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07-03-2019, 10:39 AM | #121 |
Iron Grenadier
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There were several things wrong with this KS. Scale wasn't one of them.
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07-03-2019, 10:50 AM | #122 |
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I think you might be the one fooling yourself. Crossover markets are very much a thing, especially where you're dealing with Kickstarter lines that may only ever have a handful of characters. IIRC Mythic Legions was even marketed with the implication that they'd play nice with MotUC (not to mention the Four Horsemen capitalizing on the popularity and relative fame they had gained working on that line...not that they were unknowns before, but MotUC pushed them to a new level).
Did no one buy Marauders stuff because we already had GI Joe? Once again it was marketed in not-so-many-words as a complement to GI Joe, which has now morphed into a pseudo-replacement. Did Eagle Force fail to fund because we already had GI Joe and Marauders? Was there really a massive untapped market for Eagle Force specifically (in a format different from it's original incarnation) that pushed that line well over the top? Or was it a big contributor that they were going to be directly compatible with Joes, Marauders, etc...? |
07-03-2019, 12:35 PM | #123 |
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Also...Eagle Force DID fund. smh...
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07-03-2019, 05:59 PM | #124 |
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Well, according to some recent comments/updates on the Kickstarter campaign, these were originally envisioned as 1:12. They decided to try 1:18 instead with the idea that maybe they could fit some larger creatures or beasts into the line at 1:18. So they aren't changing the scale just because of feedback from the community, but because they had 1:12 in mind from conception. That's the gist of it, at least, according to what the founder(s) posted.
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07-04-2019, 07:22 PM | #125 |
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Yes, because all those offerings were *better* than what was then-available. Simply up-sizing these to 6" does not in any way, shape, or form make them equal to or more appealing than MotUs and MyLegs; and *that's* the only self-fooling talk happening in this thread, mate.
I like how you add in the straw man argument that I said these were somehow going to be "equal" or "better" than MyLegs or MotUCs. Once again...they don't need to be to complement an existing line, or even to successfully fund. Even setting aside how completely subjective "equal or better" is. Yes it did. It was a rhetorical question. Eagle Force funded despite GI Joe and Marauder Task Force already existing, which puts a lie to the idea that "people are going to be more liable to avoid product that's more similar to what they already have." Unless of course you believe no GI Joe fans or Marauder Task Force backers were buying Eagle Force. Except we can easily show that's not the case just digging through the forums here. |
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