Plus New Chaotic Series
September 4, 2008
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s begins its U.S. run in the 10:30 a.m. ET slot on CW4Kids on September 13th.
Plus ICv2 Bestseller Rankings
August 27, 2008
Board games and the big launch for Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition kept the game category steady to up a little in the hobby channel in the second quarter.
Sold Worldwide
August 13, 2008
TV Tokyo is reporting that a total of 18.1 billion Yu-Gi-Oh! cards have been sold worldwide.
But Licensing Declines Keep 4Kids in the Red
August 10, 2008
4Kids sold $5.1 million worth of Chaotic Trading Cards during Q2.
From Viz Media
June 18, 2008
Viz Media has designated Konami as the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of the Blue Dragon TCG in North America .
CCG Sellouts Help
June 18, 2008
The general malaise that has afflicted the American economy has had only “limited impact” on the games business.
New Rarity Scheme Unnecessary
June 4, 2008
Dan Barnett of Walt's Cards in Baltimore, Maryland saw retailer Stephen Armstrong’s comments about deep discounting of Dungeons and Dragons product and observes that not only is there still discounting of Magic: The Gathering product, the new rarity scheme is unnecessary.
Plus 'Solanin' and 'Nora'
May 28, 2008
Viz Media made a number of announcements at Book Expo America .
'Find a Different Distributor'
May 19, 2008
Rembert Parker of Reader Copies in Anderson , Indiana saw retailer Brian Cobos’ comments about Upper Deck and says his store received all of its pre-orders for Yu-Gi-Oh! and suggests it may be a distributor issue.
On a Run
May 18, 2008
Within the last few weeks, sell-outs on new CCG releases from a number of different companies illustrate the always difficult task of managing collectible game supply in ways that keep the market happy.
