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04-06-2021, 10:52 AM | #21 |
Stockings and heels life
Join Date: Feb 2009
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All I have to say is good fucking luck guys. Ya'll gonna need it. Me scoring that Trooper wasn't me coming back...just me jumping on a deal for the figure we all should have gotten instead of the Infantry.
I can't believe that Hasbro would do it again. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt and that there's something we don't know but I really don't think Hasbro's GI Joe team actually cares for the fans enough to make good for what happened with the Cobra Island releases. If you really want Bludd just be prepared to pay a scalper. Otherwise you're gonna see a retail release with only half the accessories at best and a questionable paint choice because fuck you GI Joe fans, you're not worth it. |
04-06-2021, 10:55 AM | #22 |
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Join Date: Jan 2020
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Target will still carry the classifieds, but they won’t be in stores. It’s going to be online. Like most other toy stores.
Hasbro threw a little plastic crack out there in the stores and saw fans fiending. They sliced distributors like target and a few others (cut out the middle man) They let scalpers get them and saw people will pay 3x more for what they love on eBay. Agree or not Hasbro has us right where they want us.
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04-06-2021, 11:03 AM | #23 |
Stockings and heels life
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Target will still carry the classifieds, but they won’t be in stores. It’s going to be online. Like most other toy stores.
Hasbro threw a little plastic crack out there in the stores and saw fans fiending. They sliced distributors like target and a few others (cut out the middle man) They let scalpers get them and saw people will pay 3x more for what they love on eBay. Agree or not Hasbro has us right where they want us. We just need to stop buying. That's what I did. Cancel all my pre-orders, stop buying from scalpers for any new waves, and just stop buying at retail and let the damned line die on the vine. Hasbro doesn't actually give a damn about you unless you're Transformers. Hasbro can't control supply, can't anticipate demand, and can't even release a conciliatory statement about the Wave 1 and 2 Cobra Island fiasco. If they don't care, then why should we? |
04-06-2021, 11:31 AM | #24 |
Browncoat
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Ohio. For now.
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Yeah, I get pissed at Hasbro too - but my hierarchy of blame goes: 3. Target 2. Hasbro 1. Scalpers |
04-06-2021, 11:34 AM | #25 |
He/Him
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Nowhere, Everywhere
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I'm not sure why people are surprised at more Cobra Island. I'm sure Hasbro signed a contract where they'd release x amount of waves directly to Target. They can't just breach that contract because fans don't like the distribution of the line. They are basically stuck with it until it's completion. They can certainly up distribution (although this will still be limited by how many cases respective Targets order) and take steps to combat online bots but those are things that are unfortunately more on Target's end than Hasbro's. I was anticipating this but hoped it wouldn't be for a semi-major character like Bludd but here we are.
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04-06-2021, 11:43 AM | #26 |
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Swabbin' with Shippy
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I partly agree with your sentiments. However, I think what we need to do is simply STOP BUYING FROM EBAY and SCALPERS. If you can't find it at retail, don't get it. Tough titties. Let the scalpers choke on their stash. Show some self control. Eventually Hasbro will release the figures mainstream, and everyone will be able to get them for retail.
Yeah, I get pissed at Hasbro too - but my hierarchy of blame goes: 3. Target 2. Hasbro 1. Scalpers But haha, this ain't gonna happen! For all we know, Hasbro could reveal a CI Bludd, but simultaneously reveal the mass-release version of the Viper for summer release.
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04-06-2021, 11:44 AM | #27 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: America
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If they pull this crap again with Bludd... I'm out
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04-06-2021, 11:44 AM | #28 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Michigan
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The way I see it, people can direct their anger at Hasbro or they can direct their anger at Target, BUT I think the anger/disappointment is better directed at the *relationship* between those two parties. That's the boat we have to rock.
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04-06-2021, 11:48 AM | #29 |
Cobra Viper
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Location: Florida
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My prediction, based on gut instinct.
New CI wave: 1. Bludd 2. Alley Viper 3.Storm Shadow v2? 4.?? 5.?? |
04-06-2021, 11:49 AM | #30 |
LNC Commander
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Sbartek's Guest Room
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I direct my anger at Target employees who know they only get X amount in stores and they hide them for friends or keep them for themselves either to keep or scalp.
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