History Main / DelayedReleaseTieIn

* The DVD of ''Series/{{Primeval}} Series Three'' was intended to come out a couple of days after the final episode aired. The episode was then delayed by a week, and apparently there wasn't enough time to reschedule the DVD, meaning that it was available to buy before it had aired.

* Some merchandise for ''WesternAnimation/DCLeagueOfSuperPets'', specifically books and toys, showed up in April of 2022, which tied in with its' original May 20, 2022 release date. The film itself would be delayed until July 29, 2022.

* A Carl's Jr/Hardee's tie-in for ''WesternAnimation/TheNutJob2NuttyByNature'' was released in May 2017, the month it was supposed to premiere, instead of August 2017, its' final release date.

* ''Spy Hunter: Nowhere To Run'' is a 2006 reboot of the classic ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' arcade game that was supposed to be a tie-in with the ''Spy Hunter'' movie... except the film has been in DevelopmentHell for nearly a decade. People unaware of the ill-fated film will no doubt be baffled at why this game has a far greater focus on on-foot shooting missions than the traditional driving sequences, as well as why the main character has the voice and likeness of Creator/DwayneJohnson.

* {{WesternAnimation/Elio}} has has [[KidsMealToy Happy meal toys]] released in summer 2024. The movie was originally slated for release on March 1, 2024 before being pushed back to June 13, 2025 due to [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes the SAG-AFTRA strike]].

* The October 2023 issue of ''Magazine/WhiteDwarf'' has a large section at the end promoting ''Legions Imperialis'', a reimagining of the old ''Epic 40,000'' based entirely on the ''Horus Heresy'' era. The issue was supposed to come around the same time as the game was released: however, due to Games Workshop changing the way new products are released by making the preorder windows last two weeks rather than just one from late September onwards, the release of ''Legions Imperialis'' was pushed to early December. The article also contains references to the ''The Great Slaughter'' supplement and the models that get rules inside it - which were further delayed to March 2024.
* Due to production lead times, when Joy Toy released a Dark Angels-themed wave of 40k figures in the early part of 2024, it came out right after the 10th edition codex supplement was released. The Deathwing figures in particular were hit hard by this, as the different Knight figures were based off of their look in previous editions rather than their updated design that was revealed in 10th edition. Further more, they released Deathwing Strikemaster and Deathwing Champion figures which had been removed from the base game.

* ''Franchise/DragonAge: Literature/TheStolenThrone'' and ''Literature/TheCalling'' were released ahead of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' to familiarize the players with the key setting and plot concepts of the new franchise. Similarly, ''Literature/{{Asunder}}'' and ''Literature/TheMaskedEmpire'' were published in the lead-up to ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' to foreshadow the two key conflicts that drive its second act.

* Onionbat (formerly [=DoubleJump=] Books) planned a strategy guide for the English [=PS2=] and Wii release of ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove'' in 2010, but it was unaccounted for and was thought lost for good... until 2014, when they released it on digital outlets such as Amazon and [=iTunes=].

** Hasbro began releasing action figures (including two entire Marvel Legends waves) for Marvel's ''WesternAnimation/XMen97'' in Summer 2023, but the show itself was later pushed back to an indeterminate time in 2024, well after the toys had already been shipped off to retailers.

* Action figures for ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' were first seen in stores in late September 2022, matching its originally intended release date of October of the same year before it was pushed to June 2023. As a result, the figures spoiled the appearances of Spider-Punk, Jessica Drew, The Spot [[note]]Who [[https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/1536337525324890113 had been already revealed before.]][[/note]], Scarlet Spider and the new Cyborg Spider-Woman character. The said action figures packaging even have the original name of the movie "Spider-Man: Across the Spider Verse- ''Part One''" before the sequel got renamed! Similarly, Marvel published ''Comicbook/EdgeOfSpiderVerse2022'' and ''Comicbook/EndOfTheSpiderVerse'' in late 2022, with both series likely intended to cash in on ''Across the Spider-Verse'' back when it was slated for a Fall 2022 release date.

** ''Captain America: Brave New World'' was supposed to drop in 2024, but wound up being delayed until the following year due to reshoots. While much of the product line was also pushed back, a pair of Marvel Legends action figures depicting comic versions of Sam Wilson as Captain America and the villainous Steve Rogers doppelgänger from ''Comicbook/SecretEmpire'' still hit retailers in the original planned release year.

* WesternAnimation/Elio has has [[KidsMealToy Happy meal toys]] released in summer 2024. The movie was originally slated for release on March 1, 2024 before being pushed back to June 13, 2025 due to [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes the SAG-AFTRA strike]].

* The October 2023 issue of ''Magazine/WhiteDwarf'' has a large section at the end promoting ''Legions Imperialis'', a reimagining of the old ''Epic 40,000'' based entirely on the ''Horus Heresy'' era. The issue was supposed to come around the same time as the game was released: however, due to Games Workshop changing the way new products are released by making the preorder windows last two weeks rather than just one from late September onwards, the release of ''Legions Imperialis'' was pushed to early December.

* Originally, there was going to be a ''[[{{Franchise/Cars}} Cars Toon]]'' called [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts "To Protect and Serve'']] about a pair of young police cars (who both reuse [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 the doomed spy Rod Redline's character model]]) being hired by Sheriff to protect Radiator Springs while he is on vacation, but start bossing everyone around instead, but this trope was sadly taken UptoEleven: the short was [[DevelopmentHell eventually cancelled]] in 2015 after a trailer and screenshots were released, likely at the last minute, but fortunately toys of said police cars were still made, and the short's plot was eventually resolved in the form of a tie-in storybook.

* Action figures for ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' were first seen in stores in late September 2022, matching its originally intended release date of October of the same year before it was pushed to June 2023. As a result, the figures spoiled the appearances of Spider-Punk, Jessica Drew, The Spot, Scarlet Spider and the new Cyborg Spider-Woman character. The said action figures packaging even have the original name of the movie "Spider-Man: Across the Spider Verse- ''Part One''" before the sequel got renamed! Similarly, Marvel published ''Comicbook/EdgeOfSpiderVerse2022'' and ''Comicbook/EndOfTheSpiderVerse'' in late 2022, with both series likely intended to cash in on ''Across the Spider-Verse'' back when it was slated for a Fall 2022 release date.

** ''Captain America: Brave New World'' was supposed to drop in 2024, but wound up being delayed until the following year due to reshoots. While much of the product line was also pushed back, a pair of Marvel Legends action figures depicting comic versions of Sam Wilson as Captain America and the villainous Steve Rogers doppelgänger from ''Comicbook/SecretEmpire2018'' still hit retailers in the original planned release year.

** ''Captain America: Brave New World'' was supposed to drop in 2024, but wound up being delayed until the following year due to reshoots. While much of the product line was also pushed back, a pair of Marvel Legends action figures depicting comic versions of Sam Wilson as Captain America and the villainous Steve Rogers doppelgänger from ''Comicbook/SecretEmpire2017'' still hit retailers in the original planned release year.

* UsefulNotes/McDonalds had Happy Meal toys for ''[[Film/TheMarvels2023 The Marvels]]'' in June 2023, to tie in with the original July 2023 release date, despite the film being delayed to November 2023. Marvel Legends figures from the film also began popping up in stores that Summer, several months ahead of the actual theatrical premier.

** Hasbro released action figures (including an entire Marvel Legends wave) for Marvel's ''WesternAnimation/XMen97'' cartoon in the Summer and Fall of 2023, but the show itself was announced to have been delayed until early 2024 after the toys had already been shipped off to retailers.

* Happy Meal toys for ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' were released in many countries between December 2022 and January 2023, matching the originally intended release date before the movie was pushed to April 2023. The line ended up revealing the appearance of Lumalee in the film before his proper debut in the final trailer.

* The first season of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' features several episodes which lead into ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''. However, due to the infamous [[Recap/PokemonS1E38ElectricSoldierPorygon "Electric Soldier Porygon"]] seizure incident, the show was taken off the air for a few months. The movie's release date did not move to compensate for the schedule delay, meaning the Mewtwo tie-in episodes ended up airing a few months ''after'' the movie had already come out in Japan. This was however [[AvertedTrope averted]] in the American release, as the English episode package did not contain "Electric Soldier Porygon", and allowed the episodes to be broadcast before the film's North American release.
* ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland'' was released in 1989 in Japan, but not until 1992 in the United States, meaning that the 1990 video game tie-in ''VideoGame/LittleNemoTheDreamMaster'' arrived in the States well ahead of the film.
* ''VideoGame/DragonBallLegends'' had a collaboration with ''Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero'' that was released on time back when the film was originally set for an April release, but because of the movie's delay caused by the aforementioned Toei hack, the only thing ''Legends'' could do at that point was release Gamma 1 and Gamma 2 as playable characters and nothing else, with Power Awakened Piccolo, Pan, and Beast Gohan all arriving in a much later Part 2 of the collaboration. The sudden shift in plans has resulted in the player base potentially MisBlamed the delay for the reason as to why the game's 4th Anniversary was lackluster as a result.

* ''WesternAnimation/HoodwinkedTooHoodVersusEvil'' and ''WesternAnimation/SherlockGnomes'' both had Burger King promotions released before the films they were promoting. In the case of ''Hoodwinked Too'', the movie wouldn't see release until over a year later.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Foodfight}}'' had merchandise being made in the mid-2000s. The film sat on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment until 2012, but the merch was found leaking out into stores long before that point. There are many accounts of people finding Daredevil Dan or Cheasel T. Weasel toys as carnival prizes.

* A Carl's Jr/Hardee's tie-in for ''WesternAnimation/TheNutJob2NuttyByNature'' was released in May 2017, the month it was supposed to premiere, instead of August 2017, its' final release date.
* Action figures for ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' were first seen in stores in late September 2022, matching its originally intended release date of October of the same year before it was pushed to June 2023. As a result, the figures spoiled the appearances of Spider-Punk, Jessica Drew,The Spot, Scarlet Spider and the seemingly new Cyborg Spider-Woman character. The said action figures packaging even have the original name of the movie "Spider-Man: Across the Spider Verse- ''Part One''" before the sequel got renamed! Similarly, Marvel published ''Comicbook/EdgeOfSpiderVerse2022'' and ''Comicbook/EndOfTheSpiderVerse'' in late 2022, with both series likely intended to cash in on ''Across the Spider-Verse'' back when it was slated for a Fall 2022 release date.
* Happy Meal toys for ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' were released in many countries between December 2022 and January 2023, matching the originally intended release date before the movie was pushed to April 2023. The line ended up revealing the appearance of Lumalee in the film before his proper debut in the final trailer.

* Two {{public service announcement}}s featuring ''[[Film/TheOogielovesInTheBigBalloonAdventure The Oogieloves]]'' aired on TV in 2009 and 2010 respectively. The former year was the originally slated release for their first movie, which wound up getting delayed to patent the film's interactive technology.

* UsefulNotes/McDonalds had Happy Meal toys for ''[[Film/TheMarvels2023 The Marvels]]'' in June 2023, to tie in with the original July 2023 release date, despite the film being delayed to November 2023. Marvel Legends figures from the film also began popping up in stores that Summer, several months ahead of the actual theatrical premier.[[/folder]]

* The DVD of ''Series/{{Primeval}} Series Three'' was intended to come out a couple of days after the final episode aired. The episode was then delayed by a week, and apparently there wasn't enough time to reschedule the DVD, meaning that it was available to buy before it had aired.

* Several ''VideoGame/LegoStarWars'' sets containing codes to unlock certain characters and vehicles in ''The Skywalker Saga'' came out in late 2020, around the game’s original release window. But while the game was delayed well into 2022, the sets came out on time, with the instruction booklets still advertising the original 2020 release.
* ''Videogame/GothamKnights2022'' action figures of ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, ComicBook/{{Robin}} and Red Hood were released by [[Creator/ToddMcfarlane McFarlane Toys]] in February 2022, seemingly a holdover from when the game was supposed to drop in late 2021. By the time it was finally released in October 2022, the toys had been on shelves for around eight months.
* To coincide with the October 2022 release date of the ''VideoGame/MidnightSuns'' video game, Marvel launched a new ''ComicBook/{{Midnight Suns|2022}}'' comic book series featuring some of the same characters. However, while the comic still launched in Fall 2022, the game it was meant to cash in on wound up being delayed to early 2023.

* In January 2002, Carl's Jr. and Hardees ran a toy promotion for ''WesternAnimation/PhantomInvestigators''. However the show would not debut until May.
* The CD "The Newest Nicktoons", which was released in 2001, contained the theme song to ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'', which wouldn't officially premiere until 2002.

* The October 2023 issue of ''Magazine/WhiteDwarf'' has a large section at the end promoting ''Legions Imperialis'', a reimagining of the old ''Epic 40,000'' based entirely on the ''Horus Heresy'' era. The issue was supposed to come around the same time as the game was released: however, due to Games Workshop changing the way new products are released by making the preorder windows last two weeks rather than just one from late September onwards, ''Legions Imperialis'' ended up releasing in early December.

** In late Summer 2023, Creator/{{Hasbro}} released a Creator/DisneyPlus-themed Marvel Legends wave featuring characters from shows like ''Series/WandaVision'', ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' and ''Series/SecretInvasion''. However, several figures were also from ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'''s second season, which had been delayed from its initial early 2023 release window to December. As a result, certain characters like Bill Foster as Goliath and an upgraded Hydra Stomper [[SpoiledByTheMerchandise made their debut in action figure form]] well before actually showing up on TV/computer screens.

* UsefulNotes/McDonalds had Happy Meal toys for ''[[Film/TheMarvels2023 The Marvels]]'' in June 2023, to tie in with the original July 2023 release date, despite the film being delayed to November 2023''. Marvel Legends figures from the film also began popping up in stores that Summer, several months ahead of the actual theatrical premier.[[/folder]]

* UsefulNotes/McDonalds had Happy Meal toys for
''[[Film/TheMarvels2023 The Marvels]]'' in June 2023, to tie in with the original July 2023 release date, despite the film being delayed to November 2023''. Marvel Legends figures from the film also began popping up in stores that Summer, several months ahead of the actual theatrical premier.[[/folder]]

** In late Summer 2023, Creator/{{Hasbro}} released a Creator/DisneyPlus-themed Marvel Legends wave featuring characters from shows like ''Series/WandaVision'', ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' and ''Series/SecretInvasion''. However, several figures were also from ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'''s second season, which had been delayed from its initial early 2023 release window to December. As a result, certain characters like Bill Foster as Goliath and an upgraded Hydra Stomper made their debut in action figure form well before actually showing up on TV screens.

* Hasbro released action figures (including an entire Marvel Legends wave) for Marvel's ''WesternAnimation/XMen97'' cartoon in the Summer and Fall of 2023, but the show itself was announced to have been delayed until early 2024 after the toys had already been shipped off to retailers.

* In late Summer 2023, Creator/{{Hasbro}} released a Creator/DisneyPlus-themed Marvel Legends wave featuring characters from shows like ''Series/WandaVision'', ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' and ''Series/SecretInvasion''. However, several figures were also from ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'''s second season, which had been delayed from its initial early 2023 release window to December. As a result, certain characters like Bill Foster as Goliath and an upgraded Hydra Stomper made their debut in action figure form well before actually showing up on TV screens.

''[[Film/TheMarvels2023 The Marvels]]'' in June 2023, to tie in with the original July 2023 release date, despite the film being delayed to November 2023''.[[/folder]]

* In late Summer 2023, Creator/{{Hasbro}} released a Creator/DisneyPlus-themed Marvel Legends wave featuring characters from shows like ''Series/WandaVision'', ''Series/{{Hawkeye}}'' and ''Series/SecretInvasion''. However, several figures were also from ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf'''s second season, which had been delayed from its initial early 2023 release window to December. As a result, certain characters like Bill Foster as Goliath and an upgraded Hydra Stomper made their debut in action figure form well before actually showing up on TV screens.

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* Merchandise for ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' was released on the date the show was originally supposed to premiere. However, because the penultimate episode of ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' was pushed back [[BreakingNewsInterruption due to breaking news]], the show's premiere was pushed back.
* The DVD of ''Series/{{Primeval}} Series Three'' was intended to come out a couple of days after the final episode aired. The episode was then delayed by a week, and apparently there wasn't enough time to reschedule the DVD, meaning that it was available to buy before it had aired.
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