Originally Posted by yorktownjoe

This is a good thread to be sure. I am far more tolerant of the 25th than many others, and that's okay. But I think I am a minimalist as Craig has mentioned. I pick what I want and not what I think will bring nostalgia or re-sell well on eBay.

I like Beach-Head and was able to pick up a Firefly at retail. That is a solid sculpt, and although the paint apps could be better, I have a use for those 2 figures.

I am glad for the people on other forums who feel they need 5 of the same Zartan because his card is different, or multiple Snake-Eyes based on the color of his wolf. It's their cash, and because of Frank and other servicemen and servicewomen, it's a still a free country.

I am glad for those people because now Hasbro is going to release old school vehicles again. Some people will have the opportunity to pick up vehicles they never had, or could never afford before at retail instead of "well used" toys on eBay. Although some people will try and scalp them as well. Once again, it's a free country, and if they want to risk "investing" their money clearing out every Target within 250 miles of them, great for them.

When I picked up the aforementioned FF, I left a Cobra Trooper, two Beach-Heads, a Stalker, a Cobra Commander, a Buzzer and a Lady Jaye on the pegs for others. It is one thing to be caught up in the moment of nostalgia, and quite another thing to buy stuff that you never plan to use and hope you can gouge someone else on...

But you are correct. Someone will buy the good and the bad, and Hasbro's marketing/sales data will be skewered, if they look at sales numbers at all. And they won't understand what people really want.