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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Official Movie Thread
« on: April 23, 2012, 09:16 AM »
Quote from: iFett on April 20, 2012, 11:38 PM
Saw Cabin in the Woods today....I've been hooked on horror flicks since I was a boy.  This movie was no different until almost the end.  Nice twist!   >:D
All Whedonites must see this film!  His style is all over it!  Spoilers:
I literally LOL'd at the unicorn scene.  Absolute genius!

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2011 "Vintage" Collection Wave 11 - ROTJ Deleted Scenes
« on: April 23, 2012, 08:52 AM »
I almost feel like Hasbro had way higher expectations for TPM3d than either Fox or Lucasfilm did.  They seem pleased with the take, but it seems like Hasbro overestimated what this was all about. 

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Discover the Force / Movie Heroes / Re: Movie Heroes Battle Packs
« on: April 19, 2012, 07:34 AM »
That does look nice, but not the direction I think we need to go. 

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The Black Series 3.75" Figures / Re: The Future of Star Wars Collecting?
« on: April 19, 2012, 07:33 AM »
Quote from: CHEWIE on April 18, 2012, 05:05 PM
Social media research, like what Evolve24 does, could benefit Hasbro.

Or, they could just hire a handful of collectors as advisors.  Or just read the dang forums more.  It shouldn't be that difficult.
I have said this for the longest time.  These companies could easily grab a ton of free feedback if they would just share what they are doing during the development process.  That would have prevented that horrible action feature Jedi Luke from proceeding.

I think if they just took a pause with each character, mad sure that they create an "ultimate" version, that they wouldn't need to waste money retooling, and they could just reissue.  They could change the cardback to grab the carded completionists.  They don't need three different versions of TPM Obi-Wan.  Even if they wanted him in multiple SKUs, an "ultimate" version of him would suffice for this purpose.

I keep coming back to the scope of the line being the cause of these issues.  I look at the new Barada and Evezan figures.  I feel like Hasbro took their time with these two (unlike all other past incarnations of these two) and delivered what no reasonable person could complain about. 

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The Black Series 3.75" Figures / Re: The Future of Star Wars Collecting?
« on: April 18, 2012, 11:22 AM »
One thing that many fail to realize when discussing this topic is that is very easy to see NOW that "figure x" is all over the pegs and isn't selling, but the decision on what goes into an assortment isn't made while product is on the shelf; it is made months before.  Those revision cases were picked before the first waves of TPM hit, most likely. 

Now if you say "Anyone should know that these would be a stinker," I would totally agree with you.

I think that Hasbro needs to work harder at market research, and some shakeups need to happen with the way they pick product.

I think the biggest change is to stop the bloat.  We don't need 70 figures a year.  Why don't we try 24 for the whole year, sprinkle them out over a 12-month period.  This would allow them to recoup some of their tooling dollars, and they can also take the time to make sure all 24 are completely up to snuff. 

There was a sort of successful toy line years ago that did this.  Maybe you've heard of G.I. Joe?  We knew (mostly) what was coming for the year from the cardbacks, and I while I was CRAZY for that stuff, I don't recall a single figure during my time collecting that I was not able to find.  Sure, some may have taken a few months to find, but I did eventually get them all.

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Joe Defender / Re: GI Joe Retaliation - The Toys!
« on: April 13, 2012, 03:02 PM »
Careful not to take out an eye.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2012 "Vintage" Collection Wave 12
« on: April 11, 2012, 09:19 AM »
The shoulders on this Luke are... odd. 

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Joe Defender / Re: G.I. Joe Renegades - Cartoon Series
« on: April 11, 2012, 09:14 AM »
I thought I read something about that.  I just saw it on YouTube and it is pretty funny, but hopefully it means that they will continue this in some way as has been rumored.  I really liked this show.

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Joe Defender / Re: G.I. Joe Renegades - Cartoon Series
« on: April 9, 2012, 08:44 AM »
Agreed.  It is too bad though, because I think the show is really good.  The writing isn't as "adult" as Resolute was, but it is a notch better than the ARAH stuff.  I love the art style too.  I have a few episodes left and I will be sad to be finished with it.

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The Black Series 3.75" Figures / Re: The Future of Star Wars Collecting?
« on: April 3, 2012, 08:29 AM »
I think I'd almost want to go in the opposite direction...  Smaller figures, sort of like the MASK figure scale, and more a focus on vehicles.  They are sort of doing this with the Jedi Force line (which are pretty darn cool toys), but I am think of a more realistic aesthetic.  Figures wouldn't need SA, just focus on making them work with the vehicles.

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Joe Defender / Re: G.I. Joe Renegades - Cartoon Series
« on: April 3, 2012, 08:19 AM »
Thought I'd bump this to mention that I noticed the availability of this show on Netfix streaming.  I can FINALLY catch up on the last few episodes I missed!

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Do You Have Pets?
« on: March 29, 2012, 09:56 AM »
Sorry to hear the news.   :(

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Defender Wishlists 2012 Discussion
« on: March 22, 2012, 10:27 AM »
Quote from: scockery on March 22, 2012, 08:11 AM
Quote from: Qui-Gon Jim on March 22, 2012, 07:29 AM
They could literally do a whole wave of different Padme costumes.

And they'd sit on store pegs for years.  ;)
Quite true!  I certainly wasn't stumping for something like this, LOL!

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Defender Wishlists 2012 Discussion
« on: March 22, 2012, 07:35 AM »
Quote from: JACKOFTRADZE on March 21, 2012, 05:17 PM
Maybe it's me but I am still happy with the 2004 version of Coleman. Don't get me wrong I think he would be sweet SA upgraded but I really want to see a new Plo and Saesee first. But it seems that a legless old dude and an old hag librarian are ruling the fan request lists. It's pretty funny when you think about it, out of the thousands of characters the spaced aged senior citizens are winning.

Coming in 2013:
Discover the EP2 Elderly #1: Cleigg Larrs with spring loaded hand shaking action and light up hover Lark with exciting Cleigg catch phrases!!!

Discover the EP2 Elderly #2:  Jocasta Nu with real rubbery skin and brittle bone breaking joint action!
"Geriatric Rage!!"

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Defender Wishlists 2012 Discussion
« on: March 22, 2012, 07:29 AM »
They could literally do a whole wave of different Padme costumes.

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