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Nice early April Fools joke

This is actually very true, not a farce, and the delays were also for their own TMNT line as well. Their wave 5 was sitting for months as "pre-production samples being reviewed" status. I understand the actual production and shipping takes some time, but what goes on with just reviewing? Sounds like snoozing to me.

Inflation has now hit glow-in-the-dark technology. Since Amazon has Super7 Ultimates cheap after their initial releases, I wonder if that will continue for future waves. I will wait and hope.

I just received a response from Loot Crate Support. It said they will be updating the custoemrs on the status pf thier orders very shortly via email. "Due to the recent events, fulfillment times are taking longer than expected. Rest assured, you will receive an update or the tracking information as soon as your crate ships." So we shall see

But did Neca even make any of these figures yet? I would think they would care if their whole shipment of figures just disappeared. Wouldn't Neca be upset if Target never released the Haulathon product after receving it?

I'm not sure on how all the division of labor is between the companies, it seems Lootcrate is just final packaging and distribution, but Neca produced the product. If they made all these figures, wouldn't they be concered at what happened to all of them?

Origins were on the shelves first and doing fine. I doubt a new cartoon was really needed to make a new Classics line at retail be successful. GI Joe seems to be doing good without a TV show. GI 25th was fine too without additonal support, then the movie came and we know how that went. I think these brands have enough name recognition and fan bases that they really don't need some new movie or tv show to help sell figures at stores. Maybe the stores need that reassurance to want to have the space for them. But to me it feels it hurts more than helps in the long run.