[D Day]

Alright I'll put the controversy to bed and make my case.

I apologize for the clandestine nature of my posts, but I didn't really want to give the information yet because it is as close as anyone can come to having infallible data about one toy line being more popular than another.


So, take a journey with me if you will, back to September of 2012, it was a simpler time. But there was drama on the Ark, and 2 of the most popular toy threads on the ark were locked.

Those threads were the Marvel Universe 4 inch thread, and the legends 6 inch thread.

It was a pretty lame day to be honest, but what that day did, albeit unintentionally, was gave us a clear benchmark upon which I can make my argument.


So before that day the 4 inch thread had been started on April 9 2011 and in the period of 1 year and 4 months it amassed:

44,411 replies
2,533,761 views

The 6 inch thread started 5 months later than the 4 inch over the period of 11 months amassed:

8,204 replies
439,222 views


Now someone smarter than me could figure out the math on how much of how many replies and views the 4 inch thread got per month, and subtract that 5 month head start total from the number. But without doing the math, clearly 4 inch was more popular than 6 inch.


Now since those threads were locked on that day, we were given an opportunity to have the threads started over, on the exact same day.

And since that day, at the time of this posting on this toy board the 4 inch thread has amassed:

31,565 replies
2,412,730 views

Vs the 6 inch which has amassed:

33,610 replies
2,071,015 views

So while falling just short in the about of replies (2045), the views of the 4 inch thread are well ahead of 6 inch by 341 thousand.


Now, on that same September day, because of all the drama here, an entirely new toy forum was created, and 2 new threads were born. A 4 inch and a 6 inch marvel thread.

Since that day the 6 inch has racked up:

34,503 replies
2,971,026 views

Not to shabby, but let's see what the 4 inch has gotten up to:

68,387 replies
8,554,846 views


Now again, at the outset of this, all I've claimed is that MU is more popular/garners more interest than 6 inch.

And the numbers I'm submitting support that assertion.

4 inch marvel toy traffic on both threads since April of 2011:

144,363 replies
13,501,337 views


6 inch marvel toy traffic since October of 2011:

76,317 replies
5,481,263 views

So 4 inch has had

68,046 more replies or people talking about it.

And
8,020,074 more people looking at/interested in what's going on in those threads. (Minus the 5 months the 4 inch thread had started before the 6 inch, but that would hardly make a dent in the numbers)


Now the reason I'm sticking to the forms exclusively for my numbers is that on say Facebook, there's a lot of weird accounts, bots, and just general wackiness to account for that kinda taints any information that you could get from there. This information here, is just people interested and talking about the toys. The information here isn't really influenced by outside bs, because no one would really think to do that.


And I've stuck to these 2 forums specifically because A. They have dedicated 4 inch and 6 inch threads, and B. Because of all the drama on September 18 2012, we were given a unique opportunity to have data tracked from the same exact point in time.

So there it is, for whatever it's worth.

Clearly, there is a giant disparity in the interest that 4 inch fans show vs 6 inch. 4 inch interest mops the floor with 6 inch.

Despite the rhetoric and all the clamoring 6 inch collectors make, the numbers speak for themselves.

And keep in mind, about a year into the bulk of that dataset, fuckboy stall starting tanking the line, reducing articulation, and bashing 4 inch at any opportunity he had.

And despite all that, 4 inch interest dominated 6 inch.