SCOTT "TOY GURU" NIETLICH WAS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(It's a joke, I don't care for him)
I mean it was bound to happen right. We got what? 3 solid years of Origins at retail, and way more figures than I thought we would. Eventually every line dies, especially without strong support. And while Origins hit strong to begin with, eventually weird distribution and fewer recognizable characters meant we were bound to have a slow down. Revelations was good, and so was the CGI kids show, but neither really spoke to Origins as a toy line. Plus they may have also cannibalized Origins to some degree. Then the price increases took the line from a "WOW great price" line to "ok, maybe at that price"
Also let's not forget the over production. There are still a lot of places to get Battle Cat/Panthor and as others have said, in the US some figures are still clogging shelves.
The Filmation rebrand should give it a bit of a shot in the arm. For how long? Who knows. Either way I still consider the line a smashing success just based on the sheer amount of product they were able to put out at retail over the past couple of years. They did a great job of getting us most of the original characters, and a lot of vehicles/playsets.
Plus, positively or negatively we are still getting pieces to nearly complete the line through MC.
