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10-22-2020, 11:52 AM | #24331 |
He Who Remains
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I hate the term "money grab." Anything for sale is by its very reason for being a money grab. We need to get rid of bullshit euphemisms. Besides, there's another way of looking at this: people wanted these figures, so Hasbro re-released them, but if they'd just dropped them as the same thing all over again, nerds would've pissed & moaned about it because that's what nerds do. About everything. All the goddamned time. It's basically a no-win situation for Hasbro, so might as well fuck those nerds and make some extra money. "Here are your precious fuckin toys. Only this time we're glazing 'em, charging more for 'em AND making them exclusive to a shitshow. Enjoy the hobby, you whiny pricks!"
Don't like the term money grab? Fine. It's a re-painted Walmart Exclusive. You can draw your own conclusions from that one sentence alone. Edit* Also, if they had just re-released Mando, Cara, Death Troopers, & Remnant Stormtroopers without the re-paints, like you suggested, very few would be complaining. Those were hard to find the first time around, and I never saw any of those at a retail store, and even online they were hard to find at a retail price.
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10-22-2020, 12:26 PM | #24332 |
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Damn smoke, you just hang on these boards to roast us collectors anymore. Well, they always say, we only roast the one's we love.
Don't like the term money grab? Fine. It's a re-painted Walmart Exclusive. You can draw your own conclusions from that one sentence alone. Edit* Also, if they had just re-released Mando, Cara, Death Troopers, & Remnant Stormtroopers without the re-paints, like you suggested, very few would be complaining. Those were hard to find the first time around, and I never saw any of those at a retail store, and even online they were hard to find at a retail price. Whiny-ass adult collectors take the fun out this hobby, man, why not roast the silly shitheads? They just can't let anything slide. They got the figure the first go-round? Good for them! So why they gotta bitch about a re-release? It's good for those who didn't and harms them in no way, but still they gotta complain about it. It has helped create what we see now, where any re-release has to be different in some way, all to placate the hardcore collectors and not butt-hurt their feels.
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10-22-2020, 12:39 PM | #24333 |
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Smoke! How's it going buddy? Any milfs stopping you in Target to ask what color panties they should buy?
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10-22-2020, 12:46 PM | #24334 |
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lol Nope, these days they just cut to the chase and ask for my credit history. I did have one gal notice I was buying Target brand contact lens shit and ask if I liked it. I dunno if that was a sign of interest or just another value-conscious consumer trying to save a buck so she could buy more knee-high high heeled boots. Boy, chicks sure love those things (me too though)! They just can't wait for fall to break 'em out...even when it's an indian summer autumn and it's 80-something degrees out.
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10-22-2020, 12:49 PM | #24335 |
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Nah, we always complain. You'd have the hardcore collectors (and scalpy fucks) pissed off about the re-release devaluing their "originals." Then you'd also get those particularly delusional weirdos bitching about how the re-releases took the places of something else we could've gotten. The ol' "It took a spot in the (mythical) assortment!" whine. They'd then, of course, rattle off their own personal wishlist of shit they're convinced would've been made if it wasn't for these re-releases.
Whiny-ass adult collectors take the fun out this hobby, man, why not roast the silly shitheads? They just can't let anything slide. They got the figure the first go-round? Good for them! So why they gotta bitch about a re-release? It's good for those who didn't and harms them in no way, but still they gotta complain about it. It has helped create what we see now, where any re-release has to be different in some way, all to placate the hardcore collectors and not butt-hurt their feels.
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10-22-2020, 12:53 PM | #24336 |
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In fairness, I was totally giving you a ton of shit over "money grab." ;)
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10-22-2020, 01:04 PM | #24337 |
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I thought it was wild that I had never heard of these and found them.
I was still needing 1 Mando and 1 Remnant Trooper to open so this works I guess. My son said someone had ripped the display and turned it inside out putting the figures inside trying to hide them. Weird. I’ve never understood that. If you want it buy it.
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10-22-2020, 01:04 PM | #24338 |
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I'll just use the term "marked-up repaint shit-hole exclusive" instead? Hows that suit you?
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10-22-2020, 01:33 PM | #24339 |
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I thought it was wild that I had never heard of these and found them.
I was still needing 1 Mando and 1 Remnant Trooper to open so this works I guess. My son said someone had ripped the display and turned it inside out putting the figures inside trying to hide them. Weird. I’ve never understood that. If you want it buy it.
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10-22-2020, 05:23 PM | #24340 |
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Wow guys, check your Target clearance sections. They had the Han Bespin/Luke Bespin/Lando General/C-3P0 vintage collection wave for 3.89. They rang up 0.00 but they wouldn't give em to me for free.
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