deanofitz

hi guys " i bought liono & tigra 8 inch classics ..but does anyone no if there releasing the rest of the cats & mumraa ect .im delighted with the new thundercats on tv now im reliving my childhood threw my son he loves it ...

Joe Moore

Moved as this is not "News".

To answer your question...Bandai has shifted focus from 8" Classics to a 6" Classics line. They originally stated that they may do occasional 8" figures, and even hinted that Cheetara may be coming. However, Toy Fair came and went and no new 8" Classics were shown. Unfortunately, I believe there is little to no hope of seeing additional 8" Classics.

Also, welcome to the site.

deanofitz

cheers joe "...thats a shame allright personally i think they they did a good job with the 8inch figures apart from the colours of the joints " i supose il keep them for myself ha " and get my son the 6 inch collection

Ravenxl7

I think the best bet for any continuation of the 8" scaled figures, is convention exclusives (namely SDCC exclusives). However I wouldn't count on even that happening just yet.

Dr Kain

This just in, Bandai has decided to cancel the 6inch Classics line and move onto 4 inch ones. Now you have to buy your 80s Lion-O again. :-p











I'm kidding... I hope...

eero

Or 6" Classics.

Kregermeister

truth.

Ravenxl7

The six-inchers just started, give it some time. Besides, if Bandai planned things out a bit smarter, they could have been revealed at toy fair, rather than back in November when they prematurely blew their load... (I'm sorry, that's a horrible joke...).

Dr Kain

OMG, the next figure is the rejected love child who is a cyborg from the future of Cheetara and Lion-O.

Covenant

Why did Bandai blow their load in November? Clearly they showed the public product which they already had orders from retailers and the product hit the shelves the way it as supposed to, right after Christmas. Toy Fair is a time to debut items that will show up around late summer/early fall. So far this year Bandai has shown nothing new. They are displaying last year's toy line. It is possible that Bandai is holding back because they are having issues with Warner Bros. or Cartoon Network since we haven't seen any TC episodes in months. If that's the case then maybe they will debut the 2012 toys at the San Diego Comic Con. Just because Bandai isn't showing the public any new designs doesn't mean they aren't in the works. I am hoping that once the cartoon comes back on the air that we'll get some news about the toys I just hope that it won't be too late by then.

Ravenxl7

I'm honestly thinking we'll get news before SDCC comes along. Most likely via MTV Geek, like last November's reveals, and probably around the same time the show starts to air new episodes again (the next wave of stuff probably has characters we haven't seen yet). Then again we'll just have to wait and see, but for the time being I'm hopeful it won't be quite that long before we get any news. If we do have to wait till SDCC for looks at the next set...at least it'll make for a good bit of news from SDCC....

Covenant

I cannot believe that people will go crazy over a POS like this and yet Bandai couldn't seem to get the Thundercats line to sell. If they had made only Thundercats Classics it would have been a success!

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Joe Moore

It's hard to compare a limited collectors (online) only line (and a figure based on a 1980's contest winner) to a mainstream retail store line. Logistics alone dictate that the Thundercats line would outsell the MOTUC line, whose production runs are based on a dwindling subscriber base in the low thousands. But they're budget is dedicated solely to collectors type figures, instead of having to focus on a retail friendly line (which is not Mattel's strong suit).

also, keep in mind, that the fan base for the MOTUC line is growing increasingly annoyed with the constant problems the line has had. Production numbers are going down, they're basically requiring you to subscribe to the club and they are using a very poor distribution company that has caused them a ton of headaches. Not to mention the myriad number of quality control issues. MOTU will always have a loyal number of collectors who will do whatever possible to get these. But the line, as a whole, is not really doing all that great (the same can be said for all MattyCollector lines at this time).

Bandai, in no way, has handled this Thundercats line gracefully. Distribution has been...odd, the sculpts have varied wildly from good to terrible, and the price points are just baffling at times. Not to mention quality control issues that should have never happened.

Dr Kain

Sorry, but as much as I love the original Thundercats, if I had to choose, I would take the new series over the original any day of the week. Designs, story, toys, etc. The new series has done more in its 13 episodes than what the original did in its 130 episode run. Do not get me wrong, like I said, I love the original show, especially its second season, and I love how the show actually had an ending, which was unheard of for an 80s cartoon, but there is just no comparison with the new one. It's like comparing GI Joe to GI Joe Resolute.

Covenant

Well since this was an 8" classics thread I thought I'd opine about the action figures but I too am a big fan of the new Thundercats cartoon. The new Thundercats is still a relatively unknown property although to me it appeared to be a success. I do a lot of competitive sample shopping during the week so I am in a lot of stores and I always check the toy aisles (for Claudus) and other than mummy-form Mumm-Ra there aren't all that many Thundercats on the pegs in northern NJ. I always check on the Sightings Forum and there are barely any new reports. The lack of a cartoon on TV, no television commercials, and terrible distribution has really stifled the Thundercats toy line which otherwise appeared to have some real potential.

A big-ass toy company like Bandai should have had no problem handling the license for both the new cartoon and the old. Mattel seems to be making out just fine with their Masters of the Universe figures. To me they are nothing but repainted, reused molds that have a bunch of crappy mix and match heads but the fans of that cartoon will buy any piece of junk that Mattel puts out whether it's good or not. I was not impressed with Matty's Voltron line either and I passed on it even though I am a huge Voltron fan. I do not like that club B.S.

The Original Thundercats cartoon has legions of (older) fans that are ready to part with their cash for toys and figures of their favorite cartoon. Bandai was promising the release of 2 Classic figures per season so we would have the complete classic team by the end of this year. Now all I have is 8" Lion-O and Tygra bookends and an angry 6" Lion-O by himself. Had Bandai not botched things up we really could have 8" Cheetara and Panthro by now with the Wilytwins on the way.

Haru of the Takaguro Dojo

So am I getting this right?...

The 8 inch classics line is officially canceled?!

We're only getting Tygra and Lion-o??

Ravenxl7

Cancelled? No...not yet anyways. The last official word we got on the line was this:

http://www.thundercats.ws/news/thund...-classics-308/
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At best I think this could mean TRU exclusives, and I would say at the worst would be the line being canned, even after attempting to continue it through other means. A decent middle ground, and a good possibility imho, would be convention exclusives (like SDCC and NYCC). We'll just have to wait and see.

Haru of the Takaguro Dojo

Awww man..

What went wrong?

Ravenxl7

I imagine they realized that going with such an odd scale wasn't good, and by the sounds of it they didn't sell as well as they were hoping. Makes me wonder why they went with eight inch scaled figures in the first place...I mean...how many action figure lines these days uses that scale?

Hopefully the six inch one's will sell well enough for them to be able to continue them. I'd rather not see another downsize, or worse, a cancellation of Classics all-together...Though I guess if they went down to the four inch scale, it would increase the chances of them making a new toy based on the original thundertank. No matter what happens, I want me a Classic Panthro and Monkian before the line dies...

Cheetara

they really blew it switching from 8 inch to 6. i bought both 8 inchers and was EAGERLY awaiting more. then they said were not making 8 inch anymore. go buy the 6 inch. NOT a good thing to do to your customers. seriously BIG mistake.

now the 6 inch line is doing poorly and we wont see that finished either. for goodness sakes, PLAN AHEAD Bandai.

Tracer

I agree going 8" in the first place was a bad decision but they tried to rectify it and they're damned for that as well. I don't get it.

AlexofThundera

While I really like the 8" Lion-O and Tygra I must say the 6" scale seems to suit the line better. Be it because of the way Bandai produces the figures or what not but I feel the 6" Lion-O and Mummra were a better fit then the 8" scale releases.

Hopefully Bandai will continue to do some TRU exclusives along the way be it in 8" or 6" scale.

Cheetara

my opinion is they should have planned either a 6" or an 8" line and stuck with it.

... and i prefer the 8".

im holding out hope they will try to get the rest of the core characters out in 8" someway somehow.

eero

I have to think we'll see that 8" Cheetara, probably at SDCC. I think if they made mention of her, than the tooling must be done. But I bet that's the swan song.

adssse

Same here. I have Lion-O and Tygra 8" and love them. I would like at least Cheetara and Panthro.