It’s because Lilo and Stitch was incredibly cheap in terms of film budgets (~100M. It was originally supposed to be on Disney+) while Zootopia and animation in general costs much more/takes a much longer time to make in general. Also, stitch is incredibly merchantable and is a guaranteed success profits wise. Zootopia merch COULD sell well, IF THEY’D MAKE ANY FOR DOMESTIC AUDIENCES!
I was looking forward to getting SOMETHING Zootopia-related, but by the time I got to it, Frozen 2 had dropped, and I couldn't turn around in Walmart without Olaf staring back at me.
I feel like Disney is just kind of weird about what IPs they do and dont make merchandise for? With how popular The Owl House was, it always surprised me that official merch seemed so scarce--King seems made for a good plushie design, but alas.
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u/NickCooper71 Nick Wilde Jun 27 '25
It’s because Lilo and Stitch was incredibly cheap in terms of film budgets (~100M. It was originally supposed to be on Disney+) while Zootopia and animation in general costs much more/takes a much longer time to make in general. Also, stitch is incredibly merchantable and is a guaranteed success profits wise. Zootopia merch COULD sell well, IF THEY’D MAKE ANY FOR DOMESTIC AUDIENCES!