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livingdeb ([personal profile] livingdeb) wrote2015-05-14 09:08 am
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Favorite Avengers Characters

Apparently market research (or at least the guts of marketers) shows that Black Widow toys won't sell well, even if she's on a motorcycle that comes out of a plane (my source: Daily Dot). Toy replicas of the plane and motorcycle are still being sold (because: duh!), but Hasbro's is ridden by Captain America and Mattel's by Iron Man.

This greatly surprises me because Black Widow was my favorite character in the first Avengers movie. All because of that scene with the phone call.

Of course I am not the target since I almost never buy toys connected to movies. And the first Avengers movie may be ancient history to six-year-old boys.

So then I was trying to think who my favorite character was in "Age of Ultron." I quite enjoyed the moment when I thought to myself, "Hey, we really could use a couple more Avengers." But I can't helping thinking my favorite character might be Thor's hammer. Yes, yes, the hammer was overused, but I really liked three of its scenes.

[identity profile] indigo-rose99.livejournal.com 2015-05-14 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I am suspicious of this market research. Because I go looking for the girl characters and they are HARD to find! And unlike you, I actually buy them! ...*sigh* You are right, I'm probably not their target market, either. But I'm suspicious of how they are defining their target market. Are they defining it as "Boys 5-12"? because I'm clearly not that. But if it is "children 5-12", then perhaps their marketing is poor. Black Widow was and is a really cool character! I completely want a lego minifig of her! Maybe two!