Integration

TheBlueMarvel · 03-23-2019, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by snake5289

Well, I was going to respond with a clever Conan Obrien Gif, but after about 30mins of fail, I've come to the realization that I've apparently lost image posting privileges here...heh, this place.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkToyLord

and i was putting together a nice pic for you since you're the only one who wants this figure... and in your drunken stupor you slander my good name..

**lies..i want it too**

GET ME THAT PINK MONSTROSITY STAT!!!!

...and, yeah, I drink...'n stuff...so, whut? It's not like I got a problem n' shit...I could stop, like tomorrow, or whenever...don't judge me, bro!

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Originally Posted by Brownfinger

Dark!

So I know it's the booze and nihilism and I chuckled while mostly taking it in the spirit intended but, uh, let's talk about it? I can't be the only one here that isn't foreseeing the DOOM of Hasbro and Marvel toys due one mediocre wave? Mediocre to some, I guess, I want like half of them. I see waves all the time that have one or two figures I want, and then they come back stronger with some shit that I gots to have yes yes give it oooohh mamacita

... ahem.
My point is that there were Rogue One figures still on the shelves here up until a couple of months ago for five dollars and people still didn't want them. If Legends weren't selling really well (at least partly owed to the wildly successful movies), we would not be seeing the sheer maddening number of Legends figures in circulation. I mean holy crap, there were so many waves debuting all at once recently that people here were loudly chafing under the expense wrought by the goddamn magnitude of it all.
So the line is probably doing okay, but that's just this guy's assessment. For people that are inexplicably mad about the movies, odds are pretty good that they'll swing back around to something you like. That's the beauty of the line.

So, is that a $40 or $60 copay for this therapeutic consult?

Ahhh....finally someone that's starting to get me.

side note...I am pain-bot...and I've been convinced for some time that DTL is Cyborg...I hear Kary Payton whenever I read his comments...no parts of a lie.

Buuut, srsly, as Dark will attest to, never take my shit to heart. I'm usually bored, or high, or both. Oh wait...I did say seriously, right?

I usually hold my tongue (in cheek...heh) about MCU movies. I don't hate them, I just find that they've become formulaic and a bit stale. Other people, that I consider to be more than reasonable, and not closeted bigots or misogynists harboring disdain for diversity, have made similar claims. The addition of the FF, and more importantly, Surfer, will revitalize my interest. However, I do dislike Feige. I'm tired of 'interpretations' of my favorite stories and characters. I'm tired of packaging aimed more at 'casuals'. Throw we dyed in the wool heads a bone. Make something unabashedly geeky and courageously accurate with corny spandex and outlandish scene-breaking characters. How do you minimize the spectacle of Galactus and Eternity conversing as their true aspects? The answer is you don't; you let that shit all hang out big dick style. But whatever, if they never do it, I'm largely ambivalent. If I want to revisit my initial experience with comics, I've collected trades of most of my favorite story-lines from yesteryear and can just pluck them off the shelf.

About Hasbro's Marvel Legends line and this wave in particular, I collect ALL comic canon figs whether I think they're shitty or not. That's what I do. That's what I've done from Toy Biz to Hasbro. I've been one of the few vocal posters stating unequivocally that I will be getting all the comic based figs from this wave (did the same with the similarly lamented Abomination wave)...I've had Herc for almost two months now and will be buying another when the wave hits. But again, I've no stock in Hasbro, so wha da'fuck do I care about whether they go the way of the dodo? And as a consumer who doesn't play favorites, or do brand loyalty (nothing wrong with you if you do, many people do - that's sort of the insidious nature of marketing), I can see the collective drop off. Lately, I've been even noticing it with the much ballyhooed MCU figs. Since Hasbro's bold announcement - what was it, two years ago? - we've seen the quotient of 'good' vs 'okay' vs 'uhhh, nope' fluctuate significantly. It happens organically in the best of cases, but even more so when a company decides to vastly increase its level of production. I'm not predicting a year when Hasbro's Legends line will come to an end, and I'm definitely not predicting an end to Marvel Legends...what I'm noting is 'change'(not always for the better - rehash, and not always for the worse - new body molds). I mean does anyone believe Hasbro will hold this license in perpetuity? Come on...

Welp...I've long since crossed over the 'rambling' rubicon...Sooo, next week same time doc?

03-23-2019, 09:33 AM	#51388
TheBlueMarvel MarvelLegends/DCUniverse Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: On the metaphysical plane of celestial BOOM BAP! Posts: 6,023	Quote: Originally Posted by snake5289 Well, I was going to respond with a clever Conan Obrien Gif, but after about 30mins of fail, I've come to the realization that I've apparently lost image posting privileges here...heh, this place. Quote: Originally Posted by DarkToyLord and i was putting together a nice pic for you since you're the only one who wants this figure... and in your drunken stupor you slander my good name.. lies..i want it too GET ME THAT PINK MONSTROSITY STAT!!!! ...and, yeah, I drink...'n stuff...so, whut? It's not like I got a problem n' shit...I could stop, like tomorrow, or whenever...don't judge me, bro! Quote: Originally Posted by Brownfinger Dark! So I know it's the booze and nihilism and I chuckled while mostly taking it in the spirit intended but, uh, let's talk about it? I can't be the only one here that isn't foreseeing the DOOM of Hasbro and Marvel toys due one mediocre wave? Mediocre to some, I guess, I want like half of them. I see waves all the time that have one or two figures I want, and then they come back stronger with some shit that I gots to have yes yes give it oooohh mamacita ... ahem. My point is that there were Rogue One figures still on the shelves here up until a couple of months ago for five dollars and people still didn't want them. If Legends weren't selling really well (at least partly owed to the wildly successful movies), we would not be seeing the sheer maddening number of Legends figures in circulation. I mean holy crap, there were so many waves debuting all at once recently that people here were loudly chafing under the expense wrought by the goddamn magnitude of it all. So the line is probably doing okay, but that's just this guy's assessment. For people that are inexplicably mad about the movies, odds are pretty good that they'll swing back around to something you like. That's the beauty of the line. So, is that a $40 or $60 copay for this therapeutic consult? Ahhh....finally someone that's starting to get me. side note...I am pain-bot...and I've been convinced for some time that DTL is Cyborg...I hear Kary Payton whenever I read his comments...no parts of a lie. Buuut, srsly, as Dark will attest to, never take my shit to heart. I'm usually bored, or high, or both. Oh wait...I did say seriously, right? I usually hold my tongue (in cheek...heh) about MCU movies. I don't hate them, I just find that they've become formulaic and a bit stale. Other people, that I consider to be more than reasonable, and not closeted bigots or misogynists harboring disdain for diversity, have made similar claims. The addition of the FF, and more importantly, Surfer, will revitalize my interest. However, I do dislike Feige. I'm tired of 'interpretations' of my favorite stories and characters. I'm tired of packaging aimed more at 'casuals'. Throw we dyed in the wool heads a bone. Make something unabashedly geeky and courageously accurate with corny spandex and outlandish scene-breaking characters. How do you minimize the spectacle of Galactus and Eternity conversing as their true aspects? The answer is you don't; you let that shit all hang out big dick style. But whatever, if they never do it, I'm largely ambivalent. If I want to revisit my initial experience with comics, I've collected trades of most of my favorite story-lines from yesteryear and can just pluck them off the shelf. About Hasbro's Marvel Legends line and this wave in particular, I collect ALL comic canon figs whether I think they're shitty or not. That's what I do. That's what I've done from Toy Biz to Hasbro. I've been one of the few vocal posters stating unequivocally that I will be getting all the comic based figs from this wave (did the same with the similarly lamented Abomination wave)...I've had Herc for almost two months now and will be buying another when the wave hits. But again, I've no stock in Hasbro, so wha da'fuck do I care about whether they go the way of the dodo? And as a consumer who doesn't play favorites, or do brand loyalty (nothing wrong with you if you do, many people do - that's sort of the insidious nature of marketing), I can see the collective drop off. Lately, I've been even noticing it with the much ballyhooed MCU figs. Since Hasbro's bold announcement - what was it, two years ago? - we've seen the quotient of 'good' vs 'okay' vs 'uhhh, nope' fluctuate significantly. It happens organically in the best of cases, but even more so when a company decides to vastly increase its level of production. I'm not predicting a year when Hasbro's Legends line will come to an end, and I'm definitely not predicting an end to Marvel Legends...what I'm noting is 'change'(not always for the better - rehash, and not always for the worse - new body molds). I mean does anyone believe Hasbro will hold this license in perpetuity? Come on... Welp...I've long since crossed over the 'rambling' rubicon...Sooo, next week same time doc? Last edited by TheBlueMarvel; 03-23-2019 at 01:15 PM.. Reason: how does one spell "welp" wrong???