[kylactus]

I tend not to agree with folks who don't appreciate the scope of the collector market, I know the concept of "Action Figures" in general is traditionally a children's market, but I would propose the demographic has changed significantly in the last 20 years. the children of the 80's and 90's have grown up and kept there nostalgic interests, but (as a parent) I've noticed a marked lack of enthusiasm in the younger generation as far as non electronic toys. If the traditional theory holds then why, in the case of marvel universe for example, dose regular Spiderman shelf warm wile you cant find a Bag Head version anywhere? Your telling me a "Child" opted for the obscure comic reference over the guy he recognizes? Is there some kid drooling on a solid vision wile I'm on Ebay paying 200$ How many children have a case of Bowen statues on there wall? and I'd be impressed if you can find a kid these days that regularly reads actual comics and is not exposed to the characters through "dummed down" cartoons or video games. The reality is comics are now written for an older audience with more mature subject matter and some fairly extreme and graphic violence. Everyone seems to dismiss how much of the market the collector represents off hand and I'd say in years past, like the early 80's when there were like 50 guys keeping He-Man figs in there package it was true, but again I'd say there's more of us than you think. and I believe these toy companies are well aware of our presents.