[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by kylactus

... the same three guardian that were in a shelf warming box set only a few months earlier... one of whom is basically an accessory! I give Hasbro all the kudos they deserve for the effort and consideration. In this day in age I know it's not PC to wish ill on anyone... but I hope they get really bad gas! seriously "I think I might be having a heart attack" style gas. If that offends anyone GFYS.

I give them kudos for having the brass to try and pull that off. Obviously collectors were not amused or fooled. The kids wanting a GOTG figure though, sure, they'd love it....IF it were actually stocked. Although I have seen this wave now once or twice, it's only been since December and only sparingly. Not really the sort of distribution they would dedicate to support such a massive hit. I can understand the timing since I don't think it was expected the movie was going to be quite the taker at the box office it was, so a four month distribution/turnaround time is acceptable there, but that would be if there was any real distribution.

Meanwhile never seen Wave 2/3 in mass market retail. thank god for the LCS and online.

On a side note: This line drives me batty, and I"m sure I'm not the only one. I have such an extensive wish list of figures I would absolutely love to see. my "short list" is about 30 figures. I've got about 100 I'd love see them ultimately do. I so very badly want this line to succeed, and while I get the price hike is eye opening, I'm willing to accept it if it were to mean we got more new figures we wanted.

But we know that's probably not going to happen. Same ole same ole will come out the line, same distribution/stocking problems. The articulation thing bothers me (even more than the cost) but it's not a deal breaker. What is a deal breaker is when there is nothing to buy. I would love to give Hasbro my money on new not yet made figures, even if they do have less articulation than before. But I can't when they minimize the lines yearly production and then it takes forever for anything to get to us in the first place.

As many of us have said and myself has said before, I really feel their best bet with this line would be to offer this as a subscription line. Just myself speaking but I would pay $25-$30 average per figure, for all new never released figures, with the occasional new costume if it's drastic enough, and maybe Vision for you all who don't have one. release maybe two a month, 24 figures, that's about $720 or so for a year, but you know what? I'd rather do that, even with not knowing yet what figures I would be getting, than not have a line at all.

I also like what someone else said earlier this weekend, it's a shame that Disney/Marvel can't force Hasbro to give up the license and someone who actually might give a damn about the production (price nonwithstanding) were to take over.