Star Wars ESB new Carbon Freezing Chamber

[Falstaff13]

That reminds me of when it was announced the live action Disney Little Mermaid would be black. All of a sudden people who had no knowledge or interest in Disney Princesses became very passionate about them.

Yes--I remember how suddenly people were protective of a story and franchise they had ignored for years.

[Myoldtoys]

he tends to go off about how he doesn't like hasbro but really who does and im glad someone has to say it..

Do you think spewing hate about Hasbro has any impact about what they choose to make? Hasbro is in business to make money. And sometimes that means making things the “adult collector” may not be happy with.

[Werewolf]

Yeah, Comic based movies where they change the race of a minor character!



(I kid)

That reminds me of when it was announced the live action Disney Little Mermaid would be black. All of a sudden people who had no knowledge or interest in Disney Princesses became very passionate about them.

[palitoy]

I agree. It's not healthy to get that mad over toys.

Yeah, Comic based movies where they change the race of a minor character!



(I kid)

[palitoy]

But Ive meet people way worse and cringy than him through out the years.

Oh most definitely, I mean, I knew he'd hate this thing and he didn't disappoint but I've seen SW fans on YouTube that absolutely make my skin crawl, he isn't one of them.

[Werewolf]

Absolutely, if there is genuine anger in it, rethink your priorities in life.

I agree. It's not healthy to get that mad over toys.

[Spawn67]

Ive always liked retroblasting for the most part. I still continue to watch his videos and he does bring up some good points weather I agree or disagree. I do like the 40th anniversary black series and he tends to go off about how he doesn't like hasbro but really who does and im glad someone has to say it.. But Ive meet people way worse and cringy than him through out the years.

[Falstaff13]

^I could do a podcast or video series of how I really hate McFarlane devoting a whole wave of figures to the DC Metal stuff which I think just looks ridiculous (full disclosure, I haven't tried to read it). But you know what? I just won't buy it.

Michael has a forum and can certainly do whatever he wants, but I definitely don't enjoy the new "Sith" version of RetroBlasting, where he has given into his anger. It made have made him more powerful, with more views, but it's a whole lot less enjoyable for me, personally.

Chris

Good point--he can do whatever he likes, and I have enjoyed some of his videos even after he started going Sith, as you say, but I think they get too long and too vitriolic in terms of really serving a point. That said, 1) I don't have to watch them and really had stopped but got curious about this playset because of this thread, and 2) there are lots of things people are angry about these days, and if his anger goes towards a toy company, that's just his choice.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^I could do a podcast or video series of how I really hate McFarlane devoting a whole wave of figures to the DC Metal stuff which I think just looks ridiculous (full disclosure, I haven't tried to read it). But you know what? I just won't buy it.

Michael has a forum and can certainly do whatever he wants, but I definitely don't enjoy the new "Sith" version of RetroBlasting, where he has given into his anger. It made have made him more powerful, with more views, but it's a whole lot less enjoyable for me, personally.

Chris

[palitoy]

You make some fair points, especially that people want to see this sort of thing and ask him to do it. If that's what the people want.

To be fair, I've seen the dude do plenty of videos where he appears quite likable and chill but he certainly does have an edge.

Most of this stuff flies over my head, I don't collect Star Wars, have no concept of how Hasbro is handling the brand, have never visited Pulse. I'm watching this stuff mainly out of curiosity and I do read the odd FB forum post in that one group because it's stripped of any vitriol.

My only window into this world is my son, who collects Clone Troopers, Hasbro doesn't seem to make anything he or his friends want, which is curious because he's an 18-year-old kid with disposable income, who has more years of collecting in him.

Oh, and he includes a snipe at the end about "if you say I should lighten up, and these are toys, NO--this video is for toy collectors." Guess if you get that label you trade your sense of fun in for one of your grails?

Well, it's a lot better than his "Stop being a wimp" from an earlier video, that was dripping in irony but I'm with you, I don't like it? I don't buy it.

[Falstaff13]

Certainly, if you get validation for the anger, it's more likely to continue. I feel like RetroBlasting started changing when some of the YouTube regulations were coming in about channels. He did a video with some ranting in it about how his toy channel was about to be hit by some regulations, and that seemed to start the higher proportion of tirades. That timing coincides with the launch of Hasbro Pulse, and he's been opposed to it from the start. The sequel films themselves have gotten trashed (hardly unique to him, but he seems very empowered by that wave). I actually did go and listen to his review of this chamber just to see, and in it he suggested he preferred the HasLab idea to this--since I remember his Jabba's Barge video, that's not 100% true, but he's definitely full of venom. In this one, some of his anger seemed partly to launch from people messaging him to get his response to this product, so I think there's a cycle built in. Oh, and he includes a snipe at the end about "if you say I should lighten up, and these are toys, NO--this video is for toy collectors." Guess if you get that label you trade your sense of fun in for one of your grails?

[palitoy]

If you look at the comments, it looks like he has an audience for his angry videos. There are many 40 year-old people, who still buy toys, that add their own nasty comments. I would like to know what talents these folks have. They must be toy designers or movie directors or producers since they always know how things should be done.

Oh yeah, I see that with a lot of Mego videos on Youtube, a lot of armchair experts that can't read a balance sheet sure do think they can run a company.

I was watching one guy vent about how Mego is a failure because they're not in every store in his town. As he continued, I realized that he had zero clue how it all works, he had this childlike belief that stores just buy whatever product line they're offered. I've worked sales to mass retail all my professional career, getting a listing, getting shelf space is really hard work, it can take years to get established.

[Myoldtoys]

Absolutely, if there is genuine anger in it, rethink your priorities in life.

If you look at the comments, it looks like he has an audience for his angry videos. There are many 40 year-old people, who still buy toys, that add their own nasty comments. I would like to know what talents these folks have. They must be toy designers or movie directors or producers since they always know how things should be done.

If you don’t like something, just don’t buy it.

[palitoy]

A video on toy discussion can be critical, but should still be a light, fluffy distraction, in my opinion.

Absolutely, if there is genuine anger in it, rethink your priorities in life.

[ODBJBG]

This playset looks nice. Depending on the price. I like the basic look of it, works well for other lines too then.