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05-27-2023, 03:24 PM | #5201 |
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Trek is definitely a candidate due to wave 2 being two new characters and carry forward of Whoopi's character. I still wonder about TMNT because they don't seem to hold prices at all. |
05-27-2023, 03:27 PM | #5202 |
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Because of course Joe Chinaman at the factory isn't going to send the messed up figures to Brian as samples. You'd be admitting you screwed up. But given Hasbro's current QC issues you have a valid point |
05-27-2023, 03:42 PM | #5203 |
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If anyone is interested in Brian Flynn making excuses for 1,5 hours straight:
The unpainted heads/forearm situation with wave 2 is addressed at the 11:45min min mark. The good news: they were indeed supposed to be painted, they don't know what happened there. He also says they're painted on wave 3 so this might just have been a fuck up on wave 2. The wave 2 samples they got had painted faces. The bad news: he doesn't mention anything about making things right and doing a booster pack like they did with Thundercats (unless it's brought up again and I missed it).
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05-27-2023, 03:43 PM | #5204 |
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That means something big is coming for GI Joe Reaction 😀💡👍
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05-27-2023, 04:34 PM | #5205 |
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05-27-2023, 04:38 PM | #5206 |
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Pretty sure its the transformers ultimate line thats about to be cancelled. Those simply dont sell. Retailers on line always sells the whole wave 1 for 100$
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05-27-2023, 04:42 PM | #5207 |
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How do you cock up something as basic as what parts to paint. I mean jfc the levels of incompetence
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05-27-2023, 06:06 PM | #5208 |
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Did he address why Whoopi is in both waves of TNG Ultimates? Demand that high? |
05-28-2023, 03:14 AM | #5209 |
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Transformers is underperforming, but it's way too late to cancel Waves 2-4 and Wave 5 is just repaints. I have no idea what possessed them to do 3 versions of Starscream, but they had better do Skywarp and Thundercracker. I actually like the line -- the cartoon figures, anyway. The other stuff always seemed like a lost cause to me.
To me, it has to be Star Trek, because they haven't even gotten going and they can't even sell the heavy hitters like Picard. There's just no path forward with that. It's DOA. Whereas Transformers has a pulse. They just have to be smart with it and not go crazy with Action Masters and whatnot. TMNT is still their #1 line. They just made too much -- probably double or triple the next most popular Ultimates line. They were expecting growth that didn't materialize and BBTS ordered so much, it was like they never wanted to run out of them. But there's a business adage that goes, "It's better to make 10 too few than 1 too many." But when you see stuff like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Disney, and The Worst go on sale, now that is true failure. They probably made the minimum they could make and it was still too much. I think The Worst could continue, because Super7 doesn't have to pay a license and they can re-use the molds to their hearts content with color variants. But Disney Ultimates are definitely done. Re: Whoopi being offered twice. Super7 was hoping that pairing her with Picard would help encourage people to buy her and get her over the line. They are more reliant on direct sales now that their online retailer support has backed way off, so that's why they needed to give people another opportunity to buy directly from them. Obviously, putting her in Wave 2 had no bearing on any other retailer. Last edited by SmokePants; 05-28-2023 at 03:22 AM.. |
05-28-2023, 09:08 AM | #5210 |
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When they revealed the second wave of Star Trek figures I realized that if they were from the original series I would have bought them. I love TNG, but for whatever reason it doesn't feel like Ultimates material to me.
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