I would pay to play a fortnite game that highlights their skin's lore and universes like imagine, a whole storyline about the drift clan, or the vampire hunting high school club, or the even the cube queen before the invasion
That idea is sick, imagine a singleplayer adventure where you can discover skins origins in epic story modes, the gameplay could be different from regular fortnite, maybe each skin adventure would be a dlc ? I wouldn’t like it but it’d make more sense.
I really hope that the Lego line does well because it can totally be the gateway towards getting cooler Fortnite merch, it’s very clear that they want to have a lot of merch of the game but just haven’t had much of it really stick the landing
One really underrated merch line that didn’t get a mention in this video is Hasbro’s Victory Royale series. Yeah, they do still have the problem of containing too many accessories, but the figures themselves are absolutely ON POINT. The Skye one especially really impresses me, they do really good on the facial molds. Not to mention the packaging RULES for this line, the art on the box is stunning
Nah, Jazwares’ Fortnite 4” line is INSANELY GOOD. I’ve been collecting the line since it released in 2018. The building tiles weren’t that good WHICH IS WHY Jazwares ditched that gimmick. And as any toy collector would say, you can never have too many accessories. The figures however were awesome, not 1:1 accurate to the game but they were still good quality for the size and the price. Jazwares even upped the quality of them in recent years so that they’d be more accurate and more articulated. Research does not do the line JUSTICE. The line didn’t flop, it outlived Hasbro and McFarlane, it only “stopped” because of Jazwares’ distribution issues. Not because it was a bad product.
One of the merch ideas that I strongly had was Fortnite figma figures for the anime themed skins like Lexa, Zoey Clashe, Erisa, Mae, or even the anime style Midas skin. They would be cool to have, especially having good articulation & details plus sensible accessories like multiple facial expressions & hand gestures
I don't get the 'too many accessories' argument with the action figures. Just like skins people have favorite pickaxes / gliders / axes that they'd like a physical representations of to go along with their favorite skins. I like posing my little guys in fun little scenes, and the guns and stuff are essential in my opinion. Like imagine getting a Mace Windu figure with no cool lightsaber and shit; it makes the package feel incomplete and not worth it.
Star wars figures come with 1-2 accessories. There are MULTIPLE fortnite merch items that have 10+ accessories. Not to mention the building mechanic is another completely useless accessory. These drive up the cost of the figures and lower the quality almost every time without fail.
@@JoJoJosiahMaybe I just come from a different side of collecting then, because 10+ really isn't that much compared to some other figures I own that aren't Fortnite related.
Fortnite starting "The Seven Collection" of figures with The Foundation and Scientist and then just NEVER EVER FINISHING OR EVEN CONTINUING IT will forever piss me the fuck off
@@JoJoJosiah I saw them more as like premium figures to be collected as opposed to the other fortnite figurines which justified the price for me. However casual consumers definitely won't want to spend like $30 for ONE character. I'm just extremely biased towards the characters I love. I am desperate for any kind of storyline merch even something as simple as the seven's logo on a shirt or cool posters would get me forking over money.
Fantastic and funny video JoJo, you were also very well-spoken. You hit on so many of the points that make me frustrated with Fortnite’s way of selling, making and promoting their merchandise and honestly I hope someone who works at Epic will see this video and help bring some change to the merch. We all love this game, and we totally would spend a lot more on Fortnite merch but it can’t be random garbage like you said. They need to make us care, by creating good quality merchandise of characters we all know and love. Also, I hope they don’t mess up with the opportunity they have with LEGO as well. Again, great video!!
Thank you so much rezztro!! I REALLY hope they lock in with lego and just overall with their IP. I collect SO much stuff from all my favorite games and movies and i want to have WAY more fortnite stuff but it sucks cause 90% of it is so BADDDDD
I think some of the problem is that Fortnite has sooo many different characters that the fan base is spread thinly over the characters. People will only tend to buy merch of the characters that they love, but those characters might not be the ones that Epic considers the 'main' characters and so no merch is ever made of them. Another thing is just the nature of the game world means it can be hard to have a strong connection to the characters as there's not much dialogue or story elements to make people care about the characters. I also feel like they would make wayyy more money releasing new skins in-game than they would from merch. The convenience of buying a digital item, plus the ability to use that item in the different game modes would have players lean more towards spending money in-game. I have bought Fortnite merch in the past, but currently there isn't really any merch from what I've seen. (Aside from the upcoming Lego sets which look sooo good). In terms of clothing specifically, the t-shirts and stuff they made have all been pretty bad from what I remember. Only clothing item I bought was the Durrr Burger Onesie a few years ago. But the quality of it is not great. It's more of a 'costume' than something you could actually wear as a onesie. I'd love to see more Lego sets, more premium action figures (like the McFarlane ones), and actual cool designs on clothing, rather than t-shirts with 'FORTNITE' written on it and a pic of Peely's face. I also agree with your point about Hope. She has become the 'main character' of Chapter 5 and I'm pretty sure there's zero merch of her. Actually was there even any merch of characters like Slone, The Foundation, etc.? Cos I can't think of any. Overall, I totally agree that Fortnite has always had a merch problem. Hopefully they start making better stuff in the near future. Especially if the Lego sets sell well.
For me, I'd love to see more detailed clothing/accessory merch like beanies, hoodies, hats, stickers, and more. I saw you show off the dusty diner sticker at 5:07 and I'd love something like that or a sticket set with all of the brands on the island. Or something really out there like vengeance jones's glasses. I really want them to lean into the cool logo and clothing pieces that they've made for their world and faithfully translating them for us to buy.
So my Main Backbling in Fortnite is Lil' Gnashy and I actually paid someone to Crochet it for me on Etsy. And that plush Unironically has more quality than most failed FN Merch. Also that Comment you made on the Pokemon Center is true. I went to the site buy a plush if my precious bean daughter Ogerpon to then also buy a Garbador and Chandelure plushie.
If they made like good Fortnite plushies, shirts of like the seven and stuff that don't scream I AM FROM FORTNITE, And figures like that scientist one I'd be all in on buying stuff. I have bought 1 piece of Fortnite merch ever in my 6 years of playing it and that was the victory royale scientist on sale for like $15. I bought it because i like the character and it actually looked good (unlike 99% of other Fortnite merch)
Nothing like watching a grown ass man ranting about toy`s for childrend based on a game for children, jokes aside, i salute your passion sir o7, yes making people care is important, i was so excited after chapte 1 about the Seven, since their mystery all of the sudden started to pass, after watching the scientist work on the end of chapter X, the first time i noticed a female The seven, Paradime i bought her instantly in the item shop. Some people makes TV shows just to sell toys to children, so yeah, you hit the nail on the head, you need a way or ways to make people emotionally invested, and some of Fortnite`s choices are weird, like they dont eaven know what makes em popular. who the f*#@ wants Skelly Peely?, it`s like they want to lose money. Play any waifu gambling game, emotional investmen, make them care and suprise, they will swipe, some time too mutch fortheir own best intrest but still. Or look at overwatch, there is probably more adult content then actual content put in to the game, because people fell in love with characters, and consume overwatch to this day, and they stoped playing years ago, so you know where they went OwO... It would not suprise me, when Jonesy started to have more voice lines and started to be in scinematics and in game story, people cared a lot more abount the lovable goof, sincethey have a name, a voice, and a personality they can relate to. They know this, they take very colab possible with an emotional attachment and put it in fortnite, but somehow they cant seem to do the same thing with their own product and take it out to the real world xD. Epic Needs an Ex gocha mage emotional manipulator consultant and overpay them to make merch and character stories. Holy crap i wrote a lot, thanks for wasting your time on reading this, and have a good rest of your week :3.
I’m pretty sure Jazwares released (or was planning to release) an IO guard figure at some point. And that figure is so dang hard to find. I don’t think anyone’s even selling it online.
Ive always wondered why epic didn’t start a small limited launch merch line based on current cosmetics i really feel like if they just focused on design and not advertising they could actually make something really cool and a billion dollars (imagine collabs with polo and adidas) just sell one or two lines per chapter
They are both good but if you haven't checked out the Pokemon center site they are a masterclass in merch. I've spent more money there than anything else and I don't have like the games very much 😭
@@JoJoJosiah Honestly fair, I might look but yeah, literally anything at this point is a better option than what there currently is. There's so many skins they could make amazing merch with lol
Thx for the vid! Finally someone said the facts about this garbage😂 I was so excited for the Lego stuff and then I saw the peely bone figure and I was like: What on earth is happening in these studios?!? It seems unexplainable how they come up with bad ideas. 🤦🏻♂️
I feel like if Epic licensed out to Hot Toys, it'd be the BEST Fortnite merchandise of all time. Like imagine high-quality Fortnite figures of The Seven or I.O. done by them.
Honestly other than the upcoming Lego sets (which I've preordered all of, and will probably get multiples of) I've never really wanted to get any of the fortnite toys, they all just look and feel so cheap
Interesting Video Jojo 🍅 Didn't know the Toys were that Bad 😂 Makes Me kinda worried about the Real Lego Sets & how much backlash the Virtual Ones have gotten 😬💦
I don't even have a small figure (just really big ones I use for display) but I have a backbling and minigun and oh man the accessories are insanely bad, I have a cool brella but I mainly got it because it was a blindbag that looked like the golden flopper and it was at the dollar store lmao Also for 18+ lego sets I think they wanted to make it seem more mature by adding guts as silly as it sounds, the grenade launcher too, lego doesn't really do guns I think it's more for Lego fans because most seem to love it (me included).
I have the legendary jazwares Visitor, got it for a really nice price at least for where I live, I think its good but the paint chips soo much and the paint on the faces is just awfull, way to small for the face itself
I would pay to play a fortnite game that highlights their skin's lore and universes like imagine, a whole storyline about the drift clan, or the vampire hunting high school club, or the even the cube queen before the invasion
that would be SO SICKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
That idea is sick, imagine a singleplayer adventure where you can discover skins origins in epic story modes, the gameplay could be different from regular fortnite, maybe each skin adventure would be a dlc ? I wouldn’t like it but it’d make more sense.
Tragedy that the fortnite edible couldnt make a cameo in this video 😔
epic games gotta make the fortnite edibles official
@@JoJoJosiah exactly
Honorable mention to the slurp juice cart
I really hope that the Lego line does well because it can totally be the gateway towards getting cooler Fortnite merch, it’s very clear that they want to have a lot of merch of the game but just haven’t had much of it really stick the landing
If the lego sets flop they just need to do a blind bag set and its OVER.
@@JoJoJosiahfr all I’m praying for
One really underrated merch line that didn’t get a mention in this video is Hasbro’s Victory Royale series. Yeah, they do still have the problem of containing too many accessories, but the figures themselves are absolutely ON POINT. The Skye one especially really impresses me, they do really good on the facial molds. Not to mention the packaging RULES for this line, the art on the box is stunning
Sadly forgot to mention it. Was gonna spend another 5 minutes talking about it LMAO
Nah, Jazwares’ Fortnite 4” line is INSANELY GOOD. I’ve been collecting the line since it released in 2018. The building tiles weren’t that good WHICH IS WHY Jazwares ditched that gimmick. And as any toy collector would say, you can never have too many accessories. The figures however were awesome, not 1:1 accurate to the game but they were still good quality for the size and the price. Jazwares even upped the quality of them in recent years so that they’d be more accurate and more articulated. Research does not do the line JUSTICE. The line didn’t flop, it outlived Hasbro and McFarlane, it only “stopped” because of Jazwares’ distribution issues. Not because it was a bad product.
One of the merch ideas that I strongly had was Fortnite figma figures for the anime themed skins like Lexa, Zoey Clashe, Erisa, Mae, or even the anime style Midas skin. They would be cool to have, especially having good articulation & details plus sensible accessories like multiple facial expressions & hand gestures
There is a Lexa figure from the Victory Royale Series line
Never diss my boy Jazwares Fortnite again
I don't get the 'too many accessories' argument with the action figures. Just like skins people have favorite pickaxes / gliders / axes that they'd like a physical representations of to go along with their favorite skins. I like posing my little guys in fun little scenes, and the guns and stuff are essential in my opinion. Like imagine getting a Mace Windu figure with no cool lightsaber and shit; it makes the package feel incomplete and not worth it.
Star wars figures come with 1-2 accessories. There are MULTIPLE fortnite merch items that have 10+ accessories. Not to mention the building mechanic is another completely useless accessory. These drive up the cost of the figures and lower the quality almost every time without fail.
@@JoJoJosiahMaybe I just come from a different side of collecting then, because 10+ really isn't that much compared to some other figures I own that aren't Fortnite related.
Fortnite starting "The Seven Collection" of figures with The Foundation and Scientist and then just NEVER EVER FINISHING OR EVEN CONTINUING IT will forever piss me the fuck off
they were SO expensive. They just needed to price them better and i feel like they couldve done pretty well. They just need to sell them better
@@JoJoJosiah I saw them more as like premium figures to be collected as opposed to the other fortnite figurines which justified the price for me. However casual consumers definitely won't want to spend like $30 for ONE character. I'm just extremely biased towards the characters I love. I am desperate for any kind of storyline merch even something as simple as the seven's logo on a shirt or cool posters would get me forking over money.
Fantastic and funny video JoJo, you were also very well-spoken. You hit on so many of the points that make me frustrated with Fortnite’s way of selling, making and promoting their merchandise and honestly I hope someone who works at Epic will see this video and help bring some change to the merch. We all love this game, and we totally would spend a lot more on Fortnite merch but it can’t be random garbage like you said. They need to make us care, by creating good quality merchandise of characters we all know and love. Also, I hope they don’t mess up with the opportunity they have with LEGO as well. Again, great video!!
Thank you so much rezztro!! I REALLY hope they lock in with lego and just overall with their IP. I collect SO much stuff from all my favorite games and movies and i want to have WAY more fortnite stuff but it sucks cause 90% of it is so BADDDDD
I think some of the problem is that Fortnite has sooo many different characters that the fan base is spread thinly over the characters. People will only tend to buy merch of the characters that they love, but those characters might not be the ones that Epic considers the 'main' characters and so no merch is ever made of them. Another thing is just the nature of the game world means it can be hard to have a strong connection to the characters as there's not much dialogue or story elements to make people care about the characters. I also feel like they would make wayyy more money releasing new skins in-game than they would from merch. The convenience of buying a digital item, plus the ability to use that item in the different game modes would have players lean more towards spending money in-game.
I have bought Fortnite merch in the past, but currently there isn't really any merch from what I've seen. (Aside from the upcoming Lego sets which look sooo good). In terms of clothing specifically, the t-shirts and stuff they made have all been pretty bad from what I remember. Only clothing item I bought was the Durrr Burger Onesie a few years ago. But the quality of it is not great. It's more of a 'costume' than something you could actually wear as a onesie.
I'd love to see more Lego sets, more premium action figures (like the McFarlane ones), and actual cool designs on clothing, rather than t-shirts with 'FORTNITE' written on it and a pic of Peely's face. I also agree with your point about Hope. She has become the 'main character' of Chapter 5 and I'm pretty sure there's zero merch of her. Actually was there even any merch of characters like Slone, The Foundation, etc.? Cos I can't think of any.
Overall, I totally agree that Fortnite has always had a merch problem. Hopefully they start making better stuff in the near future. Especially if the Lego sets sell well.
For me, I'd love to see more detailed clothing/accessory merch like beanies, hoodies, hats, stickers, and more. I saw you show off the dusty diner sticker at 5:07 and I'd love something like that or a sticket set with all of the brands on the island. Or something really out there like vengeance jones's glasses. I really want them to lean into the cool logo and clothing pieces that they've made for their world and faithfully translating them for us to buy.
So my Main Backbling in Fortnite is Lil' Gnashy and I actually paid someone to Crochet it for me on Etsy. And that plush Unironically has more quality than most failed FN Merch.
Also that Comment you made on the Pokemon Center is true. I went to the site buy a plush if my precious bean daughter Ogerpon to then also buy a Garbador and Chandelure plushie.
Pokemon center website is actually GODTIER for merch.
Fortnite needs to do more plush man
I am glad that Cuddle Team Leader is basically the face of the merch. I buy anything Team Leader.
That is NOT the LEGO Durr Burger set 😭😭😭😭😭
I actually loved the Moose Toys Fortnite mini figures back in middle school. I had a big collection of them
If they made like good Fortnite plushies, shirts of like the seven and stuff that don't scream I AM FROM FORTNITE, And figures like that scientist one I'd be all in on buying stuff. I have bought 1 piece of Fortnite merch ever in my 6 years of playing it and that was the victory royale scientist on sale for like $15. I bought it because i like the character and it actually looked good (unlike 99% of other Fortnite merch)
Yea their time in the spotlight is up and they need to stop thinking they can just sell FORTNITE merch on everything. Give us actual branding
Nothing like watching a grown ass man ranting about toy`s for childrend based on a game for children, jokes aside, i salute your passion sir o7, yes making people care is important, i was so excited after chapte 1 about the Seven, since their mystery all of the sudden started to pass, after watching the scientist work on the end of chapter X, the first time i noticed a female The seven, Paradime i bought her instantly in the item shop.
Some people makes TV shows just to sell toys to children, so yeah, you hit the nail on the head, you need a way or ways to make people emotionally invested, and some of Fortnite`s choices are weird, like they dont eaven know what makes em popular. who the f*#@ wants Skelly Peely?, it`s like they want to lose money.
Play any waifu gambling game, emotional investmen, make them care and suprise, they will swipe, some time too mutch fortheir own best intrest but still.
Or look at overwatch, there is probably more adult content then actual content put in to the game, because people fell in love with characters, and consume overwatch to this day, and they stoped playing years ago, so you know where they went OwO...
It would not suprise me, when Jonesy started to have more voice lines and started to be in scinematics and in game story, people cared a lot more abount the lovable goof, sincethey have a name, a voice, and a personality they can relate to.
They know this, they take very colab possible with an emotional attachment and put it in fortnite, but somehow they cant seem to do the same thing with their own product and take it out to the real world xD.
Epic Needs an Ex gocha mage emotional manipulator consultant and overpay them to make merch and character stories.
Holy crap i wrote a lot, thanks for wasting your time on reading this, and have a good rest of your week :3.
You forgot to mention that there wasn't only ONE Fortnite Monopoly board but FOUR
GOOD GOD
Fortnite merch will never be good unless those cowards release a life sized Raven Team Leader plush. For display, of course.
ok but actually a raven team leader NORMAL plush would sell like CRAZY LMAO
500 peely figures.
I’m pretty sure Jazwares released (or was planning to release) an IO guard figure at some point. And that figure is so dang hard to find. I don’t think anyone’s even selling it online.
its crazy cause half the time i cant even find where to buy the good fortnite merch😥
“Pre jarred so you can let loose on them” was crazy 💀
THATS WHY THEY LOOK LIKE THAT
Dude imagine they made vinyls of their lobby music! Id buy in a heartbeat :3, instead i have to make my own
You forgot to mention the GOD AWFUL Halloween costumes like omg please they hurt my eyes
I would instantly buy anything Kado Thorne related, love that guy
Ive always wondered why epic didn’t start a small limited launch merch line based on current cosmetics i really feel like if they just focused on design and not advertising they could actually make something really cool and a billion dollars (imagine collabs with polo and adidas) just sell one or two lines per chapter
100%
I’ve been collecting Meowscles merch, and I most of the time I don’t even know new merch exists unless I actively research and look for it lol 😅
9:15 where did bro get that picture the actual set is just the bigger
The Lego sets will save everything
Blizzard/Riot stores are a good example of what Epic should look to for merch ideas, shirts, keychains, plushes, figures, statues, etc.
They are both good but if you haven't checked out the Pokemon center site they are a masterclass in merch. I've spent more money there than anything else and I don't have like the games very much 😭
@@JoJoJosiah Honestly fair, I might look but yeah, literally anything at this point is a better option than what there currently is. There's so many skins they could make amazing merch with lol
I still have alot of jazwares figures, the building mechanic I didn't give a damn about I just wanted a figure of frostbite man 😢
building mechanic was so DUMBBBBBB
They NEED to make a Raven Team Leader plushie🥴😩
would sell thousands
What’s the ninja figurerine behind him called?
Thx for the vid! Finally someone said the facts about this garbage😂 I was so excited for the Lego stuff and then I saw the peely bone figure and I was like: What on earth is happening in these studios?!? It seems unexplainable how they come up with bad ideas. 🤦🏻♂️
I feel like if Epic licensed out to Hot Toys, it'd be the BEST Fortnite merchandise of all time. Like imagine high-quality Fortnite figures of The Seven or I.O. done by them.
I ain’t paying a fortune for ONE figure. I could still get a high quality figure for $10 from Jazwares.
If fortnite came out with statue s like the fnaf ones we should get chapter 5 jones and hope on the train
Honestly other than the upcoming Lego sets (which I've preordered all of, and will probably get multiples of) I've never really wanted to get any of the fortnite toys, they all just look and feel so cheap
bro got clickbaited💀 the Fortnite durr burger set isn't real, it's a fan made model 😭
Did you know that there are lego fortnite set's that are Releasing in October 1st?
Did anyone else's spider sense go off while watching this
needing me a lego frostbite figure NEEOOOOWWWWW 🙏🙏🙏
I JUST NEED THE FORTNITE BATTLE BUS SET SO BADDDDDDD
How we never got a beanie like Sky??
2:45
Jojo... I'm not sure how to tell you this but
You are ignoring the rest of what im saying in that sentence lol
even as toys for kids they are horrible.
@@JoJoJosiah haha yeah ik sorry I'm just being a dick 😭
Mcfarlane comes from the same guy who made Spawn and Venom?????
You were NOT glazing at the end there
Those smaller figures with guns and builds are all made by jazwares
they still make fortnite funko pops. not a lot though
You clearly dont know much about action figures, more accessories is good and the macfarlane figures where probably the most mid figures
Also, jazwares was goated and the figures were pretty detailed and hasbro was the shit
Bro thinks he's SypherPK with this video format 💀
Use code JoJoJosiah or Kit plush won't be available ever again
or no Hope beanie
USE MY CODE OR KIT GETS IT
@@JoJoJosiah I'M USING YOUR CODE PLEASE DON'T DO ANYTHING TO KIT HE DOESN'T DESERVE IT
Interesting Video Jojo 🍅
Didn't know the Toys were that Bad 😂
Makes Me kinda worried about the Real Lego Sets & how much backlash the Virtual Ones have gotten 😬💦
PRAYING they continue making great lego sets
Bro forgot about the Hasbro action figures
I don't even have a small figure (just really big ones I use for display) but I have a backbling and minigun and oh man the accessories are insanely bad, I have a cool brella but I mainly got it because it was a blindbag that looked like the golden flopper and it was at the dollar store lmao
Also for 18+ lego sets I think they wanted to make it seem more mature by adding guts as silly as it sounds, the grenade launcher too, lego doesn't really do guns I think it's more for Lego fans because most seem to love it (me included).
The only line that’s decent is the hasbro line, they’re decent quality and had decent articulation
yep, they were just TOO expensive. If they came with skin codes or build a figures, or they marketed them better. they couldve sold SO well
Saying this, I also think the Lego line will be incredible, because no one dislikes Lego
I have the legendary jazwares Visitor, got it for a really nice price at least for where I live, I think its good but the paint chips soo much and the paint on the faces is just awfull, way to small for the face itself
Bro forgot hasbro 😭
How dare you insult the Fortnite Jazwares figures!! bro what is it with your deal with accessories?! bro is out of touch man...
Do you even have any? I could show you 30+ examples of how AWFUL the jazwares figures are. They look like horrid bootlegs half the time.
@@JoJoJosiahThere are some hidden jems, Have you seen some of the more recent figures?? They’ve come a long way.
Jojo now you can drop the jj video
IM TOO BUSY IM SORRY IM WORKING ON ITTTTTTT
so little drift merch... i need drift fortnite figure
man forgot about hasbro whomp whomp
I KNOW IM TROLLING. I was gonna talk about hasbro the most but just completely FORGOTTTTTTTT
@@JoJoJosiah damn
I like my Punk Fortnite figure :)
That is NOT the durr burger set
tanks put the wrong set but i didnt feel like i needed to change it LMAO
GIVE US IMAGINED ORDER STUFF EPIC
Me. I wanted a Zoey funko pop. I have a Zoey pop.
my neighbor has a nerf burst smg should I steal it (for legal reasons this is a joke)
legally yes you should
Ok
How dare you say that about Funko They are the best company ever also, you forgot about the cards trading cards
I always loved the Nerf guns
I am a proud owner of a kit plush
W
I own a Zoey Funko 🥲
Funko is de beste❤
JoJo I’m getting PTSD from you putting Lil Whip in a chick-fil-a cup when you showed the lil whip plush
Fortnite when it comes into making the worst selling merchandise 🥼🧪
seriously LOL