That is what the team is doing. Marketing is not the prime function but will undoubtedly be a spin-off."[65] Sinclair was reported to be surprised at the lack of demand and blamed the press for "a lack of foresight and pessimistic reporting".[65] Matters did not improve; three decades later, the C5's failure was attributed in Wallpaper to there being no market, insofar as "global warming hadn't been invented then".[66] The retail chain Comet acquired 1,600 C5s but nine months later most were still unsold.[67]