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[Demona]

I'd say an indefinite hold is a euphemism for "axed".

Serously though, if Disney makes is a big PITA to design XMen characters then companies just won't deal with the hassle and move onto characters where they are free to be creative.

[Spidey976]

While I HATE what is happening to the XM guys, especially on this piece because it has come so far, I do get what Disney/Marvel are doing. They want the XMen and FF back under their umbrella and they are willing to remove support from those products to encourage this. Now I HATE HATE HATE that the guys at XM are getting caught in the middle, but right now they are caught in the middle of two giants fighting, and by being respectful to Disney in everything they say I think they have a better shot of having things brake in their favor.... Kind of thnk we should follow their lead.

[Reed Rayner]

What I don't get is why are toys such as the Marvel Universe series, which is way more affordable and reaches more people, still getting the green light to release fan 4 and x-men figures. Where else these limited pieces in a niche market gets the hold ups.

[SONICobra]

Disney is clueless, putting a hold on comic licensed merchandise is not going to effect the success of another studios movie. making it difficult to have movie licensed products made, yeah that makes sense. F YOU DISNEY, THIS SH_T IS BOGUS!!!!

[Hellboy]

Originally Posted by SONICobra

Disney is clueless, putting a hold on comic licensed merchandise is not going to effect the success of another studios movie. making it difficult to have movie licensed products made, yeah that makes sense. F YOU DISNEY, THIS SH_T IS BOGUS!!!!

I agree, it's just stupid. They're never going to get those characters back! Marvel *#%^ed up back when they were struggling and now punishing the fans is Disney's attempt to try and rectify that? I might just stop collecting Marvel product all together. Screw them!

[loricstone]

Originally Posted by Hellboy

I agree, it's just stupid. They're never going to get those characters back! Marvel *#%^ed up back when they were struggling and now punishing the fans is Disney's attempt to try and rectify that? I might just stop collecting Marvel product all together. Screw them!

Now you know how I felt when Hard Hero got screwed over by Marvel and that line of statues was vastly getting better and better.

[Hellboy]

Originally Posted by loricstone

Now you know how I felt when Hard Hero got screwed over by Marvel and that line of statues was vastly getting better and better.

I don't really see that being comparable. We're seeing a cross company collectible ban on these characters to kill interest in a film franchise.

[Armored_Berserk]

Originally Posted by Demona

Nope. It's because while Disney owns the comic book rights to the X-Men, FOX owns the movie rights.

And therefore, Disney doesn't want to give the mutants any more exposure than they have to until the movie rights are up for sale -- and they get them.

If Disney had their way, I bet they would cancel the comics too.

It's a very warped logic to screw over statue collectors because it's such a small, and expensive, area of merchandising but that's their logic. Try to kill ALL X-Men merch. And to kill the statue merch, Disney clamps down on X-Men design/creative projects that XM, SS, Koto work on making it expensive and impossible to make a statue. Hell -- Bowen stopped making statues because of this crap!

Disney killed FF. Comic and all. Mouse House is ruthless and has billions to make it happen.

Thanks for the explanation

[rjszar]

Originally Posted by Spidey976

Now I HATE HATE HATE that the guys at XM are getting caught in the middle, but right now they are caught in the middle of two giants fighting, and by being respectful to Disney in everything they say I think they have a better shot of having things brake in their favor.... Kind of thnk we should follow their lead.

So, you are saying we should take the high road and not dis Disney in this forum? That is admirable, but will it really matter? Do they actually come here and read this stuff? I doubt the opinions, good or bad, of a couple dozen collectors sway their objectives one way or the other. The total number of collectors buying X-Men statues across all companies is just thousands out of 7 billion people in the world...or is it 8 billion now? Our money doesn't mean anything. Losing out on some statue proceeds isn't going to affect them, neither will us boycotting other Disney stuff. They aren't going to miss a few thousand people not going to see AoU.

[frenchyoutoo]

Theyre probably pissed we havent made a "disney" section or thread