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Other Toy Lines / Re: McFarlane Figures (formerly Movie Maniacs 6)
« on: October 16, 2003, 05:45 PM »
HMI try KB.

Just saw one a week or so ago at a KB here.

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Modern Trading / Freeze Frame Sandtrooper
« on: October 16, 2003, 05:33 PM »
I have an extra anyone want to trade for him?

LMK

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Saga '02-'04 / Re: Retail 2004: How Do You Think It Will Be?
« on: October 16, 2003, 05:06 PM »
I think it'll pan out a lot like this year...

The first half will suffer retail wise as it usually does in an off movie year. And of course will pick up towards the 3rd qtr...

Although Hasbro might do well in the first few qtrs w/ the new wave concept... but that won't last long.

I some how found 95% at retail this year... though it took a whole lot more hunting and time consumption.
Some I saw once and once only...


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Saga '02-'04 / Re: Talkin' about the toy business...
« on: October 16, 2003, 04:45 PM »
 ::) What was that about rhetoric?

Also Jesse you may run a "different" ship here at JD...

But please do not make idle threats Jesse such these...

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So don't take it so much as me trying to analyze you, but me trying to make sure the warnings are clear as to how we operate here.

If you are threatening to ban me on my view and opinion of things say so... Just don't dance around it and call it anything else... If this is at all a communist community that only the powers that be have a right to express their (personal & non-personal) views and opinions well then maybe it's not as friendly as it lays claim to be Jesse...

See I can dish the heat and can take it as well Jesse... although it seems you might have a problem doing the same.

Although an earlier comment I made was belittling you... your comments on me self ananlyzing myself (because Lord knows no one likes me) are just mere words of advice? No there's no negativity in that comment...

And yes Jesse that is clearly what were hinting at earlier in a comment you made.

So when you decide to throw your power into action Jesse will it be because I could keep up in a debate w/ you... that fact that YOU yourself don't like me... or that you'll just use the easy way out and go for trolling?


Let me just tell you that in my time as ADMIN at Trade Fed I never ousted someone simply because I didn't like them, they could keep up on a debate, or because I merely had the pwer to do so...







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He's the only one I'm in the air about...  :-\
I don't him hate by far but he doesn't get me overly excited as all the others in the wave.

I gotta agree w/ Nick and say army building w/ him would be a little weird... Though I'd love having multiples of that base he comes w/  ;)

It's funny how closely he and the Space Trooper resemble one another.

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Saga '02-'04 / Re: Talkin' about the toy business...
« on: October 16, 2003, 10:34 AM »
At this point JediMac can lock it away...

BUT when I need a therapist Jesse I'll get one...
In this hobby I have made a few very good friends...
That is good enough for me. I need not be a star and loved by all. That was never my intention.

See like I said I can stare that monster down. I'm much more in tune w/ the realization of me not making the world like/love me... Just don't try to psychoanalyze me thank you very much.

Thanks Nick for those numbers.

I guess people also can not see why we are getting such items as the TRU multipacks... Those are money makers for Hasbro any way you slice and dice it. The molds are all made therefore at this point those sets equal a pure cash cow.

They help recoup some of the money that's been lost in the last couple of years.

Regardless of what one thinks this is a tough line for Hasbro and YES LF is not that easy on their approvals. Some pieces may get brought back to them three times before they are ok to run w/...
I have a good friend that worked at LF and told me about some of how they work...

As I mentioned over head for a company like Hasbro is much bigger than any of the smaller companies. Hasbro has different divisions around the world...

To me it's apples and oranges...

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That Obi Wan has such an incredible sculpt face wise...
Definitely the best AOTC version yet.

I am anxiously awaiting these to hit US soil...

I'm loving these nice pack ins (i.e. Obi & Elan)...

Hasbro will send me to the poor house yet. Just watch...

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Feel free to move the above as you wish...

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It has good qualities and bad...  It's not perfect like it could've been.

That's the whole morale of it all Jesse in a nutshell (and my point in the first place)... Life itself is far from perfect. I think that to trivialize something as minute as toys is just well...

I think I did mention that I do respect people's opinions... though people's constant negativity is a whole other thing... Again it's your choice and opinion... and it's also mine to comment on them.

You know how us "easily riled up" folk can get...  ::)

You also have to respect my opinions Jesse as I do yours... Is that correct Jesse?

Just as I think my opinion is "the only" from a lot of what you haven written you feel the same about yours.

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Well, please refrain from belittling how people collect or what they do with their free time Jimmy

As I have said elsewhere Jesse let's skip the melodrama... and theatrics...

The litigious society that has been created has made any form of criticism be it constructive or otherwise... slander, libel, etc...

Heaven forbid anyone dare step on anyone's toes in the times...

OK, Jesse since that seemed to touch a sore spot... forgive me.

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Believe me, you're not alone in having those feelings when you see certain names or sig lines.

There is at the very least one mutual feeling we then share Jesse.

If there is some other insinuation hidden amongst this well... You're not telling me something I don't know. Difference is I can stare that monster in the face because I know he exists...

I guess in the end I'm just a sheep because in a year of 40+ figures I can find only a handful that are not really needed in the line IMHO.

Or maybe I know they are just toys...
Nothing more... Nothing less...

Removable objects... at the end of the day.


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Saga '02-'04 / Re: New Hoth 4-pack!
« on: October 15, 2003, 11:41 PM »
The corrected horn has also shown up here in MA... so they do exist for those looking or wanting.

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If I respond yet again to you Jesse you'll only go back to the same rhetoric that you have tried going back to in the first place... So like you said the point is moot...

I bow out gracefully you know more than I... etc... etc...
There Jesse I admit it...  ::)

My one question is this... (and I'm fairly certain I'm not alone)

Why do you collect Star Wars?

Besides the constant badgering on this forum alone (nevermind all the others) you criticize and critique the line like no one else I have seen do before... and I have seen and known some very a**l retentive people.

Truth be told but every time I see your sig line I just think... Why...

You have every right to your opinion and I give you that... though it's constantly "these figures look good BUT..."  :-\

They are toys again... Nothing more... Nothing less...
I know you could say well I should expect more for my money... or look at what BBI does... Well then someone could just as easily turn and say maybe your dollar is much better spent on Dragon, BBI, 21st Century, etc...

And not to be a smart a** but since you critique everything in the forums around the net maybe doing that in your own column on this page would serve a better purpose...

And to Matt...

Yes, I think the Smits figure is dead on IMHO. The only thing that is slightly off is the skin coloring but again... nothing earth shattering.


And just for the record four of the eight lines below were short lived in comparison to the many lines of today...

-TMNT
-Transformers
-M.A.S.K.
-Sectaurs
-G.I. Joe
-Star Wars
-Indiana Jones
-Starcom

Well, I had 'snipped' a couple comments out, but Jesse already quoted them back in, so you can have them back now...   :P  You guys can argue the toy business all you want, but let's leave the personal crap out of this thread please.  Take it to PMs.  Thanks!...
- JediMAC

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Again... There is absolutely no way that Joe has strived as long as it has just on the support of children alone.
If there wasn't a very strong collector it'd have be done w/ by now.

When the annual Joe con is held kids are not the reason behind such an event... that is (more than) a predominant adult convention. Yes, during our younger days (we) the kids were strongly into that line because of the strong backing of the cartoon series... Now realize those kids of yesterday are now todays collectors buying up more Joes than any child anywhere.

We also had less choice as children when we were young... and almost none when the line was introduced in '64. These days however there are more toys than we can think of... that are far more technological than we ever had. Kids are into whatever is hot... and in the kid world Joe isn't what I call hot... Not by far...

As for my comment on Hasbro having a larger market that is meant in other ways than taken obviously.
They make far bigger production runs and much more product in a year than any of the smaller companies...
Does any of the se companies such as Dragon, BBI, etc make 40+ figures a year... not including accessories and other products for the line? I'm 95% sure they do not.

These smaller companies have the advantage that they can put a tad bit more time into the pieces they do release in a year span.

Do you really think their costs are higher? That is absolutely untrue... Their all around overhead is far less than that of Hasbro. Leaving out the expensive license that SW is...

Hasbro has much more to lose money wise when a product fails... That is I think very obvious...

Star Wars has lost money in the last few years that is the truth... but that was due to a few reasons... Over production, lack of interest, and (yes you may not want to hear it but) the high licensing fees are just a few of those reasons.

Hasbro paid out close to 600 million until E1 and then a 2.5% royalty and 10% of Hasbro. These numbers were renegotiated w/ the extension but still...

That's quite a taking...

Also I do realize it's BBI on the shelves at TRU now. That was a mere slip of the tongue... Again it's pretty much rotting there along w/ a plethora of 21st Century product.





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JD Sports Forum! / Re: Batter up! The JD Baseball Thread...
« on: October 15, 2003, 08:37 PM »
Kick
A**
SOX came through for us MA guys   :-*

Sorry Nick  ;)

Tomorrow should be an incredible game of baseball.
I usually never watch bb on TV just because... honestly it bores me. I can't watch a regular season game... I'm a much more in the park kinda guy.

Though these play offs have me glued. Tomorrow will be the one to watch!

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I wouldn't say that Joe handily rules boys toys market at all...

The boys toy market is huge and Transformers and Bay Blades make up a huge chunk of that markets sales now.
Joe is much like Star Wars in that it has a huge collector backing.

Do you honestly believe that kids have supported that line since it's incarnation? No possible way... And like Nick pointed out Joe is owned completely by Hasbro.

They can do whatever they like for that line and no questions are asked whatsoever. Remember that Lucasfilm must approve what Hasbro does to the SW line...


Aside from all that Nick mentioned... (which is 100% true) on the cost involved w/ Hasbro and SW... Hasbro also has a much larger market than any of the smaller companies such as Dragon, BBI, etc...

Those companies cater to a smaller market and have made a niche in that market. I know here Dragon and the rest are not flying off shelves at  TRU in any rate fatser than any new SW piece does. I don't take away that they do make some great pieces... but just as in the SW line I have seen a lot of the same old, same old... and some stuff I wouldn't touch.

As Nick pointed out 2003 has been a pretty good year for SW minus a handful of misses... and a handful out of 50+ figures (including multi packs, scenes, etc) is not a huge amount in my book.







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Saga '02-'04 / Talkin' about the toy business...
« on: October 15, 2003, 05:12 PM »
These posts have been split off from the "New Carded Pics, FC#4..." thread into their own special place here in this new "Talkin' about the toy business..." thread.  Enjoy, and try to keep it civil PLEASE!
- JediMAC



I think them being toys and nothing more... they are all incredible looking pieces of plastic.

I have seen Hasbro just get progressively better since launching this line in '95... Granted we get the occasional "not worth their plastic" figures here and there but no one's perfect.

It's one of the longest running modern lines... (*note I said one)

The likenesses get better and better (IMHO) and if anyone that truly knows about toys... also knows that likenesses in this scale are not very easy to pull.
Though today's technology has allowed a lot more room for accuracy...

The only complaint I can see is in movie the figures lack that special-ness than in non movie. POJT was a tremendous line general... next year looks to top that...
One thing most don't take into account is in a movie (sad as it may sound) it's usually quantity over quality for Hasbro.

They are looking to crank out the most product they can and thus figures tend to suffer a little less... but even then we still get some of the best 4" scale toys out there.

GI Joe has an extensive line though I don't find the line overly impressive IMHO. Some of the smaller companies producing military make some impressive vehicles... though their figures aren't blow me over material.

I do acknowledge the articulation and accessories are pretty slick in some... though face and body wise strip them down and they are nothing to really look at...

I'm biased? Maybe some would say but I am a huge fan of toys in general. I may only own and dedicate my time and money to Star Wars (as a whole) I do very much like other toy lines in general...

Some great lines would be Simpsons, Muppets, even LOTR (though I have never even watched a minute of either movie).

At the end of the day it's plastic men and women and that's all to me... I know that Allen Hassenfeld does not have a gun to my head.

I think before some get to ever truly enjoy the line it'll be done w/... then what???

This wave shown today...

Very cool... and all must haves IMHO

I know this post will most likely get a snide remark or two (or three) but hey I figure it's my opinion to voice as others have and will  :-*


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