Tron: Ares crosses over in October

[Steevy Maximus]

To be brutally frank, my “pricing estimates” are probably on the REALLY conservative side. The last 3.75” Star Wars Speeder Bike TVC set was $45 in 2023, and it featured a single figure without the bells and whistles seen on these. The Speeder bike itself, while likely more painted, wasn’t as large.
So if you start looking at $20-23 per figure, plus closer to $50-60 per bike, and another 30 for the stand (which has electronics, remember)…it doesn’t feel as rough considering the niche nature 3.75” collector products have seemingly become. Because remember as well, Hasbro’s kicking up the prices on the collector ranges next year. I’ve already seen retailers kick up the Hasbro 6” collector figure prices to $30, and Super7 ReAction+ has already kicked their prices up to $25 per figure (4” retro o-ring).

I‘m trying not to “sell you” on this HasLab. Maybe I am to myself, but I’m just not sure I’m a big enough TRON fan myself to justify this “investment” when I’d probably be just as happy with a nice 6” TRON and Lightcycle set (which would probably cost, like, $100). Bearing in mind I DO still have some of the NECA Kingdom Hearts/TRON retro stuff they did some years ago.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

Tron Ares opened number 1 and the box office…at a soft $33.2 million. Global weekend haul of just a hair under $60 million. Not a sterling start, even with a more modest (reportedly $150 million) budget. For reference, Tron Legacy had a whopping $170 million (in 2010) budget which garnered a bit over $400million box office. Reviews have also been FAR more lukewarm compared to Legacy as well.
Barring a really strong international haul, the Tron franchise might get put on ice another decade or two, even with the all the sequel baiting.

My Facebook feed is full of memes attributing Jared Leto to the film’s failure, much like Morbius and his presence in other notable recent underperformers (Blade Runner 2049, Haunted Mansion, Suicide Squad, etc). Next up for Mr. Leto is Skeletor in Masters of the Universe

 

[Fero McPigletron]

This bites. Ares was a pretty good watch. It's not horrible. The effects and music really were great. There's some story details that were off (the timing of the 29min) but Leto wasn't that bad.