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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
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Exactly what I was going to ask. Maybe they think that a hardened assassin just isn't very marketable for the kiddies?
edited 11th May '15 9:37:02 AM by kkhohoho
How many Captain Marvel toys are being made is probably a good question to ask.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.What is the point of making a toy with her when we don't even know how the character will look like? We know neither who the actress will be, nor how the costume will look like, nothing.
I actually thought that this was the reason they added the stupid Tron stripes to Black Widow's costume, so that her action figure would look cooler.
edited 11th May '15 9:41:18 AM by Swanpride
More than likely, that's the problem. Widow's costume is boring.
Addition: Does Carol even have an action figure or any other toy for her out? A Hero Clix statue doesn't count. Or whatever those figures with bases they're stuck on are called.
edited 11th May '15 9:42:37 AM by GethKnight
x4 Because it helps market the character ahead of time. Now when kids are watching trailers for Captain Marvel in theaters, they can wave their not-hard-earned Captain Marvel toys in front of their parents apathetic faces and say, ' IT'S CAPTAIN MARVEL I LOVE CAPTAIN MARVEL I WANNA SEE CAPTAIN MARVEL CAPTAIN MARVELS AWESOME CAPTAIN MARVEL CAPTAIN MARVEL CAPTAIN MARV—!!!', and after the now furious parent hurls the toy straight at the theater screen out of sheer rage and possibly damaging it slightly, they'll cave in, and will be even more likely to go see Captain Marvel than they were before. It's awareness-increasing advertising, basically.
edited 11th May '15 10:06:05 AM by kkhohoho
You know when I was a kid I used to collect action figures of the various Marvel characters. While doing this I got Ms. Marvel, the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, and Tigra. I was considering getting a Black Widow figure to add to my collection and even out the gender ratio a bit but if they're not even going to bother making a toy for her I guess I can't do that.
BLOODY CORPSE QUICKSILVER ACTION FIGURE
COMES WITH BULLETS
NO ARTICULATION POINTS BECAUSE IT'S A FUCKING CORPSE
edited 11th May '15 10:10:07 AM by Wackd
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.There's quite a few online. I think people feel there's under-representation because they can't just walk into a store and find one. No "Black Widow with motorcycle" that isn't the motorcycle called Black Widow.
edited 11th May '15 10:12:15 AM by GethKnight
Kids don't really do the whole order-online thing, though. They're big on instant gratification. No patience for shipping times.
So if you go into a toy store and you see no girl toys at all, "well we can order one and you can have it in 5-7 days" isn't gonna be a big help. Especially when all the boys get their action figures immediately.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.So what exactly is Ultron in relation to the Mind Gem? Was he just an extraneous AI somehow installed to it? Was he the Mind Gem's consciousness?
Unrelated but I just remembered that there were advertising Ant Man in the previews for AOU. I had to explain to a friend who doesn't read comics why that was funny.
edited 11th May '15 10:20:16 AM by Spirit
#IceBearForPresident

Why are there Captain Marvel toys for AOU even though she's not in the movie but not any Black-Widow-riding-her-motorcycle toys?!
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