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Should Gi joe return to Marvel ?
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09-25-2019, 09:44 PM
Sataninjaku
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I was working at TRU as a teen when that short packing shit started. It was genuine enough at first, say a random character that the toy company assumed would not sell as well. My first encounter was the female doctor on Star Trek Next Gen, by Playmates I think. Every greasy Trekie would try to get that figure. But it was a smart calculation on the part of Playmates. Adult colle surely wanted the figure but what child would put that on Santa's List? Later it became more nefarious. I remember, at one point Bona Fett was short packed, though cannot remember what line and if Hasbro had the license yet or if it was still Kenner. It’s a shitty thing to do.
Now a days I’m not sure if I should be mad at the toy companies or the poorly run retail chains for the distribution. Every big box mart that I go to has pathetically empty shelves and pegs. Assuming their stock rooms aren’t empty there is no excuse for it. Then the figures that I’d buy at inflated prices on the secondary market, pop up at discount chains. It’s maddening.
Yeah I’m not a gamer, simply because I don’t have the time but wanted one of those to have old fashioned game nights with the entire family. I could never get one. Then I heard that Nintendo does that on purpose. Now you couldn’t pay me to take one. Screw em.
I hear ya on time, I'm really only a gamer at heart these days...
truthfully, I don't know that it was intentional, I think they may have underestimated the appeal for what was supposed to be a novelty. didn't hurt my feelings much, i have the original hardware, and if I didn't, i would have just emulated anyway, as that's all the classic really was. I'll tell you what though, I had a big shit eating grin thinking about all of the scalpers that bought every one they could find to try and flip for 250+, only to have nintendo wise up and bring it back to retail. Hope they saved the receipts!
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