The CRUMBLING Remains of The Disney Empire ROTS on Shelves

Things have gotten so bad, stores are abandoning ship and production is set to decrease by 25%
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[@Pellbort]

The main issue is that these toys aren't designed to be played with, they're just designed to be sold to retailers.

[@skyesyd221]

Hmm

[@tvctaswegia497]

That was my take too. They can't be posed or really played with. Almost like they expected franchise collectors to snap them up and shelve them mint in box awaiting the great return on investment one day. *snort* Those days are long gone. I know a toy collector, he says his collection is worth maybe 60% of what he paid for it.

[@vast9467]

Seems like a universal issue with toys nowadays, apart from transformers meant to be sold to adults (the only ones who can afford them)

[@KhumboSharma]

@@tvctaswegia497 i laugh so hard at the corporations AND resellers/scalpers getting reamed by this. if you're buying a toy just to resell it you're a damn leech so their misery is one of life's small joys

[@KhumboSharma]

@@mightyhendo9828 you're an insane narcissist. scalpers just want to gouge everybody without actually providing anything, they are capitalism at its worst. i respect actual thieves reselling stolen goods more

[@ccrazool]

Asking $36 for an action figure is so incredibly insulting in the first place.

[@voidwalker0771]

36$ for a cheap plastic -_-

[@christopheryoung2874]

yup could buy some used video games for that price

[@haroldb1856]

The price points for toys were set by the same marketing department that decided to use fan baiting as Disney's primary marketing strategy.

[@PunmasterSTP]

@@christopheryoung2874You could buy a lot of other better stuff for that price too!

[@StreetPreacherr]

It's funny, it seems an 'action figure' either needs to be under $10, or OVER $200! :)

[@death-king1834]

Hard to believe a decade or so back before Disney bought Lucasfilm, Star Wars absolutely dominated toy stores.

[@gregdrivesdriver5104]

All of these "toys" need to be sent to Kathleen Kennedy as a retirement gift. This is her vision of Star Wars, let her have it.

[@whiterabbit75]

There was a time where a Star Wars figure never sat on a peg long enough for dust to even touch it.

[@samwilsoncaptainamerica233]

​@@whiterabbit75And now the franchise is so dead not even collectors will touch that garbage.

[@LongBeach88]

They still sell like crazy but collectors moved onto high end figures not these cheap pos.

[@5150scottie5150]

You couldn't even FIND a lightsaber back in the day

[@jamesanthony8438]

"Say goodbye to the glory days of Marvel and Star Wars." We did that years ago.

[@bosskbounty]

What were the 'glory days' of Marvel ... and don't bring up the MCU.

[@floridaman4596]

​@@bosskbountythe comics, before Disney and pc

[@NCTStudio]

Star Wars died first, when Krass-idy came into office

[@drhkleinert8241]

Star Wars died at Episode 2 (Clones) by C Haydensen. Marvel died when Tony Stark died.

[@imm0rtaL1ty1]

@@drhkleinert8241 You're trippin really Episode 2 killed starwars? LOL

[@zillauniverse7208]

I think the reason why Indy toys aren’t selling is because aside from hardcore collectors kids nowadays have no interest in Indiana Jones.

[@StreetPreacherr]

Yeah, toys need to either be LESS than $10, so clueless Grandmothers will randomly buy them for their grandkids. Or OVER $200, and be extremely detailed 1/6 Scale 'Hot Toys' for the 'hardcore collectors'!

[@jaylenwallace2458]

Even I was never interested in Indiana Jones as a millennial lol

[@flextape467]

​@@jaylenwallace2458 I can understand why

[@LongBeach88]

Collectors have moved on along time ago. They buy high end collectibles like statues, props, and 1/6 scale life like figures.

[@Power11112]

Also because they keep going hard on the nostalgic lazier versions of Kenner figures and it isn’t even fooling any kids that do buy this stuff like no one’s dumb enough to buy that shit for 12 bucks

[@thumperjdm]

When kids don't want toys...you know a company is in trouble.

[@flextape467]

They prefer the shit on yt kids. I'd say it's a tragedy, but these companies are just getting what they deserve.

[@Zodroo_Tint]

@rendra86 "Kids today smart" :)

[@XxNidokingbiggestfan3131xX]

​@rendra86nah bruh this generation is doomed if tick tack keeps existing💀

[@Godzillafan78]

@@XxNidokingbiggestfan3131xXbuddy the shit on KZbin shorts Is far worse then anything tiktok has made and KZbin shorts was made as a alternative to TikTok 💀

[@danieljlanoue8823]

The merchandise was the main reason Disney wanted to buy Lucasfilm. Whoops!!!!!

[@braylin5003]

Whoopsy!!!!! 😁😁😁

[@bosskbounty]

Also why Return of the Jedi was made the way it was.

[@danieljlanoue8823]

@@bosskbounty It’s pretty funny that all Lucasfilm had to do was put out a mediocre at best trilogy that didn’t “subvert expectations” to continue the golden gooses legacy.

[@ashedretro3334]

The other reason for toys not selling is also the crazy cost they want for this crap nobody wants to pay their crazy asking prices.

[@danburgs]

Exactly. Overpriced, Overrated, OVERWOKE CRAP that no one wants. Not even the weirdo TWITTER lefites want 'em, but then those wankers dont have any money :p

[@sephonvar2129]

The crazy cost and the fact that many of these figures, especially the Star Wars figures, are on their 10th version of the same figure and people are sick of seeing them. Hell, Target had some rainbow colored pride Star Wars figures they called prototype Luke Skywalker, but we all know what they really were trying to target.

[@jamesc8968]

I wanted to buy some of the new Indy figures but they cost $40 Australian! That's insane!

[@samwilsoncaptainamerica233]

​@@jamesc896840$?! That might as well be robbery.

[@bretton_woods]

They really believe that people will pay $40 in the hope that it will become "Rare" in the future and worth 100s or 1000s if kept sealed. Of course, there is almost no chance of that happening and I guess most speculators must have learned this by now.

[@aster4jaden]

These Toy Store Videos are always good to see Disney's Empire collapse piece by piece.

[@Clon.clonee]

Hate to be that guy but Disney shelves always had that problem with less popular characters for decades. Don’t think it will collapse soon lol

[@StreetPreacherr]

@@Clon.clonee How is the toy sales business doing OVERALL these days? Are ANY toys currently selling 'well'? When I talk to my 11 year old nephew he just wants credits to buy DLC crap for Fornite or Minecraft on his birthday. I just assumed that most kids didn't really care about action figures anymore? Like, is that Barbie movie being marketed to 11 year old girls who play with the toys now? Or to 30-40+ year old 'women' that played with the dolls when they were kids?

[@Ghost101]

@@StreetPreacherr From the stores like Target, I would say still horrible in general unless you're into Pokemon, Legos or toy cars from Matchbox or Hotwheels. Most of the stuff I've seen every time I went is still sitting on the shelves for months on end until they hit clearance. Even the action figures at GameStop are not really selling off the shelves as much.

[@DuskusCB]

@@StreetPreacherrjudging by the PG-13 rating, I’m assuming the latter

[@AJedits65]

That seems really fucking petty like I get it Disney has done bad stuff but like every million dollar company is shitty that’s like saying the sky is blue 🙄🙄🙄

[@rustydelorean6405]

Wish they could make something useful with all that plastic. Park benches, rulers for school kids, portajons… anything but Disney toys.

[@CanaryGamesESC]

Technically you could still do the bench I imagine. You could make like an art piece out of it.

[@markiangooley]

Recycling those packaged figures would be a pain. They have those really efficient incinerators in Sweden that generate heat for steam and indirectly electricity, and that might be the best way.

[@CanaryGamesESC]

@@markiangooley I was thinking more like melting and gluing them together into a bench as an art piece

[@CanaryGamesESC]

@@markiangooley Also wouldn’t those incinerators release like toxins into the air

[@StreetPreacherr]

@@CanaryGamesESC So does this just end up becoming LANDFILL then?

[@biostemm]

I really dislike this trend of packaging figures in boxes where you can't see the actual figure you'll be getting - reminds me of the NES days where you had to trust that the screenshots on the back were accurate...

[@mgshock]

Oh, it's seriously silly with the "deluxe" Star Wars figs with the flap on the box. You open the flap to see.... more of the box.

[@Fr0stbit3_]

But Hasbro is saving money!

[@justmeok2]

As a south american, its wild to see your videos! Some of those shitty toys are still at a high price here in my country. Knowing its garbage there makes me even more unwilling to pay for them lol. Keep up the content!

[@youtubasoarus]

It truly is baffling isn't it? The prices are insane. Tiny little piece of shit figure for 30 dollars? LOL WTF.

[@lorpuz4664]

They are Even more expensive sometimes cause "imported product" still what I can See getting sell are Transformers, Barbies and legos which are kind off an eternal toy concept (for now) but the Marvel/starwars rots in shelfs. Heck some Big stores just don't have a toy aile anymore in My country. unless is xmas or "childrens" day. thats a sign of how not profitable toys are. And it's kinda sad. Kids don't really play with toys anymore.

[@flextape467]

Where's justmeok1?

[@nitroxylictv]

@@youtubasoarus I got some of the figures that come wrapped in wax paper inside a white box for a heavily discounted price at Walmart. They normally sell for $15-$20 but I got them for $4.50 each. They make good TV stand decorations next to my 15 year old Clone Wars mini-lightsaber DIY kits. Thats about all theyre good for. 🤣🤣 These vintage style figures are so fragile I dont think a kid would want to play with them anyways. The lightsabers are 1/2mm thick plastic that snaps in the wind and the figures themselves are made of a soft destructable plastic.

[@youtubasoarus]

@@nitroxylictv So they ARE cheaply made aren't they? Wtf. They have some nerve trying to pass off this garbage. They used to be really good quality.

[@sochioranmyaku]

I remember how massively hyped Star Wars toys were when the prequels came out. These movies being as bad as they are probably contributed to Toys R Us going out of business. Edit: some of y’all think I’m bashing the prequels. When I say “these movies” I’m talking about the sequels and marvel movies producing a bunch of crap nobody cares about which was the point of this video.

[@freaky66]

I remember when force awkakens was announced people went nuts for the toys they launched before release. Now nobody cares lol

[@chasehedges6775]

@@freaky66 2015 was such a different time

[@DarthPerkins]

I remember when the ORIGINAL Star Wars toys were released and you couldn't keep them on shelves.

[@CanaryGamesESC]

Actually Toys R Us was doing decently sales wise if I remember right and I think I heard it would still have been making a profit if it wasn’t dragged down and basically killed by debt from a leveraged buyout years ago that it just wasn’t making enough to pay back.

[@CanaryGamesESC]

@@Tyneras Never even got the chance

[@projektkobra2247]

I just cannot believe that toy companies and movie studios have misread the market SO bad on this...They must have seen the profits from the Kenner line in the 70's and 80's..and have been kicking themselves they let Lucas walk away with that IP for nothing.... But that was all lightning in a bottle...WE played with SW figures cuz we didnt have 1000 other distractions like kids have today..we collected our little men and PLAYED with them...in the yard in the mud and sand..cuz 3 years was an eternity to wait for the next movie. I went from big-eyed child of wonderment, to bitter, jaded pre-teen over the course of the first three Star Wars movies... That toy-playing generation is never coming back....Its the toys themselves I feel sorry for.

[@PunmasterSTP]

Your comment was great, but now I’m a little depressed 😔

[@projektkobra2247]

@@PunmasterSTP -You hang IN there!!!!!!

[@JoseHernandez-xv2bt]

@@PunmasterSTPI’m barely hanging on man

[@I-io8ee]

Now it seems only really young kids and adult collectors have an interest for toys

[@projektkobra2247]

@@JoseHernandez-xv2bt -Depression is the notion that actions are useless...the cure of course...is action...MAKE yourself do something..LITERALLY anything....go for a 5K walk...Make your dinner from scratch from any one of the zillion recipes here on You Tube...Draw or write something, even if you suck at it...Clean up your garage...Plan a day trip to a Frank Lloyd Wright site or other historical place near you. I PROMISE it will turn your whole day around. You know you...But I know you can pull up just on your own.

[@alessandroditerlizzi569]

The worst and sad thing is that this stuff then gets thrown away and make so much plastic waste :/

[@williamdrum9899]

Disney should be held liable for that. I wonder if you can equate their unsold toys to rainforests burned etc

[@Klongu_Da_Bongu]

@@williamdrum9899 More likely "Turtles and whales choked" to unsold toys

[@xirochamber5863]

@@williamdrum9899for real talk about global warming mitigation policies yet won’t tax companies and corporations for producing worthless products that pollute our planet.

[@williamdrum9899]

@@xirochamber5863 Pisses me off so much. I reuse paper bags and avoid plastic silverware by bringing a fork to work. Yet Disney can make 100,000 rose ticos and somehow I'm the bad guy

[@xirochamber5863]

honestly we should go back to wood and glass. plastic is much more dangerous for the environment than carbon imo. Plastic has spread so far and wide that even uninhabited forests and jungles have found to have microplastics in the planet fibers and cells. Micro plastics causes cancer and infertility and hormone imbalances and we still don't have a full grasp on the future impact it will have on living things in the long run. @@williamdrum9899

[@AncestorEmpire1]

The toys sales look so bad, even Toys for Tots would refuse them.

[@JRGProjects]

Hence Kars for Kids is gaining popularity.

[@AncestorEmpire1]

@@JRGProjects Kars?

[@JRGProjects]

@@AncestorEmpire1 that's how they spell it.

[@AncestorEmpire1]

@@JRGProjects weird.

[@StreetPreacherr]

What happens to this crap when the discount stores can't move it? Can the companies even give the toys away if they wanted to? Or does everything need to be destroyed for some business/tax reason? I mean, I'd assume that it would be cheaper to just give the stuff away rather than paying to transport it to landfill, or some facility to be destroyed? And how long does a place like Ollies keep stuff on their shelves before they give up too?

[@GerarddeSouza-yt3fc]

Even if the films did well, clearly they over-produce with every minor character. Manufacture the protagonists. If the property turns out popular, then manufacture the supporting and extra characters. They (Disney? The toy companies?) seem to have a really arrogant attitude that if they make it, the consumer will buy it.

[@mgshock]

That's the way it used to be. One wave with a few of the main characters, then if you're lucky you get a second with a few more. Hasbro goes all in every time even on the oddball properties. As long as the stores buy it they don't care.

[@Sleesus]

This isn't just a Disney issue, Hasbro in general seems to have this problem. They've been making main characters and troop builders from their own lines like Gi. joe convention and online event or store exclusives and only stocking stores with snake 3 eyes movie tie in figures that won't sell no matter what.

[@hope-cat4894]

You would think companies would pay people to do this. Go into toy stores and see what's selling and what's not. Where's the market research team?!

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

They gave the RaD/Market jobs to the diversity and inclusion officers.

[@williamdrum9899]

They were told to say what the boss wanted to hear

[@GIBBO4182]

The, usually, unseen cost of their failure…it’s easy to look up the box office numbers, but it’s impossible to say just how much money they’ve missed out on in merchandise!

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

Billions, easily. If these franchises were as beloved as they were hoping, they’d be making billions

[@braddl9442]

Take what they made on the movies and double it. That is what they lost on the merch. Just as a rule of thumb. The reality is you spread that out over years.....they lost prob 5 times what the movies made on merch not selling.

[@braylin5003]

A lot... Especially now that they will lose the case against Florida, so they will need to pay all their overdue taxes

[@jimjam51075]

​@@braddl9442I've heard 4x box office is what Lucas used to make from merchandising. Wish I could remember source.

[@AvengerII]

@@jimjam51075 They gave away the secret in the 1980s. That's a statistic I remember reading in "Skywalking," the authorized Lucas biography. They very clearly stated that 75% of the original trilogy's money was made off of licensing. Through the mid-, late 1980s the original trilogy made on the order of $4billion. Only about $1.2billion was in ticket sales. The rest was in toys, T-shirts, games, soundtracks, etc. Marvel was one of the beneficiary licensees. The sales of the original Star Wars comics really helped that company out in a rough times in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

[@jerdog8335]

All this 'waste' can be layed at the feet of Kathleen Kennedy.

[@williamdrum9899]

That's one heck of a carbon footprint!

[@borgurman]

Kathleen kennedy needs to be fired

[@williamdrum9899]

@@borgurman I want her to keep her job! So that Disney will cease to exist

[@borgurman]

Ok

[@borgurman]

Let disney die then (honestly)

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

People don't realize that toys are a lot like perishable food. A kid seeing Wakanda Forever merch 4 years on will think something's wrong with it

[@KingRandor82]

They're not wrong....

[@0verkill161]

As a miniature wargamer I can attest that failed franchise toys are a great source of cheat table top terrain.

[@JohnDoe-vm5rb]

The boxes or the toys themselves?

[@CanaryGamesESC]

@@JohnDoe-vm5rbProbably both

[@bartlett2335]

@@JohnDoe-vm5rbthe accessories that come with the toys presumably

[@0verkill161]

Yes, sometimes even the boxes are used.

[@impactdash8947]

with the amount of shuri copters we can seize the entire solar system

[@skyesyd221]

Wut

[@masterjohn5713]

I always think the staff must get so excited when you walk over to the shelves and start looking through thinking they can finally shift the stock.. it really is sad to see the toys fill shelves gathering dust when once upon a time when once upon a time everyone was fighting to get that new toy

[@LH74]

Only Gen X’ers care about action figures. Millennials and Zoomers are addicted to phone apps and social media…. They are dead inside.

[@diablojones]

You think Walmart employees give a damn? 😂

[@3dgar006]

I doubt the staff cares. I wouldn’t.

[@mgthestrange9098]

Yes, they’re all like ‘oh h ohhh… wait, it’s just anotherYou Tuber filming our loaded shelves!’. 😞

[@xdress1746]

Staff don’t care. None of the employees’ wages are reliant on a customer purchasing a shitty toy.

[@frischey]

It's unfortunate that most toys are licensed, and are therefore reliant on the popularity of the series they represent and not the quality of the toy. As a toy sculptor I'm cheering on companies like MGA, Moose, and Spinmaster for bringing fresh ideas to the table and creating new original IPs

[@Iffy350]

Disney burns The world still turns

[@chasehedges6775]

Accurate

[@chasehedges6775]

Modern Disney gets what it deserves

[@bosskbounty]

@@chasehedges6775 just like when Dresden was burning in February 1945 eh?

[@dragondude9637]

I remember back in the 90s when the Special Edition of Star Wars was released. The toys sold like hotcakes! Everyone, both children and adult collectors brought them! They were so popular, they had two long isles packed with the merchandise, which sold so fast you had to preorder them just so you can get a hold of any of them!

[@enrique6335]

I remember those years. When Star Wars toys had entire isles dedicated to them. Now they are merely an afterthought tucked away in a corner

[@Dogy0909]

I see those 90s SW toys at flea markets and estate sales and the like all the time

[@THE_CDN]

"You can't sell a turd." 🤣

[@tljscrewjob6397]

It always amazes me how many Shuri’s and Rey’s and Shang-Chi’s you find. I wonder what all these characters have in common…Oh yeah! Bad writing and thus, nobody wants them. 😂

[@markiangooley]

I’m also amazed but… why aren’t they cheaper?

[@projektkobra2247]

You know who else peg-warms?...and IS from a time of good writing?....Lando. Read into that what you will.

[@CanaryGamesESC]

@@markiangooleyProbably because of what the retailers paid for them they still want to make some profit or at least recoup their costs. If I had to wager a guess

[@JaxontheYoshi]

I thought people liked Shang-Chi.

[@CanaryGamesESC]

@@JaxontheYoshi I heard it was just ok

[@NatYourAverageNerd]

Glad to have you back, Jeff! As for the "white Ariel doesn't sell anymore" idea, I can personally say that when I saw a pair of Little Mermaid shirts available at Hot Topic last month, I was tempted to buy the original redhead design because I would absolutely wear it since she'll always be my favorite Disney princess, but I didn't want to give Disney my money by buying through a licensed vendor. I put it back just to be safe. I want my girl, but I won't feed the mouse if I can avoid it.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

Wait until they go on clearance.

[@bayverseprime5869]

DO NOT think only cosume :))))))))))(()))))))))))) jk.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

The thing that gets me about these toys is the PRICE. A lot of them feel like they're too expensive for their quality and when you consider how many toys are fighting for attention in the aisels and what parents have to pick and choose, I can see where the whole argument over 'video games sell better' is coming from because you CAN get more play from a 50 dollar game than you will from a 40 dollar toy of stuff that a lot of kids aren't interested in. It may sound like 'video games killed the toy' but take into consideration that physical toys and games have been together since the 80s yet there were still so many popular line of toys that worked and made millions alongside games so what happened? This isn't something that just came into existence. The answer just comes to do kids really care about the shows and movies that these toys are spawned from and the answer is clearly NO. Kids don't fucking care and at the same time, it feels like Disney is more akin to the teen-adult collector market to pick up the tab as they remembered how the collector market rose up from the original Kenner Star War toys. The big thing about that was that NO ONE expected the value of those figures to rise the way they did and that goes for a lot of toys. No one expected them to be so valuable down the line given that kids rough house with toys that anything that survives that is a miracle. I have always said that Disney is trying to artificially create a 'collector market' with these toys and doing it in such disastrous ways. First, they flooded the market with these figures when that wasn't the case with toys that are infamous now. A lot of high valued collector toys were made in smaller batches which makes their value sky rocket because there are so few left in good condition. All Disney has done is create a world of pegwarmers that no one wants.

[@daishikaze3986]

Bandai, on the other hand, Produces most of their toys in smaller batches and they do very well. They know their crowd and they know how to handle them. Disney has no clue by comparison

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

@@daishikaze3986 They really don't. It why I brought up the adult collector market. They're trying and failing to artificially create that collector market but are pricing the toys at what I'd like to call 'adult prices', not those for frugal parents who want to get something for their kids who WILL rough with it but kids roughing toys is a good thing; it means they love it It could also explain the poor structural quality as well. These kids would crumble in kids' hands so it's like they anticipate the idea of these toys being unopened and left on display shelves.

[@Lbf5677]

We had video games alongside figures cos the games weren't very good back then

[@Nipotazzi]

Toys like The Transformers or Skylanders sold excellently because they weren't that expensive, but you always wanted to own more of them because seeying the show/play the game either made you like the character/needed it for the game or you just liked the figure/thought their design was cool. Collectors enjoyed Transformers too because Hasbro realized there was a genuinely worth market for people who enjoyed collecting figures: they sold so well and for so long because Hasbro cared about making the franchise up to quality (for the most part at least). No company today seems to understand that consumers won't buy their stuff if it's not made with real interest or soul. Even the so called evergreen market, the kids that make their parents buy toys, failed them, because would you guess it, KIDS AREN'T STUPID.

[@LongBeach88]

If you want to collect figures never buy this crap at stores. Hot toys and other high end collectibles are what people should be buying. That stuff goes up in value.

[@michaelterrywilson6654]

Looking forward to the episode where we'll see Fleabag action figures collecting dust at Ollie's.

[@Adam_Boots]

5:50 That's not Yoda. That's Baby Sinclair from Dinosaurs cosplaying as Yoda.

[@gagesmith-ingodwerock]

I remember being 6 years old. The toy sections at almost any retail store had a whole half-wall dedicated to Star Wars! Now, there's like 3 characters, sitting, depressed.

[@ThatGuyX2]

The Jean grey part is why I don't collect anymore. Find something you think is cool? $35 please.

[@chickpea]

9:19 It's not that Ariel doesn't sell, it's because Hasbro lost the Disney Princess license to Mattel so they were forced to sell all their remaining stock at discount and at huge quantities

[@Dogy0909]

Yeah those doll heads always sell well. I wanted the Barbie one so bad as a kid

[@superploc]

If the prices drop to civilized levels, all these toys will be the party for the toys modders. For now them continue too high, even costing half of the original price.

[@mgshock]

They've almost doubled in the last ten years and sales taxes have also gone up, as they tend to do. Buying stuff even at half off is still a big decision sometimes.

[@guidedmeditation2396]

I still find it bizarre that Lightyear didn't have Tim Allen doing the voiceovers. He was available afterall. And remind me again why Disney fired Gina Carano? I really don't know why both of those actors were blacklisted and banned by Disney?

[@bri55118]

Gina was fired over tweets she posted, it was just a week excuse to get rid of her as she didn't follow the narrative. As for tim , he was a conservative and that was a huge no-no for Disney.

[@kevinfisher5492]

She was fired because Kennedy declared her to be "a problem." Everything else was window dressing.

[@Strill_]

Gina posted a political cartoon of fat cat elites playing poker on the backs of regular people. Disney fired her saying the fat cats were somehow supposed to be Jews.

[@guidedmeditation2396]

@@Strill_ Thank you. that is really lame to claim fat cats were Jooz I think they were just looking for a reason.

[@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario]

@@bri55118didn’t she post anti Vaxx shit?

[@Lennyg845]

These toys don't sell because there is no synergy between the movies and the toys anymore. Look at TMNT, the shelves are cleared 1 month before the movie even comes out. The normal see, buy, and play pattern is broken.

[@Bucketus.Lord.of.Buckets]

I swear that Helena Shaw figure is using the exact same torso as male figures. Also, once again, they cover up that horrendous mole on her horse face.

[@Amphy002]

No, she's beautiful and self-sufficient, she told us so in the movie.

[@bosskbounty]

Wow, you must still looking hard for a girlfriend to replace the role your hand plays in your life.

[@skyesyd221]

Wut

[@borgurman]

He has no gf so he uses his hand to "entertain" himself

[@ZS05]

19:05 They had to sneak in the Shuri figure under a Spiderverse sale tag, hoping she would sell. The path to hell is paved with unsold Shuri figures

[@ladylu2229]

The reason that some of the Iron heart figures are missing is because unknowing gift givers are buying them thinking they're Ironman. Some don't know the difference. R.I.P. Tony Stark. Marvel died with you.

[@michaelwhiles5282]

Hello from the UK 🇬🇧 The glory days ? Long long gone Sir

[@bosskbounty]

But Brexit was supposed to bring all of that back for the UK.

[@THEremiXFACTOR]

Why wouldn't kids want to buy Wakanda Forever figures? They can relive the thrilling funeral sequence. And the scene where our heroes accuse everyone of being evil colonisers.

[@eldenvedetta635]

6:00 I think it's offensive to think kids shouldn't have quality toys, I think we did as kids because I had Star Wars Episode 1 toys as a kid. Made me not even mind getting a shot. I would've, even as a kid, been extremely disappointed seeing those ugly things. Kids can still prefer quality.

[@CanaryGamesESC]

Disneys main issue lately has been to not make quality but instead to cheap out on stuff and stay comfortably in mediocrity rather then try and make quality.

[@East10Outpost]

I wish Mattel would take the star wars license, they do great with the Jurassic line.

[@GiganX1]

Ive been hoping for mattel to take the godzilla licence considering the figures they've made for the Hammond collection.

[@KingRandor82]

Tell that to the Hammond Collection Park Gate crowdfund....

[@East10Outpost]

@@KingRandor82 Just cause no one is buying it doesn't mean the quality, price point, paint apps, articulation, etc aren't there. Not Mattel's fault universal can't drum up business.

[@KingRandor82]

@@East10Outpost $250 for a 3 3/4" playset. Not even a playset....a GATE. Quality is the last thing I would call that.

[@East10Outpost]

@@KingRandor82 and Hasbro's prices and value is better? Clearly Mattel is off the mark on this one or they'd get it backed. But when you can get an articulated in scale Brachiosaurus for $50 that's pretty good to me. I'm not arguing Mattel is a perfect company, but when they can give you a vehicle, a dino, and a character for $35 and hasbro is trying to sell me a speeder and figure for $50 I used to get for $14 I'm not so happy. I was a kid in the early 2000's and hasbro had a great value to quality balance back then. They've lost it big time.

[@DanielS2001]

Fun fact: Someone actually upgraded their Emma Frost figure's articulation with the Helena Shaw figure. So, I guess that figure does have some use. As an actual collectable or a fun toy? Probably not.

[@Milennin]

This brings me back. Used to watch your videos years ago. Always enjoyed these store tours to laugh at the disastrous state of Disney merchandise.

[@peterlightning9235]

As a little boy what interested me about lots of movies and TV shows and their related toys was the tech. Star Wars had way cool ships, Stormtroopers, blasters, light sabers, etc. And same with Battle Star Galactica and even Buck Rogers. Not to mention Transformers and GI Joe. When I look at those clearance toys, they look all really bland and boring. There's nothing interesting about them. A cool toy or action figure makes you want to play with it even if you don't know anything about show it's from.

[@brozZdF]

The fck, Indy 5 had action figure merch? Such a menace smh

[@CanaryGamesESC]

Well of course it had action figure Merch. They were probably betting hard on nostalgia and people wanting to see their hero having a last hurrah and probably thought they’d want action figures or maybe they’d get it for their kids. Of course they didn’t predict the recent slump at the box office especially for mediocre films and shoved out a mediocre product.

[@brozZdF]

@@CanaryGamesESC Yeah, agreed. How can Lucasfilm & Hasbro think modern children want Indy action figure

[@Venator-Class_Star_Destroyer]

Our Ancestors watched Political Empires fall We watch Corporate Empires fall

[@ultramagnus1275]

Disney toys need to go on the giveaway rack. The clearance rack is too good for them. 😆

[@jamesanthony8438]

They're bringing down the property values of bargain bins across the country.

[@ultramagnus1275]

@@jamesanthony8438 🤣😂

[@youtubasoarus]

Still wouldn't want them lol.

[@DoctorInk20]

I'm just imagining a room full of Hasbro toy designers playing Russian Roulette with a Nerf blaster.

[@radagastaddams3703]

the Helena Shaw figure looks like it's wearing an adult diaper 😳

[@randomposter5665]

I seriously don’t understand how these toy prices work. Yesterday my Target had carded Black Series Gamorrean Guards and Dark Troopers, new releases mind you, for 50% off!?! I cleaned them out, but how can a RoS Black Series character still be full price??

[@BeaugosseRiche]

Aren't you boycotting those pedos?

[@mgshock]

Target clearance sales have been amazing lately. Probably doesn't bode well for availability of future product, though.

[@randomposter5665]

@@mgshock your probably right about that. I’m curious about the Christmas stock incoming mixed with the never ending inflation.

[@Syfcobra8549]

16:35 LMAO We are in mid 2023 and Snoke is still in the stores , that figure was released mid 2017 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hawkingjim]

Like Yogurt said "Merchandise is where the real money from these movie is made." Studios want those additional revenue streams.

[@runswithphantoms1757]

*looks at title of video "Revenge of the Sits on Shelves?"

[@generic_sauce]

I just discovered Ollie's thanks to your channel and two things: first, they've got some great deals on stuff I needed so thank you! Second, they were absolutely stacked with Eternals and Shang-Chi junk too 😂

[@markiangooley]

So what does Ollie’s do with unsellable merchandise? Send it to landfills?

[@RodimusPrime1982]

​@@markiangooleythey should be sent to a recycling center to be made into plastic to make toys that actually sell like Transformers, G.I. Joe, and Masters of the Universe

[@hope-cat4894]

Ollie's is pretty good for appliances, too. Got mixer from them. 😁

[@GladDestronger]

The one in my town has the same haul of Eternals, Last Jedi, and more.

[@bosskbounty]

@@hope-cat4894 hey you could get that great Camelot 3000 Deluxe Edition there a while back. You know the story where Sir Tristian is re-incarnated as a woman? Great story, but I think it'd be too triggering for everyone here.

[@----.__]

I love these store visit videos. Your commentary is awesome, you have a real chill/comical vibe, and being nearly 50 I don't go to the toy department often so I live vicariously through these vids. Thanks for all you do WCB, it truly is appreciated.

[@TheHolyMongolEmpire]

How many toys do kids actually buy though anymore at all anyways? I’d assume most kids are just glued to their phones and could care less about any action figure whatsoever…

[@markiangooley]

I don’t think I could get high enough to be tempted to buy that High Evolutionary figure…

[@Shotesu]

to explain: pop-it toys with the bubbles are fidget toys to start with. They are even more helpful if you happen to be on the Autism spectrum and frantically need a sensory normalization tool after a room of bright lights, loud people, and complex inputs leaves your head fuzzy and headspace cluttered with overload. the motion of popping the plastic bubbles back and forth in patterns is calming. It's also someone what useful for children, as they can have similar needs to fidget with things and practice motor skills. That's why "bubble wrap that's not bubble wrap" exists, WCBS.

[@spencersshenanigans]

Does it cross your mind that toys aren’t selling is because CHILDREN would rather play on their tablets, consoles, and phones? Genuine question.

[@MistressoftheIceMoon]

My mom taught me the addage that toys arent fun if you cant take them out of the package to appreciate them. Action figures were meant to be played with, the old ones could take a beating (I had my SW ones for well over 15 years), the new ones either look super cheap or they are designed to look appealing to collectors.

[@CharliRay]

I love seeing all these figures sit and rot Walmart has them in the clearance section for $3.99 you can’t give it away not even as fodder for customs 😂😂😂

[@pickles168]

"That man who mutters to himself about Disney and Star wars is back. And hes filming himself going through all the childrens toys again" "I'll call security"

[@VendettaAS]

The manchild*

[@themobseat]

It's amazing that StarWars characters are soon going to join Popeye and Betty Boop in the memory hole of pop culture oblivion.

[@pqsnet]

It really is sad. I remeber when i was about 13 back in the 90s and shelfs in rows up on rows were filled with Star Wars, and was sold out as fast as they came. The glory days of toys and the joy it gave to enter a store filled with things you loved in movies were magical. Now they rott on the shelft as a testament how mistreated the franchises have been.

[@fvgbe342]

Will the retail stores start a lawsuit for saddling them with unsellable stuff.

[@skyesyd221]

Hmm

[@donhumphrey8539]

I may have to get that Michaelangelo! That face cracked me up

[@ActionMan1979]

To be fair, the starship designs and toys of Lightyear are pretty cool!

[@admiralstone2456]

Shame too, those ships deserved a better film. Got some of those little ones a good bit ago

[@ActionMan1979]

@@admiralstone2456 I didn't find the #9.

[@e.m.a3433]

Pixar has an opportunity to do the funniest thing possible with Toy Story 5

[@SamtheBravesFan]

Nothing wrong with classic Indy, but BOY those clearly don't sell outside of Hardcore fans.

[@williamwelbourn7932]

I had 5 original 12 inch Star Wars action figures back in 1980. My Dad sold them for $50 in 1985.

[@bosskbounty]

A shame, if they were in good condition they'd go for a fair amount these days. Particularly if you had IG-88.

[@cloudy1723]

I have a full case of them from my dad, I bet it was sell for good money. Not gonna do that though. Love when he tells me the story of when he saw Empire Strikes Back opening night way back when he was a kid in the 80’s.

[@phillipwattsjr.4714]

You should take a look at the new Lara Croft toy. This version definitely isn't the Lara of the 90's. You can count on her clogging toy shelves right along with the toys in this video.

[@SSJ2LINK]

Genuine question: do kids/ people in general want or buy action figures anymore? For the last like decade or so, I see action figures just rot on shelves. I’ll see popular characters occasionally move, but I feel like nobody anywhere really buys these.

[@amentco8445]

physical toys generally just aren't popular anymore for audiences other than the very young or manchildren and those are limited audiences. Plus the economy is just awful.

[@skyesyd221]

Hmm

[@Treedodger21912]

Last time I went to the mall up in Denver, I saw the Disney store was closing. Everything was on clearance and still nobody was buying

[@Kallnar]

The "bubble wrap" is called "pop-its." It's a fidget toy, mainly targeting young children.

[@zeorhymer6]

Cut production? If they discontinue them, no one would even notice.

[@azimuthclark462]

We constantly hear people want representation and they want to see themselves in these movies yet when they make merchandise the same people don't buy it. When they are represented in toy form they're not buying. I thought they were going to put wakanda forever up there with War and Peace or The Godfather

[@xmobius0ne]

They were never going to buy it from the beginning. They just wanted it to exist

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

Take into consideration that these toys are marketed towards kids but it shows that KIDS don't care or want these shitty characters, despite the people at Disney INSISTING that 'young Black and Brown kids will finally feel seen!' Black and Brown kids like cool shit just like White kids do and if you keep making the Black and Brown heroes lame as fuck, they won't buy them. Disney honestly thought that Black boys would buy up this BP merch second to the girls who had 'tough heroes' but the girls aren't having it either. The kids aren't asking for the toys, adult collectors don't give a shit and so they rot on the shelves.

[@Anayoth]

You and I both know, socialists don’t have money.

[@ConGamePro]

No you clown, people being represented usually don’t have disposable income to afford god damn unnecessary overpriced Little Mermaid merch. None of this is for the kids in the inner city.

[@brem-]

That's always with the people that demand to be represented, they don't care about the franchise they just want to be validated. From all the people that demand to have representation in media I'm willing to bet that max 10% of them will or actually consume the content.

[@ackwagl4]

When those new Helena Shaw figures from Indy Jones 5 appeared, I knew they'd be this year's latest landfill addition . 😬

[@skyesyd221]

Wut

[@jonathanulrich4905]

I live in rural Missouri there’s two Walmart that I frequent. After watching past couple videos I thought I’d see if shuri copter was hanging out. Big surprise yes it was ! I’ve been ignoring marvel and Star Wars for so long I hadn’t noticed that they’ve become peg warmers

[@jeremy6005]

Great video! I was at a general store in Cape May New Jersey not long ago and they still had a lot of Shang Chi merchandise on the pegs. I felt like going up to the attendant in the store and telling them that it was never going to sell, but I just left it alone.

[@pAdude350]

Imagine having been one of the people that shelled out $80 bucks for the lightyear S.H. Figuarts

[@MoonbeamGardener]

I really enjoy these videos. They're both relaxing and entertaining.

[@dermagnus8482]

And satisfiying. Every woke failure is great.

[@shadesofrevolution]

Lightyear toys have been haunting the shelves of a local chain (Marc's) for months. Marc's buys and sells and a discount price and they can't get rid of them.

[@frmacst108]

The jean grey was on sale for $19.50. Orange price tag. And Indiana jones figures sitting on shelves is nothing new. The 3.75 inch figures sat on shelves 15 years ago for YEARS. Kids just aren’t interested in Indiana jones, the adults are. A lot of the 6 inch figures are just getting to stores; gotta give it sometime.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

The fall of a once great empire of entertainment is a sight to behold.

[@vegasgone07-dh4lb]

Surprising in Cali and Nevada from Walmart to Target the shelves are empty. I'd buy some stuff here if I could find it. Indy Temple of Doom I'd pick up.

[@loualiberti4781]

Others have tried but no one beats your toy videos - pure genius !!

[@friendlyneighborhoodnoob]

15:18 "Where's Spider-Man at?" *passes by six different Spider-Man toys*

[@lordaniolist]

When I was a kid the toy aisle was packed full of toys. Lots of high quality star wars and other great things, plus some stuff I didn't care about but still. Now it's so sad to go down there and see tons of empty spaces, and what's not empty have the same few figures with crap quality to them. Such a shame. Also screw Disney for ruining my, and so many other people's, childhood.

[@khronikfourtwenty]

hilarious how the old ghostbusters monster of the week toys (i had the toilet bowl one lmao) back in day were selling but not these toys 😂

[@markiangooley]

Rose Tico eventually sold ironically. A bit. Sufficiently marked down.

[@scottharkonnen]

Indy figs sitting on shelves here in Australia untouched 😂😂😂

[@StreetPreacherr]

How long do places like 'Ollies' keep the unsellable toys on display, and what's their next stop after failing to sell at the discount stores? I'm guessing that they LITERALLY couldn't give the stuff away if they wanted to, and everything has to be disposed of so they toymakers can 'write off' the products on their taxes or whatever? So it all just eventually becomes landfill?

[@mgshock]

Chopped up and tossed in a landfill.

[@williamdrum9899]

What I want to know is, if we count all the toys thrown in a landfill, how much damage did Disney do to the environment

[@Morfe02]

1 visit other stores 2 made a script about Toy Story 5 with all this merch xD

[@anthustenebris9202]

Yogurt: "Merchandising! Merchandising! Where the real money from the movie is made." Di$ney: "We're squeezing out as much merchandise as we can! Hnnnnnnnggggggrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhh!"

[@nublafiednubbie]

Last Good Disney Toy Was The 17" 🎶Singing👸Princesses 😂🤣😅