[fadersdream]

no, they can't sell. the problem is that the majority of consumers won't spend the money. this is a toy website which is dominated by grown ups with jobs who view toys as a hobby... and even we aren't willing to spend the $100+ dollars on a millenium falcon. the only way they would work is if they were cheaper and that's not going to happen. in the past ten years g.i. joe went up in cost over 300%. this well outstripped inflation and oil costs. most companies are trying to be premium end toy makers, and any time their product doesn't sell they raise the price to cover what was lost on the last batch. i really think the toy market is in danger since so many die hards simply can't keep up.

p.s. i owned the thundercats castle when i was a kid... it was awesome. i also had the joe's defiant w/crawler. the defiant cost one hundred dollars... that would mean it should cost $300 dollars if it came out now. who would pay that for a plastic shuttle? i'm not even willing to pay the $9 k-mart is asking for single g.i.joes.