Extraordinary Events Cut Debt by $50 Million
November 19, 2001
Marvel released its Q3 report last week, and its publishing and toy results continued to improve vs. Q2, although licensing was somewhat weaker.
Six Top Hoopsters Bow in March 2002
November 18, 2001
McFarlane Toys has just inked an agreement with the National Basketball Association to create a line of McFarlane's Sports Picks that will feature NBA basketball stars.
Most Popular Items in Two Categories in October
November 18, 2001
The venerable Simpsons top two categories in our Top 10 Cool lists for October, compiled from reports submitted by retailers across the country.
Shipping June 2002
November 14, 2001
IF Labs has announced the figure lineup for its second action figure series in the Dragon Ball Z Movie Collection, which is shipping in June 2002.
More Retailers Have Something To Say
November 14, 2001
We've continued to receive comments on Marvel's Walmart program from pop culture stores. This is the fourth such series of comments we've published.
No Distribution Channel Will Get All of Marvel's Products
November 13, 2001
In response to ICv2's question about Marvel's Walmart program at the Marvel press conference today, Marvel President Bill Jemas revealed that at least six million Ultimate Spider-Man #1 's are already in print.
TMNT Returns to Saturday Morning
November 13, 2001
Kidscreen Magazine is reporting that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , which sold over $4 billion dollars in merchandise in the decade between 1983 and 1993, are set to make a small screen comeback.
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 .
The Long and the Short of It
November 12, 2001
The retailer response to our coverage of Marvel's Wal-Mart program has been strong, and is still coming in.
LOTR Expected To Be Pop Culture Store Winner
November 12, 2001
The independent pop culture retailers contacted by ICv2 are nearly unanimous in their conviction that the The Fellowship of the Ring ( the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy), which debuts in December, is the best fit for the tastes and interests of their customers.
