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Hasbro's boy's toys sales are down from previous years, that's part of why several lines have become "sucky", I think is the term.

Not much risk taking and things are getting kiddified also do to rising production costs.

Yeah, it's sad there's nothing new and a wave has been pushed back, because there's more production but no guarantee stores will order more.

The concept vault offerings are cool, and I say that as someone who doesn't collect modern style. On the other hand, it's the same handful of characters again (Storm Shadow in '88 style might be Storm Shadow version 88!), though Gung-Ho needs some love and HEAT Viper does, too. Basically, if you loved the character diversity of vintage GI JOE, you have to get the club stuff.

Why no online retailer Zombie 7 pack? I'm no zombie nut, but that seems like the sort of set that might have cross over appeal with customizers.

04-07-2013, 02:15 PM	#3
Lava Boss Veteran Offline --> Posts: 3,378 --> Join Date: Apr 2006	Hasbro's boy's toys sales are down from previous years, that's part of why several lines have become "sucky", I think is the term. Not much risk taking and things are getting kiddified also do to rising production costs. Yeah, it's sad there's nothing new and a wave has been pushed back, because there's more production but no guarantee stores will order more. The concept vault offerings are cool, and I say that as someone who doesn't collect modern style. On the other hand, it's the same handful of characters again (Storm Shadow in '88 style might be Storm Shadow version 88!), though Gung-Ho needs some love and HEAT Viper does, too. Basically, if you loved the character diversity of vintage GI JOE, you have to get the club stuff. Why no online retailer Zombie 7 pack? I'm no zombie nut, but that seems like the sort of set that might have cross over appeal with customizers.