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Originally Posted by Uncle Flint
I just read through this thread for the first time and had to laugh. It makes me laugh that we (a bunch of grown men) can get so worked up about toys. And the animosity towards Hasbro really surprises me.
The fact of the matter is that the 25th Anniv. stuff is selling. Its selling better than than the last few waves of the new sculpt did, and way better than the DTC. The line was dying and they tried something new. It appears to be working right now.
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Yeah it's selling....and it has nothing to do with they're cool or they're better than ARAH sculpts....it's because Hasbro is SUPPORTING this line! Since 2001 have you seen an ARAH or NEW sculpt ad in a Magazine? No, they just complained sales were crap and then relegated them to an obscure website to die!
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Originally Posted by Uncle Flint
We have to remember that the collecting community isn't big enough to support a toy line. There just isn't enough of us. That means Hasbro has to create toys that will sell to kids. If Hasbro thought that the only people who buy the 25th Anniv. stuff would be collectors, they never would have bothered to produced the stuff in the first place.
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I think someone alread tackled this one. But Toys just don't sell like they used to! Kids want XBOX, Wii, Guitar Hero and Halo3! They don't want toys. My neighbor is a Joe fan and he got his boys all 3 five packs for Christmas. Two days ago only 3 figures we're broken or damaged. "They don't make 'em like they used to" he told me, and said he figured these weren't made for kids. And I gotta say, they AREN'T. They're too delicate...
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Originally Posted by Uncle Flint
What I don't understand was the need to switch to yet another construction format. Hasbro has proved they can produce new ARAH versions of old characters in the recent con sets. They sometimes act like there is no possible way to create new ARAH style molds.
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EXACTLY! I feel like they're saying to me "Thank you for your support all these years and buying 2,500 of our figures, but
our need to make money and our habit of not listening to what you want has brought us to the conclusion that we need to remake the entire line, so you're years of loyalty and dedication now takes a back seat to our greed....F*%K you very much Mr. Nash....throw out that old non compatible collection and REBUY 25TH!!!!!"
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Originally Posted by Uncle Flint
One thing is certain though: Hasbro is to trying to kill the line. With the new movie coming Hasbro is extra motivated to keep this line successful. The idea that Hasbro is trying to kill the line is absurd. But they also have no need to expand the roster.
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Wanna know my biggest gripe? I'm tired of seeing the same figures again and again. I wanna see Mayday, the Red Shadows, Firewall, Wraith, Alexander and Lady Armada, and NOT Duke Version 234,578! And instead of just redoing the classic figures, why not Update them? Update them like DD did with MainFrame? (ok, maybe not the best update to use as an example, but....)Scarlett in a black commando type outift. I'd even buy Duke in black Halo gear.
Something cool and yet BELIEVEABLE and REALISTIC! Not stuff like the Sand Razor that has a two man open turret on top that is as big as the vehicle itself!
My last 15 Purchases have been PTE, or BBI because I'm so sick of the same unbelieveable crap! I started buying GI Joe 25 years ago because they had the closest thing to a Humvee and an Abrams! Now I get a purple hiss with snake scales on them! Huh?
The thing that made GI Joe sell in the 80's was everyone else was selling WWII figures, guns and vehicles. Kids wanted to play with what the Army had now (well, THEN!)! We were tired of our Grandfathers coming up and saying "I drove one a them tanks in Belgium" We wanted something new, sleek and modern. Something realistic. And Hasbro gave us that with the original 13....but as time wore on, they became rock starts with football Jerseys, long hair and Ninja Training until it got to the point they were hunting dinosaurs! And now they've gone from science fiction to porcelin collectors items! BLAH! Bring back the ARAH Molds and the "O"ring, get me an M988 Hemtt, or I'm giving BBI and PTE my money....Oh, and Marauder John....but I'll buy his stuff even if Hasbro listens to me and makes my dream come true!