What other forums would you like to see?

[Comic Book Geek]

I think Gen Buzz is a good place for talking other toy lines vintage or modern. Gen Buzz covers it all. Pop culture, toys, movies, TV. I agree more is not better.

[Hector]

And yeah...good point about Star Trek. I personally don't LOVE the property, but c'mon..Dr. WHO?? Whats Trek, about a BILLION times more popular? No disrespect to the Who fans, but facts are facts...

Exactly.

[Thundarr]

APES! APES! APES! I think a POTA section is WAAY more than merited. Considering there are some forums here that are...ummm...cough...well...maybe I'd better clam up now.

And yeah...good point about Star Trek. I personally don't LOVE the property, but c'mon..Dr. WHO?? Whats Trek, about a BILLION times more popular? No disrespect to the Who fans, but facts are facts...



Joe

[MegoGeek]

I may be the only one but I think we should have something for the new members. Give them a section where they introduce themselves and maybe a Q&A section so we don't get so many new members asking the same questions in all the other forums.

That would be a PR nightmare, new members don't need to be alienated anymore than they already are around here.

I can just see the comments now...

"I don't know why you are posting this here! It should be posted in the "Newbie Forum".

[MegoGeek]

My suggestions.

We already have the "Mego-Like" forum so I would prune "Relica Chat" and merge the "Packaging" forum into "Mego Fact".

As far as any other boards new non-mego/non-toy related boards i.e. Dr Who, I feel they are unnecessary, we have the "General Buzz" forum which is perfect for members who may have gotten out of Megos for one reason or another but still enjoy the community aspect of the board.

[thunderbolt]

How about a recipe forum? I'm still waiting for Merlyn's pepperoni soup recipe!!

[Wee67]

Coming late to the discussion, but I feel there are TOO MANY forums right now. I'd prefer adjusting some of the ones we have rather than adding. I generally came here for Mego but stayed when I found a bunch of people with whom to share my other 70's obsessions- superheroes, toys and TV!

I've found I don't even have time to stop by some of the other forums like packaging. That one in particular seems like most of its posts could go to fact or customs.

[jwyblejr]

I may be the only one but I think we should have something for the new members. Give them a section where they introduce themselves and maybe a Q&A section so we don't get so many new members asking the same questions in all the other forums.

[kresge1]

I say we add a flavored teabag forum for

[Hector]

We could call it "The Shoe Department". They'd be sure to find it that way. :lildevil:



PS - Expanding our knowledge of other Mego toys wouldn't be a terrible thing, although I fear the Cher crowd. They might run us off in a matter of days. The real problem would be obtaining the subject matter experts that could answer all the questions that we would inevitably get by encouraging discussion of things most of us thankfully know little about.

[Hector]

A stand alone Star Trek forum would be immensly popular here.

If there's a Dr Who, why not a Trek one?

[Hulk]

I just remembered something.......
A while ago, wasn't the Museum toying around with creating a "girlie forum" to pull in more ladies ?
Mego celebs, Dinah, and non Mego nostagic toys geared toward girls.
I think I remember that idea being bandied around last year.

We could call it "The Shoe Department". They'd be sure to find it that way. :lildevil:



PS - Expanding our knowledge of other Mego toys wouldn't be a terrible thing, although I fear the Cher crowd. They might run us off in a matter of days. The real problem would be obtaining the subject matter experts that could answer all the questions that we would inevitably get by encouraging discussion of things most of us thankfully know little about.

[Hector]

Dr Who is not terribly popular among the majority here, I agree that it should be part of an overall sci-fi television/film forum, I mean 10 active Dr Who participants is nothing. There's no Logan's Run forum for a reason.

[Hulk]

I like the idea of a Mego Licensed Line Discussion forum. For me, Dr Who or even Sci-Fi is too specialized. I think it would be a fun way to discuss the shows that inspired the toys, and possibly even serve as a way to expand the Museum's information. I'd like discussing the people behind the toys, and wouldn't mind the museum having more information about the actors who portrayed them. Sort of a Wiki type expansion of information beyond what we have now. Even finding good links to other websites about the properties and people could be interesting.

We could have theme weeks where we discuss Starsky and Hutch or CHiPs, and even POTA / TREK / WGSH months, similar to what Brian did when he updated the galleries.

Regular discussions about the shows (like what goes on with Dr Who now) could still be encouraged.




PS - Mike, check your math, the Dr Who forum will be celebrating its 1st year in existence on Friday, May 11th. The Black Hole forum was created on April Fool's Day last year, and morphed into Dr Who a few weeks later.

[Meule]

I was thinking Doctor Who and Sci Fi shows. Keeping it somewhat focused, plus I really am not interested in threads about CSI Miami.

Make it the TV Golden Oldies forum

There were other great shows back in the days that weren't sci fi