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06-13-2020, 10:10 PM | #5361 |
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No, I wouldn't blame Roma for not getting the word out. It's their first exclusive from BFS and many people who wanted it would not have been on their mailing list or following their social media. Generals Joes definitely deserves credit for notifying people. But ultimately this is a figure for BFS fans and the only reliable way that group of people can find out about is through BFS. So why the existence of this figure was never mentioned in any of their e-mails this year is puzzling. They just sent out an e-mail yesterday mentioning that June 13th was a big day with a sale on their site and other events, but they didn't mention a thing about Gazoge or Roma.
I have 7 e-mails from them this year before yesterday's mentioning the zombie figures going on sale in May, new basics in April, a custom sale in March, irradiated zombie on sale in March, Flash Gordon debut in February, Frankie the steed in February, and a sale event in January. The word Gazoge never came up. Last edited by JediJones; 06-13-2020 at 10:14 PM.. |
06-13-2020, 10:14 PM | #5362 |
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I’d imagine they’d put word out on their other platforms, but I’m not social media entrenched, either. General Joes put out a review last week which also listed the sale details. And I’m sure when BFS’s version goes up for sale, they’ll send out an email blast.
Unfortunately, Roma Collectibles doesn’t seem to have the same reach/exposure as other retailers in the figures market. Despite all that, I had never heard of this figure until it was sold out. I made the mistake of actually playing with my kids and watching a movie with one today, and while I don’t regret the time I spent with them, I suspect this will cost me an extra $60 or so (I plan to set aside $100 for it). That it was never once mentioned in this thread leads me to believe that it wasn’t widely reported. |
06-13-2020, 10:18 PM | #5363 |
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I don’t know what to say. I’m not nearly that plugged in, and I’ve been aware that it was coming for a while, and saw several mentions and posts about it on FB for the last two weeks.
Sorry you guys missed out. I do think it’s fucked up that there was no limit and these are going to be scalped out in a couple weeks.
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06-13-2020, 10:20 PM | #5364 |
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All that being said, if more people knew about it, it would've sold out faster. Some who got it today would've missed out as others of us would've gotten in quicker.
It would be great for the fans and for Roma if they could do a second run. Certainly at least the packaging could be changed to indicate a difference from the original. I'm sure people would be willing to pre-order although Roma probably isn't set up for that. But they could at least do a survey of people who plan to buy it to get some idea of a baseline. BFS exclusives usually are produced in numbers of 1,000 and seem to usually sell out or close to it. 500 more would be a very safe number. 1,000 might be very possible to sell out as well. The sales history on eBay does not show scalpers buying mass quantities. The most anyone bought is 5 or so. But it does not show you the complete history, only the last 100 sales I think. |
06-13-2020, 10:27 PM | #5365 |
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BFS is going to put out 500 with blue face/skull. ROMA held back 100 for customer service issues and giveaways, etc. They are apparently out of Ohio, and will likely have them at some shows I hear.
There are some BFS fans doing a video chat right now at https://www.messenger.com/groupcall/...Dlh1Pyc7rPKf9/ if you like to join. |
06-13-2020, 10:29 PM | #5366 |
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It’s also worth noting than none of the other exclusives have sold out, right? darvold and the Atelos Gorgon are still available and the blasted lands orc was in the bfs site up until pretty recently (if it’s not still there).
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06-13-2020, 10:31 PM | #5367 |
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Roma told me in an e-mail they've sold some to local customers. So they said they held some back, but I'm sure it's much less than 100. I think the normal rule of thumb is to hold back 10% so it's probably more like 50.
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06-13-2020, 10:34 PM | #5368 |
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Right but we think the numbers on past exclusives were 1000. This is 500. And the Atelis eBay page says 888 were sold. So I think most believe there was a bigger demand for this one. Was it announced that the blue one is limited to 500 too? If so, then maybe they did 1000 for this figure concept, but split the run into two colors. But that's going to be just as fast of a sellout of the blue one when that comes around if it's also 500. This figure appears to be customizable into multiple characters, unlike some of the past exclusives. So even if someone only got 1 of the red one, they'd probably want at least 1 of the blue one too.
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06-13-2020, 10:39 PM | #5369 |
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Right but we think the numbers on past exclusives were 1000. This is 500. And the Atelis eBay page says 888 were sold. So I think most believe there was a bigger demand for this one. Was it announced that the blue one is limited to 500 too? If so, then maybe they did 1000 for this figure concept, but split the run into two colors. But that's going to be just as fast of a sellout of the blue one when that comes around if it's also 500.
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06-13-2020, 10:46 PM | #5370 |
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Darvold only lets you add about 31 to the cart on Mega's site today, so they may be almost sold out.
I think anyone can look at this figure though and see it is more appealing than the past exclusives. And it's more customizable into multiple characters, so many people will want multiples, or at the very least 1 red and 1 blue each. On eBay for Gazoge, the sales show this: 58 bought 1 28 bought 2 7 bought 3 5 bought 4 0 bought 5 2 bought 6 That accounts for 167 of the 400. We can only see the last 100 sales. So this shows us almost half the customers bought more than one. |
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