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Originally Posted by Shin Densetsu

See that's the thing though, even if the target demographic is young, the kids aren't buying it. I see kids overlook those figures for figures that can move worth a damn, like WWE, et al.

When I was a child, I was more accepting of gimmicks because when it came down to it, I what I cared about most was having a figure of a character I liked. So if Spiderman from that pack I got from Christmas had one arm sans elbow because he had a web shooting gimmick, I was okay with that back then. However shortly afterwards, I started craving un-compromised figures, so back then when Toy Biz released Super Articulated Spiderman in 95, I thought it was a god send.

Damn I'm getting nostalgic with this thread.

And I readily accept that kids these days are getting more and more demanding of their toys, especially due to video games becoming more interactive and vying for the kids' free time.

Hell, I was like that when I was a kid because of G.I.Joe and Transformers. I didn't want my Spider-Man to do one thing, since he could do so much more in the comics.

But when I was like 3 or 4 years old? All my Hulk figure needed to do was not break when I banged him into things, shouting "Hulk SMASH!" And maybe that's the market they were aiming for with that Spider-Man and Venom. That little prepubescent who doesn't care what it does, just who it is.

And if that's not the case, then I would love to see where the hell Hasbro did its marketing research on this toy, because I still think that "Mucus Flail" Spider-Man toy is a piece of shit.