Action Figures Before or After the Movie?

Action Figures Before or After the Movie?
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Action Figure ChatterSo what does everyone think about action figures being released way before the movie comes out? For example, you've been able to buy the Lord of the Ring - Return of the King action figures for a while now, but the movie isn't coming out until the end of the year. It seems like they shouldn't be available until after the movie is out, but I'm sure it's some kind of marketing ploy.

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Second reason being if the movie is a flop and the toys don't come out until after the movie has opend...you might as well slap clearance tags on them as you pull them from the case.
For instance, if the Wing Commander figures had been released before the movie came out there would have been a lot of sales based simply on the people who loved the video game. Instead the movie came out, evveryone went to the movie, the movie was horrible, then the figures showed up, which were nothing spectacular so they had no chance of selling.