[SmokePants]

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Originally Posted by PatientMental

Hes having trouble selling his figures let alone a vehicle

I agree. Watching his panel, it was clear that he has nothing up his sleeve. He wasn't being coy or trying to throw people off the scent, he really has no concrete idea of what an AF vehicle offering would entail. And if the line is so small, there's no way he should even think about it, even as a Kickstarter.

Action Force is just a resume-builder for Vala. It's a line he had to do so that licensors would take him seriously. It's never going to move the needle or keep him in business on its own.

[PanzerKrake]

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Originally Posted by SmokePants

I agree. Watching his panel, it was clear that he has nothing up his sleeve. He wasn't being coy or trying to throw people off the scent, he really has no concrete idea of what an AF vehicle offering would entail. And if the line is so small, there's no way he should even think about it, even as a Kickstarter.

Action Force is just a resume-builder for Vala. It's a line he had to do so that licensors would take him seriously. It's never going to move the needle or keep him in business on its own.

Yea he really is gonna go nowhere with AF, I wouldn't be surprised if the newer waves sell less now with more competition from Hasbro as well as no upfront crowdfunding to sell figs.

His real hope would be to secure licenses to put out toys people actually want and that can make his business grow, cause AF is never gonna do that.

This is literally how lot of other toy companies came to be, their original toys just getting left behind as soon as they got hits with licensed products

[wedge1968]

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Originally Posted by beef664422

Honestly, and I know nothing about the business end of toys, maybe the best way Vala could push this line forward is if his buck was closer to that of classifieds and he supplemented it with more gear packs. I know that some classified collectors like the RAH accurate figures that are coming out, but I know some classified collectors liked them better before they went ARAH. If he were go make gear packs that fit classified figures too (unlike the way the urban gear fit classified firefly,) I'd bet a decent amount of classified collectors would buy gear as a way to "modernize" their classifieds... Or maybe just I would.

On a side note, I've yet to cancel the BBTS DeClassified gear pack. Hopeless optimism?

I have not cancelled either.