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08-08-2016, 02:30 PM | #171 |
Crimson Guard
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Staring to feel like Tombstones shoulder pads should be some color other than white
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08-13-2016, 09:47 AM | #172 |
Iron Grenadier
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The female trooper is awesome. Hopefully it doesn't stop with just that one and we get a Crimson Guard, Cobra Viper, etc. It's a bummer that Falcon and Outback got the shaft on coloring because of it. "Wolf Squad"? No, this was just a cost cutting measure.
Too bad they didn't take the opportunity to recolor the zombies. At least one of them could have been in a blue uniform. Orange would have worked, too, as a turned Hazard Viper. And I still think the zombies should have been called Necro Vipers. I dislike that there are no vehicles. It's not that people don't want them. It's that they just keep doing repaints of vehicles most people already have several versions of. It's also annoying that they pair them together and sometimes give an inflated priced convention version the better deco.
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08-13-2016, 10:01 AM | #173 |
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I dislike that there are no vehicles. It's not that people don't want them. It's that they just keep doing repaints of vehicles most people already have several versions of. It's also annoying that they pair them together and sometimes give an inflated priced convention version the better deco.
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08-13-2016, 11:17 PM | #174 |
Sergeant
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Location: Virginia
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Three words: Outback, Falcon and Shooter and maybe that Rattler or A10 or whatever they're calling it.
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08-14-2016, 10:13 AM | #175 |
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The skystriker set from this year is a good deal, but collectors aren't ready for ANOTHER one. How many releases has it had already? 5 in as many years? You get a jet ($45 with 1 figure),2 more figures ($15), and a hisstank ($30 with 1 figure) for $90 of value. Just not many people wanted it because of the contents. I just hope they find a way to do better vehicle releases in the future.
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08-14-2016, 10:41 AM | #176 |
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No. People DO want vehicles. Just not the same old vehicles they rerelease every other year. The skystrikers sat around because the collectors bought the ones they were going to buy, but kids didn't pick up the slack by being interested in the rest. I know the Eaglehawk went on clearance, but I only ever found and saw one in person. It was the one I bought. Never saw it again. It certainly didn't clearance in my area. I'd have bought one or two more if I had ever seen it again.
The skystriker set from this year is a good deal, but collectors aren't ready for ANOTHER one. How many releases has it had already? 5 in as many years? You get a jet ($45 with 1 figure),2 more figures ($15), and a hisstank ($30 with 1 figure) for $90 of value. Just not many people wanted it because of the contents. I just hope they find a way to do better vehicle releases in the future. And this goes back even further than the 30th Skystriker. The VvsV Moray and the Spy Troops MCC also sat until clearance. Both of those were items we said we wanted. You're projecting what you want and your experiences on the population at large. Just because we'd buy vehicle X if it were released doesn't mean we are a large enough market to make it worthwhile for Hasbro/TRU to sell it. I don't disagree that it would help to bring other vehicles, but that doesn't guarantee success either. This latest pack includes a Rattler that saw exactly two previous releases almost a decade ago. That's it. Can't call that overused. Plus, it's supposedly one of the most popular molds in fan-boy circles. And then there's the DTC HISS mold which was released just once at "mass retail" (sort of, through HTS) and then as a club exclusive. That mold ought to be in demand too. Granted, better colors would help, but so should the Transformers tie-in. So that's a sort of wash. In the end, it comes back to the fact that there's just not enough folks buying at the prices Hasbro/TRU need to sell them for. |
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08-14-2016, 04:04 PM | #177 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Mar 2015
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Hasbro's been dropping the ball with marketing to kids (as in, no marketing to kids). If they put some effort into it with a fun cartoon and video games, kids will be back on board big time.
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08-14-2016, 06:30 PM | #178 |
Bill Cosplay
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Or not. It's a different world, as has been discussed ad nauseum before. Kids grow out of toys faster, so you have to target a younger mindset.
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10-02-2016, 08:15 PM | #179 |
Spiraling Out
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Any news on the incoming toys? I feel like since they're supposed to be here next month that they should be showing somewhere and somehow...?
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10-04-2016, 09:02 AM | #180 |
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IF there was news, we'd definitely have it posted up. We should start seeing preorders soon though, as the drop date is November 16th IIRC.
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