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Originally Posted by Pravus Prime

I really can't see that happening.

This line is dead, venders aren't going to want to waste their very valueable shelf space on another manufacturer's products right after having lost out by shelving ThunderCats once already. No retailer, not even Toys R Us as an exclusive wanted to touch the Masters of the Universe Classics entirely because of the 2002 lines failure. (And before it's bought up, the 2 packs with DCU were because of the DCUC figures and a lot of incenting from Mattel.)

There is a tremendous amount of competition nowadays for vender shelf space and they're practically a very nervous bunch in that they don't like taking chances. They don't like having product sitting on their shelves not moving; they tend to have long memories about what product lines disapoint them.

This line had an uphill battle to begin with; Target wouldn't even stock them in store until the line had been out and was a proven seller. Then a few months after they get them in store the line is over? They'll remember that and avoid any and all ThunderCat figures in the future like the plague, regardless of what happens to the toy license for at least a few years. Consider this, Wal-mart underpurchased Avengers figures and Target underpurchased Transformers Prime figures because they had their doubts about them. Why would any vender buy any product (regardless who made it) from a line that completely failed them last time they took the chance?

Even if say Hasbro acquired the license for a penny, made figures that make Marvel Legends look like crap, priced them at $6.00 MSRP, they'd still be unable to put it in a store and sell it because every vender would remember this failure. The brand is poison now at retail. Ah, but what about someone like Matty with their own online store? Question, do you really think there are that many more Ghostbuster fans than ThunderCat fans? Ghostbusters couldn't make it. For a line that doesn't make it to retail, there is a very limited budget. That means lots of parts re-usage. Expect Lion-o, Mumm-ra, Tygra, Panthro, and all the other adult males to share a bodytype. Cheetara and Pumyra to share one. The kits to share one, assuming they get to the kits before they cancel the line. That's even without the usual Matty incompetence when it comes to handling their boy/collector brands.

I'm not saying there's zero chance for more figures, there's always a chance at SDCC exclusive figures, but TC is dead at retail and will likely be that way for a long time.

If a new line does happen, they just have to make believers out of retailers again...maybe including a better sales pitch to Toys "R" Us by adding them to their advertising commercials, essentially they would be the only retailers taking a chance on the new TCats line by another company, since a lot of them are skeptical!