No New Captain Scarlet annual this year...

by **shaqui** » Fri May 12, 2006 8:06 am

I've been in touch with Egmont, and there will be no New Captain Scarlet annual from them this year either. But they were unable to confirm whether another publisher may have taken up the option.

I suspect this is not the case either.

by **Kambei** » Fri May 12, 2006 10:15 am

I have to say that this is just the latest in a long line of disappointments about the new series, but it doe not surprise me in the slightest.

I can't remember when I have seen another merchandising and advertising campaign for a series so badly handled. It is almost as if the powers that be at Sony and Granada wanted it to fail. The only merchandise to come out to coincide with the series has been the toys and comic. Everything else seems to have vanished into the woodwork.
And I don't care what some people may say about how difficult updating websites is, the Official Site is supposed to be there to advertise the series. Not stagnate and then vanish.

by **Marion** » Fri May 12, 2006 3:30 pm

I quite agree with Kambei. Whatever I think personally about the series, I always wanted it to do well and I think it has been incredibly badly served by the promotion and marketing teams. I hope they are thoroughly ashamed of themselves.
If it wasn't for Chris's website, NCS wouldn't have a presence on the Internet at all - as far as I know. If she can manage to keep it 'up to date' in her spare time - how hard can it be for someone who is being PAID to do it to keep the thing active?
Same applies to OCS now, of course, since they took that site away to 'concentrate' on the new series. :roll:

I can only assume that Granada/Sony and the rest are run by the Mysterons.

by **theMysterons** » Sun May 14, 2006 12:59 am

EARTHMEN... EVEN WE THE MYSTERONS WOULD NOT STOOP SO LOW... WE WOULD NEVER UNDERMINE OUR ONLY VEHICLE FOR BROADCASTING OUR MASTER PLAN...

WE WILL BE AVENGED FOR THIS NEW ACT OF AGGRESSION AGAINST US...

by **Cpt.Lilac** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:34 am

What am I going to get my mum for christmas now?

by **Marion** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:15 am

Exactly, Kinggodzillak - however frustrating it might be to have to acknowledge the fact - they simply weren't trying to entertain existing fans of the original series. So maybe the fact that - in my case at least - they didn't, is some small crumb of comfort to them?

You might argue that of all the original shows 'Captain Scarlet' had the most 'adult' of themes and that it was more suited to an older 'teenage' audience - but they chose not to go down that route, so there's no point crying over spilt milk.
I think NCS was treated shabbily by the companies involved in its broadcast - it deserved better than it got from them. Its not my personal cup of tea but any CS is batter than no CS at all. :wink:

by **chrisbishop** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:55 pm

The posts about viewing stats have been moved to their own thread:

http://spectrum-headquarters.com/v-web/ ... sc&start=0

by **Kambei** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:14 pm

Personally I think, sad as it might be, that we have seen the last of NCS merchandise. Publishers and toy companies have learned the Star Wars: Phantom Menace lesson all too well. Plus the fact that it is highly unlikely that we will see any new episodes this year or that there will be any well publicised repeats.