Ranking in Top 300:
53 TRANSFORMERS INFILTRATION #2
58 TRANSFORMERS BEAST WARS (IDW) #1 (Of 4)*
That's a drop from issue #1 of Infiltration of more than 20 spots, with #2 estimated at selling around 33,000 copies. Ouch.
An estimation for Beast Wars #1 sales would be around 32,000 copies.
February TF Comic Sales
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Not exactly encouraging, nor is the large stacks on unbought copies at my local shop.
On the other hand, according to the charts, TFs have put IDW smack dab in the middle of the Top 100 and a bigger market share than DDP, so they're doing about as well as can be expected for third party publishers.
On the other hand, according to the charts, TFs have put IDW smack dab in the middle of the Top 100 and a bigger market share than DDP, so they're doing about as well as can be expected for third party publishers.
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Official February numbers:
53 TRANSFORMERS INFILTRATION #2 35,828 copies
58 TRANSFORMERS BEAST WARS #1 34,047 copies
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/8384.html
Looks like I underestimated by about 3,000 copies for Infiltration and 2,000 copies for Beast Wars.
I like underestimating more than overestimating.
If Beast Wars is included in the cost of the Transformers license, then one could say that they are raking in dough from 70,000 copies sold for the Transformers. That's quite a bit in todays market.
Worth the investment? I guess that would depend on how much the license actually costs IDW. At 70,000 copies sold at $3.00 a pop, that's a gross sales of around $210,000.
Now I don't know what this might indicate, but DW owed Hasbro for royalty costs in the amount of $494,442.00 when they went bankrupt. Was this for one year? Many years? Did Hasbro charge the same amount to IDW? Was this a percentage of revenues? Again, these figures may mean nothing, but its something to think about.
53 TRANSFORMERS INFILTRATION #2 35,828 copies
58 TRANSFORMERS BEAST WARS #1 34,047 copies
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/8384.html
Looks like I underestimated by about 3,000 copies for Infiltration and 2,000 copies for Beast Wars.
I like underestimating more than overestimating.
If Beast Wars is included in the cost of the Transformers license, then one could say that they are raking in dough from 70,000 copies sold for the Transformers. That's quite a bit in todays market.
Worth the investment? I guess that would depend on how much the license actually costs IDW. At 70,000 copies sold at $3.00 a pop, that's a gross sales of around $210,000.
Now I don't know what this might indicate, but DW owed Hasbro for royalty costs in the amount of $494,442.00 when they went bankrupt. Was this for one year? Many years? Did Hasbro charge the same amount to IDW? Was this a percentage of revenues? Again, these figures may mean nothing, but its something to think about.
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Having just looked this up...
http://www.newsarama.com/marketreport/Feb06charts.html
Right, so we've got not one but two titles outselling Exiles, Green Arrow, LotDK, Spawn, Y The Last Man, Fables, Neverwhere, Wildstorm's current "event", Star Wars, Neverwhere, Hellblazer, IDW's other titles, etc.
http://www.newsarama.com/marketreport/Feb06charts.html
Right, so we've got not one but two titles outselling Exiles, Green Arrow, LotDK, Spawn, Y The Last Man, Fables, Neverwhere, Wildstorm's current "event", Star Wars, Neverwhere, Hellblazer, IDW's other titles, etc.
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Of important note, Denyer has astutely pointed out that on the bottom of the ICV2.com ranking list of Diamond's top 300 comics, Diamond UK distribution is not included on the list nor are reorders from comic book stores if they sold out.
And we all know how many UK Transformers fans there are out there.
On Diamond's website:
Diamond UK
As Diamond Comic Distributors’ British counterpart, the London, England-based Diamond UK works closely with overseas comics retailers to bring the hottest comic books and related merchandise to fans throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.
This is great news. All of Europe, not just the UK, are not of this list
Of important note, Denyer has astutely pointed out that on the bottom of the ICV2.com ranking list of Diamond's top 300 comics, Diamond UK distribution is not included on the list nor are reorders from comic book stores if they sold out.
And we all know how many UK Transformers fans there are out there.
On Diamond's website:
Diamond UK
As Diamond Comic Distributors’ British counterpart, the London, England-based Diamond UK works closely with overseas comics retailers to bring the hottest comic books and related merchandise to fans throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.
This is great news. All of Europe, not just the UK, are not of this list
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