Official Figure Pic One-Shot Thread
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They'd ruin it somehow. The cool thing about the Lost World Bull T-Rex was that it could eat action figures, and looked cool. The 2009 one did not have either of these qualities. There might still be a chance for them to still do as you say, but my guess is that they'll give it an ugly asthetic and needlessly retool the sculpt and make it cost $60. That, or they will simply repaint the lame T-Rex from the JP III line and retail it at $40.
As much as I loved Jurassic Park as a kid, when Hasbro strangled Kenner out of existence, the toys got worse, and then disapeared. The JP III toys sucked in comparison to Kenner's work. Hasbro repainted them repeatedly for a decade in tacky color schemes. There is some hope that the old Kenner sculpts for the big rex's, Utah Raptors, or both Carnotaurus's to reappear, and there is decent chance that some more new sculpts will appear, but if I know Hasbro well, they'll cop out and repaint a ton of old stuff.
I mean, after all, how long has it taken them to make new Dinosaur sculpts? A decade. The human characters aren't even new! They're recycled GI Joes for god's sake! It has been a decade and they still refuse to make new sculpts for human characters in the JP franchise. I was excited by the news of these newer JP toys but a retrospective of Hasbro's actions in the past negate my enthusiam. It's not a super hero line so it won't last long before it's canceled and on clearance. I'll buy the Jurassic Joes when that inevitability comes to pass.
One would expect that the toy line from what will all but assuredly be a summer blockbuster would have some effort in them. Mattel and Hasbro both have proven that is not the case.
Hasbro has done everything it in its power to monopolize the toy market in the past 3 decades. Their strategy is not to earn a profit by making quality product, but to instead, buy up as many well known brands as possible, then make cheap, inferior versions of them while selling them at a beyond premium price. I am becoming more convinced every day that Hasbro is a souless company with no integrity or self standards. They are lowly conartists who deserve to go out of buisness.
LOL they're a company. The bottom line is the bottom line, I don't think anyone disputes that.
Probably why forums exist.. so people can vent.
Which is fine, until people start actually thinking it's going to change something!
Which is fine, until people start actually thinking it's going to change something!
We need to Obama to help us change Hasbro!
That would be worth the socialism.
Thanks! That's part of the fun of collecting right?
Took this shot while seeing how Joe weapons fit with other figures. The scale is way off but still fut to play around with.
sexy and deadly, great combination
Getting ready for TAPS
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Thank you Eddie. I just thought they needed something since the media wasn*t saying anything about it.
Thanks guys for the kudos. I want to be able to post big pictures like the officers are able to do. How do I go about this? Do I need to pay dues, if so where is the link, who do I talk to, oh the humanity of it all! :greedy:
What Eddie said, and the Officers drive will be opening up very soon again for this year. Keep your eyes peeled up by the news section.
