Week of September 17, 2019
September 16, 2019
This week’s home entertainment offerings include the 12th and final Fox X-Men film, the latest season of the CW’s Supergirl, musicals set in the disparate worlds of competitive rap and country music, a 47-episode collection featuring the 10th Doctor Who, and the final season of the Sherlock Holmes series, Elementary.
Features the Galar Region Starters
September 5, 2019
The Pokémon Company will release the Pok émon TCG: Galar Collection on November 15.
Features New TAG TEAM Combinations
August 28, 2019
The Pokemon Company will launch the Cosmic Eclipse expansion for the Pokemon Trading Card Game on November 1.
Featuring New 'Pokemon V' Card Type
August 19, 2019
The Pokemon Company International has announced the Pokemon TCG: Sword & Shield series, featuring the new "Pokemon V" card type.
Column By Scott Thorne
August 19, 2019
This week, Scott Thorne looks at the history of marketing and how it applies to the games business.
Week of August 20, 2019
August 19, 2019
With the fall TV Season almost upon us, the once moribund "TV on DVD" category is hopping again this week with the latest seasons of The Walking Dead, American Gods, Arrow, Star Wars Resistance, plus the TV movie, LEGO DC Batman: Family Matters-- aided by offerings from other categories including the intriguing super-antihero saga Brightburn, and an anime series from Studio Ghibli directed by Hayao Miyazaki’s son Goro.
As Retailers Manage the Flow
August 16, 2019
Market conditions were good in hobby game stores in the Spring season (January through April), with increasing sales reported by almost everyone we interviewed.
Week of August 13, 2019
August 12, 2019
This week's home entertainment releases include the #1 film of 2018, plus the first live-action Pokemon movie, an Aretha Franklin documentary saved from the scrapheap with a computer restoration, a brilliant martial arts film from the auteur of The House of Flying Daggers, the latest seasons of the Archie Comics-inspired Riverdale and the Stephen King-based Mr. Mercedes, as well as new episodes of the white hot anime science fiction series Attack on Titan.
Column By Scott Thorne
August 4, 2019
This week, Scott Thorne discusses the new trend of publishers timing their distribution releases with Gen Con releases.
From 'ICv2's Internal Correspondence' #96
July 31, 2019
These charts of the Top 10 Hobby Channel Collectible Games, Top 3 Mass Market Channel Collectible Games and Top 5 Collectible Games Over-all reflect sales in Spring 2019.
