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07-29-2012, 03:40 PM | #1 |
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Why can't a person just walk into a store and buy a decent toy anymore? Am I the only person who feels this way? Is it the economy?
It seems that anything available at mass retail sucks and isn't worth buying, and if it is, it's impossible to find. And it's not just G.I. Joe, its all actionfigure toy lines. I didn't mean for this thread to come across as a rant, I just want a logical conversation and maybe some answers.
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07-29-2012, 03:46 PM | #2 |
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I remember times when one could go into Sears, JC Penny or even a freaking grocery store and find a beautiful selection of Joes, Transformers, Star Wars, and even off-brand toys. Now toys can only be found at retail at basically the big three discount stores, TRU and occasionally places like Ross or Dollar General. And the selection almost uniformly sucks.
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07-29-2012, 03:47 PM | #3 |
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Scalpers.....and a lot more "adult" toy collectors.
i really don't want to get into the case assortment thing...
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07-29-2012, 03:50 PM | #4 |
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Is it that the toy industry is in decline like the rest of America? Do the manufacturers think that just because the economy is bad no one wants to buy toys anymore unless is tied to a movie? Even when there is a good movie, the toys based on it suck (Avengers, Dark Night Rises).
Is it because of video games?
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07-29-2012, 03:56 PM | #5 |
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It's not "one" reason. you can be sure of that. There are new corporate models, new shipping practices, world manufacturing and shipping issues, short term loan changes, on-demand ordering and shipping problems, bad economy, burgeoning economies that are increasing prices, increase in commodity prices, changing social behavior, etc etc etc....
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07-29-2012, 04:00 PM | #6 |
I'm here for Cobra.
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I miss the late mid 80's and early 90's :(
My kid years. As far as what happen well video games took a lot of business away from toys. But this is just one thing of many. Gi Joe doesn't have the support it did, cartoons commercials for the toys and figures. And Hasbro can't convince retailers to give up shelf space like it used to. |
07-29-2012, 04:08 PM | #7 |
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Its like kids today just don't like the things their parents did. I know I loved a nice box car, or a cup and ball, or a howdy dowdy. I'm sure all the people who are on the hoop and stick forums feel the same way as we do. WORST. GENERATION. EVER.
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07-29-2012, 04:09 PM | #8 |
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Retail has no faith in toylines so they don't bother stocking them much anymore. Plus, Hsbro does not pretty piss poor job on case assortments, which really doesn't help.
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07-29-2012, 04:13 PM | #9 |
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Buying toys isn't like buying milk or bread.;)
Every time I go into a store I have resonable expectation that the pegs or shelves won't have what I want or what I am currently looking but I check anyways just in case...because you never know. Yeah it would be nice to go back to glory days of the 80's and 90's of finding toys but even then I never found everything.Too many collectors and "scalpers", poor distribution, no cartoons to "sell toys",the higher cost of plastic ...the only saving grace is buying on online if your lucky. At least there are options.
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07-29-2012, 05:28 PM | #10 |
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Why can't a person just walk into a store and buy a decent toy anymore? Am I the only person who feels this way? Is it the economy?
It seems that anything available at mass retail sucks and isn't worth buying, and if it is, it's impossible to find. And it's not just G.I. Joe, its all actionfigure toy lines. I didn't mean for this thread to come across as a rant, I just want a logical conversation and maybe some answers. I think it's mostly the economy, toy companies cutting corners to squeeze every penny they can get for the product that's released. G.I. Joe was famous for it's articulation over other brands and now they have lowered themselves to Kenner Star Wars articulation. Toys just aren't what they were when we were growing up. We can't blame video games because sales in that market have been declining for the past 9 months. I really hate that The Big Three only carry toys if a Movie is attached to the product. Every year since Spiderman (2002) it's the same cycle. "oh look, _____has a movie, order a bazillion." Then when the toys don't sell to their expectations, the retailers lose faith in the brand. It doesn't help that what toy companies release is crap (Green Lantern is a perfect example). What pisses me off the most is all those damn Ben Over 10, Bukkake, Mighty Morphine Power Flamers and what ever Japanese ripoff gets all the attention and end up on clearance like the rest of $#!+ out there. Long story short, things in this country will never be the same as it was in the 70s-80s. I fear the future of not only toys but everything in general.
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