i don't know a single person who ever had a rugrats toy. or even a t-shirt. but that was one of the most successful cartoon of the 90s.
or to use a more comparable example as a show on a streaming service that everyone here hates for one reason or another, for all of vld's infamous success, i don't really ever hear merchandise as part of the conversation. i know toys for it exist, but they're not the hot toys all the kids are buying. and yet it lasted for eight seasons worth of episodes.
like idk, anon, maybe you're the wrong one here. merchandise is not the sole source of revenue for a cartoon, and hasn't even been the most important source in the case of a lot of commercially successful shows.
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or to use a more comparable example as a show on a streaming service that everyone here hates for one reason or another, for all of vld's infamous success, i don't really ever hear merchandise as part of the conversation. i know toys for it exist, but they're not the hot toys all the kids are buying. and yet it lasted for eight seasons worth of episodes.
like idk, anon, maybe you're the wrong one here. merchandise is not the sole source of revenue for a cartoon, and hasn't even been the most important source in the case of a lot of commercially successful shows.