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03-23-2023, 10:09 PM | #5971 |
stretching your O-ring
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Manufacturer intent is to sell stuff for profit. They don't actually care what you use their stuff for once money changes hands. They market action figures and dolls differently because, culturally, they have to if they want to maximize sales. It's like shaving cream being sold in a lavender package with a curved top v/s shaving cream being sold in a black canister. We're all doing the same thing with it when it comes out of the can, but the coding is different.
The HOF toys were dolls. 1960s GI Joe were dolls. I'm trying to compare apples to apples here. When your line is "less characters, more stuff", at some point it becomes a doll. It's not a hard line, and has nothing to do with gender marketing. A perfect example of this was Mattel's Big Jim. It was just one dude with piles of equipment you could give him, including an RV. Last edited by BizCopperhead; 03-23-2023 at 10:13 PM.. |
03-23-2023, 10:19 PM | #5972 |
Balloon Bear
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Location: Delaware Valley
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Think I jumped to it from the Barbie comments. I do get your underlying point about preferring the feel of the smaller figures/dolls
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03-24-2023, 12:02 AM | #5973 |
Iron Grenadier
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Location: Chicago
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This is us:
https://youtu.be/EYyuo7gm-aQ It's so accurate that it makes me question if I want to keep buying stuff, like Smoke has said before. |
03-24-2023, 12:20 AM | #5974 |
stretching your O-ring
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03-24-2023, 06:17 AM | #5975 |
Iron Grenadier
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Location: Kentucky
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Looking forward to this! I will have my O-ring fix, one way or another. And some of the creators have experience with O-ring figures, so I have high expectations.
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03-24-2023, 07:56 AM | #5976 |
Crimson Guard
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nice ive been following them for a while now. they got some cool stuff coming soon.
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03-24-2023, 08:46 AM | #5977 |
Fartbutt McGillicuddy
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That doesn't change the fundamental play pattern. My wife used to re-enact weird shit she saw in R rated movies with her Barbies. My kid would roleplay different characters and occasionally get into heavy interpersonal stuff with her Polly Pockets. It's similar imaginative play to how boys play with action figures, the subject matter is just a little different because of gender coding.
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03-24-2023, 08:51 AM | #5978 |
Fartbutt McGillicuddy
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This is us:
https://youtu.be/EYyuo7gm-aQ It's so accurate that it makes me question if I want to keep buying stuff, like Smoke has said before. i'm so pumped about this, and i've said it time and again, i hate ninjas. i'll back anything by the three main fellas. there's a couple figures in the set that are references that i'm over the moon for and i may get some extra main ninja guy for some other projects. |
03-24-2023, 09:04 AM | #5979 |
Cobra Viper
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I was a kid in the 90s and early 2000s... 1:6 scale (12 inch) and 1:18 were both a big thing during these times. I had both as a kid, and played extensively with both. My play style was mostly story-focused, and it was more like an on-going TV series, where each play session was a chapter on its own but a continuation of the last. With such a style, worldbuilding was very, very important to me, and hence, I loved 1:18 much more than 1:6.
Both scales to me are action figures - although I agree now as an adult, that 1:6 resemble more dolls. 1:6 is great for recreating hand-to-hand combat, as they are bigger and easier to control, and they have the advantage of being able to change clothes and equip for different missions. Play-wise, that's where their advantages stop IMO. 1:18 scale can be so much more: you can also equip them for different missions, you can have much more and larger vehicles, they are more easy to "army-build" and there are much more toys compatible out there for world-building. As to this day, 1:18 scale figures continue to be my favorite toy. |
03-24-2023, 10:41 AM | #5980 |
Crimson Guard
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I've been following that with interest, but I'm so burned out with Kickstarters right now. I can't justify anymore spending a big chunk of money to get nothing in return for years, if ever. I have to stop backing Kickstarters until I actually get some product in hand from the ones I've previously backed.
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