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Welcome back to the Epic Universal podcast.

I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill, and this is the podcast where we cover the latest universal news, rumors, and history.

And as always, I'm joined by Eric Hersey.

And how are you this fine night, Eric?

I'm doing great, Jim, but I heard you, uh, you had some time in a Target recently and you have some

good news for us, especially all of us universal, uh, fans. Well, you know, just, again, Nancy was

teaching her water aerobics class on Monday. And, and so, you know, I wound up wandering the toy aisle at Target.

And I know that Wicked, we're still like three months out from Wicked for Good arriving in theaters, right?

Yeah, yeah, November, right?

Yeah. And well, you know, as far as the toy manufacturers are concerned, no, it's time.

Well, listen, it's Christmas.

I mean, people are going to be shopping for presents and Christmas and so forth, so of course it's time.

Yeah, in fact, Lauren on the most recent episode of I Want that too, was talking about, I guess she's doing slow Christmas or

soft Christmas.

I forget the exact term she's using, but, you know, doing a little bit at a time and, you

know, picking up, you know, just with the notion of that way when it's, it's Black Friday,

you know, she's got the bulk of it done

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