Most Important to Retailers
December 25, 2001
ICv2 is pleased to present our top five Movie/TV Merchandise stories of 2001. These rankings are based on the business impact of these events on pop culture retailers. 1.Retro cartoons drive sales.
But No Second Printing
December 15, 2001
Image Comics has announced that in spite of overprinting, G.I. Joe # 2 has sold out.
For comics, posters, calendars, lithos, and scrolls
December 12, 2001
Dreamwave has reached an agreement with Hasbro to produce a wide range of Transformers -related products including comics, posters, calendars, lithographs, and scrolls.
Complete Season on Five-DVD Set
November 20, 2001
Rhino Home Video is set to release a 5-disk DVD set that includes all 16 episodes from the first full season of the Transformers cartoon series, which first appeared on U.S. TV back in 1985.
Fox and NBC Plan Big Changes
November 20, 2001
Fox recently dropped its daytime cartoon block, and today Variety reports that the network is considering a number of scenarios for Saturday morning, most of which will spell the end for the four-hour, anime-laden Fox Kids Saturday lineup.
Transformers, Digimon Take the Hit
November 13, 2001
The Fox Network will end its daily animation programming by the end of the year. The two anime series that will suffer a significant loss of exposure due to this change are Digimon and Transformers .
Marvel Keeps G.I. Joe
November 1, 2001
Titan Books has announced that it has the North American rights to reprint Transformers comics through 2002 in addition to its U.K. rights.
Summer of 2002 Debut
October 30, 2001
Toy giant Hasbro has reached an agreement with Sony Pictures for the right to produce a full line of toys for Sony's summer blockbuster sequel Men in Black 2 .
On G.I. Joe, Transformers, Harry Potter CCG
October 24, 2001
Hasbro announced its third quarter earnings this week, and the news was better than expected. On sales that were down to $893 million from $1.1 billion a year ago, the company earned $50.6 million, compared to $13.8 million in 2000.
From the Las Vegas Retailer Summit
October 13, 2001
Here are a few of the tidbits from presentations of major comic publishers at the Diamond/Alliance Retailer Summit held in Las Vegas last week.
