(http://starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/img/20060713_figure_bg.jpg)
You beat me to that one. People bitched ad naseum about the ROTS cards but these are much much worse with 16! corners to keep mint(http://starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/img/20060713_figure_bg.jpg)
Let me be the first to say this:
Good thing I don't give a crap about card condition.
I also don't know why they are doing this, its not like you celebrate 30th anniveraries as a major milestone for everything else
I like the things I collect to be as asymmetrical as possible.
-It's very sleek.
-It's very sleek.
I'm not sure that you know what the definition of "sleek" is.
From the Macintosh 'Dictionary' program:
Sleek
Having an elegant, streamlined shape or design
Yes, it's sleek. :)
Well I'm an opener, so it doesn't really matter whether it's bent or not. But I still love the new look!
Well I'm an opener, so it doesn't really matter whether it's bent or not. But I still love the new look!
Not speaking to just you, "Roton7."
I know, but I'm just sayin'. :)
(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/3-06/2007Cards.jpg)
Where is the figure going to go? ???
Something tells me we are about to see the return of the smaller bubbles, taking up only the lower left hand corner... and the much rumored "coin/medallion" must be going on the circle/planet thingy?
From the Macintosh 'Dictionary' program:
Sleek
Having an elegant, streamlined shape or design
Yes, it's sleek. :)
Unique for sure, but it doesn't scream Star Wars...
Busy is a good word for that card :o With Matthew and Brad I agree, it's a hodge podge design. I'm no designer type but it looks like they had a meeting, looked at a bunch of different designs, took all the elements they liked and forced them together.
"We chose a contemporary styling to the logo for a fresh look at the brand, and created a distressed architecture to celebrate its long heritage," says Pilot partner Chris Ford. "It was important to deliver an ownable shape to the action figure packaging in particular." adds Concannon.
Quote"We chose a contemporary styling to the logo for a fresh look at the brand, and created a distressed architecture to celebrate its long heritage," says Pilot partner Chris Ford. "It was important to deliver an ownable shape to the action figure packaging in particular." adds Concannon.
Apparently they put a lot of thought in, yet didn't notice that it's just generally wobbly looking. Of course, maybe this guy's just going over my head. After all, I don't know what "ownable" even means.
i like but since i open my figs it realy doesnt affect me that much ;)
Being a carded collector, I don't really like it. It may grow on me but right now it sucks. I can see the package mangled already.
Quote"We chose a contemporary styling to the logo for a fresh look at the brand, and created a distressed architecture to celebrate its long heritage," says Pilot partner Chris Ford. "It was important to deliver an ownable shape to the action figure packaging in particular." adds Concannon.
Apparently they put a lot of thought in, yet didn't notice that it's just generally wobbly looking. Of course, maybe this guy's just going over my head. After all, I don't know what "ownable" even means.
Well if ownable means collectible, they clearly don't get it and aren't collectors themselves. Presumably they want people to want to collect these on cards. Again the point about too many corners. Also look at the VOTC/VTSC, those are ownable - classic, clean and even without the included star case would be easy to maintain in MOMC condition. Not getting it.
Quote"We chose a contemporary styling to the logo for a fresh look at the brand, and created a distressed architecture to celebrate its long heritage," says Pilot partner Chris Ford. "It was important to deliver an ownable shape to the action figure packaging in particular." adds Concannon.
Apparently they put a lot of thought in, yet didn't notice that it's just generally wobbly looking. Of course, maybe this guy's just going over my head. After all, I don't know what "ownable" even means.
Well if ownable means collectible, they clearly don't get it and aren't collectors themselves. Presumably they want people to want to collect these on cards. Again the point about too many corners. Also look at the VOTC/VTSC, those are ownable - classic, clean and even without the included star case would be easy to maintain in MOMC condition. Not getting it.
Chris Ford sounds like a dime-a-dozen MBA. What the hell does it mean to "create[ ] a distressed architecture to celebrate its long heritage"?
Huh?
First, what does "distressed architecture" mean, and second, what does it have to do with anything's "long heritage"?
Chris Ford is a douche, but I personally don't care about the packaging because I'm an opener.
Oddly enough I'm more into buying these for the coins...possibly. Those may pull a few more purchases from me that I otherwise would not get. For example, I want the Kenobi and R2-D2 more for the coin than the actual figure itself.
Still, to claim that it adds value to the figure makes no sense whatsoever.
Star Wars figures do not need pack ins, plain and simple.
I can tell you one thing, zinc (die cast) is not cheap anymore - those coins that Hasbro is releasing next year with every figure aren't cheap.
You may even notice a price increase next year (see EE.com).
Now that I've seen the first two waves packaged with this new packaging, it's not that bad. It's really growing on me.
now that we got information about some more cards, i begin to like these cars more and more
I like the new look of the cards, but they seem to be much smaller. Maybe that is just a design effect.
will these new cards fit in a Pro-Tech Star case? There are now 4 different star cases so does anyone know which star case?