SDCC 2012: Exclusives Up--Now sold out--HTS F5 Madness!!!

[sharky]

I feel sorry for the parent simply trying to buy some random toy for their kid this week.

[Jefehawk]

Lol!

Shower? And you call yourself a toy collector.

[Kaedryl]

I feel sorry for the parent simply trying to buy some random toy for their kid this week.

Nah, this will be over in less than 2 hours once the feeding frenzy begins.

[Jefehawk]

Saw the movie Ted this weekend...kind of sucked.

[txbart]

Dump first then shower

definitely the right order.

[UMAN]

i feel sorry for the parent simply trying to buy some random toy for their kid this week.

they should know better!

[gijoe071681]

they should know better!

Exactly Its like a toy store on Christmas Eve

[mav55mdash]

seriously. I don't have a sense of humor

[CobraCommandr]

Every person I know that saw Ted said it was awesome.

[rinker]

I don't know which I am refreshing more ...this thread or HTS. LOL!

[cyclonus77]

the after shower dump is not good.

[Tuga Viper]

Well leaving my computer to go get lunch. I'll risk it.


EM

[orezona]

Dump first then shower

Take a dump in the shower and push it down the drain with your foot.

/it all goes tot he same place, you know

[JoeMama]

wait wait wait...

people in Missouri read?
wtf.

[soundwavempl]

Saw the movie Ted this weekend...kind of sucked.

I quite enjoyed it. But if you don't like Family Guy then I can understand why you don't like it.

But dude, Flash Gordon!!!

[sharky]

Where is HTS located? It's not in R.I. I know that..
I think it has to be on the East coast because their phone hours from 8am-8pm EST. Then again their call center may be in a different location than the servers.

[mav55mdash]

you can call for yourselfs, the # (800) 408-0052, I spoke to amanda, she sounds like jinx. hot

[rinker]

at least I see new stuff here everytime I refresh!

[Cobra-La]

Take a dump in the shower and push it down the drain with your foot.

/it all goes tot he same place, you know

It's all just pipes.

[txbart]

Every person I know that saw Ted said it was awesome.

It was ruined when it went the whole celebrity as them-selves route.

[B and H Comics]

when will they get rid of the Causualties of the CObra Civil War banner that hasnt been updated in over a year. it is over there >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[sharky]

the after shower dump is not good.
qft

[nerdsgetchicks]

I bought a T-1 line for this?

[Hellion42]

I feel sorry for the parent simply trying to buy some random toy for their kid this week.

Yeah, Walmarts around the country are a mess lately.

[Python_Puckman]

Take a dump in the shower and push it down the drain with your foot.

/it all goes tot he same place, you know

Be eating your lunch at the same time and now your talking efficiency

[Zarana]

wait wait wait...

people in Missouri read?
wtf.

NO, they just buy books to decorate with.

[Cobra-La]

you can call for yourselfs, the # (800) 408-0052, I spoke to amanda, she sounds like jinx. hot

Amanda doesn't know what she's talking about. You need to ask for Barb.

[Hawkeye]

wait wait wait...

people in Missouri read?
wtf.

Dude.

Really?


You have no clue, do you?




Clearly, they moved there from somewhere else.

[Jefehawk]

My girlfriend doesn't like this trolling between websites...says it's "annoying"...what should tell her?

[nerdsgetchicks]

Everything sounds hot when you live in Alabama.

[manicmotive]

HTS said they won't be listing any new exclusives until the current ones sell out.

[CobraCommandr]

What did Barb say?

[Hellion42]

you can call for yourselfs, the # (800) 408-0052, I spoke to amanda, she sounds like jinx. hot

YES! Let's start complimenting the staff, maybe that will motivate them to put up the stuffs!

BRILLIANT!

[nerdsgetchicks]

My girlfriend doesn't like this trolling between websites...says it's "annoying"...what should tell her?

Just chuck your engagement ring at her.

[gijoe071681]

My girlfriend doesn't like this trolling between websites...says it's "annoying"...what should tell her?

to go make you a sammich

[CG23]

Take a dump in the shower and push it down the drain with your foot.

/it all goes tot he same place, you know

Hahahaha

[Python_Puckman]

NO, they just buy books to decorate with.

Also good doorstops and for squishing spiders

[Scotty97]

My girlfriend doesn't like this trolling between websites...says it's "annoying"...what should tell her?

That there's this hot fat guy in Florida she could come hang out with. He only has 4 tabs running right now, lol

[mav55mdash]

yup, glad I grew up in NY and moved here 10 years ago.

[nerdsgetchicks]

DUDE! You had time to actually hear what she was saying?

[CG23]

HTS said they won't be listing any new exclusives until the current ones sell out.

Damn TARGET/TRU policy copiers lol

[Python_Puckman]

to go make you a sammich

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X7D2MlURdGg/T2lJBBAnZHI/AAAAAAAAAm8/W1Er_QqDjrk/s1600/win-win.gif

[gijoe071681]

DUDE! You had time to actually hear what she was saying?

Clearly his head is not in the game

[Hellion42]

My girlfriend doesn't like this trolling between websites...says it's "annoying"...what should tell her?

Any time the gf gets snippy with me about my toys, I silently point to her box full of pointlessly expensive purses that she never ever uses. Or displays.

Thankfully she never bitches about the toys, else I'd prolly get slapped.

[sithewok]

This is getting old. Might as well just get it over with so I can walk away empty handed like the last two years...

[Hawkeye]

Take a dump in the shower and push it down the drain with your foot.

/it all goes tot he same place, you know



Bleah. We had Bosnians doing that in Kabul. I guess any hole in the floor is a hole to shit in for them.

[Reverend Blood]

So...thirsty...

[Black Swan]

HTS said they won't be listing any new exclusives until the current ones sell out.
Same strategy with those Arctic Destros...yeah wentbdown so well.

[jeffafa]

If these things dont pop up in the next 45 minutes I am boned. I have a Quarterly review meeting from noon to 1:30.

[B and H Comics]

Rebelscum guys are saying they called and got the sometime but do not know time or date.

[gijoe071681]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X7D2MlURdGg/T2lJBBAnZHI/AAAAAAAAAm8/W1Er_QqDjrk/s1600/win-win.gif
Thank you. Thank you. I'll be here all night.

[CG23]

Any time the gf gets snippy with me about my toys, I silently point to her box full of pointlessly expensive purses that she never ever uses. Or displays.

Thankfully she never bitches about the toys, else I'd prolly get slapped.

I have had to that a few times. "At least I use them" she says and I say "yea only one at a time" lol


Joes u get to use many at a time

[Bad Sociologist]

I bet this is what a dog feels like when you pretend to throw the tennis ball.

[CobraCommandr]

I have an appointment at 3:00, but gotta leave a little early. They need to put these up already.

[dewrag]

Lame, why does HTS have fun playing us like fools!!

[cobraEdaco]

I just went to the bathroom. Let me tell you guys still holding...... WOW!!! just WOW!!!

[Hawkeye]

I bet this is what a dog feels like when you pretend to throw the tennis ball.

Wow. Best analogy yet.

[Jefehawk]

She actually went to a Joe meet up for me last year when I couldn't make it and sent me pics...so she is legit...and she actually asked if I wanted a sammich! Ha

[Reverend Blood]

I have had to that a few times. "At least I use them" she says and I say "yea only one at a time" lol

"I play with all my toys at once, now get your feet off the floor, there's a Hiss chasing a Vamp here"

[gijoe071681]

I bet this is what a dog feels like when you pretend to throw the tennis ball.

yes yes it is

[TENIME_art]

Back, semi-caught up on the madness, thankfully didn't miss anything yet.

[Hellion42]

I bet this is what a dog feels like when you pretend to throw the tennis ball.

Iced tea. Monitor. Again. Damn you people!

[fireflyed]

I bet this is what a dog feels like when you pretend to throw the tennis ball.

Ha!

[Python_Puckman]

Thank you. Thank you. I'll be here all night.

Unfortunately, I think we all will be

[Sgt. Airborne]

what did I miss? what did I miss?

tell me tell me

[cyclonus77]

yeah almost quitting time. i dont think it will be today.

[DrKain]

I don't get how Mattel can give us an exact date and time they SDCC stuff will go up for sale, but Hasbro can't.

[TheRealDubya]

If these things dont pop up in the next 45 minutes I am boned. I have a Quarterly review meeting from noon to 1:30.

Rare toys for cheap or career improvements? You decide.

[Reverend Blood]

what did I miss? what did I miss?

tell me tell me

They went up and sold out.

[GI Guppy the third]

just remind her that the reason you have to troll these sites for your shopping is because no one wants what she buys.

[gijoe071681]

and she actually asked if i wanted a sammich! Ha

nice!

[Headman]

If zombie vipers went on sale I'd buy them instead of Jinx.

[Hellion42]

I just went to the bathroom. Let me tell you guys still holding...... WOW!!! just WOW!!!
Dude, I am so tempted. Number 2 though... it's dangerous.
Unfortunately, I think we all will be
http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i116/hellion42/smilies/panic.gif

[KingStalin]

Officially pissed, they need to get this over with.

[Scotty97]

No Hasbro, I DON'T want the g**damned Transformers Cuponk set! Stop trying to force it on me! No means no!

[The Commander]

i'm guessing it's not today...no SDCC branding on the site even...I say if not by 1:00 EST, it's not today.

[CG23]

She actually went to a Joe meet up for me last year when I couldn't make it and sent me pics...so she is legit...and she actually asked if I wanted a sammich! Ha

I can't complain. My wife has helped on multiple occasions. When the first wave of POC came out, I was stuck at work all day, she went to Target, called me to see what to buy and then bought them ALL for me!

"I play with all my toys at once, now get your feet off the floor, there's a Hiss chasing a Vamp here"

LMAO

[gijoe071681]

what did I miss? what did I miss?

tell me tell me

just the usual exclusives sold out trading wifes for plastic women etc etc etc

[echoplex]

Rare toys for cheap or career improvements? You decide.

HEY!!!! It's been a while. I haven't been on the scum all that much but I'm back now. LOL

[ultramax]

wednesday

[nerdsgetchicks]

I am back.... Had to have my kids feed me my medicine.

[VideoViper]

No Hasbro, I DON'T want the g**damned Transformers Cuponk set! Stop trying to force it on me! No means no!

Scotty97 then walks away with a Cuponk set. He feels dirty.

[gijoe071681]

No Hasbro, I DON'T want the g**damned Transformers Cuponk set! Stop trying to force it on me! No means no!

Except when it means yes

[Hawkeye]

Weren't they up on Wed last year?

[Cobra-La]

Did they have the SDCC banner last year? I remember it in 2010, but not last year.

[GeneralxRon]

wednesday

This Year?

[Reverend Blood]

i'm guessing it's not today...no SDCC branding on the site even...I say if not by 1:00 EST, it's not today.

Oh, well then, if YOU say it won't be then by all means... Really though, if you have that kind of power, why don't you just say it WILL be?

[CG23]

wednesday

Thursday

[EvilOne]

http://youtu.be/xgS4WIA-vM0

[gijoe071681]

I can't complain. My wife has helped on multiple occasions. When the first wave of POC came out, I was stuck at work all day, she went to Target, called me to see what to buy and then bought them ALL for me!



LMAO

Mines stalking Jinx on the other computer

[RogueWingnut]

They did.
Just got off the phone with HTS.
They admitted they have no idea when its going up
They are refreshing just as much as we are.
They also thanked me for being 'nice'

Dont yell at the poor operators.

[manicmotive]

If zombie vipers went on sale I'd buy them instead of Jinx.

I would too, then trade them for Jinx.

[GeneralxRon]

Why so much for these?


GI Joe Retaliation Ninja Combat Cruiser and Tread Ripper Tank sealed rare lot!!! | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/GI-Joe-Retaliation-Ninja-Combat-Cruiser-and-Tread-Ripper-Tank-sealed-rare-lot-/261069294339?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item3cc8f14b03&ssPageName=RSS:B:SHOP:US:101)

[Jefehawk]

If I sold toys when would I choose to sell them?... Let me think?

[KingStalin]

I understand the complexities of exclusives and productions and all that jazz.

However.

I wish things were as simple as: "You have something I want, I want to give you whatever amount of money you want for it, Thank You."

[Reverend Blood]

Why so much for these?


GI Joe Retaliation Ninja Combat Cruiser and Tread Ripper Tank sealed rare lot!!! | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/GI-Joe-Retaliation-Ninja-Combat-Cruiser-and-Tread-Ripper-Tank-sealed-rare-lot-/261069294339?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item3cc8f14b03&ssPageName=RSS:B:SHOP:US:101)

stop linking to your own auctions ron

[Trazz]

They are wave 2 and people thought they wouldn't be released and they likely won't be restocked so if you want them you got to get them and scalpers know this, hence the price tag.Why so much for these?


GI Joe Retaliation Ninja Combat Cruiser and Tread Ripper Tank sealed rare lot!!! | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/GI-Joe-Retaliation-Ninja-Combat-Cruiser-and-Tread-Ripper-Tank-sealed-rare-lot-/261069294339?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item3cc8f14b03&ssPageName=RSS:B:SHOP:US:101)

[Reverend Blood]

I understand the complexities of exclusives and productions and all that jazz.

However.

I wish things were as simple as: "You have something I want, I want to give you whatever amount of money you want for it, Thank You."

Or in internet speak. "Shut up and take my money."

[CobraCommandr]

Call back and tell them to stop refreshing, they're messing with ours.

[CobraBlue]

Crashing through the sky, comes a fearful cry!
Hasbro Toy Shop! Hasbroooo Toy Shop!
Hasbro Toy Shop! Hasbrooooo Toy Shop!

Armies of the night! Evil taking flight!
Hasbro Toy Shop! Hasbroooo Toy Shop!
Hasbro Toy Shop! Hasbrooooo Toy Shop!

Nowhere to run!
Nowhere to hide!
Panic spreading far and wide!
Who can turn the tide?

G.I. Joe (A Real American Hero)
Duke: "Yo, Joe!"
G.I. Joe is there!
G.I. Joe (A Real American Hero)
G.I. Joe is there!

Fighting for freedom wherever there's trouble,
Over land and sea and air!
G.I. Joe is there!

Can the world oppose, deadliest of foes?
Hasbro Toy Shop! Hasbro Toy Shop!
Hasbro Toy Shop! Hasbrooo Toy Shop!

Joes will risk it all to end the evil call,
of Hasbro Toy Shop! Hasbro Toy Shop!
Hasbro Toy Shop! Hasbro Toy Shop!

They never give up!
They never say die!
Walking tall with banners high!
They sound the battle cry!

Yo Joe! Yo Joe!

G.I. Joe (A Real American Hero)
G.I. Joe is there!
G.I. Joe (A Real American Hero)
G.I. Joe is there!

Fighting for freedom wherever there's trouble,
Over land and sea and air!
G.I. Joe is there!

"G.I. Joe is the code name for America's daring highly
trained special mission force. It's purpose: to defend
human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless terrorist
organization determined to rule the world!"

[Jefehawk]

Just wondering...is anyone using a smartphone for this fiasco?

[Python_Puckman]

Call back and tell them to stop refreshing, they're messing with ours.

Hahah!

[r2q5]

Good news!


ul 17, 2012 09:11:00 (ET)

PAWTUCKET, R.I., Jul 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hasbro, Inc. (HAS, Trade ) manufacturing facility based in East Longmeadow, Mass. has been named winner of the top Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Region 1 VPP Safety Award for the second consecutive year. As a winner of the 2012 OSHA Region 1 Regional Administrator Award, Hasbro's Global Operations' East Longmeadow (ELM) site has once again been recognized for the Company's "extraordinary contributions, commitment, and leadership that have helped make OSHA Region 1's Voluntary Protection Programs possible...creating a safer, healthier work environment, together with its leadership in sharing with other companies its vast knowledge of best practices and impactful new techniques."

"Hasbro is honored to once again receive this recognition from the New England-based OSHA office," said Jeff Lombard, Hasbro senior vice president, global operations. "We are proud of our employees' daily safety commitment and their focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence."

"Hasbro is a very deserving recipient of the Region 1 VPP Safety Award," said Marthe Kent, the U.S. Dept. of Labor's OSHA New England Regional Administrator. "The company's contributions, commitment and leadership have helped make OSHA Region 1's Voluntary Protection Programs possible."

Hasbro ELM has been classified as an OSHA VPP Star site since 2002.

This recognition joins a number of awards the company has received this past year for its social responsibility efforts including CR Magazine's list of "100 Best Corporate Citizens," as well as Ethisphere Institute's 2012 "World's Most Ethical Companies" and Fortune's U.S. "100 Best Companies to Work For."

About Hasbro, Inc.

Hasbro, Inc. (HAS, Trade ) is a branded play company providing children and families around the world with a wide-range of immersive entertainment offerings based on the Company's world class brand portfolio. From toys and games, to television programming, motion pictures, digital gaming and a comprehensive licensing program, Hasbro strives to delight its global customers with well-known and beloved brands such as TRANSFORMERS, LITTLEST PET SHOP, NERF, PLAYSKOOL, MY LITTLE PONY, G.I. JOE, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and MONOPOLY. The Company's Hasbro Studios develops and produces television programming for markets around the world. Programming in the U.S. is distributed on The Hub TV Network, a multi-platform joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications (DISCA, Trade )(DISCB, Trade )(DISCK, Trade ). Through the Company's deep commitment to corporate social responsibility, including philanthropy, Hasbro is helping to build a safe and sustainable world for future generations and to positively impact the lives of millions of children and families every year. It has been recognized for its efforts by being named one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies" and is ranked as one of Corporate Responsibility Magazine's "100 Best Corporate Citizens."

Come see how we inspire play through our brands at Hasbro Toys, Games, Action Figures and More... (http://www.hasbro.com) . (C) 2012 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

About VPPPA, Inc.

VPPPA, Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is dedicated to promoting advances in worker safety and health excellence through cooperation among communities, workers, industries and governments. The 2,100 VPPPA member sites primarily consist of worksites that have been approved, or are seeking approval, into VPP as administered by OSHA, state-plan OSHA and the Department of Energy.

HAS-CSR

SOURCE: Hasbro, Inc.

Hasbro, Inc.
News Media
Gary Serby, 401-727-5582
or
Investor Relations
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[Xenos]

I understand the complexities of exclusives and productions and all that jazz.

However.

I wish things were as simple as: "You have something I want, I want to give you whatever amount of money you want for it, Thank You."

It is that simple in some places...

Electronics, Cars, Fashion, Collectibles, Coupons and More Online Shopping | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/)

;)

[nerdsgetchicks]

Just wondering...is anyone using a smartphone for this fiasco?

Are you crazy!!

[Bad Sociologist]

How the devil does that help us now?

[Scotty97]

Why so much for these?


GI Joe Retaliation Ninja Combat Cruiser and Tread Ripper Tank sealed rare lot!!! | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/GI-Joe-Retaliation-Ninja-Combat-Cruiser-and-Tread-Ripper-Tank-sealed-rare-lot-/261069294339?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item3cc8f14b03&ssPageName=RSS:B:SHOP:US:101)

because someone is a bag of water and vinegar?

[Trazz]

"Crashing through the sky, comes a fearful cry!
Hasbro Toy Shop! Hasbroooo Toy Shop!
Hasbro Toy Shop! Hasbrooooo Toy Shop!

Armies of the night! Evil taking flight!
Hasbro Toy Shop! Hasbroooo Toy Shop!
Hasbro Toy Shop! Hasbrooooo Toy Shop!

Nowhere to run!
Nowhere to hide!,

404 Could not find the specified page...."

[Cobra Terrorist]

Holy crap, I went to bed at 4:00, and there have been 71 pages since then?

I went away to do some work for 45 minutes or so, and they put up 35!

[sharky]

Just wondering...is anyone using a smartphone for this fiasco?
I was able to get USA Sarge on my phone. I wasn't able to get Zarana. Had to get back to the office to get her.

Edit: though with Sarge it was on Thursday I believe, so maybe a bunch of people gave up by then and it was a bit easier.

[orezona]

For a brief moment there I got a 503 notice... for hisstank.com!

Nice work, fellas (and fellerettes)!

[nerdsgetchicks]

I am calling Gary direct! Enough is enough!

[Hellion42]

So, anyone else getting bounced back to the cart when trying to check out?

[GeneralxRon]

stop linking to your own auctions ron

No my stuff is only Ross :).. saw this ....>> on the advertisment right hand side

[Shadow Ninja]

Just wondering...is anyone using a smartphone for this fiasco?

It won't even access the exclusive page so Android phone use is a no go..

[Python_Puckman]

Are you crazy!!

Yeah, I'd rather have dial-up than my phone right now

[echoplex]

This is the very thing that bumms me out about collecting GI JOE. Why the hell do they make figures that are mainstream into exclusives? I understand the Oktober Guard set, Starscream/Skystriker, and others but Dial-Tone, Footloose, Jinx, etc. should have been sold at retail or FSS.

[TENIME_art]

because someone is a bag of water and vinegar?

LMFAO that legitimately made me laugh out loud!

[JediJones]

If these things dont pop up in the next 45 minutes I am boned. I have a Quarterly review meeting from noon to 1:30.

Hopefully you don't get fired, because that would add insult to injury. Why don't you tell them you're going to have to ask for a bigger raise now because this review is forcing you to pay eBay prices on SDCC exclusives?

[Jefehawk]

Ok seriously have to go...realistically...how fast are these gonna sellout?...30minutes? 2 hours? What's the past been like? Thanks for a goofy morning!

[GI Guppy the third]

get an iphone.

[KingStalin]

It is that simple in some places...

Electronics, Cars, Fashion, Collectibles, Coupons and More Online Shopping | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/)

;)

Well in that case you add another step.

"Hi you have something I want. You are charging 4 times the amount you paid for it? I don't know. Did you make it or work hard for it? Oh you paid a kid to wait in line and buy cases from Hasbro. No thank you."

[Trazz]

Because they can.

This is the very thing that bumms me out about collecting GI JOE. Why the hell do they make figures that are mainstream into exclusives? I understand the Oktober Guard set, Starscream/Skystriker, and others but Dial-Tone, Footloose, Jinx, etc. should have been sold at retail or FSS.

[cobraEdaco]

This is the very thing that bumms me out about collecting GI JOE. Why the hell do they make figures that are mainstream into exclusives? I understand the Oktober Guard set, Starscream/Skystriker, and others but Dial-Tone, Footloose, Jinx, etc. should have been sold at retail or FSS.

There is a Jinx in FSS!

[nerdsgetchicks]

Thank God my wife isn't in labor! I would hate missing my child being born.

[SidDarth]

Question, why do collectors (not just Joe) feel they deserve to have access to exclusives for an event they did not attend?

Compare this to the thousands of people who paid for tickets, stood in lines, attended panels, spent money on travel/food/lodging and possibly missed out on some of these same exclusives.

Contrast that to those that want the very same items at the same price but all they did was press some keys on a computer.

Note that said exclusives are available at market rates that would satisfy the "need to own" but still at substantially less cost than actually attending the event.

Discuss....

[Shadow Ninja]

This is the very thing that bumms me out about collecting GI JOE. Why the hell do they make figures that are mainstream into exclusives? I understand the Oktober Guard set, Starscream/Skystriker, and others but Dial-Tone, Footloose, Jinx, etc. should have been sold at retail or FSS.

The FSS is going to be about $25 a figure I'm betting on..

[GeneralxRon]

Anybody playing with their Joes while F5'?

[Jefehawk]

Whol heartedly agree

This is the very thing that bumms me out about collecting GI JOE. Why the hell do they make figures that are mainstream into exclusives? I understand the Oktober Guard set, Starscream/Skystriker, and others but Dial-Tone, Footloose, Jinx, etc. should have been sold at retail or FSS.

[nerdsgetchicks]

Question, why do collectors (not just Joe) feel they deserve to have access to exclusives for an event they did not attend?

Compare this to the thousands of people who paid for tickets, stood in lines, attended panels, spent money on travel/food/lodging and possibly missed out on some of these same exclusives.

Contrast that to those that want the very same items at the same price but all they did was press some keys on a computer.

Note that said exclusives are available at market rates that would satisfy the "need to own" but still at substantially less cost than actually attending the event.

Discuss....

I refuse.

[manicmotive]

This is the very thing that bumms me out about collecting GI JOE. Why the hell do they make figures that are mainstream into exclusives? I understand the Oktober Guard set, Starscream/Skystriker, and others but Dial-Tone, Footloose, Jinx, etc. should have been sold at retail or FSS.

Well Dial-Tone and Footloose were club exclusives, so at least if you signed up you were guaranteed one [mostly] hassle free. With SDCC exclusives, it's just downright ignorant.

[Scotty97]

I went away to do some work for 45 minutes or so, and they put up 35!

lol, I know. This is a highly entertaining waste of time and bandwidth

[DrKain]

Question, why do collectors (not just Joe) feel they deserve to have access to exclusives for an event they did not attend?

Because it is unfair to have items we want when we couldn't afford to attend or couldn't be at the computer at the exact moment the tickets went on sale since they were gone in an hour.

Exclusives should not be major characters. Exclusives should be figures that are either brand new characters or brand new ideas. Like the Starscream Cobra Commander thing was perfect, it screamed convention. The Destroy Hiss Tank thing screamed exclusive. Jinx and Zarana were major players in the comics, and Sgt Slaughter was a major player in the animated series. Those are figures that should NOT be exclusives.

[brock Samson]

Can you still sign up for the club and get a bagged footloose?

[fireflyed]

Anybody playing with their Joes while F5'?

I'm not playing with them. I'm posing them.

[GI Guppy the third]

come on. I need to see the sun sometime today.

[Hawkeye]

Anybody playing with their Joes while F5'?

Yes...well, sort of. I got a couple of cool figures from Hong Kong yesterday, so I'm playing with those.

[Shadow Ninja]

Question, why do collectors (not just Joe) feel they deserve to have access to exclusives for an event they did not attend?

Compare this to the thousands of people who paid for tickets, stood in lines, attended panels, spent money on travel/food/lodging and possibly missed out on some of these same exclusives.

Contrast that to those that want the very same items at the same price but all they did was press some keys on a computer.

Note that said exclusives are available at market rates that would satisfy the "need to own" but still at substantially less cost than actually attending the event.

Discuss....

I asked the same about the Joecon exclusives... I'd rather pay then have to stand in line for 8-12 hrs which I heard is the time at SDCC.... Is that true?

[nerdsgetchicks]

Ehhh. Who has time for intelligent discussion!!!! WTF! F5 people!!! F5!

[sharky]

People, according to my order history my Zarana order was at 1:25pm on 7/26. So Tuesday at 1:25 PM EST. Stay the course.

[skinny]

Can you still sign up for the club and get a bagged footloose?
no footloose is done. you will get iceberg now.

[Shadow Ninja]

Can you still sign up for the club and get a bagged footloose?

Nope... You get Iceberg next year..

[CrimsonGuard101]

come on. I need to see the sun sometime today.

here ya go

George Harrison Playing Here Comes The Sun - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGKPHFrHVVY)

[Hawkeye]

I asked the same about the Joecon exclusives... I'd rather pay then have to stand in line for 8-12 hrs which I heard is the time at SDCC.... Is that true?

Pretty much. My buddy and his girl slept out overnight on the sidewalk in line to get my Bruticus set.

[Trazz]

The discussion is just to distract you so you stop pressing F5 and they can get in.

Ehhh. Who has time for intelligent discussion!!!! WTF! F5 people!!! F5!

[echoplex]

There is a Jinx in FSS!

yeah, but it's not the '87 version everyone we all know and love.

[KingStalin]

Question, why do collectors (not just Joe) feel they deserve to have access to exclusives for an event they did not attend?

Compare this to the thousands of people who paid for tickets, stood in lines, attended panels, spent money on travel/food/lodging and possibly missed out on some of these same exclusives.

Contrast that to those that want the very same items at the same price but all they did was press some keys on a computer.

Note that said exclusives are available at market rates that would satisfy the "need to own" but still at substantially less cost than actually attending the event.

Discuss....

Hasbro says these are not SDCC exclusives, despite the stickers, but HASBROTOYSHOP exclusives.

If they insist on labeling them that way and advertising that they will be available on line, then people have the right to complain about the poor experience in buying these.

[dewrag]

Anyone know if the club is getting SDCC extras this year?

[Shadow Ninja]

People, according to my order history my Zarana order was at 1:25pm on 7/26. So Tuesday at 1:25 PM EST. Stay the course.

Glad someone had the time they ordered makes it easier to know when they might go up..

[gijoe071681]

Question, why do collectors (not just Joe) feel they deserve to have access to exclusives for an event they did not attend?

Compare this to the thousands of people who paid for tickets, stood in lines, attended panels, spent money on travel/food/lodging and possibly missed out on some of these same exclusives.

Contrast that to those that want the very same items at the same price but all they did was press some keys on a computer.

Note that said exclusives are available at market rates that would satisfy the "need to own" but still at substantially less cost than actually attending the event.

Discuss....

Because we are nerd damzit. Seriously this is a long and drawn out discussion that has been had before. We aren't entitled to them but we want them. The HTS thing is a loophole that we exploit to get them at the lowest cost even though two days worth of f5ing costs more than the toys themselves at inflated rates. Also there is the scalper factor that is a completely different discussion.

[Reverend Blood]

less talky more f5y

[fireflyed]

People, according to my order history my Zarana order was at 1:25pm on 7/26. So Tuesday at 1:25 PM EST. Stay the course.

mine was at 11:51

[GI Guppy the third]

People, according to my order history my Zarana order was at 1:25pm on 7/26. So Tuesday at 1:25 PM EST. Stay the course.

Then get OFF! You got something last year. Old Rose Bowl rules administered!

[CobraCommandr]

Pretty much. My buddy and his girl slept out overnight on the sidewalk in line to get my Bruticus set.

For a second I thought that read, my buddy and girlfriend slept out overnight to get you that set, I was going to say, that is DEDICATION.

[GeneralxRon]

Bathroom break...brb

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5707/53808526338613043381116.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/4/53808526338613043381116.jpg/)

[Hawkeye]

Ehhh. Who has time for intelligent discussion!!!! WTF! F5 people!!! F5!

Intelligent discussion? I've NEVER come to the 'Tank for intelligent conversation.

[Sgt. Airborne]

They went up and sold out.

MARVEL BONKAZONKS SPIDER-MAN STACKROBATIC STUNT SET

This didn't sell out though!!

Honestly, who names this crap? Bonkazonks? Stackrobatic?

[VideoViper]

Thank God my wife isn't in labor! I would hate missing my child being born.

I told mine 3 weeks ago its C section time!!!!! (True story)
Freeing up time for HTS/Batman movies & other crap was a side benifit.

[ksensor]

Stupid boss wants me to go to early lunch with him. I'm out.

I'm back. Looks like I got lucky and didn't miss anything.

Lunch took 45 minutes, but then my stupid co-worker decided she needed to wander around a CVS for 15 minutes. Ugh.

[Headman]

Hasbro says these are not SDCC exclusives, despite the stickers, but HASBROTOYSHOP exclusives.

If they insist on labeling them that way and advertising that they will be available on line, then people have the right to complain about the poor experience in buying these.

Because everybody loves a complainer.

[cobraEdaco]

yeah, but it's not the '87 version everyone we all know and love.

The FSS one looks better...

[CG23]

Jinx

[nerdsgetchicks]

You know when they are about to upload them and they go live when you get that tingly feeling in your @**(%^# and it makes you fell like your having an (#^!@&*$

[dewrag]

My order history show 11:15 Skystriker, and 11:45 zarana's both est on the 26th

[rhythmnstealth]

On The Bright Side These New Era G.I. Joe Caps just became available:

New Era - Authentic headwear and apparel including the official on-field cap of MLB. Fly Your Own Flag. (http://shop.neweracap.com/nshop/product.php?view=keyword&keywords=gi+joe&adc_cid=emlGIJoe17July2012Main)

[Hawkeye]

For a second I thought that read, my buddy and girlfriend slept out overnight to get you that set, I was going to say, that is DEDICATION.

No, no...you read that right.

They did.

He had to propose to her to make it up.

[ksensor]

I'm back. Looks like I got lucky and didn't miss anything.

Lunch took 45 minutes, but then my stupid co-worker decided she needed to wander around a CVS for 15 minutes. Ugh.

CVS didn't even have any POC. Grrrr.

[Headman]

Go! Go!

[DrKain]

The FSS one looks better...

No it doesn't.

[echoplex]

Question, why do collectors (not just Joe) feel they deserve to have access to exclusives for an event they did not attend?

Compare this to the thousands of people who paid for tickets, stood in lines, attended panels, spent money on travel/food/lodging and possibly missed out on some of these same exclusives.

Contrast that to those that want the very same items at the same price but all they did was press some keys on a computer.

Note that said exclusives are available at market rates that would satisfy the "need to own" but still at substantially less cost than actually attending the event.

Discuss....

Yeah, but there were other things at SDCC beside toys and these items are far from being exclusive. Look how many Jinx's are being scalped. Scalpers use this argument all the time to justify the price they charge.

[JediJones]

For a second I thought that read, my buddy and girlfriend slept out overnight to get you that set, I was going to say, that is DEDICATION.

They were probably just passed out drunk, but woke up to find a line had formed around them by morning and they took advantage of it.

[poddie]

Question, why do collectors (not just Joe) feel they deserve to have access to exclusives for an event they did not attend?

Simple... we shouldn't have to attend a stupid converntion OR pay an arm and a leg. Yes, if you start with the presumption that exclusives are reasonable, the prices on the secondary market are not that bad assuming you make a decent living and you time is worth a certain amount of money to you.

But most exclusives have no reason to really exist in the limited quantities they do. And exclusive makes sense if it is something that does not have a wide enough appeal to be made otherwise. But when they continue to underproduce them year after year it is obvious they are doing it with the express purpose of creating rarity. Which is silly... this is a toyline... their entire goal should be to get the widest distribution as possible without risking too much by overproducing (a la RoC).

But when HTS underbuys every year it is simply insulting and pointless. There is no reason I should have to go to San Diego to purchase a $15 toy. This is the age of the internet... obtain wider distribution and make your estimates as close to reality as possible please.

[GeneralxRon]

Dammit who clogged the toilet..

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/838/52900937331514822367724.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/820/52900937331514822367724.jpg/)

[skinny]

Go! Go!


http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh52/j-a_2008/go-gos.jpg

[DrKain]

Well, I'm done. I'm going to go watch Fellowship of the Ring.

[Headman]

Doubleyou is the only letter i know how to spell.

[Sgt. Airborne]

Anyone know if the club is getting SDCC extras this year?

Anyone know if the club is still letting our credit card information get stolen this year?

What? Too soon?

[CrimsonGuard101]

this whole HTS website is jinxed...no pun intended :(

[Xenos]

This is the very thing that bumms me out about collecting GI JOE. Why the hell do they make figures that are mainstream into exclusives? I understand the Oktober Guard set, Starscream/Skystriker, and others but Dial-Tone, Footloose, Jinx, etc. should have been sold at retail or FSS.

I mostly agree with you, but not on Foorloose or Dial-Tone. Neither one of those was hard to get, you just had to sign up.

Those two are the main reason I don't think a pre-order system would really change anything. The cutoff date for Footloose was just a couple of weeks before they shipped out, and yet still he was going for over $100 as soon as people had him in hand.

[fireflyed]

Simple... we shouldn't have to attend a stupid converntion OR pay an arm and a leg. Yes, if you start with the presumption that exclusives are reasonable, the prices on the secondary market are not that bad assuming you make a decent living and you time is worth a certain amount of money to you.

But most exclusives have no reason to really exist in the limited quantities they do. And exclusive makes sense if it is something that does not have a wide enough appeal to be made otherwise. But when they continue to underproduce them year after year it is obvious they are doing it with the express purpose of creating rarity. Which is silly... this is a toyline... their entire goal should be to get the widest distribution as possible without risking too much by overproducing (a la RoC).

But when HTS underbuys every year it is simply insulting and pointless. There is no reason I should have to go to San Diego to purchase a $15 toy. This is the age of the internet... obtain wider distribution and make your estimates as close to reality as possible please.

But that makes way too much sense.

[nerdsgetchicks]

Well, I'm done. I'm going to go watch Fellowship of the Ring.

The good guys win in the third movie. SPOILER

http://weeklytrailertrash.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/sam_frodo.jpg

[SidDarth]

To continue...do you consider it healthy to miss sleep, neglect obligations and insult others that have these exclusives with a possible intent to sell? In the grand scheme, these are just toys.

[sharky]

mine was at 11:51
Were they up for that long? About 1 1/2 hours? It must have been about 1pm-ish when I was caught out and about and they hit. I tried to order on my phone, but I had to drive back to work to get online. I remember CS Zarana getting taken out of my cart, but I was able to get Regular Zarana. It was sold out shortly after that.

[echoplex]

Well Dial-Tone and Footloose were club exclusives, so at least if you signed up you were guaranteed one [mostly] hassle free. With SDCC exclusives, it's just downright ignorant.

I have both from my membership but if you are a carded collector, you're screwed and $44 a figure is rough. THe club magazine is like 3 pages and doesn't justify the price on the figures. lol

[TENIME_art]

Bathroom break...brb

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5707/53808526338613043381116.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/4/53808526338613043381116.jpg/)

I don't know whether to be turned on or...

...turned on?

[JediJones]

But when HTS underbuys every year it is simply insulting and pointless. There is no reason I should have to go to San Diego to purchase a $15 toy. This is the age of the internet... obtain wider distribution and make your estimates as close to reality as possible please.

Simple, Hasbro can keep passing up every opportunity to make and sell toys people want as widely as possible and keep giving us unarticulated drivers and laying off staff, or they can sell more toys and actually reinvest the profit into their products and staff. Making something as popular as Jinx an exclusive and putting Renegades Ripcord in the stores is as back-asswards as it gets. And making Zarana and Slaughter limited exclusives and then putting 1000s of the Dreadnoks and Marauders sets on BBTS without the two hottest characters is self-destructive behavior.

[CobraCommandr]

So who's getting Insight: Photography & Dioramas by Gianni Lopergolo while waiting for Jinx?

[orezona]

Went onto ebay last night to see what Jinx's were going for and one seller had 4 red versions that all ended within 2 minutes of each other.

They started out reasonable enough ($8,9,10 bucks with $10 shipping) but at the end of each auction they were at about $40 each.

That seller, whoever he is, made about $100+ in profit off of those.

I'd rather wait through this F5 BS than contribute to the scalper's wallets.

[Aladdin Sane]

I managed to find someone going to SDCC to pick me up a couple figs, but he only could get the red versions. I paid him $50 for two plus shipping/time spent. It didn't take him that long to get 'em either. The white had sold out though, just before he got to the table.
I still want a white one though, and since I'm in Canada, I won't be seeing the figs until next week at the earliest.
I'd def like to go to SDCC sometime, and seeing as how I'm not a huge exclusive person, the fact that the past two years exclusives have been two of my favourite characters from my childhood years, it's been annoying. I overpaid for both Zaranas on ebay last year. Don't wanna do that again.

[ksensor]

To continue...do you consider it healthy to miss sleep, neglect obligations and insult others that have these exclusives with a possible intent to sell? In the grand scheme, these are just toys.

In the grand scheme, why bother doing anything ever?

[sithewok]

I mostly agree with you, but not on Foorloose or Dial-Tone. Neither one of those was hard to get, you just had to sign up.

Those two are the main reason I don't think a pre-order system would really change anything. The cutoff date for Footloose was just a couple of weeks before they shipped out, and yet still he was going for over $100 as soon as people had him in hand.

I'm sure part of the issue with footloose had to do with people not wanting to give the club third card info again. That, and their site store was down and you had to sign up by phone...

[gijoe071681]

To continue...do you consider it healthy to miss sleep, neglect obligations and insult others that have these exclusives with a possible intent to sell? In the grand scheme, these are just toys.

Well I do none of these things, but in the grand scheme no its not healthy but neither is eating fast food, drinking alcohol or going out into the sun. Yet we still do those.

[brock Samson]

Love this auto f5 plug in, I can work on one side of my screen and get alerted when the sdcc exclusives drop.

[CrocPotMaster]

I have both from my membership but if you are a carded collector, you're screwed and $44 a figure is rough. THe club magazine is like 3 pages and doesn't justify the price on the figures. lol

Yeah, I throw the magazine away, I just bought the figure in my opinion.

[Hawkeye]

Well, I'm done. I'm going to go watch Fellowship of the Ring.

I think F5'ing Hasbro is more entertaining.

[skinny]

To continue...do you consider it healthy to miss sleep, neglect obligations and insult others that have these exclusives with a possible intent to sell? In the grand scheme, these are just toys.

that has always bugged me, that is like saying a lamborghini is just a car.

[Headman]

To continue...do you consider it healthy to miss sleep, neglect obligations and insult others that have these exclusives with a possible intent to sell? In the grand scheme, these are just toys.

I consider it fun.

[sgt.bludhound]

refreshing is a bit faster than before...i think a few peeps gave up....lol

[Shadow Ninja]

Simple, Hasbro can keep passing up every opportunity to make and sell toys people want as widely as possible and keep giving us unarticulated drivers and laying off staff, or they can sell more toys and actually reinvest the profit into their products and staff. Making something as popular as Jinx an exclusive and putting Renegades Ripcord in the stores is as back-asswards as it gets. And making Zarana and Slaughter limited exclusives and then putting 1000s of the Dreadnoks and Marauders sets on BBTS without the two hottest characters is self-destructive behavior.

Well Hasbro doesn't and can't get the rights to use Slaughter's likeness.. Mattel has those rights locked down..

[CobraCommandr]

I noticed that too

[echoplex]

Because it is unfair to have items we want when we couldn't afford to attend or couldn't be at the computer at the exact moment the tickets went on sale since they were gone in an hour.

Exclusives should not be major characters. Exclusives should be figures that are either brand new characters or brand new ideas. Like the Starscream Cobra Commander thing was perfect, it screamed convention. The Destroy Hiss Tank thing screamed exclusive. Jinx and Zarana were major players in the comics, and Sgt Slaughter was a major player in the animated series. Those are figures that should NOT be exclusives.

100% agree

[CG23]

hi-jinx

[Tauron]

Question, why do collectors (not just Joe) feel they deserve to have access to exclusives for an event they did not attend?

Compare this to the thousands of people who paid for tickets, stood in lines, attended panels, spent money on travel/food/lodging and possibly missed out on some of these same exclusives.

Contrast that to those that want the very same items at the same price but all they did was press some keys on a computer.

Note that said exclusives are available at market rates that would satisfy the "need to own" but still at substantially less cost than actually attending the event.

Discuss....

I don't think there is anything wrong with expecting to order a con exclusive online when there is an established history of them being sold online to non attendees. Past practice has won law suits. From what I have read the arguement isn't that, "I deserve one even though I didn't go." the arguemnt is, "if people only bought what they wanted for themselves then there would be enough to go around."

Now let me ask you this, Why do people who go to Conventions think they have the right to a free vacation/convention just because they went and someone else didn't? Buying more than you want only to sell to others to cover your trip is just as much an inappropriate agruement.

For me personally, if i missout because 1000 other collectors beat me to it then so be it. I'd be dissapointed but C'est la vie. When I know a guy buys 24x of something that he doesn't want to pay for his trip, it upsets me.

[nerdsgetchicks]

I consider it fun.

Fun is having sex, drinking, eating fast food. The toy collecting is WORK!!

[echoplex]

Can you still sign up for the club and get a bagged footloose?

Supposedly, the club may get some more for sale.

[Xenos]

I asked the same about the Joecon exclusives... I'd rather pay then have to stand in line for 8-12 hrs which I heard is the time at SDCC.... Is that true?

Last year I was in line close to eight hours. This year they handled it much better and let fewer people get in line, which meant the wait was a lot shorter. I got in line on Thursday at 7am, and got a ticket for the 2-4pm timeslot. I went to the Hasbro booth at 1pm to get in line, but there wasn't a line at that point, so they let me in. Within 45 minutes of that, I had my stuff. So overall, I waited a little bit more then two hours.

[RogueWingnut]

I'm sure part of the issue with footloose had to do with people not wanting to give the club third card info again. That, and their site store was down and you had to sign up by phone...

Screw the club.

[Hellion42]

Because everybody loves a complainer.
It's true. I'm very popular at work.
In the grand scheme, why bother doing anything ever?
Because then you wouldn't be able to look down one someone else, as by definition that's doing something.

[Xenos]

I'm sure part of the issue with footloose had to do with people not wanting to give the club third card info again. That, and their site store was down and you had to sign up by phone...

I paid with a money order.

[sharky]

Then get OFF! You got something last year. Old Rose Bowl rules administered!
Oh I'll get off. I'll get off on enjoying my $15 Zarana. Ha ha! She's gonna make sweet lesbo love to Jinx.

[poddie]

To continue...do you consider it healthy to miss sleep, neglect obligations and insult others that have these exclusives with a possible intent to sell? In the grand scheme, these are just toys.

No. That would not be healthy. But again, you need to back your logic up a step and realize that people should not be put in this position in the first place. They should be allowed to buy the product that Hasbro should want to sell. Purposely underproducing creates all sorts of ugly problems that would not exist if they simply looked at past sales patterns when figuring out how many to make or buy.

This can be very difficult with something like RoC because it was a new situation... the first time they had a movie backing up the line. The Joe SDCC exclusive is not. Every year it sells out, and every year HTS's servers can't handle the traffic. And every year, they make the exact same mistakes all over again.

[JediJones]

Those two are the main reason I don't think a pre-order system would really change anything. The cutoff date for Footloose was just a couple of weeks before they shipped out, and yet still he was going for over $100 as soon as people had him in hand.

A consistent pre-order system would catch on after people missed the first few items. It takes time for word to spread about that kind of thing. Sideshow Collectibles is the model to look to. They know how to do pre-orders and make con exclusives available to everybody. That SDCC exclusive 12" Falcon is out there for anyone who wants it.

[skinny]

I paid with a money order.
gift card visa for me, reminds me i need to get another one if i decide to re-up.

[Hellion42]

Oh I'll get off. I'll get off on enjoying my $15 Zarana. Ha ha! She's gonna make sweet lesbo love to Jinx.
That would be hot if Zarana wasn't so fuggles.

[orezona]

To continue...do you consider it healthy to miss sleep, neglect obligations and insult others that have these exclusives with a possible intent to sell? In the grand scheme, these are just toys.

Welcome to the party, pal.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LrDPfki9B5U/T3yKt4-3mqI/AAAAAAAAL2E/pl_O0vJ3uvI/s1600/welcometothepartypal.jpg

Also, are you having a good time trolling this thread?

[Headman]

You guys are so funny. Me and SidDarth are going to have so much fun selling these exclusives to you at marked up prices. I'm gonna scalp them bitches til the cows come home.

[nerdsgetchicks]

I wonder if it is gonna happen today.

[CG23]

On The Bright Side These New Era G.I. Joe Caps just became available:

New Era - Authentic headwear and apparel including the official on-field cap of MLB. Fly Your Own Flag. (http://shop.neweracap.com/nshop/product.php?view=keyword&keywords=gi+joe&adc_cid=emlGIJoe17July2012Main)

The Firefly one looks very cool!

[GI Guppy the third]

Oh I'll get off. I'll get off on enjoying my $15 Zarana. Ha ha! She's gonna make sweet lesbo love to Jinx.

Sadly, my Zarana is too expensive to be pulling cheap tricks.

[Shadow Ninja]

Now let me ask you this, Why do people who go to Conventions think they have the right to a free vacation/convention just because they went and someone else didn't?

Why does everyone keep saying this.. I wanted the set so I went.. If I can make money on buying and reselling items then that should pay for my trip to get the items.. Notice I said trip and not VACATION! While I loved meeting guys at the convention I would not cosider it a vacation.. I could pick better places that I want to go on vacation.. Fact of the matter is if you want the Con set you need to attend. By the time you buy them off ebay you can almost break even just going..

[JediJones]

The Joe SDCC exclusive is not. Every year it sells out, and every year HTS's servers can't handle the traffic. And every year, they make the exact same mistakes all over again.

Which is why I don't believe they're mistakes. The Joe Club has started catering directly to resellers with the golden ticket. Hasbro also probably thinks their "fans" want the product to instantly rise in price, so they try not to make "too much." It's a mistake so many collectible producers make over the years, and leads to them driving their fans away and destroying the market for their product.

[skinny]

You guys are so funny. Me and SidDarth are going to have so much fun selling these exclusives to you at marked up prices. I'm gonna scalp them bitches til the cows come home.

not me, its HTS or nothing.

[manicmotive]

I have both from my membership but if you are a carded collector, you're screwed and $44 a figure is rough. THe club magazine is like 3 pages and doesn't justify the price on the figures. lol

I can agree, but I'm just saying that they are not as stressful to obtain. 44 dollars for a loose figure is extremely high, but you can get it.

[nerdsgetchicks]

Why does everyone keep saying this.. I wanted the set so I went.. If I can make money on buying and reselling items then that should pay for my trip to get the items.. Notice I said trip and not VACATION! While I loved meeting guys at the convention I would not cosider it a vacation.. I could pick better places that I want to go on vacation.. Fact of the matter is if you want the Con set you need to attend. By the time you buy them off ebay you can almost break even just going..

Which is why I don't believe they're mistakes. The Joe Club has started catering directly to resellers with the golden ticket. Hasbro also probably thinks their "fans" want the product to instantly rise in price, so they try not to make "too much." It's a mistake so many collectible producers make over the years, and leads to them driving their fans away and destroying the market for their product.

Wow! Really? In this thread! F5 people!!! F'ING F5!

[Xenos]

A consistent pre-order system would catch on after people missed the first few items. It takes time for word to spread about that kind of thing. Sideshow Collectibles is the model to look to. They know how to do pre-orders and make con exclusives available to everybody. That SDCC exclusive 12" Falcon is out there for anyone who wants it.

The Joe Club has been giving a figure with the subscription for about 10 years now. I think people know it exists.

[HEAT Viper]

not me, its HTS or nothing.

Same here.

[gijoe071681]

Sadly, my Zarana is too expensive to be pulling cheap tricks.

Not mine she does all sorts of cheap stuff......

[cobraEdaco]

Wow! Really? In this thread! F5 people!!! F'ING F5!

I know!!!!!

[sharky]

Actually, I'm a complete idiot. I kept saying Sarge hit Thursday. I ordered it on a Wednesday 7/28/10 at 12:14pm EST. I still think more got posted on Thursday, but now I'm not so sure.

Thanks to that Tanker that suggested looking at your old order history.

[Shadow Ninja]

Why do we all need to F5 and drag the server down when others are going to post when they hit it will only be a matter of seconds instead of bogging the site down.

[The Batman]

Must give up for today! Nothing here for me!

[echoplex]

I mostly agree with you, but not on Foorloose or Dial-Tone. Neither one of those was hard to get, you just had to sign up.

Those two are the main reason I don't think a pre-order system would really change anything. The cutoff date for Footloose was just a couple of weeks before they shipped out, and yet still he was going for over $100 as soon as people had him in hand.

I'm not saying they were hard to get but mainstream belong at retail. Now, if they want to repaint or release something like Rowdy Roddy Piper, I understand.

[manicmotive]

HTS is directly responsible for over half of the SDCC figures on ebay. This is fact. I know, because I made it up myself. Why would they sell them on their site for $15 dollars when they can sell them on ebay for $50- $100?? HUH?

[gijoe071681]

Why do we all need to F5 and drag the server down when others are going to post when they hit it will only be a matter of seconds instead of bogging the site down.

because if no one f5s no one will know

[nerdsgetchicks]

Why do we all need to F5 and drag the server down when others are going to post when they hit it will only be a matter of seconds instead of bogging the site down.

Cause I am gonna buy mine then post!

[poddie]

Which is why I don't believe they're mistakes. The Joe Club has started catering directly to resellers with the golden ticket. Hasbro also probably thinks their "fans" want the product to instantly rise in price, so they try not to make "too much." It's a mistake so many collectible producers make over the years, and leads to them driving their fans away and destroying the market for their product.

Absolutely. Which is why I am saying they are purposely underproducing and/or underordering every year. And I agree 100% that it is counterproductive. Unfortunately they don't believe that...

[GI Guppy the third]

what were the order caps last year? was it one per order?

[dewrag]

Which is why I don't believe they're mistakes. The Joe Club has started catering directly to resellers with the golden ticket. Hasbro also probably thinks their "fans" want the product to instantly rise in price, so they try not to make "too much." It's a mistake so many collectible producers make over the years, and leads to them driving their fans away and destroying the market for their product.

not the golden ticket, it's when they allow people to buy multiple badges to get as many boxed sets as they want. When I was waiting in line for my boxed set I watched a guy haul off 13 boxed and loose sets...Hmmm I wonder what he was doing...

[Headman]

Remember when HTS sold AFA graded toys?

[Hellion42]

Ugh, it is seriously almost work time.

Or at least call-in-late-to-work time.

[zx670]

From what I have read the arguement isn't that, "I deserve one even though I didn't go." the arguemnt is, "if people only bought what they wanted for themselves then there would be enough to go around."

That isn't the precedent, however. There possibly might be enough to go around if attendees didn't purchase all of the exclusives on site. They are exclusives, to be first sold on site at the event where they are exclusive. Anything that happens on the secondary market is irrelevant.

Now let me ask you this, Why do people who go to Conventions think they have the right to a free vacation/convention just because they went and someone else didn't? Buying more than you want only to sell to others to cover your trip is just as much an inappropriate agruement.

It is their right because they paid to go to an event where a highly sought after exclusive was being offered.

If people do not agree, perhaps try looking up the definition of exclusive.

[poddie]

what were the order caps last year? was it one per order?

Yep, 1 per

[Shadow Ninja]

Remember when HTS sold AFA graded toys?

Ya that was stupid...

[cobraEdaco]

Absolutely. Which is why I am saying they are purposely underproducing and/or underordering every year. And I agree 100% that it is counterproductive. Unfortunately they don't believe that...

This thread WILL be shut down!!!

[JoeMama]

we need a new thread that just has one update - and that update would be when they are posted.

[GI Guppy the third]

not the golden ticket, it's when they allow people to buy people badges to get as many boxed sets as they want. When I was waiting in line for my boxed set I watched a guy haul off 13 boxed and loose sets...Hmmm I wonder what he was doing...
They said, "take these and distribute them out to all of those poor geeks stuck in line."

[nerdsgetchicks]

we need a new thread that just has one update - and that update would be when they are posted.

What fun would that be!

[RogueWingnut]

I love you all.
But i seriously might have to start killing at least half of you to get you to stop F5ing.

[brock Samson]

It's all about the giving headman.

You guys are so funny. Me and SidDarth are going to have so much fun selling these exclusives to you at marked up prices. I'm gonna scalp them bitches til the cows come home.

[Xenos]

I'm not saying they were hard to get but mainstream belong at retail. Now, if they want to repaint or release something like Rowdy Roddy Piper, I understand.

Well, it's debatable what would be considered mainstream. There are probably something like 10,000 people in the world that remember who Dial Tone or Footloose are.
Also, being at retail doesn't necessarily mean easy to get. Just look at Low Light.

Personally, I just like the fact that these figures exist at all. If I have to pay a bit more for some of them, then so be it. I haven't gotten a Darklon yet, I'm not even sure if I ever will since he's going for so much, but I'm glad that he's out there, because one day I might be able to get one.