Paul Dini: Superhero cartoon execs don't want largely female audiences

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3. Pisses me off

I've been reading comics since the late 70's.

I've got two girls, 11 and 13, and they've been surrounded by my pop culture stuff since day one. Anime, movies, comics, etc.

They love these shows. And there are plenty of things they'd like to have from the shows, posters, books, etc. But not "toys"

Frankly, as a father and as someone who had a ton of toys as a kid growing up in the Star Wars, Transformers & GI Joe generation, I can't imagine how any parent really buys toys anymore for boys.

Freaking. Expensive. Beyond words really when a single action figure is between 8-15$ each. EACH. Times change, prices go up, but as a fan of so many of these things myself, I walk the aisles in toy stores and the like and I see neat things, but the prices as an adult freak me out.

But like Dini said, self-fulfilling prophecy to be sure. At least I have plenty of other neat avenues to direct the kids as they get older with fiction and certain live action TV series and of course the movies, all where merchandise isn't as huge a factor in what gets made.