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Trivial Psychic · 02-06-2018, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomax

i for one am glad that legend figures are coming out back to back, why are people complaining?

3 waves (4 if you count BP) = 150 × 3
2 Legendary Riders = 40 x 2
Exclusive figures = 20 x 2
Exclusive 2 packs = 40 x 1

If you are a completionist, it's brutal.

Even if you cherry pick, it starts to add up. Not everyone has that sort of disposable income.

This is also how things end up getting overstocked, and end up creating situations where the line ends up self cannibalizing. This in turn creates a situation where things end up peg warming, forcing retailers to think twice about ordering new stock. This has happened with Star Wars toys over the last 4 years (where TFA and R1 toys STILL flood the shelf along with TLJ,) as well as briefly with Legends just a few years ago when the Hulkbuster, Thanos, Hobgoblin, and Ultron waves all released within a few weeks of one another.

Hasbro had paced themselves a bit better after that fiasco, but they are running the risk of repeating those mistakes of 2015 again. Hopefully they slow down the pace a bit with the Venom wave going forward.

02-06-2018, 05:37 PM	#37632
Trivial Psychic Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 4,533	Quote: Originally Posted by Tomax i for one am glad that legend figures are coming out back to back, why are people complaining? 3 waves (4 if you count BP) = 150 × 3 2 Legendary Riders = 40 x 2 Exclusive figures = 20 x 2 Exclusive 2 packs = 40 x 1 If you are a completionist, it's brutal. Even if you cherry pick, it starts to add up. Not everyone has that sort of disposable income. This is also how things end up getting overstocked, and end up creating situations where the line ends up self cannibalizing. This in turn creates a situation where things end up peg warming, forcing retailers to think twice about ordering new stock. This has happened with Star Wars toys over the last 4 years (where TFA and R1 toys STILL flood the shelf along with TLJ,) as well as briefly with Legends just a few years ago when the Hulkbuster, Thanos, Hobgoblin, and Ultron waves all released within a few weeks of one another. Hasbro had paced themselves a bit better after that fiasco, but they are running the risk of repeating those mistakes of 2015 again. Hopefully they slow down the pace a bit with the Venom wave going forward. Last edited by Trivial Psychic; 02-06-2018 at 05:41 PM..