You pretty much nailed it. We are sick of working on Batman stuff, BUT the products sell. But here's the kicker...we all know that the series are made to sell toys (that goes for just about Toku series as well). I don't think Beware Batman will last more than a season. Reason: There is no toyline for it. The only toy available is the 6" figure as part of the Batman Unlimited line.

Why is there no toyline for it? It goes back to Green Lantern. When the GL series started, its aim was to sell a bunch of toys. The problem is that the GL movie toys were still clogging up shelves..so retailers like Target, Wal-mart and TRU didn't want anymore "GL" toys. Its a shame..the prototypes where cool. They had the ships and everything.

Fast forward to today...if you go into stores, what pegwarmers do you see? Batman.

We have things from Dark Knight Rises, lingering Brave and Bold figures, Batman Unlimited and Mattel's own evergreen line Power Attack Batman. That's 4 Batman lines thats currently in stores. All the big box stores didn't want another Batman line to further crowd the scene.

[QUOTE=Potato;185481]So they killed the series the same way CN did Thundercats?

If merchandise is the main focus of these networks how doe shows like Avatar get by? There are no toylines, no high-end collectibles and thingamabobs. We get a couple of short comics, an artbook or two and usually that's that. What's Nick's "business model" like?

Their was an Avatar toyline but it just didn't get as much focus as others.

[QUOTE=badlander86;185693]Nick actually cares about it's action show.

But they toyline was not the selling point of the show so whether or not it did well was not going to determine the fate of the show. Young Justice on the other hand never struck me as a show created to sell toys but it apparently fell victim to the same merch stigma that Thundercats had.

Best news I've seen all week.

Better than CN's.

I don't get how they can use that as an excuse for Green Lantern. Yeah, it's kind of hard to sell toys that DON'T EXIST!

For that matter, what illegal substances are Cartoon Network smoking by allowing shows like Almost-Naked Animals to even make it beyond the fevered cheese-dream phase and continue airing to this day, despite the fact that there is no merchandise available for it and shows of similar design and make?

CN Executive: da, lets see da soopah heroz make big $$$ and gots da toyz so da action show get da toyz and no toy sales mean it sux so dat meenz we can make funny toons 4 da kiddyz!

GoseiWonder: That makes no sense. Why would you want viewers to watch your channel on the premise of "that's all you offer, might as well suck it up" instead of "these shows are really good and engross me as a viewer?" And this isn't the 90's. why should toys matter in an animated series' success?

CN Executive: YOLO SWAG! WE GOTZ DA KOOL TOONZ!

GoseiWonder: What's that? "Goseiger is awful and Moune is ugly?" I sure hope Sentai doesn't hear that! ;) :lol

*cue Sentai's merciless rage*

Also, Almost-Naked Animals sounds like a satire of a satire that not even CollegeHumor would try to do.

[QUOTE=badlander86;185693]Korra is one of those strange cats. It goes against ALL animation principles...female lead...minority...no merchandise. Usually, any ONE of these spells instant doom or heck even a "no go" or no greenlight for animation production. Korra is mainly used as a "flagship" model or "halo" product for Nickelodeon. They lose money on Korra, but in a way its their "show-off" piece. It's there to show that Nickolodeon can do more than just Spongebob. Think of it as Acura's NSX or Dodge's Viper. Every one of those cars they sell, they lose money...but what they do gain is image.