First of all, this entire post is speculation and (to my knowledge), nothing has been confirmed by anybody, so take it with more than just a grain of salt.
Now on to the actual topic.
I dont have any statistics on merch releases, so this is just personal observation, but I have noticed a trend recently (or at least I think I have): The overall amount of Eva merch released seems to be increasing, but there is a significant lack of figures of the Units relative to the rest. There are a lot of other possible explanations for this, but to me it feels like Khara is giving out merchandising licenses more freely to build up some hype, while the modeling companies are holding back on figure releases to save up their ressources for the new Units we will see in FINAL
Release Theory based on Merchandise
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Release Theory based on Merchandise
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I choose to believe this.
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You have a point. I’ve seen way more Eva merchandise in the nearest anime store lately.
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Is this mirrored in the Japanese market? It could also just be more Western stores wising up to the spending habits of the non-Japanese Eva fandom and increasing stock accordingly.
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Re: Release Theory based on Merchandise
I would have to further look into that one, but at least for the figures it is definitely true
I can see why Gendo hired Misato to do the actual commanding. He tried it once and did an appalling job. ~ AWinters
Your point of view is horny, and biased. ~ glitz2hard
What about titty-ten? ~ Reichu
The movies function on their own terms. If people can't accept them on those terms, and keep expecting them to be NGE, then they probably should have realized a while ago that they weren't going to have a good time. ~ Words of wisdom courtesy of Reichu
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What about titty-ten? ~ Reichu
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Re: Release Theory based on Merchandise
This isn't normal? I thought having like 10 character figures for every 1 Evangelion Unit model was just a thing, just part of the marketing side of Eva and that side's obsession with the female characters and selling merch of them, the same side of Eva that created all those shitty slice of life spinoffs and dating sims and motherfucking Petit Eva @ School.
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I, for one, love Petit Eva @ School. Though, the first half of the shorts are much better than the last half.
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Part 2 got way too surreal and the models were a lot uglier.
FreakyFilmFan4ever wrote:Is this mirrored in the Japanese market? It could also just be more Western stores wising up to the spending habits of the non-Japanese Eva fandom and increasing stock accordingly.
I would think so. The Evas don't have as many options for variants or new looks as the human characters do so you would think eventually demand would dry up when the primary option is re-releases of the same Revoltech figures that aren't particularly cheap.
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Re: Release Theory based on Merchandise
Blockio wrote:First of all, this entire post is speculation and (to my knowledge), nothing has been confirmed by anybody, so take it with more than just a grain of salt.
Now on to the actual topic.
I dont have any statistics on merch releases, so this is just personal observation, but I have noticed a trend recently (or at least I think I have): The overall amount of Eva merch released seems to be increasing, but there is a significant lack of figures of the Units relative to the rest. There are a lot of other possible explanations for this, but to me it feels like Khara is giving out merchandising licenses more freely to build up some hype, while the modeling companies are holding back on figure releases to save up their ressources for the new Units we will see in FINAL
nope, they are just milking eva as always becouse they now have to pay for the movies.also call me when max factory makes a figure of the ACTUAL protagonist of the series to close the set !!!!
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Re: Release Theory based on Merchandise
Bumping this was unnecessary...
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