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Dawg, don't get me started!

We KNOW that the Plague was to be a match for the original 13. But it's my opinion/theory/belief that the DTC line sucked in terms of sales. IF things had worked in Hasbro's favor, they could've continued the line. But alas, the 25A was almost upon us and sure as frak, they were NOT going to finish the line, no matter what. The hype had to be over the 25A, not an online campaign.

I would've loved the other 10 members of the the Plague. Even if they were repaints of the JvC v2 SE. It's not the worst figure every used and that figure being used for the Plague, why NOT? Better than GhostBear repaints.

I don't see Hasbro even dealing with the Plague. The 2002+ era was all about moving the franchise forward. But apparently, fans just couldn't deal with it. So Hasbro went back to what they believed would work best. Rehashing ARAH models w/ slight updates, new articulation and modern sculpting.

I can't see Hasbro going backwards to finish the Plague which was very much a new concept. IF Hasbro were to continue on the course of DTC and whatever would be aftwards, yes, it would happen eventually. But like the Viper Lockdown pack, we never got a sequel. We never got a rescue team, y'know? So much lost potential. That's Hasbro's failing, not the retailers, imo.

09-23-2007, 12:10 AM	#2
Sonneilon aka 'Paul WS Anderson' ;) Offline --> Posts: 7,751 --> Join Date: Jul 2005	Dawg, don't get me started! We KNOW that the Plague was to be a match for the original 13. But it's my opinion/theory/belief that the DTC line sucked in terms of sales. IF things had worked in Hasbro's favor, they could've continued the line. But alas, the 25A was almost upon us and sure as frak, they were NOT going to finish the line, no matter what. The hype had to be over the 25A, not an online campaign. I would've loved the other 10 members of the the Plague. Even if they were repaints of the JvC v2 SE. It's not the worst figure every used and that figure being used for the Plague, why NOT? Better than GhostBear repaints. I don't see Hasbro even dealing with the Plague. The 2002+ era was all about moving the franchise forward. But apparently, fans just couldn't deal with it. So Hasbro went back to what they believed would work best. Rehashing ARAH models w/ slight updates, new articulation and modern sculpting. I can't see Hasbro going backwards to finish the Plague which was very much a new concept. IF Hasbro were to continue on the course of DTC and whatever would be aftwards, yes, it would happen eventually. But like the Viper Lockdown pack, we never got a sequel. We never got a rescue team, y'know? So much lost potential. That's Hasbro's failing, not the retailers, imo.