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17th May '13 6:26:52 PM SirTiki

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10th May '13 12:33:47 PM MarkLungo

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10th May '13 12:33:16 PM MarkLungo

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* [[http://theswca.com/collectors.html This website]] features [[http://theswca.com/images-unproduced.html a bunch]] of prototypes of ''StarWars'' toys that never made it to stores]. [[http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=39555 This one]] is particularly painful to see.
** But you're forgetting about a bigger WhatCouldHaveBeen, in which Kenner in 1986-87 put together [[http://theswca.com/images-speci/85LineExt/index.html a massive pitch]] to, in essence, create the ExpandedUniverse five years before there WAS an Expanded Universe so they could make more toys.
* What do you mean there are tons of [[{{Macross}} Valkyries and other merchandise]] we never got in the States [[ExecutiveMeddling because]] of [[{{Robotech}} Harmony Gold]]? This has been going for ''how'' long?
* MonsterInMyPocket had a slew of products that were due to come out including unreleased monster figures, a Haunted House play-set, and a collector fan club that would issue 1 free figure each month; all of these were unrealized dreams.
* Palisades, the company behind [[http://www.oafe.net/articulation/0511.php those awesome Muppets toys]], got the license to do ''Series/SesameStreet'' toys in the same style. The figures (barely) got into production, but then Palisades had a major shake-up and folded. No one from the company was even 100% sure what stage the toys were in: if the toys had made it onto the boat from China, they'd be able to sell them; if not, they were dead forever. That means that at some point in late 2005/early 2006, there were entire shipping containers full of [[http://www.oafe.net/blog/2009/11/happy-40th-birthday-sesame-street/ the most amazing Sesame Street collector toys imaginable]], but they legally couldn't be shipped or sold, and were most likely destroyed.

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* [[http://theswca.com/collectors.html This website]] features [[http://theswca.com/images-unproduced.html a bunch]] of prototypes of ''Franchise/StarWars'' toys that never made it to stores]. [[http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=39555 This one]] is particularly painful to see.
** But you're forgetting about a bigger WhatCouldHaveBeen, in which Creator/{{Kenner}} in 1986-87 put together [[http://theswca.com/images-speci/85LineExt/ a massive pitch]] to, in essence, create the StarWarsExpandedUniverse five years before there WAS an Expanded Universe so they could make more toys.
* What do you mean there are tons of [[{{Macross}} Valkyries and other merchandise]] we never got in the States [[ExecutiveMeddling because]] of [[Anime/{{Robotech}} Harmony Gold]]? This has been going for ''how'' long?
* ''MonsterInMyPocket'' had a slew of products that were due to come out including unreleased monster figures, a Haunted House play-set, and a collector fan club that would issue 1 free figure each month; all of these were unrealized dreams.
* Palisades, the company behind [[http://www.oafe.net/articulation/0511.php those awesome]] ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' toys, got the license to do ''Series/SesameStreet'' toys in the same style. The figures (barely) got into production, but then Palisades had a major shake-up and folded. No one from the company was even 100% sure what stage the toys were in: if the toys had made it onto the boat from China, they'd be able to sell them; if not, they were dead forever. That means that at some point in late 2005/early 2006, there were entire shipping containers full of [[http://www.oafe.net/blog/2009/11/happy-40th-birthday-sesame-street/ the most amazing Sesame Street collector toys imaginable]], but they legally couldn't be shipped or sold, and were most likely destroyed.

5th May '13 5:44:56 PM Troper251

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24th Apr '13 4:58:29 AM MagiMecha

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17th Apr '13 11:59:45 AM SomeRandomMook

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