F•••ing Fordo, Dammit!
 

Here is a thread to discuss the latest Internet meme over in the TFW SW thread. A place to discuss what will be the greatest clone figure ever. A place to discuss FUCKING FORDO, DAMMIT!

Sorry for the screwed up meme title. Mainly to the people that know the meme from TFW.

http://www.rebelscum.com/TF2011/Hasb...pt%20Fordo.jpg

The FUCKING FORDO, DAMMIT disease is spreading!

Quite frankly, I can't complain.

May FUCKING FORDO, DAMMIT live forever!

There isn't anything to complain about.

I need four. One for Phase I, one for Phase II, one to display without a helmet, and one to keep MOC.

Four? Good fuck! I'm just getting three.

One for Phase I, phase II, and MOSC! I need a FUCKING FORDO, DAMMIT minty.

Let's hope Hasbro fixes their distribution problems before then.

Oh wait, it's Hasbro. Like that'll happen.

Thread title edited. Sorry, had to do it. Continue meme at will tho :)

I know, Tony, I know...

But it's FUCKING FORDO, DAMMIT.

jesus when is this FUCKING FORDO, DAMMIT coming out.

Supposed to be released in late May/Early June.

Which sucks, cause I want FUCKING FORDO, DAMMIT, right now.

Yes, because Hasbro hs total control over distribution, and it's not like it's the retailers fault for the shuitty distribution. Because Hasbro forces at gunpoint them to buy their product, or intentionally witholds it from them. I wish people would actually know what they're spouting half the time.

Oh wait, it's the internet. Like that'll ever happen.

So, you mean to tell me it's the retailers fault that Hasbro sends a shitload of CW and SL to retailers, but doesn't send that much of TVC? Hasbro doesn't respect the Vintage line. Ask any SW collector. They focus on CW, which I understand. But come one, reward the collectors with being able to find some new figures. Even CW is starting to become harder to find. My Target is on top of all new releases. But when shipments don't come from Hasbro, new products can't be found. Duh. It's Hasbro's fault more than the retailers.

SPLIT, it's me. I know what I'm talking about. You should know that.

When I first read the title of the thread, I thought someone had a beef with a certain Hobbit. ;)

Once again, Hasbro does not control retail distribution!

They only control shipping to the retail chain's distribution warehouse and that's it. It is up to the retailers to get it to the stores from that point on.

Now, see? You're mixing up case ratios with distribution. Two completely different subjects. And yeah, rail against Hasbro all you want about case ratios. That is something they control. Also, I may be wrong on this, but I swear I thought CW and Vintage were in completely different case assortments. If that's the case, we're back to the issue of distribution.

Let's look at this from a business point of view: Clone Wars has visual media presence in the form of a children's cartoon that is currently airing on a major cable channel. There is also an influx of new characters from that show.

The Vintage line is a throwback with classic and neo-classic characters given the modern toy treatment, similar to Classics-style Transformers. And there is no current media presence (save written works like books, comics, etc). And guess what? Those lines also get less attention because of another series that has current visual media: the TF Movies.

And why does Hasbro do that? Because they go with the line that makes more money. Pure and simple. Ultimately, Hasbro's in this business to make money. We're in this business because we're fans. That doesn't mean they don't care about the fans. In fact, whenever possible, they try to do some cool stuff for us too. Like the Classic and Vintage lines.

Hasbro can't do anything if the retailers aren't buying more. Have the case ratios for Vintage come back to bite Hasbro in the ass? Possibly. But the only pegwarmers I've seen are from wave 1 and I know for a fact that waves 2-3 came in and got sold out in a matter of days. I was lucky to grab my Jedi Luke when I did and am bummed I didn't pick up a Wicket when I had the chance.

Wave 4 is starting to make an appearance, but I already got the main one I wanted (Mace). I have a feeling some of this wave will also pegwarm for a while as well.

The utility belt,holsters and chest pocket detail, would be nice additions for customizing pieces.

Got this guy, he is great.

Hasbro can't control distribution but they can damn for sure fix case ratios which are atrocious. All hasbro needs to do is increase cases sizes to have two of all new figures or reduce them so fans can buy whole cases without redundant figures.

I guess I'm a bit behind on my Star Wars memes... Can anyone clue me in on it?

Dran0n and I started it on TFW. I just carried it over here.