It's not even Scum at this point, it's a segment of it... I looked through that thread and it's filled with basically nobody with a registration date earlier than 2005. There's only a couple people that registered earlier, the rest are '06, '07, '05... That speaks volumes I think because they simply don't even realize where the basis for the whole Wilrow Hood thing came from, why it's a good thing, and the **** they say obviously exposes some ignorance towards the hobby in general. ICMG is as prone to pegwarming as anyone. White Clonetroopers anyone? What about Neimoidians? What about Episode 1 figures? What about Moff Jerjerrod who everyone claimed was a great choice because he had lines and never had a figure and all? You make too many and they pegwarm, you make too few and people are paying $25 a piece for them.
And that's not to say folks that registered recently anywhere are ignorant always in the hobby, as I don't like people who are "noobie snobs". But I'd say a lot of guys in that thread that are doing the really vehemently angry bitch-fest are falling into the bad category. This figure will not kill the line, just as Duros didn't. If that was the case, Hasbro wouldn't poll us for what we want... They'd do the figure choosing 100% themselves with not info from the fans.
I liked the one guy's theory that Quin Lan Vos isn't selling because he "is a crappy figure". Call me spanky but I thought $10 for two figures that are decently articulated everywhere except their knee joints wasn't too damn bad, especially in this day and age. Add to that the sheer obscurity of it all. And both have great sculpts to them too... They're not bad figures, just perhaps slightly underarticulated. But they're not selling... That's not articulation, that's just obscurity + too much too quick. Pack extra Obi/ARC sets in the same case and less of the Luke/R2 and Vos/Villie, and the problem isn't nearly as bad as we're seeing, that's all. That was simply a dumb argument on that fellow's part.
And the guy(s) complaining that they'd rather have (
Insert random main character super articulated resculpt here), are equally silly. You honestly believe you won't get that figure at some point? I love the one guy saying "Well Vos is sold out around me" as well. Is there this one island in North America where that figure set sells out?
Right buddy... I say he's lying or he doesn't actually shop to even know. It's just a trainwreck of a thread to read through and I regret doing so.
People just need to stop whining that someone got something they wanted and that some people actually are happy... To quote myself (pompous, I know, but it still applies), "Grow the **** up".
