[Veronica Mars]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

I'm a Magic player and I've pretty much got to agree with this, in my experience there's only a small overlap of MtG and figure collectors. That intersection of casual players and toy enthusiasts exists but Hasbro has been fine milking the extremes. I guess they're feeling bold after the LotR and FF sets were hits and they're banking on the Marvel sets continuing the trend.

So you know the joys of foil cards like these curling up like Pringles

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

It feels little bit like a corporate stab in the dark. They obviously think crosspollinating between interest groups will net sales. And/or provide some explanation for the heightened cost along with a bit of psychological cover for the collectors rationalizing a purchase. Feels out of touch for the reasons you mentioned but it also makes sense that they would try to work in another partnership between Marvel and deepen the relationship.

Big picture, they are trying to manufacture FOMO (a new line of “scalper” bait) for MtG fans, while simultaneously trapping specific Marvel character fans (they got me on Man Wolf and Battle Damage Spidey) into compulsive buys at higher rates. The question becomes whether they will polarize both fanbases with this manipulation of a set of distinct consumers. Just as MtG enthusiasts couldn’t care any less about MJ Iron Spider, I just want the damn fig I’ve been waiting for years for them to make.

Let’s hope Hasbro has enough sense not trap B-Side favorite-characters behind a $40 paywall with whatever they have planned with this license mash-up.

I really wonder how many Magic enthusiasts are going to buy these for the cards and turn around and sell the figures on the secondary, and if it would be worth it to wait it out and see