What this is
Whether TPC or its Western arm names a lead character, tier of characters or a creature that must appear: none of seven pages read does, three from TPC (two brand sheets and its licensing page) and four from TPCi.
How it’s built
- Each page was read in full and searched for any statement ranking characters or requiring one.
What we assumed
- Public pages would show such a rule if one were general policy.A rule could still sit in licence contracts or a private style guide, which were not available.
- The four TPCi pages carry little weight.They are an about page, navigation, media terms and a logo-only trade-show page, not licensing documents; TPCi's licensing page could not be read.
Sanity check
TPCi's licensing head describes deals as tailored to what fans want and names no creature.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes.
Show the working
- Surfaces read: 7
- Surfaces naming a lead tier or required character: 0
- 0 of 7 surfaces (3 TPC, 4 TPCi) name a lead character, tier or required character