our loaded shelves!’. 😞

@xdress1746

10 ай бұрын

Staff don’t care. None of the employees’ wages are reliant on a customer purchasing a shitty toy.

Glad to have you back, Jeff! As for the "white Ariel doesn't sell anymore" idea, I can personally say that when I saw a pair of Little Mermaid shirts available at Hot Topic last month, I was tempted to buy the original redhead design because I would absolutely wear it since she'll always be my favorite Disney princess, but I didn't want to give Disney my money by buying through a licensed vendor. I put it back just to be safe. I want my girl, but I won't feed the mouse if I can avoid it.

@SuperCosmicMutantSquid

Жыл бұрын

Wait until they go on clearance.

@bayverseprime5869

10 ай бұрын

DO NOT think only cosume :))))))))))(()))))))))))) jk.

I remember back in the 90s when the Special Edition of Star Wars was released. The toys sold like hotcakes! Everyone, both children and adult collectors brought them! They were so popular, they had two long isles packed with the merchandise, which sold so fast you had to preorder them just so you can get a hold of any of them!

@enrique6335

Жыл бұрын

I remember those years. When Star Wars toys had entire isles dedicated to them. Now they are merely an afterthought tucked away in a corner

@Dogy0909

10 ай бұрын

I see those 90s SW toys at flea markets and estate sales and the like all the time

The thing that gets me about these toys is the PRICE. A lot of them feel like they're too expensive for their quality and when you consider how many toys are fighting for attention in the aisels and what parents have to pick and choose, I can see where the whole argument over 'video games sell better' is coming from because you CAN get more play from a 50 dollar game than you will from a 40 dollar toy of stuff that a lot of kids aren't interested in. It may sound like 'video games killed the toy' but take into consideration that physical toys and games have been together since the 80s yet there were still so many popular line of toys that worked and made millions alongside games so what happened? This isn't something that just came into existence. The answer just comes to do kids really care about the shows and movies that these toys are spawned from and the answer is clearly NO. Kids don't fucking care and at the same time, it feels like Disney is more akin to the teen-adult collector market to pick up the tab as they remembered how the collector market rose up from the original Kenner Star War toys. The big thing about that was that NO ONE expected the value of those figures to rise the way they did and that goes for a lot of toys. No one expected them to be so valuable down the line given that kids rough house with toys that anything that survives that is a miracle. I have always said that Disney is trying to artificially create a 'collector market' with these toys and doing it in such disastrous ways. First, they flooded the market with these figures when that wasn't the case with toys that are infamous now. A lot of high valued collector toys were made in smaller batches which makes their value sky rocket because there are so few left in good condition. All Disney has done is create a world of pegwarmers that no one wants.

@daishikaze3986

Жыл бұрын

Bandai, on the other hand, Produces most of their toys in smaller batches and they do very well. They know their crowd and they know how to handle them. Disney has no clue by comparison

@SuperCosmicMutantSquid

Жыл бұрын

@@daishikaze3986 They really don't. It why I brought up the adult collector market. They're trying and failing to artificially create that collector market but are pricing the toys at what I'd like to call 'adult prices', not those for frugal parents who want to get something for their kids who WILL rough with it but kids roughing toys is a good thing; it means they love it It could also explain the poor structural quality as well. These kids would crumble in kids' hands so it's like they anticipate the idea of these toys being unopened and left on display shelves.

@Lbf5677

11 ай бұрын

We had video games alongside figures cos the games weren't very good back then

@Nipotazzi

11 ай бұрын

Toys like The Transformers or Skylanders sold excellently because they weren't that expensive, but you always wanted to own more of them because seeying the show/play the game either made you like the character/needed it for the game or you just liked the figure/thought their design was cool. Collectors enjoyed Transformers too because Hasbro realized there was a genuinely worth market for people who enjoyed collecting figures: they sold so well and for so long because Hasbro cared about making the franchise up to quality (for the most part at least). No company today seems to understand that consumers won't buy their stuff if it's not made with real interest or soul. Even the so called evergreen market, the kids that make their parents buy toys, failed them, because would you guess it, KIDS AREN'T STUPID.

@LongBeach88

11 ай бұрын

If you want to collect figures never buy this crap at stores. Hot toys and other high end collectibles are what people should be buying. That stuff goes up in value.

Disney burns The world still turns

@chasehedges6775

Жыл бұрын

Accurate

@chasehedges6775

Жыл бұрын

Modern Disney gets what it deserves

@bosskbounty

Жыл бұрын

@@chasehedges6775 just like when Dresden was burning in February 1945 eh?

"You can't sell a turd." 🤣

Looking forward to the episode where we'll see Fleabag action figures collecting dust at Ollie's.

It always amazes me how many Shuri’s and Rey’s and Shang-Chi’s you find. I wonder what all these characters have in common…Oh yeah! Bad writing and thus, nobody wants them. 😂

@markiangooley

Жыл бұрын

I’m also amazed but… why aren’t they cheaper?

@projektkobra2247

Жыл бұрын

You know who else peg-warms?...and IS from a time of good writing?....Lando. Read into that what you will.

@CanaryGamesESC

Жыл бұрын

@@markiangooleyProbably because of what the retailers paid for them they still want to make some profit or at least recoup their costs. If I had to wager a guess

@JaxontheYoshi

Жыл бұрын

I thought people liked Shang-Chi.

@CanaryGamesESC

Жыл бұрын

@@JaxontheYoshi I heard it was just ok

I remember being 6 years old. The toy sections at almost any retail store had a whole half-wall dedicated to Star Wars! Now, there's like 3 characters, sitting, depressed.

This brings me back. Used to watch your videos years ago. Always enjoyed these store tours to laugh at the disastrous state of Disney merchandise.

If the prices drop to civilized levels, all these toys will be the party for the toys modders. For now them continue too high, even costing half of the original price.

@mgshock

Жыл бұрын

They've almost doubled in the last ten years and sales taxes have also gone up, as they tend to do. Buying stuff even at half off is still a big decision sometimes.

I still find it bizarre that Lightyear didn't have Tim Allen doing the voiceovers. He was available afterall. And remind me again why Disney fired Gina Carano? I really don't know why both of those actors were blacklisted and banned by Disney?

@bri55118

Жыл бұрын

Gina was fired over tweets she posted, it was just a week excuse to get rid of her as she didn't follow the narrative. As for tim , he was a conservative and that was a huge no-no for Disney.

@kevinfisher5492

Жыл бұрын

She was fired because Kennedy declared her to be "a problem." Everything else was window dressing.

@Strill_

Жыл бұрын

Gina posted a political cartoon of fat cat elites playing poker on the backs of regular people. Disney fired her saying the fat cats were somehow supposed to be Jews.

@guidedmeditation2396

Жыл бұрын

@@Strill_ Thank you. that is really lame to claim fat cats were Jooz I think they were just looking for a reason.

@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario

11 ай бұрын

@@bri55118didn’t she post anti Vaxx shit?

I love these store visit videos. Your commentary is awesome, you have a real chill/comical vibe, and being nearly 50 I don't go to the toy department often so I live vicariously through these vids. Thanks for all you do WCB, it truly is appreciated.

5:50 That's not Yoda. That's Baby Sinclair from Dinosaurs cosplaying as Yoda.

The Jean grey part is why I don't collect anymore. Find something you think is cool? $35 please.

9:19 It's not that Ariel doesn't sell, it's because Hasbro lost the Disney Princess license to Mattel so they were forced to sell all their remaining stock at discount and at huge quantities

@Dogy0909

10 ай бұрын

Yeah those doll heads always sell well. I wanted the Barbie one so bad as a kid

These toys don't sell because there is no synergy between the movies and the toys anymore. Look at TMNT, the shelves are cleared 1 month before the movie even comes out. The normal see, buy, and play pattern is broken.

19:05 They had to sneak in the Shuri figure under a Spiderverse sale tag, hoping she would sell. The path to hell is paved with unsold Shuri figures

I swear that Helena Shaw figure is using the exact same torso as male figures. Also, once again, they cover up that horrendous mole on her horse face.

@Amphy002

Жыл бұрын

No, she's beautiful and self-sufficient, she told us so in the movie.

@bosskbounty

Жыл бұрын

Wow, you must still looking hard for a girlfriend to replace the role your hand plays in your life.

@skyesyd221

11 ай бұрын

Wut

@borgurman

11 ай бұрын

He has no gf so he uses his hand to "entertain" himself

The reason that some of the Iron heart figures are missing is because unknowing gift givers are buying them thinking they're Ironman. Some don't know the difference. R.I.P. Tony Stark. Marvel died with you.

6:00 I think it's offensive to think kids shouldn't have quality toys, I think we did as kids because I had Star Wars Episode 1 toys as a kid. Made me not even mind getting a shot. I would've, even as a kid, been extremely disappointed seeing those ugly things. Kids can still prefer quality.

@CanaryGamesESC

Жыл бұрын

Disneys main issue lately has been to not make quality but instead to cheap out on stuff and stay comfortably in mediocrity rather then try and make quality.

As a little boy what interested me about lots of movies and TV shows and their related toys was the tech. Star Wars had way cool ships, Stormtroopers, blasters, light sabers, etc. And same with Battle Star Galactica and even Buck Rogers. Not to mention Transformers and GI Joe. When I look at those clearance toys, they look all really bland and boring. There's nothing interesting about them. A cool toy or action figure makes you want to play with it even if you don't know anything about show it's from.

I wish Mattel would take the star wars license, they do great with the Jurassic line.

@ToppatAmogus

Жыл бұрын

Ive been hoping for mattel to take the godzilla licence considering the figures they've made for the Hammond collection.

@KingRandor82

Жыл бұрын

Tell that to the Hammond Collection Park Gate crowdfund....

@East10Outpost

Жыл бұрын

@@KingRandor82 Just cause no one is buying it doesn't mean the quality, price point, paint apps, articulation, etc aren't there. Not Mattel's fault universal can't drum up business.

@KingRandor82

Жыл бұрын

@@East10Outpost $250 for a 3 3/4" playset. Not even a playset....a GATE. Quality is the last thing I would call that.

@East10Outpost

Жыл бұрын

@@KingRandor82 and Hasbro's prices and value is better? Clearly Mattel is off the mark on this one or they'd get it backed. But when you can get an articulated in scale Brachiosaurus for $50 that's pretty good to me. I'm not arguing Mattel is a perfect company, but when they can give you a vehicle, a dino, and a character for $35 and hasbro is trying to sell me a speeder and figure for $50 I used to get for $14 I'm not so happy. I was a kid in the early 2000's and hasbro had a great value to quality balance back then. They've lost it big time.

Hello from the UK 🇬🇧 The glory days ? Long long gone Sir

@bosskbounty

Жыл бұрын

But Brexit was supposed to bring all of that back for the UK.

Fun fact: Someone actually upgraded their Emma Frost figure's articulation with the Helena Shaw figure. So, I guess that figure does have some use. As an actual collectable or a fun toy? Probably not.

the Helena Shaw figure looks like it's wearing an adult diaper 😳

Why wouldn't kids want to buy Wakanda Forever figures? They can relive the thrilling funeral sequence. And the scene where our heroes accuse everyone of being evil colonisers.

Our Ancestors watched Political Empires fall We watch Corporate Empires fall

Disney toys need to go on the giveaway rack. The clearance rack is too good for them. 😆

@jamesanthony8438

Жыл бұрын

They're bringing down the property values of bargain bins across the country.

@ultramagnus1275

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesanthony8438 🤣😂

@youtubasoarus

Жыл бұрын

Still wouldn't want them lol.

I just discovered Ollie's thanks to your channel and two things: first, they've got some great deals on stuff I needed so thank you! Second, they were absolutely stacked with Eternals and Shang-Chi junk too 😂

@markiangooley

Жыл бұрын

So what does Ollie’s do with unsellable merchandise? Send it to landfills?

@RodimusPrime1982

Жыл бұрын

​@@markiangooleythey should be sent to a recycling center to be made into plastic to make toys that actually sell like Transformers, G.I. Joe, and Masters of the Universe

@hope-cat4894

Жыл бұрын

Ollie's is pretty good for appliances, too. Got mixer from them. 😁

@GladDestronger

Жыл бұрын

The one in my town has the same haul of Eternals, Last Jedi, and more.

@bosskbounty

Жыл бұрын

@@hope-cat4894 hey you could get that great Camelot 3000 Deluxe Edition there a while back. You know the story where Sir Tristian is re-incarnated as a woman? Great story, but I think it'd be too triggering for everyone here.

The fck, Indy 5 had action figure merch? Such a menace smh

@CanaryGamesESC

Жыл бұрын

Well of course it had action figure Merch. They were probably betting hard on nostalgia and people wanting to see their hero having a last hurrah and probably thought they’d want action figures or maybe they’d get it for their kids. Of course they didn’t predict the recent slump at the box office especially for mediocre films and shoved out a mediocre product.

@brozZdF

Жыл бұрын

@@CanaryGamesESC Yeah, agreed. How can Lucasfilm & Hasbro think modern children want Indy action figure

I seriously don’t understand how these toy prices work. Yesterday my Target had carded Black Series Gamorrean Guards and Dark Troopers, new releases mind you, for 50% off!?! I cleaned them out, but how can a RoS Black Series character still be full price??

@BeaugosseRiche

Жыл бұрын

Aren't you boycotting those pedos?

@mgshock

Жыл бұрын

Target clearance sales have been amazing lately. Probably doesn't bode well for availability of future product, though.

@randomposter5665

Жыл бұрын

@@mgshock your probably right about that. I’m curious about the Christmas stock incoming mixed with the never ending inflation.

I'm just imagining a room full of Hasbro toy designers playing Russian Roulette with a Nerf blaster.

Does it cross your mind that toys aren’t selling is because CHILDREN would rather play on their tablets, consoles, and phones? Genuine question.

*looks at title of video "Revenge of the Sits on Shelves?"

Like Yogurt said "Merchandise is where the real money from these movie is made." Studios want those additional revenue streams.

I don’t think I could get high enough to be tempted to buy that High Evolutionary figure…

It's amazing that StarWars characters are soon going to join Popeye and Betty Boop in the memory hole of pop culture oblivion.

I may have to get that Michaelangelo! That face cracked me up

Nothing wrong with classic Indy, but BOY those clearly don't sell outside of Hardcore fans.

How many toys do kids actually buy though anymore at all anyways? I’d assume most kids are just glued to their phones and could care less about any action figure whatsoever…

It really is sad. I remeber when i was about 13 back in the 90s and shelfs in rows up on rows were filled with Star Wars, and was sold out as fast as they came. The glory days of toys and the joy it gave to enter a store filled with things you loved in movies were magical. Now they rott on the shelft as a testament how mistreated the franchises have been.

to explain: pop-it toys with the bubbles are fidget toys to start with. They are even more helpful if you happen to be on the Autism spectrum and frantically need a sensory normalization tool after a room of bright lights, loud people, and complex inputs leaves your head fuzzy and headspace cluttered with overload. the motion of popping the plastic bubbles back and forth in patterns is calming. It's also someone what useful for children, as they can have similar needs to fidget with things and practice motor skills. That's why "bubble wrap that's not bubble wrap" exists, WCBS.

16:35 LMAO We are in mid 2023 and Snoke is still in the stores , that figure was released mid 2017 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I love seeing all these figures sit and rot Walmart has them in the clearance section for $3.99 you can’t give it away not even as fodder for customs 😂😂😂

We constantly hear people want representation and they want to see themselves in these movies yet when they make merchandise the same people don't buy it. When they are represented in toy form they're not buying. I thought they were going to put wakanda forever up there with War and Peace or The Godfather

@xmobius0ne

Жыл бұрын

They were never going to buy it from the beginning. They just wanted it to exist

@SuperCosmicMutantSquid

Жыл бұрын

Take into consideration that these toys are marketed towards kids but it shows that KIDS don't care or want these shitty characters, despite the people at Disney INSISTING that 'young Black and Brown kids will finally feel seen!' Black and Brown kids like cool shit just like White kids do and if you keep making the Black and Brown heroes lame as fuck, they won't buy them. Disney honestly thought that Black boys would buy up this BP merch second to the girls who had 'tough heroes' but the girls aren't having it either. The kids aren't asking for the toys, adult collectors don't give a shit and so they rot on the shelves.

@Anayoth

Жыл бұрын

You and I both know, socialists don’t have money.

@ConGamePro

Жыл бұрын

No you clown, people being represented usually don’t have disposable income to afford god damn unnecessary overpriced Little Mermaid merch. None of this is for the kids in the inner city.

@brem-

11 ай бұрын

That's always with the people that demand to be represented, they don't care about the franchise they just want to be validated. From all the people that demand to have representation in media I'm willing to bet that max 10% of them will or actually consume the content.

You should take a look at the new Lara Croft toy. This version definitely isn't the Lara of the 90's. You can count on her clogging toy shelves right along with the toys in this video.

My mom taught me the addage that toys arent fun if you cant take them out of the package to appreciate them. Action figures were meant to be played with, the old ones could take a beating (I had my SW ones for well over 15 years), the new ones either look super cheap or they are designed to look appealing to collectors.

Will the retail stores start a lawsuit for saddling them with unsellable stuff.

@skyesyd221

11 ай бұрын

Hmm

Genuine question: do kids/ people in general want or buy action figures anymore? For the last like decade or so, I see action figures just rot on shelves. I’ll see popular characters occasionally move, but I feel like nobody anywhere really buys these.

@amentco8445

11 ай бұрын

physical toys generally just aren't popular anymore for audiences other than the very young or manchildren and those are limited audiences. Plus the economy is just awful.

@skyesyd221

11 ай бұрын

Hmm

I had 5 original 12 inch Star Wars action figures back in 1980. My Dad sold them for $50 in 1985.

@bosskbounty

Жыл бұрын

A shame, if they were in good condition they'd go for a fair amount these days. Particularly if you had IG-88.

@cloudy1723

Жыл бұрын

I have a full case of them from my dad, I bet it was sell for good money. Not gonna do that though. Love when he tells me the story of when he saw Empire Strikes Back opening night way back when he was a kid in the 80’s.

Pixar has an opportunity to do the funniest thing possible with Toy Story 5

Last time I went to the mall up in Denver, I saw the Disney store was closing. Everything was on clearance and still nobody was buying

I really enjoy these videos. They're both relaxing and entertaining.

@dermagnus8482

11 ай бұрын

And satisfiying. Every woke failure is great.

To be fair, the starship designs and toys of Lightyear are pretty cool!

@admiralstone2456

11 ай бұрын

Shame too, those ships deserved a better film. Got some of those little ones a good bit ago

@ActionMan1979

11 ай бұрын

@@admiralstone2456 I didn't find the #9.

The "bubble wrap" is called "pop-its." It's a fidget toy, mainly targeting young children.

The jean grey was on sale for $19.50. Orange price tag. And Indiana jones figures sitting on shelves is nothing new. The 3.75 inch figures sat on shelves 15 years ago for YEARS. Kids just aren’t interested in Indiana jones, the adults are. A lot of the 6 inch figures are just getting to stores; gotta give it sometime.

Cut production? If they discontinue them, no one would even notice.

15:18 "Where's Spider-Man at?" *passes by six different Spider-Man toys*

"That man who mutters to himself about Disney and Star wars is back. And hes filming himself going through all the childrens toys again" "I'll call security"

@VendettaAS

Жыл бұрын

The manchild*

Imagine having been one of the people that shelled out $80 bucks for the lightyear S.H. Figuarts

The fall of a once great empire of entertainment is a sight to behold.

Great video! I was at a general store in Cape May New Jersey not long ago and they still had a lot of Shang Chi merchandise on the pegs. I felt like going up to the attendant in the store and telling them that it was never going to sell, but I just left it alone.

Others have tried but no one beats your toy videos - pure genius !!

When I was a kid the toy aisle was packed full of toys. Lots of high quality star wars and other great things, plus some stuff I didn't care about but still. Now it's so sad to go down there and see tons of empty spaces, and what's not empty have the same few figures with crap quality to them. Such a shame. Also screw Disney for ruining my, and so many other people's, childhood.

When those new Helena Shaw figures from Indy Jones 5 appeared, I knew they'd be this year's latest landfill addition . 😬

@skyesyd221

11 ай бұрын

Wut

I live in rural Missouri there’s two Walmart that I frequent. After watching past couple videos I thought I’d see if shuri copter was hanging out. Big surprise yes it was ! I’ve been ignoring marvel and Star Wars for so long I hadn’t noticed that they’ve become peg warmers

Yogurt: "Merchandising! Merchandising! Where the real money from the movie is made." Di$ney: "We're squeezing out as much merchandise as we can! Hnnnnnnnggggggrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Surprising in Cali and Nevada from Walmart to Target the shelves are empty. I'd buy some stuff here if I could find it. Indy Temple of Doom I'd pick up.

hilarious how the old ghostbusters monster of the week toys (i had the toilet bowl one lmao) back in day were selling but not these toys 😂

Disney's ESG score should go down for this environmental disaster... If those scores were real and not just an arbitrary tool for control.

Lightyear toys have been haunting the shelves of a local chain (Marc's) for months. Marc's buys and sells and a discount price and they can't get rid of them.

I hope Hasbro decides to put more budget into Transformers. if they don't have to sell garbage no one wants, why not put that into a brand that is still very much sought after

@KermitBeys12

10 ай бұрын

You transformers fans are lucky, the beyblades from them suck compared to their japanese versions

How long do places like 'Ollies' keep the unsellable toys on display, and what's their next stop after failing to sell at the discount stores? I'm guessing that they LITERALLY couldn't give the stuff away if they wanted to, and everything has to be disposed of so they toymakers can 'write off' the products on their taxes or whatever? So it all just eventually becomes landfill?

@mgshock

Жыл бұрын

Chopped up and tossed in a landfill.

@williamdrum9899

11 ай бұрын

What I want to know is, if we count all the toys thrown in a landfill, how much damage did Disney do to the environment

Rose Tico eventually sold ironically. A bit. Sufficiently marked down.

Love these vids! Keep em up! Was in Ollie's today, and saw the exact same scenario, lol