Disney Infinity cancelled

[Earth 2 Chris]

Was shocked to hear this on the Skywalking Through Neverland podcast. Infinity was the leading toy/game out there, so it seems really odd that Disney pulled the plug. Seems they are shutting down their internal gaming division period. Some Alice Through the Looking Glass figures and a Finding Dory playset are making it out...but that's it. So no Dr. Strange or Rogue One. And worse yet, a lot of talented people out of work.

Bah.

http://skywalkingthroughneverland.com/

Chris

[EMCE Hammer]

Good grief. We almost took the plunge, so glad we didn't.

[Earth 2 Chris]

My kids have all three versions and we all enjoyed it. They don't have every figure, but they have a good selection.

It was really a fun and innovative game. My 8 year old and 14 year old enjoyed it equally, and could play it together, much like the Lego games.

Chris

[enyawd72]

I noticed a week ago that Wal-Mart had all the figures, even brand new ones marked down to $5 on clearance. Apparently they already knew something the rest of us didn't.

[EMCE Hammer]

Shoot - I would have liked to have gotten some of the SW Rebels stuff just for the figures to display on my kids' shelves.

Come to think of it, the whole Dimensions display at my local Meijer has been blocked by a stack of skids for two weeks.

[4NDR01D]

I noticed a week ago that Wal-Mart had all the figures, even brand new ones marked down to $5 on clearance. Apparently they already knew something the rest of us didn't.

I'd probably buy them for display at that price.

[drquest]

It seems odd that Disney just didn't sell their gaming division off rather than close it.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Apparently they overproduced some of the 2.0 figures, after UNDER producing some of the 1.0 figures. But I don't think that was enough for them to cancel it.

I saw the old starter sets and figures marked down a while back, but never the current ones. I'll have to keep an eye out.

Chris

[Werewolf]

Kind of a bummer. From what I've read they were finally going to update it and let any character be used in any playset. Which is something fans had been requesting since the beginning.

Apparently they overproduced some of the 2.0 figures, after UNDER producing some of the 1.0 figures.

That's exactly what did them in. The game sold well enough and was still the top selling of the toys to life genre. They just unfortunately managed the production numbers of the figures poorly.

Yondu sold especially poorly.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Yeah, if you listen to the episode, they talk about making every character playable in any world, and even releasing large 12" figures that worked with the game.

Their character selection was a bit off. No Goofy or Little Mermaid...but Yondu?

Chris

[Godzilla]

My kids were disappointed to hear the news. They liked the games but never loved them.

[Werewolf]

Their character selection was a bit off. No Goofy or Little Mermaid...but Yondu?

I agree. A lot of their choices and ideas for the game made little sense. I mean, Lone Ranger got a playset but Frozen didn't. What genius decided that? Not having a Sugar Rush playset when Wreck it Ralph came out was also a huge missed opportunity. All the popular classic Disney characters and Princesses were stuck in the toy box and you couldn't do much with them.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^The Lone Ranger set did help make up for the god-awful movie, though. That was a fun playset. But yeah, not really earned.

Chris

[megomania]

Good grief. We almost took the plunge, so glad we didn't.

Same here. Wife bought our son a bunch of Infinity stuff for Xmas. Fortunately we bought him too much crap, never wrapped it, and returned it ASAFP.

-Chris

[Spyweb007]

The Disney Infinity games are pretty cool, the cancelation of the series doesn't really hurt the fun factor of the games that have already been released, and there's plenty of variety with the game sets and figures that are already out there. Anything new probably would have required a whole new Starter set "Version 4.0" anyway. Might be a good time to catch up if the games and figures start to go on clearance.