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08-18-2009, 10:31 AM | #21 |
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The bigger picture is it's International totals plus merchandising. It's not just how much it makes in the U.S. box office and action figures sales.
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08-18-2009, 10:33 AM | #22 |
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I don't think the Indy movie had any bearing on the Indy toys whatsoever.
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08-18-2009, 10:45 AM | #23 |
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Whether you enjoyed the movie or loathed it with a passion; you have to admit we did get some pretty swell toys out of it as well as some mainstream recognition.
With the movie having made $98 million in two weeks, and it costing roughly $170 million to make, one could argue that while it is doing well? It is underperforming a tad domestically. Factor in the large drop off in audience and a few poor reviews, and it seems that ROC - while being enjoyed by many - sorely lacked the impact of last years The Dark Knight or this years Transformers 2. So forgetting Paramount, does Hasbro consider this movie a success? If they do? Okay, all is fine and good. We get a sequel that perhaps won't split fandom down the middle so much, more toys, and more media-related Joe projects to keep interest alive. Maybe even a sequel to Resolute. But if Hasbro doesn't consider this a success? Where does that leave the toy line and future projects? Will the ROC toys end up like the Indy toys and just glut the shelves while the later waves will be nigh impossible to find? Will we see the end of GI Joe's presence at retail stores and it'll be an Internet only thing? How long will we have to wait for another movie or animated feature, if people use the success of ROC to gauge the public's interest of GI Joe? nobody should buy them, so that this way HASBRO you of bill of their error
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08-18-2009, 10:52 AM | #24 |
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now to bring it back to joe....
I hope the future of the line does not rest on this bomb of a movie. They spent way too muc on a two hour commercial that there probably won't be another and the toy aisle at all the local stores are FLOODED with untouched product. I was at a wal mart this morning and they have already taken the GI joe stuff down off the main aisle and put it on one of the back endcaps by the clearance section....right next to the Star Trek stuff. Of course, it probably doesn't help Wal-Mart that they apparently decided to wait until everyone else had the figures for a month before they even bothered to put out their first assortments. Quote:
First off, if you've got one Indiana Jones figure, you've pretty much got them all. Sure, there might be some slightly different accessories or a few costume changes you can throw in there, but by and large Indy wears pretty much the same outfit in three of the four movies (Temple of Doom being the exception). As the line's only real "core character" he was going to get old fast. Secondly, most of the films that figures were being made for hadn't been in theaters in two decades or more. Kids have no real connection unless they've seen it on DVD, and even then it might not really have stuck with them to the point of getting them to want "Monkey Man" toys. Third, Indiana Jones is not a very visually interesting line. Generally it's dominated by drab colors and a lot of characters that kind of look the same. Last, and perhaps most importantly, Indiana Jones had a distinct lack of colorful, interesting bad guys for Indy to fight (and a lack of character selection in general). Most of Indy's villains don't have much depth or development. The worst part was that Hasbro launched the Indy line as though it already had a large collector base in-place, which wasn't really there. I think they thought all their Star Wars collectors were going to hop on the Indy line like white on rice, but it just didn't happen. Anyway, I think G.I. Joe can successfully avoid many of the things that made Indiana Jones so lackluster. The only real potential problem is the lack of "visually interesting" but after seeing the Pursuit of Cobra stuff, that doesn't seem to be a problem for Hasbro moving forward. It almost seems like they were just kinda cranking out the movie stuff to get it out there, but once that initial period wears off they could go crazy with new designs/updates. |
08-18-2009, 11:20 AM | #25 |
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Walmart put them out late around here and then had everything jacked up ($7.88 with no sales). I think I've only bought 3 figures at Walmart; 1 at full price that I couldn't find at the time and 2 price matched with the TRU ad. They always claim to be the cheapest, but that hasn't been the case so far with the RoC toys. |
08-18-2009, 11:46 AM | #26 |
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My local Wal-Mart has RoC single figures for $5.00
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08-18-2009, 11:50 AM | #27 |
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ROC is modernizing Gijoe, so unless we want to put our money in the 80's resurecting JOe, which has been done and fell short, then ROC is what is going to keep the line going. Never being a big Joe collecotr myself, this has pulled me in for the first time. perhaps its becasue i've grown out of star wars and ROC fills that void nicely.
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08-18-2009, 01:38 PM | #28 |
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Gi joe ROC is it is a garbage of very bad movie, non for fans neither nobody, their products are pure market foolishness , HASBRO the leave making well with 25 TH anniversary but this is a slap in the face of anyone that calls fan, they are pure repainted not well designed
nobody should buy them, so that this way HASBRO you of bill of their error |
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08-18-2009, 01:43 PM | #29 |
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I loved that movie!!! |
08-18-2009, 01:48 PM | #30 |
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Gi joe ROC is it is a garbage of very bad movie, non for fans neither nobody, their products are pure market foolishness , HASBRO the leave making well with 25 TH anniversary but this is a slap in the face of anyone that calls fan, they are pure repainted not well designed
nobody should buy them, so that this way HASBRO you of bill of their error They are damn well designed my friend. they put that 25th stuff to shame. |
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