>>11353079Don't know anything about whatever behind-the-scenes struggles there were over obtaining licenses or even figuring out long-term strategies but Mega was still smarting over the underwhelming performance of their WoW line by the time Kre-O was doing D&D; they were also somewhat tunnel-visioned on video games after the success of Halo and CoD, moving ahead with AssCreed and Destiny but without the same level of success for either.
Mattel took over Mega the same year D&D sets were coming out so by then it was too late to consider that option. As it was the Kre-O line flopped and much of it ended up clearanced or liquidated, a fate shared by Mega's AssCreed, Destiny and Terminators to my personal benefit but unfortunately to the detriment of the brand long-term.
Would say that Mega's ambitions to expand their lineup with more video game licenses combined with over-producing some of their Halo and CoD waves started the downward slide that only turned into a spiral once Mattel took the reins; I remember what felt at the time like peak Mega when I found an entire shelving island at Walmart packed with boxes of Halo Series 6 (the series that introduced secret chase figures; previous series had a "secret" fig that was shown on the checklist but 6 had three different colours of active-camo Elites nowhere referenced on the list). Incidentally this was 2013, a year before the Mattel takeover and every Halo Series after it showed a steady decline in boxes on shelves.
