Ok. We all know that SDCC is going on and we have most likely also seen the interviews with Derryl DePriest on various websites.
I would like to quote part of these interviews:
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Phillip: Should we expect more of those figure waves we've seen at Dollar General and online?
Derryl: There is no additional Dollar General wave planned, if you're talking about a Wave 3 of that. We don't have it on the drawing board, although that channel - we call it the discount channel - does want to see that continue. We just haven't pulled the trigger yet, so there's a possibility that it will continue. But right now, no specific plans.
Now I shall post two quotes (not mine) from other boards that mirror my own thoughts on this statement:
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It doesn't bode well when DDP says there is currently no plan to continue the Dollar Store line. Really? The line is all repaints/part reuses, has sold successfully, and the dollar stores want to continue it (DDP's words) and there's no plan to continue it?!
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Someone correct me if I am misunderstanding what he said about the dg or basic line. He suggested that discount retailers want more waves of these but that they have no plans to do any yet. So let me get this straight, one of the problems joe has is that retailers don't want it. Well, this wave, retailers do and hasbro won't make em? I think it's safe to say the basic line has been a success so instead of riding it, they're gonna let the line fizzle out? I'm confused.
I will now quote myself from last year:
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...Successes are never followed up on:
This really bugs me. I remember how, back in 2006-7, Adventure Team figures were released as store exclusives. It seemed to sell out everywhere (except for the Urban Outfitters Air Adventurer with the wrong outfit). Hasbro decided to capitalise on that success by doing absolutely nothing. Not only that, but according to various message boards, retailers actually asked Hasbro for more AT exclusives, but were turned down! Are you #@$%& kidding me?
So Hasbro is constantly giving one reason after another why they can't do this, that, or the other thing with GI Joe, but when they experience success, they have "no specific plans" to continue the items that were successful? Even though the discount retailers want said items?
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