Will there be any other Usagi Yojimbo action figures?
(WWW Board July 2000) There are no plans for more Usagi toys at the present. There were the Usagi Yojimbo and Space Usagi action figures from Playmates, and the Usagi Yojimbo toy from Antarctic Press but the collectible toy market has pretty much dried up. (WWW Board March 2000) The action figure front is inactive — especially in the direct market where, I assume, an Usagi figure will be distributed. There’s no commercial tie-in with a TV series or movie so I doubt there’ll be the mass market appeal to interest a bigger toy company. And, as I said earlier, the smaller ones have gotten out of the toy market. (UY Vol 3, #37) Besides the Usagi figure from Antarctic, there were Usagi and Space Usagi figures released as part of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy line in the early nineties.
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- Wait a minute, you sold two and a half million (TMNT) Usagi action figures, but the comic sells only 10 to 12 thousand. How can we get the comic to the mass market again?
- How much input did you get in the design of the second Usagi Yojimbo action figure by Antarctic Press?
- Will there be any other Usagi Yojimbo action figures?
