Re: He-Man comment

"GI Trekker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> To my knowledge, the Snake-Men assortment has yet to be released, but
apart
> from that, you're right. Mattel so heavily packed He-Man and Skeletor
variants
> that NO ONE WANTED and short-packed the secondary characters that EVERYONE
DID
> that a lot of stores just stopped carrying the toy line, including
Wal-Mart and
> Target. If they can't get those two back, forget it.

This IS Mattel, who made _Robin_ (Y'know, the one that comes at the end of
"Batman and..." to most of the population) a chase figure in their first
Batman wave (Rather than, say, the 19th Batcostume variant), and made a
popular character like Dumbledore a chase figure in their first Harry potter
line.

Seems they can't quite seem to realise that "popular" equals "greater chance
of selling" rather than "ideal for release in limited numbers benefiting
no-one but e-Bay scalpers". :(

Luckily slow turnover in the UK meant I was able to pick up Robin and Mr
Freeze in the same shop on the same day, but I've yet to see a Joker at all!