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Other Collectibles / Re: Playskool Line: Do You Collect...Opinions?
« on: April 2, 2004, 05:20 PM »And Cory...if it weren't for the adult collector would these new 2 packs even be coming out? I seriously doubt it...face it Star Wars is collectible more than any other movie franchise in history. All things Star Wars sell even if they are absolute Crap, people still buy them. I could sell a turd in a package if it had Star Wars on the outside. The fact that a lot of 1st Generation OT people have or are just starting to have kids means this line has legs and I for one am glad that the Collectors have made these new two packs a reality, because if it weren't for them, there wouldn't even be new Playskool for the babies to even think of playing with
That's exactly it. No company in it's right mind makes toys based off 25yr old movies for toddlers alone. Hasbro is BANKING on the fact that the OT generation will pick this up for their kids! That's the whole point of the line!
It's so kids can play with Star Wars just like their Daddies (or Mommies for you ladies out there
) EVERY collector friend I know who has kids bought these for their kids, and almost every non-SW collecting friend I know who has kids did NOT buy these (nor did most even know they existed). In those cases where a non-SW collecting friend with kids did happen to buy the figures for their kids, the kids hated them (or at least never really played with them).
That point just reinforces my belief that little kids without a Star Wars influence don't like OT SW toys (and realistically, why would they like toys from a 25yr old movie?). Case in point, my nephews:
Neither my brother-in-law nor sister-in-law really like SW. Sure, they've seen it a few times and can recognize most of the main Characters, but they don't like SW the way I do. For Christmas 2002, I picked up some of the PlaySkool for my then 4 and 6 yrs old nephews. The PlaySkool stuff pretty much went untouched while the Yu-Gi-YO stuff was a HUGE hit.
Meanwhile, the 4-yr old of a good friend who collects SW stuff goes NO WHERE without his PlaySkool Hoth Luke and Wampa. He loves it because his dad loves it and he wants to be like his dad.
I find it hard to believe that ANY Pre-Schooler is sitting at home upset because all the adult collectors bought all the SW PlaySkool toys. It doesn't work like that. Chances are ANY 3-5yr old who could recognize ANY of the characters has a Mom/Dad who is into SW too.
That brings us back to the "adult" collectors buying up "baby toys".
IMHO, so what if a few people with no kids pick up the PlaySkool line too? I can't see how selling MORE product is bad for a toy line, especially in today's "Here with the summer movie, out by the fall" toy attitude.
Realistically, without those collectors demanding for this line to return, I doubt it would have "for the sake of the kiddies". That's why the Jurrasic Park PlaySkool line TANKED. There was NO collector support. The kids didn't want it, there was no parent support, so it died.
I guess my point is that to believe that "adult" collectors buying up SW PlaySkool items is somehow morally wrong or somehow depriving little kids is something I find silly.
Jeff
