That poster is awesome! Thanks tin7!

How is that a good sign if it is Minimates and not Lego who has the license?

I don't know that it'd be any kind of sign at all, as far as LEGO is concerned. Minimates may superficially somewhat resemble LEGO minifigures, but they're really not the same thing at all, right? Aren't Minimates more like highly-stylized action figures than construction toys?

If Mega Blocks got - er, renewed - the license, that'd be different, but I don't think the continued existence of Marvel Minimates any more bearing on whether LEGO can make its own, construction-oriented Marvel toys.

Regarding that poster... errr, is it me, or is the Hulk not wearing pants???

As for the license... one of the biggest obstacles is that, for the most part, Disney hasn't exactly hit home runs with its tie-ins thus far. PoP was a flop and Toy Story sets can only be considered partial successes in terms of sales. There's nothing more telling on this subject matter than Shop-At-Home's current Sales & Deals pages, which is loaded with sets from both Toy Story and Prince of Persia.

If anyone really wants a Marvel license deal, probably the best thing they could do is get out and start buying PotC sets like crazy...

Edited June 24, 201113 yr by Mr. Elijah Timms

Disney hasn't exactly hit home runs with its tie-ins thus far. PoP was a flop and Toy Story sets can only be considered partial successes in terms of sales. There's nothing more telling on this subject matter than Shop-At-Home's current Sales & Deals pages, which is loaded with sets from both Toy Story and Prince of Persia.

Perhaps, but look how long it took. All those sets have been out a full year or more, and only just went up on the Sales & Deals page quite recently.

I look at it this way... If Disney stores are willing to stock and sell some Marvel characters whose toys are more of collector's niche, then I figure they'd go bonkers for the chance to sell a worldwide brand such as Lego.