I agree hasbro seems to see star wars as a way to print money, I gave up a while ago and with the price on some of the figures that are rehases I think it's not worth buying them I saw some retail at £8 in the uk compsred to the repo mego dols at 15 or DCD figures at 11 they just don't seem good value for money
Hasbro seriously needs to put the Star Wars line to rest if they have to start doing all this outside material stuff. This kinda stuff, the kind that comes from the video games, books, comics & other material outside of the movies is just Hasbro trying to bleed as much money out of Star Wars as they can. A lot of people have only, and a lot will only, see the movies and know the stuff from the movies. So when crap like this starts showing up it's a turn off to the collectors unfamiliar with it. Many will quite possibly either just stop collecting, or (like me now) only get the VERY FEW actual New or Non-Reissue Movie character figures leaving a lot more expanded JUNK to be sold.
Granted there may be a few random figures that are interesting despite their unfamiliarness (ie; Force Unleashed Vader) a lot will be passed on by collectors unfamiliar with it.
Hasbro is also relying on the OCD collectors out there that must have every version of every figure ever released. JUST STOP THE INSANITY MAN!!! I USED TO BE THAT WAY BUT HASBRO HAS COMPLETELY KILLED THAT INTEREST NOW. EVER HEARD OF OVERKILL HASBRO!?
The sad thing is there's still a slew of characters & background characters from the movies Hasbro could make, probly all in one year too. But their marketing conspiracy IMO is to release an actual NEW Movie characters a few a year in order to make it take as long as possible to complete that while getting as much filler Expanded JUNK out in the process.
I know kids will buy a lot of this Expanded JUNK but a lot of hasbro's sales depend on the adult collector market as well and they need to appease us, not make us frustrated and not wanting to collect anymore.
Many of these posts make "little" to "no" sense...
Am I missing something?
If you don't want it----don't buy it....right?
If the line looks as if its in danger of collapsing---that's one thing----because
if it collapsed, then there'd be no more new choices (I stress the word "CHOICES")
for collectors and kids to desire and buy.
Bottom line: if the line isn't in danger of ceasing--- or in danger of not putting
out new characters now and again---then, there's no rational reason
for HASBRO to stop the line.
Oh yeah---one more thing----they've been pumping out SW action figures since the
mid-90s----and they don't deserve insults---they deserve: CHEERS
I swear (with all respect), some toy collectors/SW fans are so jaded that they'd
curse the thing they wished for all throughout 1986-1994 (although some won't
even cop to THAT)
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My advice in short?:
Enjoy your Tarkin figure and forget the rest!
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Right On Huedell. Its all about choice. If there wasn't a market there wouldn't be a line. Sure I'm not going to buy every single jedi star fighter repaint or redone main character but I love some of the new original figures they are coming out with.
Personally I like the expanded universe.
A side note anyone see Star Wars is going to do the BAF "Build a figure" deal this year? Supposedly there will be different droid parts in each figure back to several different astromechs.
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I personally will not rest until I get the Ice Cream Maker Guy from Bespin. Because, you know, there is none more nerdy than those who know who that ancillary useless character is...and they're making him soon. No joke.
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The more people that Complain,..& do not end up buying them,.. makes better news for me.
Sure,.. there is rehash,.. & repainted figures out the buttload. However everytime I go to the store it's great, because there is always something for me on the shelf for under 10 bucks. If you are the "completest",.. it might be difficult to swallow. However I have been collecting the StarWars figures since the relaunch,,.. I don't get everything, only the figures & vehicles that interest me. It's great,.. & for the last Year & half, I have had a re-surge of interest in the figures,.. because of some of the New great stuff that has been offered.
It's a great time to collect these,.. you all quit,.. More for me.
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AWESOMEWell ok I'd take Darth Bane over the Icecream maker guy.
But hey at least that actor and his family must be happy.
I had a bit part in a movie and I'd be estatic if they eventually got down to making a figure of lil ol me. Even the small guys want to be immortalized in plastic.
Same here,I sold a huge collection but it was like 99-00 and made a decent amount on them.Just kept my Episode 1 figures which I really liked and called it quitsOriginally Posted by palitoy
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yeeeaahhh...i'm sure that battle pack is from the new video game starwars unleashed...sides...starwars toys wont quit because it has a huge mega fan base and there so many figures to be made.
There's already complaints about them. Most don't like the fact they used the legs from R2 with those rockets of his.
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