Toy Fair 2012 – Bandai Thundercats Display

Toy Fair 2012 - Bandai Thundercats Display

Blurg. I was hoping for something new...

While it's disappointing that there isn't anything new on display...especially considering how big they're display was last year...toy fair ain't over yet, so....there's still the chance they could put something new out...

Still, it's nice to see that the Slithe they've currently got coming out has more articulation. Assuming the shoulders aren't completely ruined by the gimmick, he could still turn out not so bad.

It's also nice to have a picture of the nunchucks that isn't the official photos for them. They're as small as I was expecting, but I still might get them.

5 bucks says SSSLithes lantern wont be painted when it hits stores.

Well, that was a short comeback

i have to admit tygra looks pretty frikin cool.

Which means that Bandai has no idea what to do with this line

nothing new this is disappointing all the toys their showing are already in stores.....

Remember the Thundercats Facebook said "Big things in store for toyfair!".... Nice job guys. Big things actually means = zero things LULZ. Cool story bandai.

There's still three more days to toy fair. Maybe they actually wanted to save something for those three days, rather than have a huge reveal the first day along with everybody else (or be like Hasbro, and do all their reveals the day before toy fair actually begins).

I can't confirm there will be anything new shown. I just think we should wait till toy fair was actually over before bashing Bandai.

Why would they be saving anything? There is nothing new to show. Thanks to Cartoon Network and WB not broadcasting anything new since last November it seems that the excitement for Thundercats is fading fast.

it is strange I mean when is the season continuing theirs been no news I mean we have clone wars going but to be honest I'm bored with that show....I know its not thundercats related but how long can they milk it Id love to see them do a series continuing after return of the jedi that would be truly epic.

They arent saving anything. Today was the big kicker day for all the brands (most of the press doesnt have passes for every single day). Thundercats will probably make a comeback by SDCC, but for now its ice cold. No show, no new toys, no new news.

Hopefully the thundercats toyline is not going the way of thundera

Don't you think it's good news that they even showed thundercats? I mean if they were dead why show them at all? I still have hope even if nothing comes of toy fair. Afterall wave 2 is their "spring" release. So technically they dont have to show anything new till mid summer.

The only thing that can save this was if they brought some if not "most" of the classic toys back from the grave. Such as The thundercats lair, the org thundertank, the org sword of omens, The same theme song for the new tv show. all of the old classic cats in the (6) scale version. but bringin the price down to 8.99(ea). not 17.99, that would b great.
As for the new line. They seem to be wasting alot of money making so many scale version toys, lil lame puff dolls and stupid things that nobody is gonna buy at reg price, The tower of omens was their bigest mistake ever. Here is a playset that has very lil to nothing to play with. just 2--3 standing parts, This playset was only seen 1s in the show, thats it. and how much is this playset? 49-79 bucks? Then that lil damn sword of omens which only lights up on 1 side and the blade is so small. even the star wars light up saber is better.
So B4 they run out of cash and ideas. for dumb toys that wont sell.. try making a 1 line wave set, and keep it there, no 4inch, 6 inch, 12inch, then later a 24inch. blah

Lets not 4get their only other mistake.. not givin us a bluray version of "book one" :P
If they wanna make cash, they should put me in charge of this, i have been a thundercats fan since 1986, i know what sell and what wont, i know what diehard fans like and what they wont. Pretty much anybody does these days.
The new TC is doing pretty good, id add 'the old theme song" to a brand new opening of this version, when they come back to cartoon network.
By making this tc show alot better and bring back some old fans like myself. you know what id do? Id have the new thundertank get distroyed badly.
And then have the berbils make a new tank, as a gift to panthro & the rest of the cats, And this new tank is the old version. withy the top opening not the back. , front top shield, tank-chain wheels. . Then have lion-o get an upgrade to hisward of omens, which will then look like the old1. The org cats lair will come later as the shows move foward. The only thing id keep the same here, is their clothings, face, and over-all stly. other wise, everything else needs to blend in with a diff direction.
So really. I really hope that this new version of thundercats, does not get AXED, even if none of my ideas are ever thrown into the mix, they sure as hell better keep it alive 1 way or the other.

Sounds like you just want the old show back lol. What they need to do is add more product and strike while its hot. If they let the show go on hiatus for too long, kids wont care and with sales dying adult collectors wont be enough for bandai america to keep the classics going, at least past wave 3.

@Kregermeister
AGREE. There seem to be a big space in between shows, one min, we have 8 weeks in a row, the next min, they say or tel us they will be back soon and it seems as if they are taking forever to give us more shows. Yea in some ways i want the old back, but not really al of it. I mean ok they upgraded these cats with clothing, looks and voices, but it doesnt mean they have to upgrade everything else.
Your right about their line of toys "fail- waiting to happen" Belive it or not. kids are not buying thee new toys, WE ARE. kids dont know what thundercats are. This show needs to be back and stay on, put the time slot on a monday morning or sat morning, not friday nights. Show us alot MORE tc commercials like shows do on USA network.
and kids will start to pay more attention. and buy these toys clothes, dvds.,ect.
But right now they eye other toys, such as transformers, spiderman, wrestling, star wars, and where do i see thundercats on the shelf? at the very end. right next to baby toys. lol

I agree with you fully as well bro.

What occured to me was I was shopping in TRU about.. say 4 weeks ago(?) little kid sees me looking at Tcats stuff. He starts singing the VINTAGE song to his dad! My gf starts laughing so the dad looks at us and says "Wish we could find more than whats here". Taking it for what its worth id say thats a good target for marketing, dad and son both enjoy something. Kid wants, dad has money. No product = no sale. no sale = no profit. no profit = no show. no show = death.

I understand toys take a while to ship and settle, hell it took me almost a year to get my first silverhawk as a kid (they were hot in 86) but I do ALOT of travel and rarely see any figures on shelves. It worries me that stuff isnt getting out, and without say.... kids clothes, trinkets, accessories, games, puzzles, the works.... its gunna be a short life.

Even if the show takes a hiatus, they need to give a return date. People of this millenium are more half empty so it gives some sort of latch to hang onto and something to look foward to. But what do we know right? Some of us havent poured thousands and thousands of dollars into product since 1985... :/ lol

Yea no kidding. They need to set a date on when (the show) will be back on.
Like i posted above They need to do commercials on when they will be back and whats in-stored for us. like what suprises will we see, who we will see, who gets killed off, who fights who. that sort of thing. or maybe just show us teasers on what happened after that "big kiss" and you know who. lol.
At least with this commercial, i will know when it comes on again so i can stop watching the walking dead, ha, jk.
seriously tho. They dont seem to know how to market their products. Dont be suprise if we start seeing alot of thundercats action figures on that discount table at kmart. (WAS 29.99) NOW..9.99) lol chit. id grab watever i could grab with that kinda markdown price. lmfao. not the playset tho.
I pretty much already own all of the 4inch figures, 2 6inch "classic" lion-o/mumra , the new thundertank, and hope to grab me that mumra storm chaser or whatever its called.
I was gonna grab me the sword of omens but it suxs on 2 levels, the blade is to short and the light-up only glows on 1 side. for 19.99? blah, maybe for 5.99
You know what i really want? i want thundercats coloring books, im sort of sn artist, so that i would so get me. And OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! a ps3/xbox360 game.
wouldnt that b sweet if they made a ps3 game? up to 6 players, each with their own ability/powers, some fast, somw slow, some strong, some not, driving the tank or other jet/cars, man i would kill to have me a tc game like that. lol.

My version of a thundercats game, would be.. up to 6 players mode, story mode or fighting eachother., upgrade characters mode with ability(s). clothing colors, maybe even create your own TC character, play each character as the 80s version. unlock lots of kool features, such as trailers, making of the show/game, photo gallary/artwork,and more, lol
but omg i dont want this to look or be like GI JOE with the whole shoot em/kill em game play.. i want this to feel real. or like that "resident evil 5"
Sadly we will never have this kinda game, if i knew how to make games, id do1 just like this, , i know for a fact this game will sell.

I really hope that by screwing up the programming that Cartoon Network will scare Bandai off the Thundercats license. It's obvious that Warner Bros is pushing Thundercats at all the media shows so maybe a major player like Hasbro or Mattel will pick it up and they will move the show to HUB or another network. Unfortunately for Thundercats fans, both new and old school, Bandai has sh!t the bed in a major way. According to Bandai we were supposed to be seeing a lot of Thundercats product this year and so far it's been nothing. I really hope that they will have something new to show in SDCC but the fact that there has been no press release, no updates to their web site and basically no new info on Thundercats anywhere, it looks to me that they are cutting their losses and maybe dropping the line. We should have had Classic Panthro and Cheetara by now dammit!

it seems like all their thundercat money has been going to the power rangers line

how else can you explain all the merchandise PR's getting, and nothing's new been show for TC

Wow. That's disapointing. I was at least hoping for some Classics news, even if it's "We tried, 8 inches are dead. Sorry."

so either they dont like to show upcoming stuff or they dont have anything else coming out for the series, wouldnt be surprised either way. Distribution of the line sucks, stores arent required to carry them & pricing isnt great. Plus the show isnt even on right now so theres really no marketing. But then again wave 2 just started to hit stores so to alot of people there were new things there and coming out, guess we'll just have to wait and see. Hope they do more classic figures or even some re-issues of the 80s toys, for some reason i never had thundercats toys as a kid even though i was a fan. Need to make up for lost time. Also i need something to fill in for transformers cause that franchise is going downhill fast and the toys just get worse & worse. Thundercats is one of the few toylines i want to collect thats not owned by hasbro.

On another note did anyone talk to someone from bandai to see if they're going to fix the crap distribution & figure assortments?

You know what i always hated about trading cards? that you never knew what was inside, or if you had those already. lol I would love buying jurassic park trading cards back in the 90s and at times i got more than 2 pks only to realized that i already own that set or some of the same photos, lol. I dont think ive seen these cards in store yet, i might grab me a set of 2 or 3, hoping i dont grab me the ame set, lol. and hope the pictures are worth it. if anybody bys 1, be kind to post some pixs of them.

I hope they haven't cancelled the 6 inch wilytwins!

@Autotrooper
I hope not either! I think those twins are so cute, especially wilykit! I own all of the 4inch figures, but i want those wilys in the 6inc so i can put right next to my 6inc lion-o/mumra, on my shelf!,
I hate when they start a line or (wave) but then later one, or some, get axed, It makes it seem like you just bought ur self a limited edition figure(s), which is kool in the long run, but, still, we gotta have the whole set,
This is like them making catwoman, two-face, robin, but then batman & joker gets axed, kinda stupid,

Toynewsi is reporting that when questioned, Bandai said "no comment" on the status of the line. Not a good sign. Im the biggest optimist going for this line, but damn, not even a "stay tuned and check in soon!".

Im almost thinking because Bandai cant seem to get product out there WB canceled the deal with them and is shopping for a new company (anything but mattel!!). Its weird, you have one of the highest rated shows (it beat star wars clone wars) the toy sales were BEYOND demand, and you...... have...... nothing..... to show.

Something has to be wrong, and I hope we find out soon. CN may be holding the eps till they get their merch sorted out and find new grounds. Scary shit guys!

please, please, please!!!!!! DO NOT SELL!!!!! that would be the worst thing ever!. then we would have to get all the charactors we already have ALL OVER AGAIN, before they make new ones AND they wont match the ones we already have!

If WB is indeed looking for a new toy company, part of me REALLY hopes they don't go with Hasbro. On one hand it would be great to possibly see Kre-O Thundercats (assuming they would make them), but I doubt they would do 6" scaled figures (I'm not into 3-3/4" stuff).

The optimist in me wants to believe that they have a lot in the works, but didn't have anything show-worthy in-time for toy fair. We'll just have to wait and see, but even I'm beginning to worry that things are going downhill fast...

I personally believe their showing was hampered by the fact that their "Spring 2012" toy line, originally scheduled for like March, started showing in November and shipping in DECEMBER. Basically, the stuff they showed is their Spring 2012 setup, they just let it come out an entire 3-4 months early for some reason. Don't know what they were thinking there.

I don't think so Joe. They showed us all that stuff last year and it was expected in late December/early January. They should have had all new product to debut at Toy Fair not show product that is already on the shelves. You know I've been complaining about Bandai for awhile already and I think they have seriously botched this license. When a license exceeds expectations it is not uncommon for the licensor to try to get more money from the licensee. Bandai never ran commercials to support this toy line and still the first waves sold very well with the support of the TV show. I think Bandai will be losing the Thundercats license.

Yeah but normally it takes 6-8 months for the full process of a toy from design,sculpting, manufacturing,releasing, so if they were truly continuing they woulda had something.

Good points there Joe. Hopefully we'll get pictures of the next wave from sites like we did wave two, or from the next major event Bandai has a booth at. It sucks that they didn't have anything new to show at toy fair, but given how long it takes to design these things, it's understandable.

.COUNT your lucky stars as this line and tv show(cartoon) will not be showing up here in CANADA til the fall...by then the toyline could be adios and we(canucks) might not see much !

...Here's hoping!!!...

Toy Fair 2012: Bandai Lets Loose the ThunderCats | Video | MTV

From this interview they're just treating the figures that were just released as their "new for 2012" figures. She doesn't act like the line is dead or anything like that.

And she ends with, "With the continued success of the TV Show we want to continue creating new great characters for the line."

Personally I think they're holding back because new figures might be spoilers. They've already done the main cast. Everything else will either be new characters or new versions of old characters.