OlivusPrime wrote:Either that, or the line isn't popular with the majority of fans, meaning online stores like Kapow! don't get high sales like high street stores.
This is a very good point. Kapow is a store that focuses on the collector, not the average fan or kid on the street. The current toys have now been out for nearly two months, which means that any of the collectors that wished to buy them probably already have. Hasbro really needs to add some new figs to this line...and quickly. I'm honestly sick of looking at the same figs constantly. THe diversity of characters in ROTF was a hell of a lot better than this line. In addition, the speed with which new molds were released is much slower this time around, too. We've basically had the same figures released since the May 16th toy line release date. If they were to put out some new molds, I'm sure they'd sell more. But without that, it's not going to happen.
As for the popularity of the line, all of the mainstream stores I've seen are selling well. However, they ordered SO MUCH initial product that is restocked on a daily basis that it seems as if they aren't selling. The WalMarts here restock nightly to the tune of 2-3 cases of deluxes and 1 case of Voyagers. They can't keep the Leaders stocked because they are selling faster than they expected. Same with Target. WHat they are finding is that the Transformers-RELATED toys are not selling. THe figures are, the RPMs, powerbots, etc are not. And the Generations line has enough dust on them here to choke a camel. They have more in the back, but haven't had to stock them in nearly four months as they just don't sell. Sad, but true.