I'm with you guys.
I don't mean to frighten you here (and hopefully you don't attempt to flip-flop now), but I’m with you all as well, or maybe you just selectively skipped over that part of my prior post:
Obviously there's dozens of additional uber-background characters throughout the saga which we'd probably all love to own...
I love
the most background of background characters as much as anyone. But again, I was just talking about what I realistically expect to see out of Hasbro, which is several of those figures sprinkled in sporadically each year across the course of the license, but not within the first couple waves of a new line. If Lot Dodd, Yarna, Wuher, and Malikili all sell like crap, how well do you think
Tey How, Ann Gella, Toonbuck Toora, Cin Drallig, Mosep, Baniss Keeg, Tsivvzt, Treva Horme, and Fozec are going to sell? If I was a betting man, I’d say we’re going to get every single one of those figures eventually, and I’ll be excited as hell when we do. I’m just not going to quit the line until they come out, or get myself into a panicked or even disappointed state when they’re not announced within any given new wave. The line is what it is now – primarily resculpts, with hopefully some new EU characters thrown into the mix from time to time to liven things up. If you can’t see that, and are expecting something different from Hasbro, you’re living in fantasyland, and will surely be in a constant state of disappointment with the remainder of the line.
Just continue to be Hasbro's ideal customer and gulp everything down like a nice little boy.
Fortunately, I
am a good little boy who gets a super swell allowance from his parents, so I have the luxury of affording every new smirking Obi-Wan, furled eye-browed Anakin, scowling Maul, expressionless Vader, bulging helmeted Clone, whining Luke, and exclusive George Lucas with belly-button lint (better have a removable plaid shirt and be the waddle-less 70’s version though). And since I still live for the “thrill of the hunt”, I greatly enjoy tracking each and every one of them down. My joy is now somewhat diminished, however, as I had no idea of the tremendously negative impact my toy purchasing has on your mental well-being. I feel horrible too, for helping to
ruin this toy line that we’re all here collecting.
To be honest, I'm not sure why a completist would even bother reading or posting in this thread.
To be honest, I’m not sure why someone who gets so upset over other people’s Star Wars toy purchasing habits is posting on a Star Wars collecting forum. Well, actually, I do know the answer to that, but inherent trolling is a discussion best served elsewhere. Also, based on much of what I’ve read around these boards, it looks like most of the head-honchos around here were at one time completists as well (as were apparently many others JD members). Should they not have been posting on their own boards here until they overcame their abnormal and repulsive afflictions? Have you directed similar angst at JD mods like Scott, Rob and Jeff in recent years for having been completists too, or is it solely reserved for Pete_Fett and I in 2012?
I think
speedermike's thread here had a very valid question, speaking to exactly what many collectors have gone through over the years: former completists who have turned the page to being more selective due to time, money, space, family, resculpts, repacks, distribution, etc. It’s just a natural progression in the life of many collectors (especially over the course of 17 years), though a progression I don’t foresee myself making anytime soon, hence my original answer to this thread’s specific question. In fact, why would speedermike be asking folks who are
already selective with their figure purchasing if they're going to
remain selective based on the relatively boring waves 1 & 2 of the new 2013 line? Aside from the obvious B-A-D aspect (which Mike isn't emphasizing), that'd be a borderline stupid and seemingly repetitive question. If anything, this thread is geared more towards completists (or those closer to it) than already selective buyers like yourself, so perhaps
you're the one who shouldn't be replying here, eh? Think about it.
Also, please don't confuse my lengthy post(s) with you getting my knickers in a twist. You give yourself too much credit. I just greatly enjoy putting idiots in their place, that's all, and sometimes that takes more than pathetic one-liners to adequetly accomplish. With that in mind, I’ll let you get back to your boringly predictable and far more "succinct" juvenile digs now FG. I’ve said my peace.
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