[Originally posted on
Toy News International]
In Hasbro's
virtual investor day panel, they announced they had expanded their license agreement with
Epic Games for
Fortnite that would now include action figures. Recently
Hasbro had announced that they were doing a
6" Classified version of Snake-Eyes based on his appearance in the
Fortnite game.
It wasn't entirely clear in the announcement if that meant we would only be seeing more figures based on characters that
Hasbro already makes product for that have appeared in the game, such as
Marvel or
Star Wars. Or did it mean that
Hasbro would be making action figures based on actual
Fortnite characters, even though other companies like
McFarlane Toys and
Jazwares have already been making such figures.
For those not familiar, for the last few years
McFarlane Toys has been making
7" Fortnite figures and
Jazwares has been making
6" and
4" figures.
So we reached out to the folks at
Hasbro, McFarlane Toys and
Jazwares to see if we could get any clarification about what
Hasbro's announcement today meant for the future of
Fortnite action figures.
As I type this, the only company so far to get back to me has been
Hasbro. While they aren't ready to give out specifics on which exact characters they will be doing, they did tell me that the new agreement does
NOT limit them to just
Hasbro properties appearing in the game. They went on to tell me the license is specific to
6-inch and above scale in
action figures and
vehicles.
Since I have yet to hear back from
McFarlane Toys or
Jazwares about the status of their
Fortnite lines, I can't tell you definitively that those companies won't still be releasing figures in some way. My best
GUESS at this time is,
Jazwares might continue on with their
4" figures while
their 6" and the
McFarlane 7" ones will be discontinued. Again that is just a guess based on the info
Hasbro provided me about them doing figures for 6" and above.
If I get some kind of further confirmation from
McFarlane and or
Jazwares about the status of their lines, I will be sure to update this story.
As for
Hasbro, again just speculating here, but seems like a good bet we will not only see regular
6" Fortnite figures from them, but also see other properties like
Marvel, Star Wars and
G.I. Joe that have appeared in the game get the
Fortnite figure treatment. I wouldn't even be surprised if this new agreement between
Hasbro and
Epic Games didn't open the doors for other
Hasbro properties like
Transformers and
Power Rangers to appear in the game as well
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