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30th Anniversary Collection / Re: Defender Wishlists 2007 Discussion
« on: July 16, 2007, 03:41 PM »
So how big is the list that gets presented to Hasbro at Comic Con? 10 figures?
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Thanks for the reply Nicklab. Those are good points that you make and I'm not saying at all that I disagree with Hasbro needing to have well over 10,000 of an item to satisfy the retailers. I wonder how many of the exclusive Imperial Shuttle were produced though, or TIE Fighter? Granted those weren't new molds (or not much of new molds outside of the TIE wings) but they didn't have to try and supply each retail chain.
Exclusives, whether it be at retail or online is the only way I think we will ever see anything like this made. Which is exactly why I applaud the way Sideshow has handled the 12" line with their niche marketing.
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Funny how they say there's not enough demand for playsets, considering I think they said the same thing about the 12" line, now look how successful Sideshow has been with it. Ha!
This depends on your definition of "success." For Hasbro, selling under 10,000 units of a 12-inch figure (including variants) isn't usually a step in the right direction.