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I'd say all my sources Target, Walmart, and Toys R Us have shrunk their mlp section. There is also much, much less mlp stuff in the collectibles/trading cards stuff. It's just evidence that this generation is winding down both among kids and adults. I mean the really vocal super fans may still be around but the average fans are moving on. I do admit that Hasbro fumbled the ball by waiting so long to release the movie. It would have made a lot more sense and gained more traction right after season 3 or 4.
I imagine the post Christmas slump might be part of it as well. I see empty gaps on shelves as a good sign that things have sold and that new things may be coming. I dunno. Smyths and Entertainer both have new stuff listed on their website so I am not too worried. Although previous generations have taken longer to wind down in Europe because everything gets dumped here whenever distributors feel like it, as opposed to the US and their more organised dates-and-schedules. We still have Canadian release water cuties, so yeah. But I guess we do know this generation is starting to pull back. If not for the leak, though, would we be thinking like this?
Maybe the next gen will come faster then we thought? At least for the toys anyway.