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Madame Warlock · 02-16-2016, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ukmu

To be fair, Dwight has went on record saying, " 3.75 for kids and 6" for collectors" more than once. In fact this ToyFair he introduced the 6" stuff saying, for true collectors. Take that as you will, but I consider it an insult.

A small hobby of mine is following Hasbro from a business standpoint. I even have a few shares invested. The sales for Marvel specific lines vary widely even from the source. There is no smoking gun to point in either direction pre and post Vonner. My educated guess would be, yes sales dipped BUT after he left (call it Devine Timing) the movie lines came out. With the runaway success of the Avengers Assemble film being the number three Christmas toys for 2012. It is that line that drew me into the toy game myself.

Marvel has just recently become so mainstream it isn't even a side thing anymore. Things were better with MU, that is a fact, by better I mean 'happier'. Distribution, card art and articulation all suffered BADLY under the failed MI brand. Vonner leaves the line becomes MI and goes from Wasp to Vulture in a few years on Dwight's watch. He does snicker at 3.75" publicly and has said that he keeps 6" figures. All that data points toward Universe being closer to right than he is wrong. That said,at least wave one of MLS has seen improved card art, distribution and articulation is slowly returning.

Yea it is about profit and NOT about bias of a single person. Shit sucks right now and it is fun and very trendy to "internetty" and bash Hasbro and Dwight. They've taken so much from us ArsGratiaArtis.... must take this from us?!?

I would like to start a rumour that Dwight Stall is a cross dressing nazi who beats dogs and is responsible for ozone depletion.

that's classist as fuck too tbh. i'm poor so i can only afford the occasional loose 1/18th fig. Even if I wanted the MLs, they cost €30-35 here. At point they cost €12! And in real terms you'd tend to see them reduced to a tenner. Granted they look better, for the most part, than during Toybiz's tenure and have more stuff, but still. It's an increase that's easily above both that and inflation.

i don't have the money for big epic display cases etc. so i don't have space for the 6ers too. i'm living in a moderately spacious apartment now but it took years to get to this point, and i could well be chucked out and have to live in a smaller space.

02-16-2016, 09:56 AM	#22081
Madame Warlock Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Ireland Posts: 853	Quote: Originally Posted by ukmu To be fair, Dwight has went on record saying, " 3.75 for kids and 6" for collectors" more than once. In fact this ToyFair he introduced the 6" stuff saying, for true collectors. Take that as you will, but I consider it an insult. A small hobby of mine is following Hasbro from a business standpoint. I even have a few shares invested. The sales for Marvel specific lines vary widely even from the source. There is no smoking gun to point in either direction pre and post Vonner. My educated guess would be, yes sales dipped BUT after he left (call it Devine Timing) the movie lines came out. With the runaway success of the Avengers Assemble film being the number three Christmas toys for 2012. It is that line that drew me into the toy game myself. Marvel has just recently become so mainstream it isn't even a side thing anymore. Things were better with MU, that is a fact, by better I mean 'happier'. Distribution, card art and articulation all suffered BADLY under the failed MI brand. Vonner leaves the line becomes MI and goes from Wasp to Vulture in a few years on Dwight's watch. He does snicker at 3.75" publicly and has said that he keeps 6" figures. All that data points toward Universe being closer to right than he is wrong. That said,at least wave one of MLS has seen improved card art, distribution and articulation is slowly returning. Yea it is about profit and NOT about bias of a single person. Shit sucks right now and it is fun and very trendy to "internetty" and bash Hasbro and Dwight. They've taken so much from us ArsGratiaArtis.... must take this from us?!? I would like to start a rumour that Dwight Stall is a cross dressing nazi who beats dogs and is responsible for ozone depletion. that's classist as fuck too tbh. i'm poor so i can only afford the occasional loose 1/18th fig. Even if I wanted the MLs, they cost €30-35 here. At point they cost €12! And in real terms you'd tend to see them reduced to a tenner. Granted they look better, for the most part, than during Toybiz's tenure and have more stuff, but still. It's an increase that's easily above both that and inflation. i don't have the money for big epic display cases etc. so i don't have space for the 6ers too. i'm living in a moderately spacious apartment now but it took years to get to this point, and i could well be chucked out and have to live in a smaller space. __________________ Looking for: JLU Big Barda. YJ Martian Manhunter & Miss Martin. Drop me a PM!