[Il Cattivo]

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Originally Posted by kostej

Let's give those guys some questions that need answering: https://www.facebook.com/29738725694...016094/?type=3

for a newbie is it better to start with 4 or go straight to 6?
I'm asking for a friend.

[Lionheart]

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for a newbie is it better to start with 4 or go straight to 6?
I'm asking for a friend.

Do you mean toy buying? Whatever scale they prefer. It's not like you need to work your way up to bigger scales.

[Super Joe]

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Originally Posted by kostej

Let's give those guys some questions that need answering: https://www.facebook.com/29738725694...016094/?type=3

I'm not on Facebook. Can anyone post this "What If" question?

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Originally Posted by Super Joe

What If?

Here's a sugestion Hasbro may already love. What if via cardboard, thee entire 3.75" line can become "The Vintage (Toy Biz) Collection"? Hasbro is already on this corporate craze bandwagon for "Millenial Marketing." Seems to be working, too. While regular carded figures are clearancing down in price, the Amazon Exclusive vintage collection is selling upwards in price. Up from $79 to $99.

[Lionheart]

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I'm not on Facebook. Can anyone post this "What If" question?

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Here's a sugestion Hasbro may already love. What if via cardboard, thee entire 3.75" line can become "The Vintage (Toy Biz) Collection"? Hasbro is already on this corporate craze bandwagon for "Millenial Marketing." Seems to be working, too. While regular carded figures are clearancing down in price, the Amazon Exclusive vintage collection is selling upwards in price. Up from $79 to $99.

Sorry, but I can't see how the sales of one exclusive would be an indicator of future sales of non-exclusive items. We also have *no* idea how much stock Amazon had, nor do we know if the item is 'selling' at $99, just that they've upped the price.

[B4ne]

Hey this is off topic. But I just really wanted to show the Spider-Man vs Shocker two pack I just got. The Spider-Man is possibly the best 3.75 inch Spidey we've gotten.

[Il Cattivo]

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Originally Posted by Lionheart

Do you mean toy buying?

yes...

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Originally Posted by Lionheart

. It's not like you need to work your way up to bigger scales.

so would starting with 12" right off the bat be fine? cool. she's been eyeing that titan heroes black spidey for a while now.

[ukmu]

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Originally Posted by Il Cattivo

for a newbie is it better to start with 4 or go straight to 6?
I'm asking for a friend.

Start off small...you could rip it.

@Joe- I'm sure SOMEONE can post that for you since you've asked. It is a good question.

@B4NE- it is never off topic to post pics bro! We get caught up talking in circles about two things all the time. The two things are nothing and the same thing. Round and round again. A fresh interjection with pics is not only welcome, but the actual reason this thread exists. Always post pics as often as you can!!


Speaking of pics, felt good to get some new ones up. Felt like I had been putting up the same 12 pics for two years. I want to change that. I may even just start taking a shot of single figures with a cool background for the hell of it.

Edit:after re reading this it sounded mean. I like talking about the same shit. As such I will continue to do so and triple post and be long winded.

[B4ne]

@ukmu thank you! I'll be sure to post plenty of pics then lol. Here's part two!
Also this building came with a Young Justice Invasion Batman 6 inch fig. It looks great with 4 inchers.

[Lionheart]

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The Spider-Man is possibly the best 3.75 inch Spidey we've gotten.

No wrist hinge and no elbow swivel - the thwip hand sticks out permanently. Best Spidey was one from a 2-pack released a couple of years ago (Cap Britain pack?).

Good pics btw.

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so would starting with 12" right off the bat be fine? cool. she's been eyeing that titan heroes black spidey for a while now.

Why don't you just tell her... "Buy what you want to buy." That's what most collectors do.

[MUfan97]

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Originally Posted by kostej

Let's give those guys some questions that need answering: https://www.facebook.com/29738725694...016094/?type=3

I refuse to do Facebook, but if I did, I would ask about seeing a wave purely composed of old cancelled figures. Stuff like Skurge, Strucker, etc.


Hint hint, someone ask that for me, please.

[LordMudd]

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Originally Posted by B4ne

@ukmu thank you! I'll be sure to post plenty of pics then lol. Here's part two!
Also this building came with a Young Justice Invasion Batman 6 inch fig. It looks great with 4 inchers.

So many 6" set pieces usually do.


CCC.

[Super Joe]

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Originally Posted by Lionheart

Sorry, but I can't see how the sales of one exclusive would be an indicator of future sales of non-exclusive items. We also have *no* idea how much stock Amazon had, nor do we know if the item is 'selling' at $99, just that they've upped the price.

Han Solo's 6 inch "vintage" carded figures are hard to find. He's been released multiple times before, in boxed form. Now he's on a cheap "vintage" card, the same Solo figure is selling well. Collectors laugh about why he's selling. It's because of a thin cheap card. That "vintage" feel has value. We can do the same. Millenials by the millions, grew up on '90s Toybiz figures, and still geek out on nerd subculture. It can help keep this great toyline alive.

[Lionheart]

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Han Solo's 6 inch "vintage" carded figures are hard to find. He's been released multiple times before, in boxed form. Now he's on a cheap "vintage" card, the same Solo figure is selling well. Collectors laugh about why he's selling. It's because of a thin cheap card. That "vintage" feel has value. We can do the same. Millenials by the millions, grew up on '90s Toybiz figures, and still geek out on nerd subculture. It can help keep this great toyline alive.

People are trying to collect the original Star Wars characters in their best form. The original Black Solo (like R2) had sold out, so he was the in-demand one. Obi, Luke, Leia, Threepio - had all been released within a year of the vintage card reissues. The vintage cards aren't any more cheap than the regular boxes, they would cost as much to make and take up a lot more room when shipping and being displayed - this is something retailers really don't like. They'll accept it for a short period during an anniversary of one of the biggest toylines of all time, but not as standard. Millennials aren't the target market for toys - Gen X are. Look, if they want to issue the figures on a different coloured cardback - great. But they know as well as we do that it wouldn't sell the line if the figures aren't in demand. If it gets more figures released - great - I'd love to be proved wrong.

[Kernel]

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Originally Posted by Il Cattivo

for a newbie is it better to start with 4 or go straight to 6?
I'm asking for a friend.

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Originally Posted by Il Cattivo

yes...



so would starting with 12" right off the bat be fine? cool. she's been eyeing that titan heroes black spidey for a while now.

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Originally Posted by Lionheart

Do you mean toy buying? Whatever scale they prefer. It's not like you need to work your way up to bigger scales.

Adult toys or regular toys....

[Super Joe]

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Originally Posted by Lionheart

If it gets more figures released - great

I guess that's the point I too was trying to communicate. If it helps get Executioner, Gold Ultron, and brand new figures that would be great. We can disagree on other points, yet the important point is, we all want new figures. The question being (submitted) is how to get those new figures? I agree Gen-Xers were and still are a great target audience. Yet as of this last year, Millenials now outnumber Boomers, and now outnumber the toy spending of Gen-Xers.

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Growth in toy market is driven by millennials | Daily Mail Online

[Sender]

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Originally Posted by Kernel

Adult toys or regular toys....

You beat me to it. Well done, Kernel, well done.

[Lionheart]

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Originally Posted by Kernel

Adult toys or regular toys....

BANANA DANCE!

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Yet as of this last year, Millenials now outnumber Boomers, and now outnumber the toy spending of Gen-Xers.

The potential market is now bigger. But the big question would therefore be... do Millenials spend as much on toys / memorabilia as Gen X'ers?

[Kernel]

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Originally Posted by kostej

Let's give those guys some questions that need answering: https://www.facebook.com/29738725694...016094/?type=3

There are a shit ton of questions about the 3.75" line, most of them being WTF WHY DID YOU CRAP ON THE LINE HASBRO!
I just wish they would use the old bucks for NEW characters, like the colossus buck for deaths head II

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Originally Posted by Sender

You beat me to it. Well done, Kernel, well done.

Thank you good sir! Welcome to the ark!

[Sender]

In keeping with the thread's tradition, here's my 2 cents,
The official Cap 2 figure was a bit off short scaled and i really liked the cinematic stealth suit, so i made this one...



Sorry for the poor pic quality.

[Sender]

Thanks for the welcome.

[redx24]

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Originally Posted by Sender

We interrupt this program for an awfully shot personal custom...

In keeping with the thread's tradition, here's my 2 cents/pence,

Official Cap 2 figure was off-scale on the short side & i dug the cinematic stealth suit, so i made this one.
Head/Shield: Cap movie.
Body/Harness/Belt: GiJOE Shipwreck/GiJOE Duke/MU Rogers.

Sorry for the poor pic quality.

Wowza

[MeLikeJinx]

Winter Soldier Movie Cap outfit is my fav cap outfit... love the simple all blue look of it. That's nice.

[Super Joe]

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Originally Posted by Lionheart

do Millenials spend as much on toys / memorabilia as Gen X'ers?

Yes. They surely spend much more, by a wide double digit lead.

Millennials (18-34 years old) account for 50 per cent of the spend among grown-ups buying toys for themselves.
Gen X-ers' (35-54 years old) account for around a third of sales.
Growth in toy market is driven by millennials | Daily Mail Online

[Il Cattivo]

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Originally Posted by Kernel

Adult toys or regular toys....

whats adult toys? could you show some pics.

[Pilkster]

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Originally Posted by Il Cattivo

whats adult toys? could you show some pics.

Well that escalated quickly! Lol