by JustNCredible » Sun Mar 06, 2016 4:15 pm
Yea I think releasing the figures along with the new movie is probably more likely. Probably the only reason Skellington came out with his anniversary, is because he didn't have a new movie slated later down the road. However just like The Jungle Book (where they felt it only merited a character inclusion, and nothing more) they may not be as tied to the film versions of these characters for similar reasons. The way I look at it, Beauty and the Beast would not make the most interesting playset anyway, and if our speculation is correct, it won't be getting one. So we already know they aren't too invested with making film versions, since there probably won't be a film playset for them to go along with, meaning similar to The Jungle Book, we may get animated versions to go along with the film release. Baloo and Beast are both almost in the same boat anyway; both are humanoid animals which would have to be cartoon-ized. But one reason I could see them wanting to make a film version of beast, is if they completely re imagine him for the film, so much so that that the cartoon version would be unrecognizable in comparison. Beast after all has a lot more unique features than a bear, so they may actually want to accentuate film Beast into DI. I'm crossing my fingers for the animated versions, but we'll see. Either way I would be happy.