Why didn't the Harlequin merch get released?

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Does anyone know why the Harlequin merch we got glimpses of, never got released? Or did I miss it's release somewhere?

I know they were given away at a screening, for example, but it's weird that they have her store's branding inside the tee. Normally promo t-shirts and stuff for events is just printed on generic labels.

Also this iconic tee:

[Borisapillar 8,372]

Because no one bought the album

[OliviaRodrigoStan 4,517]

They probably just realized the reception wasn't as positive as expected, and decided not to release them. I think they might give fans Harlequin merch or parafernalia, after the negative buzz around the film ends. 

I think this "era" will be seen in a more positive light, years from now. As of now, her team is probably focused on Disease and LG7

[nATAH 44,399]

cus it was probably made just for those screenings

if there was merch to sell, it would be sold otherwise what the hell else would they do with thousands of shirts? just let them take up warehouse space?

[RAMROD 105,947]

It never was for sale tbh

[The Ew from Judas 760]

It wasn’t? Man, I was gonna get the harlequin radio shirt lol

[fede ARTPOP 6,410]

Maybe they will sell on new Vegas show? 

[Tranquil 43]

Honestly, waiting for the Disease jock-straps to drop

[OliviaRodrigoStan 4,517]

1 hour ago, NATAH said:

if there was merch to sell, it would be sold otherwise what the hell else would they do with thousands of shirts? just let them take up warehouse space?

It wouldn't be uncommon. I think Shane Dawson had a lot of unreleased merch, that he decided not to put up for sale, when he got cancelled. He only released it years later, when people stopped caring about his cancellation. 

The Joker backlash was probably way bigger than anyone expected. It wouldn't be farfetched to believe they had merch produced, or planned, related to the film, but given its poor reception, they decided to not release a thing. They can always release it later on, when the hate goes down a bit. 

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21 minutes ago, OliviaRodrigoStan said:

It wouldn't be uncommon. I think Shane Dawson had a lot of unreleased merch, that he decided not to put up for sale, when he got cancelled. He only released it years later, when people stopped caring about his cancellation. 

The Joker backlash was probably way bigger than anyone expected. It wouldn't be farfetched to believe they had merch produced, or planned, related to the film, but given its poor reception, they decided to not release a thing. They can always release it later on, when the hate goes down a bit. 

Well Gaga isn't get cancelled, is she? So the example is a bit moot.

Joker 2 backlash will not make its merch stop being sold, if they were doing merch to begin with. There are worse movies with all kinds of merch that people display, wears or use unironically these days. 
Joker just doesn't do official merch since the first movie. You can't even find anything on Hot Topic. The ones you can get are fan made off etsy and red bubble. 

[Borisapillar 8,372]

2 hours ago, Tranquil said:

Honestly, waiting for the Disease jock-straps to drop

 

2 hours ago, Tranquil said:

Honestly, waiting for the Disease jock-straps to drop

There’s an ointment for that 

[Panchecco 17,440]

 

they might update the shop with Harlequin + LG7/disease merch at the same time

[nATAH 44,399]

6 hours ago, OliviaRodrigoStan said:

It wouldn't be uncommon. I think Shane Dawson had a lot of unreleased merch, that he decided not to put up for sale, when he got cancelled. He only released it years later, when people stopped caring about his cancellation. 

The Joker backlash was probably way bigger than anyone expected. It wouldn't be farfetched to believe they had merch produced, or planned, related to the film, but given its poor reception, they decided to not release a thing. They can always release it later on, when the hate goes down a bit. 

but this is HQ merch for her fans, not Joker merch for the GP and this album came out before the movie

Edited October 24, 2024 by NATAH

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9 hours ago, NATAH said:

cus it was probably made just for those screenings

if there was merch to sell, it would be sold otherwise what the hell else would they do with thousands of shirts? just let them take up warehouse space?

Tax write off

[voltron92 2,119]

10 hours ago, fede ARTPOP said:

Maybe they will sell on new Vegas show? 

She'll pull an Adele and shoot them out at the audience on the tour.