[Power Lord X]

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Originally Posted by Jeddostotle7

I feel like I really don't see that kind of guy much? At least, not anymore. Usually, even the most toxic person saying "why doesn't Hasbro make [X]" seems, to me, pretty sincere in their belief that character is deserving of a figure, even if they're vastly overestimating that character's importance. If someone's doing it insincerely they're usually not putting much energy or endurance into the call for the character, at least in my experience.

IDK man I've seen far too much complaining about "normies" "ruining" stuff by making it too "mainstream" for me to believe that these elitist gatekeeping pissing contests have gone away.

And to be clear, wanting less popular characters isn't the problem it's being needlessly condescending to people who like more mainstream characters that's the problem.

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

Yeah, I get you. Fanboys of anything are annoying. Sports, music, movies, literature, comics, toys - no one likes a know-it-all/gatekeeper and they aren’t fun at parties. Unless there’s loud music to drown them out…

The thing is, I also understand the passion behind fanboy-ism. Just like DC said, I loved pouring over the OHotMU, D.C. comics’ Who’s Who, or D&D’s monster compendiums, and have a metric shit-ton of completely useless info stored in my head. So much junk that when I talk about it with others that know, I gig out and likely sound very much like an intense fanboy-super-nerd. And I’m fine with that.

I guess the fine line is when it becomes a competition or feels condescending – something I can also relate to given my own love of deadpan snark Basically, I give a good amount of leeway until I think someone is deliberately being an ass.

You hit the nail on the head. It's the elitist gate keeping pissing contest shit I'm referring to.

Sorry if it seemed I was attacking people who like less mainstream characters that wasn't my intent at all.

As for me, I'm just happy Hasbro has struck a good balance between keeping the A list characters that sell at retail available while also hitting deeper cuts for collectors.