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08-21-2013, 03:15 PM | #11 |
Hazard Viper
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I kinda liked the two pack idea from the Indiana Jones line. Take the Night Vipers, Crimson Guards and Dark Ninjas put them in two pack/troop builder packs and sell them for $15.00 to $20.00.
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08-21-2013, 03:19 PM | #12 |
Hazard Viper
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Design a line around a video game (Call of Duty,Halo stole your schtick...steal it back!) Release figures based off said video game. Each figure could add levels or strength to video game. Each troop builder set unlocks new stuff for game as well!
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08-21-2013, 03:25 PM | #13 |
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08-21-2013, 03:36 PM | #14 |
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What does marketing have to do with merchandising or the assignment of what figures go into what waves? I think you may have your terms screwed up.
The assumptions made about a publicly traded company are hilarious. The pressure put on by shareholders and Wall Street far outweigh anything that comes from the whining on the internet. You better believe they have experienced and educated people working there. What GI Joe fans fail to realize is the following: 1 ) There is not necessarily a dedicated GI Joe team. We heard this at Joe Con from the Hasbro guys. They were working on other brands. They have creative and design teams that move around and work on projects. 2 ) GI Joe is not the biggest brand at Hasbro. So it gets lesser priority than the others. 3 ) Collector's are not a big enough consumer base to make decisions on. Toys have to be made for kids first. That's where the money is. 4 ) Kids have 100 other things they are interested in including Marvel, Disney, Ninja Turtles, Star Wars, video games, mobile devices, etc. This isn't 1985. 5 ) Hasbro isn't going to spend their time and money on something that is a risk in a tough market like this. The economy has shareholders looking for sure fire returns on their investment. 6 ) The future is media based brands with toy tie ins. Disney's new Infinity game and toy tie in is a perfect example. Toy sales in general are flat or declining year over year for the last several years. Toy companies are going bottoms up left and right. Companies are laying off people, doing more with less, sacrificing plans for extending products, and trying to find the right area of focus to make their company profitable. I am not defending Hasbro but seriously the constant weekly rant of "Hasbro must be stupid..." has to stop. No one sits in their board meetings, product planning meetings, or otherwise to have any real information to base any actual opinions on. The small GI Joe Community is the LEAST of their worries... |
08-21-2013, 03:43 PM | #15 |
feeding my addiction
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Location: Sugar Hill, GA
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It sucks for us, but it makes sense from a Hasbro Marketing point of view. Wave 4 is what will be on store shelves for the Holiday shopping season. Wave 4 is made up of SE, RB, SS, LJ, Colton, basically all your on-screen movie characters. Since Hasbro is promoting Retaliation this year, it makes sense to have these characters available for consumers to buy during the busiest shopping period of the year. Little Timmy has never heard of the Night-Viper or Crimson Guard, so why would he put them on his Christmas list?
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08-21-2013, 03:44 PM | #16 |
All That Remains
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Yup.
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08-21-2013, 07:58 PM | #17 |
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It sucks for us, but it makes sense from a Hasbro Marketing point of view. Wave 4 is what will be on store shelves for the Holiday shopping season. Wave 4 is made up of SE, RB, SS, LJ, Colton, basically all your on-screen movie characters. Since Hasbro is promoting Retaliation this year, it makes sense to have these characters available for consumers to buy during the busiest shopping period of the year. Little Timmy has never heard of the Night-Viper or Crimson Guard, so why would he put them on his Christmas list?
OB As the version selected, it was likely done to provide something DIFFERENT from what was being offered in wave 3.5, but still offer those key characters.
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08-21-2013, 08:06 PM | #18 |
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This, the wave was likely planned around the assumption that wave 3.5 would see a fairly robust distribution, and with wave 2.5/3 figures not having shipped in any sort of number since last APRIL, there would be pent up demand for those characters, along with making sure key characters were still available.
As the version selected, it was likely done to provide something DIFFERENT from what was being offered in wave 3.5, but still offer those key characters. After wave 4?
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08-21-2013, 08:26 PM | #19 |
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I doubt the average store knows the difference between a main character and a troop builder.
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08-21-2013, 08:53 PM | #20 |
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They prob did it cause they know wave 4 will never hit the pegs.
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