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Originally Posted by Roland da Thompson Gunner
I don't think the Mercs set sold very well because they were selling loose figures from it at the last convention at low prices IIRC. Hell you can still get that one and Iron Grenadiers sets bagged, you can't with the 2007 set. In fact I think the only con set that sold out in the first year was the Crimson set. I'd love too know where you got your sales figures, because what your saying doesn't match with the Club's store.
Also if they do Red Shadows and use the DD characters I don't think it'll go over very well because I think more people care about the Action Force Red Shadows than some black chick and Bam Bam Bigelow
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Good point about sales. My question is, if you can't purchase a bagged set until you order a boxed set, one would assume roughly a 1 to 1 ratio. I wanna know how they sell out bagged sets BEFORE the boxed sets? Do they allow you to buy multiple bagged sets AFTER you get a boxed set?
The reason I think they haven't sold out the 2007 set is because no one wants to pay for 15 figures when they only want 7. Honestly, how many sets do you think they would have sold if they made 12 Night Stalkers, Lt Clay Moore Rip it and the Night Stalker Commander instead of rehasing a bunch of the original 12 and adding sparks and Female Doc? I know that the 2005 and 2006 sets didn't sell that well, but I bought 2 of those, but not 2 of the 2007 set for that reason. Everyone talks about how they want some nightstalkers, but don't wanna dish out $268 for them. Ok, maybe this paragraph is more about me than the public at large. But notice how fast Army builders tend to sell? Well, if the Idea is good! (Can you say Cobra Bazooka Trooper = Peg Warmer? )
I know, most people won't pay that for the con sets, anyway. The Price does make it out of reach for a lot of people. The good thing is like Outrider says, it gives "The Fellowship of the O Ring" something new and cool to buy. I've started to buy troop builders in 25th mold, but I'm not gonna buy joes. If they switch back to ARAH (which they're not!, I know!) I'll start buying again...but they will flood every set with te same figures like they do with the 25th....I think I'm just gonna selectively collect. Buy what I want and screw the rest. I quit being a Completionist in 1991.
The DD Red Shadows were different than the Action Force Red Shadows? I mean I know they were different, but are they THAT different? School me.....