[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by thechris

Well, personally, I do find this inconvenient. This post is not directed in any one person's direction, but if the shoe fits... It's easy to be biased here when you're primarily a Marvel fan and this doesn't affect you. I'm sure if the Marvel section as merged into the General Discussion, you'd be singing a different tune. Some of these comments are just ignorant. This isn't Marvel vs. DC or Hasbro vs. Mattel.

We're all collectors here and before you start slinging mud about how everyone who collects DC and MOTU and everything else deserves to have everything dumped into one confusing mess because we "lack passion", think about what you're saying. This isn't "Haha, Marvel wins. Take that!". Seriously, what are you guys, 5 years old?

In the past few months, I've been really getting into DC and MOTU and have been posting on those threads as well. Quite frequently, too, I might add. So there's only about 5 regular posters on DC and the other topics? Well you're also forgetting that those posters include myself, Tiberius, Crazy Jetty, kenm2474, M3T4L V1KING, DogFashionDisco, etc.

We FREQUENT these boards. We're active users. We post regularly. I've even been noticing that there are some new sign ups who are getting in on the DC action as well as the other forums like Quipp and ToyAddict. It's growing and now you're nipping it before it gets a real chance to take off. Sometimes if feels like some of the moderators are so out of touch with their community, they're living in their own world. This seems more like a "control" thing that a "constructive" or "functional" thing.

I used to be able to choose if I wanted to talk Marvel, DC, MOTU and everything else was condensed enough that I could pick out things like Ninja Turtles and Streetfighter and other things that I was somewhat interested in. Now you're only giving me two choices. ToyArk or look for another forum that better specializes in DC toys or MOTU toys and spread myself over a span of other pages. This is not a big deal for me to do but I like the familiar community of ToyArk. I can't speak for everyone else, but you're going to start losing some of my traffic to some of the other forums I've only just been poking my head in for a peek.

I wanted to point this out and say this is absolutely beautifully written. Every word said is exactly how I feel.

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Originally Posted by Tony_Bacala

Can the DC guys yay or nay this please, one way or the other.

When I left last night this thread was one page. Now it's four and my head is spinning trying to catch up to the conversation. I have to say I don't fully understand your suggestion, but ATM I think that's more my fault than you not making yourself clear. I'll have to come back to it. But if it helps us get our DC forums back in the long run, I'm all for it.
Also, THANK YOU VERY MUCH for taking my suggestions with the sidebar! That makes me very much happier, and I feel that you're now helping those get more traffic than you were.
EDIT: Okay, I see now what you're talking about. I never used it much at all before, and was part of the "landscape" so I never really noticed they were gone, or put back up. But yeah, if this helps get us the DC forums back I'm for it. And appreciate them being put back up.

Directed at no one, I have another suggestion to look at.
Again, all the fiction topics focused into one forum, exactly as they are.
But the toys get broken down to Genre, instead of Marvel/everything else.

Just an example off the top of my head. Using these franchises as examples, not suggestions:
Superheros-
-Marvel Toys Discussion For Toybiz, Hasbro, Marvel Select, Hot Toys... anything Marvel
-DC Toys Discussion For Mattel, Hasbro, Kenner, DC Direct, Hot Toys, ect
-General Discussion Spawn, McFarlane, Image, ect
Scifi/Fantasy-
-Star Wars Toys Discussion
-MotU Toys Discussion
-Star Trek Toys Discussion
-Transformer Toys Discussion
-LotR Toys Discussion
-GD
Military/Adventure- (I know there are a few more that fit in this, but I'm so far outside this group I don't know any by name)
-GI Joe Toys Discussion
-GD
Entertainment Toys-
Movies/TV Toys Discussion
Videogames Toys Discussion

I personally am more fond of the breaking it down by company, but this might be more streamlined, makes more people happy, and might be closer to what you're trying to do.