How do you figure we have to give a break to Hasbro though? Isn't that to be the other way around? They're financially gaining off Star Wars, we're losing... They (and retail) have jacked up prices on the line in the last few years while quality hasn't increased steadily with it across the board...
I've never quite understood any argument that we owe ANYTHING to Hasbro. That's in line with, "you should be grateful they even make this stuff", as if they're somehow doing it out of simple kindness to us all.
That was always another argument that made me laugh my ass off at the person saying it... It makes no sense and slights yourself as a consumer.
The sculpt on Gree is good... for a Clonetrooper. Not for Gree... For Gree, it's attrocious on multiple levels, and that's the SCULPT I'm talking about... You get to the paintjob, and that's a whole other gripe with a figure Hasbro shortchanged the collectors on (and I wager you'll see an all-new Gree sculpt sometime for them to get that extra $$$ out of the fans, because they know they can pull that off).
Getting to the Gree Trooper though... You're paying $7 for a figure you already have, and for many of us we bought plenty to make retail and Hasbro both happy... Hasbro's making $$$ hand over fist by reselling it to fans and short of incurring slight production costs their main fixed costs are practically nill at that point, and it's just pure profit for them to put that sculpt back into circulation... That's cool, and makes good business sense for them, but re-release it as a basic Scout Trooper again in the basic line next year, don't hand it out as a pseudo-Kashyyyk Clone...
Considering the fact that a Kashyyyk Trooper's going to sell incredibly well, and they know it's not a risk to sculpt it a-new, Hasbro is really screwing the collectors with this figure ultimately by saying this is all there is for the foreseeable future.
Now I'm sure we'll see a new one eventually too... I can't fathom Hasbro doing this half-assed (and that's what it is) repaint and not ever dishing out a new one with allt he pouches, straps, and other details the uniform has... Not to mention the proper helmet sculpt which is significantly different to the Scout's as well. I think we will see that eventually... And mixed together I think the troops will look ok too...
But at the end of the day, I, and nobody else on the boards here, owes Hasbro a single thing. They owe me and others for being loyal to this line despite entire years of **** they threw at us such as 1999, 2002, etc. They owe us a NEW figure that is accurate... No breaks. No corners cut... They need to attain the level of quality they set as a standard for themselves each time they do a figure, otherwise they're telling you that this is all the more effort they cared to do, and that you and your loyalty and hard-earned cash aren't worth more... But they'll still ask you $7 for it.
