Dec 15, 2014

Girl Meets Merchandising

Yes, it's a Girl Meets World Rant... for a change, but it kinda is Toy Related, so it fits December.
It's weird that with the show being ON DISNEY Channel, we have not seen any Girl Meets World dolls. I mean, High School Musical, Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place and pretty much every show during the past few years on Disney Channel has gotten a doll.

OK, so Jessie, Liv and Maddie, Dog with a Blog and I didn't do it have not gotten any dolls. I forgot to mention that Austin and Ally didn't get any dolls either. So, basically research defeated my rant. But, speaking of which... Isn't it weird that Disney didn't pimp out toys out of these shows?

So, most Disney shows up until Shake it up! got dolls. So, my brain started thinking about a Girl Meets World Toyline... Obviously dolls, because I don't think the world is ready for a Farkle Action Figure...

There is one Teensy problem, that I am sure Disney has noticed. Girl Meets World's biggest audience is fans from BOY MEETS WORLD. Most of the Boy Meets World fans wouldn't buy the dolls...
Unless it was an Eric Doll... a TALKING Eric Doll to be precise.
And let's face it. Boy Meets World fans would rather have dolls from the Boy Meets World Characters than Cardboard cowboy who is a really bad male equivalent to Hippie Topanga, or Creepy Minkus Clone. Then again, we KNOW that the only dolls that would get made are: Girl Cory, Girl Shawn, Farkle and Lucas... No Cory, No Auggie and no Topanga. Because if we look at the previous Disney Doll lines, what are they all lacking...

PARENTS! No Robbie Ray, no Jerry Russo, no whatever the name of the Police lady who was one of the Shake it Up Girls' mom...

So, for Girl Meets World toys are basically a no-no... though a Mister Feeny Action Figure would be all kinds of badass.


But, I digress, Girl Meets World as a toyline wouldn't really work... Then again...


I got to be honest here. I do NOT WANT Girl Meets World to get any sort of Merchandising whatsoever, aside the DVDs for each season. It just wouldn't feel right. Boy Meets World Merchandise came long after the show ended and reruns were syndicated. Most of it is fan made with custom shirts with quotes from the show, but no dolls, videogames, nothing like that. I believe it makes the show feel a bit more special, than the standard Disney show. But since GMW is a Disneyfied BMW spin-off, the fear of Disney making dolls is always on the back of my head.They already made a long-winded excuse to have Sabrina Carpenter sing on the show... Dolls could be coming up next... Or a crossover with a Marvel toon... it depends on what the Mouse wants.


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