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News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:37 pm

Normally, we in the UK, as well as Europe, Australia and probably Canada, see toys released much later than in the US.

With the movie sharing either the same or near-enough the same release date globally, does that also mean we'll see waves of Movie Toys released at the same time globally?

I'm aware some people have received Movie Protoform toys in the US, which we haven't seen here, but I'm curious about the main assortments.

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:01 pm

I would think, that Hasbro is going to make sure the Movie toy line gets released at about the same time everywhere to match up with the movie's Global release. What's the point of releasing a Movie's toy line 3 or 4 months after the Movie has been released in a particular location. You'd loose a lot of the "Cool!!!! Movie merchandise.. I just saw the movie, must buy the merchandise for it now."

Instead you get, "I saw the movie 2 months ago, i don't really want anything from the merchandise".

The only Movie franchise that can get away with that is StarWars, I'm still seeing Episode 3 merchandise sitting in shelves, that looks new. And they keep putting out more stuff every time from the rest of the Episodes. Its like a never ending Movie Line.

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:48 pm

Well you folks in the UK are caught up on Classics right? Makes me think that they will release them side by side in both countries.

News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:30 am

TheMuffin wrote:Well you folks in the UK are caught up on Classics right? Makes me think that they will release them side by side in both countries.

Pretty much. We haven't seen Ramjet or Cliffjumper over here, yet, as far as I'm aware.

I was thinking they'd release the Movie Toys in tandem, although I'm aware we have no confirmed release dates yet.