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Some General Observations On The 25th/Modern Era
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06-30-2008, 09:51 AM
minstrelboy
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Yeah - I agree the situation with Star Wars is different. I didn't realize they had done that. (Maybe I'll see if I can find one - I'd like to see if there's anything of use in it.) Again, I don't know the difference between Star Wars and Joe collectors. I do know that the modern Star Wars line would cost tens of thousands of dollars to own as a collector, and would require ample storage space. And I believe there are a lot more Joe customizers than Star Wars (or am I wrong?).
Marauder's is great - I've bought from them before. One thing, however, is they don't have a lot of figure accessories outside of weapons. I know they have some repros of PTE vests, but there's not much else. You need to really look around at other sites like build-a-rama, urban revolution or broken arrow, which still doesn't have even the basic 25th Joe harnesses.
As for the package deals coming out, I hope Hasbro does like they did with the original 5 packs and released them as wave 4 (except for Baroness). I'm trying to keep my collection complete with everything available at retail (no convention exclusives), so I'd still buy a single card of Dusty or Quick Kick for sure. I hope Hasbro does this. As for the battle packs being a ploy to make more money? If you figure the retail price of each individual figure, plus DVD, plus the weapons part - they're considerably less than if they were sold individually. Same with the vehicle packs. $14.99 for 2 figures and two vehicles? Two single figures cost about $12.98 - so, how are they saving money?
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