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10-24-2011, 11:39 PM | #11 |
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I have a problem with a "collectors" club that exploits the very hobby and collectors it represents. Let's see...I have to pay $42 to have the ability to buy the clubs "exclusive" figures, then I have to pay $25 per figure to get said exclusive figure...and wow..if I spend...ummm...$342, I will get a ...oooooh mystery figure..for free! Oh, and you will give me a free figure for joining? What..not really free...I paid $42 for that one...sooooory. A lot of people on the Tank just happily fork over the dough....happy to pay for these figures thinking that they are getting something so great, and special. I remember the original collectors club....you sent in $2.99 and some flag points and got an exclusive figure, what a deal. Let's call the Gi Joe Collectors club what it is: A front for an online retailer, that's peddles its goods under the guise of a collectors club and even sells it to us like we should be "thankful" to pay them these "meager" sums to be a part of the club and get their exclusive figures. Seems to me, most of the "exclusive" figures are those that Hasbro probably determined would not sell well in mass and offer them to the Club as exclusives...Topside? Dial Tone? Are you kidding me? Why not just 12 repainted frosty Destros and a free reach around! You club loyalists..if that's what you are, have you asked yourself why you are willing to buy these figures (other than to settle your addiction for a day or two) See..crack addicts can never help themselves until they admit they have a problem. The question is: Who is worse? The Crack Addict or the dealer pushing them the stuff? As for the Collectors Club: You should be ashamed of yourselves!
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10-24-2011, 11:41 PM | #12 |
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Eh the guy does have a point....I don't think its fair that we have to join the Club to be eligible to buy a Subscription
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10-24-2011, 11:47 PM | #13 |
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we dont' even know what they are going to charge. what if it's $100 for all 13 figures(talking subscription). that would be pretty freakin sweet.
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10-24-2011, 11:47 PM | #14 |
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As for the original post, it's a silly complaint. The club is making very small runs on figures that we would be very unlikely to get otherwise. If you don't want to pay the high prices, I understand that, but don't complain about not getting something that wouldn't have made it to retail anyways. |
10-24-2011, 11:49 PM | #15 |
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It's the Club's product they can do whatever they want
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10-24-2011, 11:50 PM | #16 |
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The average difference between Officer level and trooper level is 20-22 per figure. If they sold them to non-officer members, they would range between 45-47 per figure. That 42 dollar one time fee plus the exclusive figure isn't looking so bad now is it?
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10-24-2011, 11:52 PM | #17 |
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It's not fair!!! Gimmee Gimmee Gimmee!!!! MIne Mine!!!
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10-24-2011, 11:53 PM | #18 |
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bestest post of the day!
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10-24-2011, 11:56 PM | #19 |
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10-25-2011, 12:00 AM | #20 |
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It's not like the club is a non-Profit organization. They are running a business. Plus the $42 does give you a figure every year. This year is Footloose! (Why he is not a general release I have no idea?) The newsletter is pretty much junk, but the figure plus the ability to buy the Convention set at a $40-$50 discount is worth it to me.
Hasbro is not making all the figures we want and sometimes no matter how much we cry about it, they know that TARGET only wants Snake-Eyes and Walmart only wants Arctic Destro, so they have to put out what THEY want. In the end you don't buy most of their product. TARGET, TRU and Walmart buy most of their product. The Club with HAsbro's consent is allowed to produce figures they think people might like, but they might be getting it wrong too. The club tends to produce the figures that the CLUB MEMBERS want. Almost every figure I've wanted to see has been made by the club. I think Hasbro also offers the Club figures they just couldn't sell. ie Quarrel, Nano-Bat, Iron-Klaw, knowing that to produce 10,000 Nano-Bats will be a waste of money, but the club can do 1500 or less and hopefully break even, at $25 or $42 (Did the pricing already come out?) Do I really want to pay $25 a figure? Fuck No! But I have an addiction I'm willing to admit to in cyberspace.
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