{"id":1432,"date":"2011-02-01T10:15:51","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T15:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2011-02-09T02:09:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T07:09:07","slug":"lost-megos-series-2-in-danger-of-being-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/02\/lost-megos-series-2-in-danger-of-being-canceled\/","title":{"rendered":"\"Lost\" Megos Series 2 in danger of being canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"

So laser-focused fansite The Island of Lost Megos<\/a> is reporting that the second series of Bif Bang Pow's Lost<\/i> dollies may never see the light of day due to low preorders. In their article, MegoScott says:<\/p>\n

\"I got to speak with Jason Labowitz, co-owner of Bif Bang Pow yesterday to get the latest news on the status of the Lost action figures. ... BBP says that if they don't get enough pre-sales by March 1 they won't be able to start production on Wave 2 in time for a July delivery.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article for more bad news and some good<\/b> news (though which is which is dependent largely on what you think of the toys).<\/p>\n

In all truth, it seems that, as a license, Lost<\/i>'s time has passed. The property isn't the white-hot name it was at the show's peak, and now that it's off the air for nearly a year, the desire for merchandise is fading from the public's mind. It doesn't help that Bif Bang Pow was doing Mego-style figures: those are a niche product to begin with, so when you're aiming your product at a small sliver of consumers inside<\/b> another small sliver of consumers, you're going to struggle. BBP needs to stop trying to re-create the toys of their childhoods<\/a> and start making modern action figures, or they're going to join all the other failed and forgotten companies as a footnote in the history of the industry.<\/p>\n

If you are a fan of the Lost<\/i> figures, though, you should definitely preorder them while you can. As a reminder, the breakdowns are:<\/p>\n