Comic-Con International Postpones WonderCon 2020, Will SDCC Be Next?

On 3/6/2020 at 11:50 PM, SpiderS said:

It will affect much more than just toy industry, and it is alreadyand so far it seems summer wont make it go away, onbrighter side it is high risk only to people who have immune system issues andelderly people, it wont be apocalyptic end of everything but it will definitely besomething we never seen before. Gotta wash our future toys in hand sanitizers I guess.

If you can even find hand sanitizer. Regular bottles that normally cost $3 are now $120.

The big E3 Video Game convention which was to take place in June just announced today it was being canceled this year. I truly expect SDCC will be scrapped this year as well.

I’m in King county Washington and they’ve closed all community centers and they’re in the process of teaching all students from home. Every day I turn on the news and more people have died in Kirkland, though most if not all are elderly with underlying conditions.

That being said it is kind of scary going to the store and seeing wiped shelves everywhere.

Don’t worry though, I have no plan of dying as I have too many badass pre-orders yet to come. Just remember, WASH YOUR HANDS AND QUIT RUBBING YOUR EYES!

Nickg out.

It’s been hitting the global economy the past few weeks; most notably the stock market. The stock market hasn’t dropped this much since the 2008 recession. Travel/tourism has taken a nose dive as well.

Sporting events in Italyand masses at the Vatican are pretty much empty.

Festival and events in the US like Emerald City Comic-Con and South by Southwest have been postponed and cancelled, respectively.

However, if you’re in the business of sanitizing and cleaning products and toilet paper, you’re business is doing real well.

I think this will affect not only the toy industry but other industries as well. I hope this will be over soon before it leads to recession or worldwide economic crisis.

My guess your going to see a lot of events postponed or canceled this year including things like SDCC

It will affect much more than just toy industry, and it is alreadyand so far it seems summer wont make it go away, onbrighter side it is high risk only to people who have immune system issues andelderly people, it wont be apocalyptic end of everything but it will definitely besomething we never seen before. Gotta wash our future toys in hand sanitizers I guess.

Fears of the coronavirusspreading caused the cancellation of a toy show in my neck of the woods, which is the San Francisco Bay Area.

Now sure, nothing trumps beingaliveand being in good health. Everyone has that perspective and it literally goes without saying,but this is a website/message board is dedicated to the discussion of toys and collectibles. So, it’s very appropriate to discuss the effects of the coronavirus on the toy industry here. Where else would it be discuss?

AndI think it’s very unkind, self righteous and plain outrude to belittle the members of this website that do want to discuss the impact of the coronavirus on the toy industry whether that be in manufacturing, shipping or what not.

Therefore, for anyonethat wants to discuss the more serious and deadly aspects and impacts of the coronavirus please find another website to do that. I’m sure you’ll find plenty of them out there.

This website is the proper place to discuss our love for toys and collectibles and how the coronavirus effects it. Please do not be “that guy” that has to crap over others’ joy and concerns for some self righteous and vanity statements; i.e. put others down just to make himself feel better or the better person.

5 hours ago, Goldbug said:

It already is. Marauder Inc has emailed people who have pre-ordered some figures to say the pre-order won’t be fulfilled until summer.

Boss Fight may also have some items that will be delayed.

Industry wide companies may be having trouble fulfilling orders. Not only to individuals but Hasbro to their retail partners. Shelves may start to be left empty.

Yep the effects have begun and will likely only get worse over the course of the year as the disease continues to spread. From what I understand we are about a year out from any kind of vaccine being created and while they might be able to slow down the spread of it I doubt they can stop it. From a health stand point it seems to only kill those already with failing health issues which obviously isn’t a good thing but their plenty of other diseases and viruses out there that you can say the same thing about. The larger concern here seems to be more about what this will do to the economy, and it’s not looking good IMO.