[SmokeBellew]

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Originally Posted by AxonRey

My frustration with this line/ team is almost comical at this point. It has to be on purpose, right? Or their budget is trash.

People say that lines like retro don't take away from the budget of other lines, but just knowing how budgets work, I believe that to be bullshit

Yeah, it all comes out of the same pot. I assume it's a budget for all Star Wars merch that then gets subdivided between the different product lines. Action figures/"boy's toys" probably gets the short end in general. And of that, you know more more kid-oriented stuff and probably Black Series get the lion's share, and the rest is divvied up between TVC and Retro. Personally, I'm out of TVC, as retro satisfies my nostalgia fix for Star Wars (it's something I didn't even realize was what I wanted all along), so TVC can die for all I care.

[IzzyTipsy]

Retro doesn't take the budget away.

That said, if it's cheaper to make I'm sure as a company Hasbro looks and goes "if we can get enough people to buy 5POA Retro figures why waste money on TVC". Like before when the torched TVC for 5POA figures.

[AxonRey]

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Originally Posted by SmokeBellew

Yeah, it all comes out of the same pot. I assume it's a budget for all Star Wars merch that then gets subdivided between the different product lines. Action figures/"boy's toys" probably gets the short end in general. And of that, you know more more kid-oriented stuff and probably Black Series get the lion's share, and the rest is divvied up between TVC and Retro. Personally, I'm out of TVC, as retro satisfies my nostalgia fix for Star Wars (it's something I didn't even realize was what I wanted all along), so TVC can die for all I care.

Obviously, people like it. I'm not nostalgia driven, so it might as well be trash to me. In fact, it is trash to me. But, then again, I don't have much use for about 75% of TVC product either

[THEDARKONE508]

i dont get any excitement over "the original 96". george lucas pretty much killed any nostalgia i had for star wars with the prequels.

i just want cool characters in tvc from the stuff i like and it's not happening.

like, mandalorian is a really great show, yet, let's keep releasing more clones. no rebels figures exist in tvc, yet every other star wars tv show and movie has something.

[SmokeBellew]

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Originally Posted by AxonRey

Obviously, people like it. I'm not nostalgia driven, so it might as well be trash to me. In fact, it is trash to me. But, then again, I don't have much use for about 75% of TVC product either

Yeah, I'm becoming more and more nostalgia toy focused, and caring less about articulation and sculpting. When I first got into this as an adult with the 2000 ARAHC toys, it was because they reminded me of the toys I grew up with. Originally, all I wanted was the toys I had back then, but new copies without the wear and cost associated with "vintage". Somewhere along the way, I got caught up in the "bigger, better, more articulation" thing. Part of that was because my son was younger and I could play with the toys with him. It took the Star Wars Retro and then the O-ring guys to remind me what I wanted in the first place. I don't "play" with these things anymore, or do dios and take photos--I don't really even pose them much anymore--and I don't have the time or interest for customizing, so old school toys are best for what I need. It doesn't hurt that I can generally pick up Retro Star Wars guys for around $7-8 bucks if I'm patient. Buying toys at toy prices is a big part of the hobby for me. The figures themselves matter, of course, but it's more about the feelings I get from them the figure itself...if that makes sense.

[AxonRey]

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Originally Posted by SmokeBellew

Yeah, I'm becoming more and more nostalgia toy focused, and caring less about articulation and sculpting. When I first got into this as an adult with the 2000 ARAHC toys, it was because they reminded me of the toys I grew up with. Originally, all I wanted was the toys I had back then, but new copies without the wear and cost associated with "vintage". Somewhere along the way, I got caught up in the "bigger, better, more articulation" thing. Part of that was because my son was younger and I could play with the toys with him. It took the Star Wars Retro and then the O-ring guys to remind me what I wanted in the first place. I don't "play" with these things anymore, or do dios and take photos--I don't really even pose them much anymore--and I don't have the time or interest for customizing, so old school toys are best for what I need. It doesn't hurt that I can generally pick up Retro Star Wars guys for around $7-8 bucks if I'm patient. Buying toys at toy prices is a big part of the hobby for me. The figures themselves matter, of course, but it's more about the feelings I get from them the figure itself...if that makes sense.

I totally get it- toys should be fun to the buyer, however they define it.

[THEDARKONE508]

And hasbro doesnt really make toy buying much cun for me. Paz viszla is the last hasbro toy ive paid for in months.

Well. Preordered.

[Cross Country]

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Originally Posted by SmokeBellew

Personally, I'm out of TVC, as retro satisfies my nostalgia fix for Star Wars (it's something I didn't even realize was what I wanted all along), so TVC can die for all I care.

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Originally Posted by SmokeBellew

Yeah, I'm becoming more and more nostalgia toy focused, and caring less about articulation and sculpting. When I first got into this as an adult with the 2000 ARAHC toys, it was because they reminded me of the toys I grew up with. Originally, all I wanted was the toys I had back then, but new copies without the wear and cost associated with "vintage". Somewhere along the way, I got caught up in the "bigger, better, more articulation" thing. Part of that was because my son was younger and I could play with the toys with him. It took the Star Wars Retro and then the O-ring guys to remind me what I wanted in the first place. I don't "play" with these things anymore, or do dios and take photos--I don't really even pose them much anymore--and I don't have the time or interest for customizing, so old school toys are best for what I need. It doesn't hurt that I can generally pick up Retro Star Wars guys for around $7-8 bucks if I'm patient. Buying toys at toy prices is a big part of the hobby for me. The figures themselves matter, of course, but it's more about the feelings I get from them the figure itself...if that makes sense.

I feel you brother. Amen.