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10-20-2021, 08:34 PM | #5601 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Jun 2018
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Ah....as I just posted over there, that's surprising news to me... I just assumed a lot of us old school Gold fans were lurking out there! I'm hoping more of us materialize quite soon since I really want the whole gold brigade!
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10-20-2021, 08:38 PM | #5602 |
Father of Four
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here's the full post: Hey everyone.. we’ll be doing our updates here on the FMF News Page for the Eagle Force 40th Anniversary Event. We’re a little over a week in to our Eagle Force 40th Anniversary Event. Sales started promising, so much so BBTS decided to unlock a wave 3 vs unlocking a character at a time, so we’re much further along than I thought we’d be. Which is great news!! You all are amazing! You might be wondering why stretch goal the meter hasn’t moved much in a week. It’s because we’re not doing as many sales with Eagle Force 40th Anniversary Wave 3 as we’d like to see. Numbers were strong initially but so far, the newest wave is not seeing the sales numbers of Wave 1 or 2. We have over 18 figures for pre-order now (plus pre-orders for wave 4&5) so we understand fans pockets are not deep. Also despite the loud voices for our classic gold characters, we’re not seeing sales to indicate that there is a huge demand for classics versions of our team. This is the big advantage in going with BBTS we can see real time sales numbers. If we used Kickstarter we would not know our sales per SKU until we finalized the backer kit post campaign. Just as an example, we’re moving about 300 pcs of the classic gold figures, while the more modern and Monster Force figures are doing 2-3 times that in sales. Normally you are not going to see sales figures like this from any company, but those who have followed our lines know that Fresh Monkey is not like most other companies. We pride ourselves on being transparent and work hard to produce smaller runs of factory produced figures to get them in your hands. We take feedback very seriously and try to incorporate that into the figures we make. All that said, sales data is super important, it helps us separate the voices (many of them being very loud) and how that really translates into actual sales. So what does all this mean. The bottom line is unless we see a huge uptick in sales, unlocking that many more stretch goals during this event is going to be a challenge. Maybe, like Kickstarter, we’ll see more of an uptick in sales as we get to the end of the event, but this is a new model for both us and BBTS. If you are thinking about a pre-order, don't wait. Get your orders in now. It would be great for folks to share on social and if you have connections for press, please reach out to them to see if they'll share or even contact us for an interview. BBTS loves Eagle Force and wants to support the line, but they need to see sales in the upwards of 400+ pcs per SKU to invest more in the line. As you have seen on our social media posts we have planned MANY classic gold figures, but even with all the paid marketing and PR we did this time, the current sales say more folks like the modern interpretations. Does that mean classic gold figures are dead? No, not at all but it does mean you might only see 1 or 2 classics figures per wave on a go forward. We doubled down on gold classic figures for the Eagle Force 40th Anniversary and we are committed to doing more, but unless we see a huge uptick in sales don’t expect to see them dominate future assortments. Keep that feedback coming! We'll plan on doing blog updates like this at least once a week, as well as post on our social channels. FMF |
10-20-2021, 09:30 PM | #5603 |
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To directly answer an earlier question, it’s hard to know whether the heads will work on MTF/Joes perfectly without having them in hand. However, with a little tweaking, they can EASILY be made to work, if my decade of experience tells me anything.
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10-20-2021, 09:32 PM | #5604 |
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10-20-2021, 09:35 PM | #5605 |
Father of Four
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The good news is he said he will continue the 80s gold beyond this event - but just 1-2 figure per wave. Seems like a good compromise. Last edited by Dod Ear; 10-20-2021 at 10:07 PM.. |
10-20-2021, 09:40 PM | #5606 |
Hisstank.Com General
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Awesome transparency!!!
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10-20-2021, 10:33 PM | #5607 |
Cobra Viper
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The transparency is great, and I big part of what I enjoy about Kickstarters.
Huh. I guess I wasn't alone on not being super psyched about the gold uniforms. Makes sense now why the younger portraits weren't available for purchase separately. All the novellas definitely have given me more affection for the original Eagle Force. But most the stories feature them in more traditional outfits. I would buy some EF MEGA Force and Agency/Spy Force versions. I am kinda tempted to pick up The Cat, Redwing and Capt Eagle, but probably means dropping some of the Kiloworgs and 13 Ghosts I already ordered. They did a good job with the accessories included with the gold guys though. |
10-20-2021, 10:35 PM | #5608 |
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10-20-2021, 11:07 PM | #5609 |
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10-21-2021, 12:18 AM | #5610 |
LNC Commander
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Wow is “transparency” the drinking game word for today or something? I say heck yes let’s drink!
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