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Snowflakian · 09-02-2010, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by synapse17

7: Making us buy a $50.00 subscription just to get one little figure. When the Fury Files came online I thought by entering the codes from each figure you would gain points towards promotions. Kind of like mailing off proof of purchases back in the 80's. Stupid me for ever thinking that would happen.

50$????

The 3 month subscription is below 30. That's all you need to get the figure from MARVEL. Yes it's a hasbro made figure, but it's a figure that's made for Marvel to use as a promotion for the digital subscription. So why blame hasbro for that? When it's MARVEL themselves that want something to help bolster their sales of the digital subscription? With your logic, you may as well blame fans for voting on X-force Archangel so he's out of your reach.

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Originally Posted by synapse17

Thank you! With the exception of the Christmas season I really believe that collectors make up a significant part of the MU consumer base. Much more than 10%.

It is a low number though. This is why the collector favorites tend to shelf warm. In my hunting the other day, I ran into 6 juggernauts, and 8 aim soldiers... At the same store. No kitty pryde, but female figures tend to disappear fast whether it's collectors or kids. They also had ample colossus on shelves. You have to keep in mind, what you see on shelves doesn't always factor in how often that store has restocked, nor does it reflect the rest of the country on figure sales or who's popular. If collectors were the only ones buying these figures, I shouldn't have found as many of those figures as I did.

09-02-2010, 05:19 AM	#14
Snowflakian Illyria's New Qwa'ha Xahn Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: In the clouds. Posts: 4,120	Quote: Originally Posted by synapse17 7: Making us buy a $50.00 subscription just to get one little figure. When the Fury Files came online I thought by entering the codes from each figure you would gain points towards promotions. Kind of like mailing off proof of purchases back in the 80's. Stupid me for ever thinking that would happen. 50$???? The 3 month subscription is below 30. That's all you need to get the figure from MARVEL. Yes it's a hasbro made figure, but it's a figure that's made for Marvel to use as a promotion for the digital subscription. So why blame hasbro for that? When it's MARVEL themselves that want something to help bolster their sales of the digital subscription? With your logic, you may as well blame fans for voting on X-force Archangel so he's out of your reach. Quote: Originally Posted by synapse17 Thank you! With the exception of the Christmas season I really believe that collectors make up a significant part of the MU consumer base. Much more than 10%. It is a low number though. This is why the collector favorites tend to shelf warm. In my hunting the other day, I ran into 6 juggernauts, and 8 aim soldiers... At the same store. No kitty pryde, but female figures tend to disappear fast whether it's collectors or kids. They also had ample colossus on shelves. You have to keep in mind, what you see on shelves doesn't always factor in how often that store has restocked, nor does it reflect the rest of the country on figure sales or who's popular. If collectors were the only ones buying these figures, I shouldn't have found as many of those figures as I did. __________________ Last edited by Snowflakian; 09-02-2010 at 05:23 AM..