DarthBrandon
01-11-2003, 08:22 PM
I have been collecting and customizing Star Wars figures longer than most of your employees have held a job there (25+ years). My problem is that I have become very displeased with all the rehashes, bad sculpts, and stupid gimmicks of certain characters in the S.W. universe, mainly Maul, Jango, Tyranus, Obi-Wan, and Master Windu for example.
Maul IMO was a great looking character until you guys produced him enough times to make his own mother even sick of the poor guy.
Jango, if there ever was a cool looking Bounty Hunter, he was it until you got hold of him. In less than a year we managed to have him produced at least five times too many even for die-hard collectors like myself. (i.e. Jango deluxe/K.E./F.B./S.P./Jango Pilot and now I hear there is another deluxe on the way. Geeze the first deluxe was horrible and I'm sure this one will not be that much better. Gimmicks DO NOT WORK DO NOT WORK with kids or collectors alike. I know because I have a four-year that hates them and I being the collector makes part two. The only Jango I'm sure people are waiting to see (JarJarBinks and company) is Jango in apartment jammies with his armor as accessories.
Darth Tyranus has been done enough, you really can't make him any different than the first one except to change the cape and his Darth Sidious holo to a Sith lightning accessory. Waste!
Obi-Wan only needed to be done once IMO with a cloth or soft plastic robe and a removable headset. That would have done it for many including myself. Now we have a new Obi-Wan Acklay Battle coming out that is basically the same as the first one but instead of a lightsaber he gets a spear. Nice one for all the dummies out there who are not paying attention. Duh!
Mace in my opinion has been one of the worst figures you guys (Hasbro) have ever made except for maybe the deluxe version. He never in any scene has his mouth open like he is about to eat a hamburger or about to have a movement. If you get my drift. I'm sure that Samuel Jackson is not too fond of this figure either and I'm sure that Mace Arena Confrontation could have been done a lot better without the use of some plastic ball on his back. yuck!
What's with the African American figures getting a bad look?
I also see the Unleashed Vader/ Anakin is due out this Year. My question is Why? We just had Vader Unleashed who in my opinion is vastly superior to the new one. Try to come up with an idea that suits the scene of the film for gods sake and spread them out. Vader never has his lightsaber drawn in the meditation chamber or that silly pose you have him in. I know you guys think we need core characters all the time and sometimes we do, but back-to-back has never worked for many others and me. Leia was a good choice, but hey I would have rather had a Clone Commander (yellow) rather than Vader in the chamber. Also Please remember this Padme is not big in the upper portion of her body if you catch my drift.
Many collectors have stopped buying a lot of your product for certain reasons Hasbro, here are some of the reasons: Bad sculpts, rehashes after rehashes, poor distribution, exclusives to stores that only cover certain areas of the world and very very stupid gimmicks. If my four year old won't play with them for that reason, then I will buy him the toys he likes.(i.e. Marvel Legends, LOTR, GI JOE, and Batman figures) Granted LOTR figures do have some gimmicks, but being larger in size they do not hurt the figure in any way. Marvel Legends you could learn a lot from here.(i.e. sculpt, paint, articulation, knees arms that bend, no wide leg poses and NO gimmicks)
I have spent more money than I need to say on Star Wars toys in the past, but now I just buy if they meet the requirements that I am looking for. (Described many times above) I will say this, the highlight of 2002 for me was the Republic Gunship, it was IMO one of the best ships ever produced by you guys. It's right up there with my vintage Shuttle, yes I did say vintage. Anything that's exclusive, overpriced, and overrated, as the new Shuttle is not going to get my dollars. Same mold, no electronics, no pack-ins and no wide distribution is not worth my hard earned money.
Some other good points of the year were Vader Unleashed, Jango 12" electronic (got it as a gift and I was really surprised at the craftsmanship that was put into this figure), 3 3/4 Ephant Mon, Bespin Luke even with that silly gimmick that I cut off, Clone Trooper Deluxe was one of the best buys for your money, it had everything, Jango K.E. as much as I am sick of Jango I still have to give a thumbs up on this one. Other items I liked were Chewie Bespin Escape, R2D2 3 3/4 and the new Jedi Starfighter, I did buy many more but those are really not worth talking about. Like I said some had poor sculpts and some were great but lacked playability due to the gimmicks that were already on them.
Many of us here know what kids and collectors alike are looking for in Star Wars toys. My only wish is that someone from Hasbro will read this and take notice by going back to where they left off at the end of the POTJ run. (i.e. good Sculpt, articulation, paint arms and knees that bend and no gimmicks. Also try to even the cases out this will lead to less peg warming. For example if you are sending out Imperial/ Rebel officers send 4 of each and lets say two of Obi-Wan and two of Eeth Koth or just three of each figure. Everyone loves army builder bad guys, you know it and I know it. Short packing figures leads to peg warming; if they are evenly packed there will be less peg warmers.(i.e. remember Yoda and Dooku along with a few others, people bought Dooku/ Yoda and the rest were left to rot)
In closing if you are reading this, I'm sure that many of us are more and willing to help out and make these toys better for all involved. So just give us a buzz and one of us would be more than happy to show you what is wanted out there. Remember we are the collectors and kids that buy the merchandise so it would be fair to say that we know what we are talking about when it comes to what we want.:D
Maul IMO was a great looking character until you guys produced him enough times to make his own mother even sick of the poor guy.
Jango, if there ever was a cool looking Bounty Hunter, he was it until you got hold of him. In less than a year we managed to have him produced at least five times too many even for die-hard collectors like myself. (i.e. Jango deluxe/K.E./F.B./S.P./Jango Pilot and now I hear there is another deluxe on the way. Geeze the first deluxe was horrible and I'm sure this one will not be that much better. Gimmicks DO NOT WORK DO NOT WORK with kids or collectors alike. I know because I have a four-year that hates them and I being the collector makes part two. The only Jango I'm sure people are waiting to see (JarJarBinks and company) is Jango in apartment jammies with his armor as accessories.
Darth Tyranus has been done enough, you really can't make him any different than the first one except to change the cape and his Darth Sidious holo to a Sith lightning accessory. Waste!
Obi-Wan only needed to be done once IMO with a cloth or soft plastic robe and a removable headset. That would have done it for many including myself. Now we have a new Obi-Wan Acklay Battle coming out that is basically the same as the first one but instead of a lightsaber he gets a spear. Nice one for all the dummies out there who are not paying attention. Duh!
Mace in my opinion has been one of the worst figures you guys (Hasbro) have ever made except for maybe the deluxe version. He never in any scene has his mouth open like he is about to eat a hamburger or about to have a movement. If you get my drift. I'm sure that Samuel Jackson is not too fond of this figure either and I'm sure that Mace Arena Confrontation could have been done a lot better without the use of some plastic ball on his back. yuck!
What's with the African American figures getting a bad look?
I also see the Unleashed Vader/ Anakin is due out this Year. My question is Why? We just had Vader Unleashed who in my opinion is vastly superior to the new one. Try to come up with an idea that suits the scene of the film for gods sake and spread them out. Vader never has his lightsaber drawn in the meditation chamber or that silly pose you have him in. I know you guys think we need core characters all the time and sometimes we do, but back-to-back has never worked for many others and me. Leia was a good choice, but hey I would have rather had a Clone Commander (yellow) rather than Vader in the chamber. Also Please remember this Padme is not big in the upper portion of her body if you catch my drift.
Many collectors have stopped buying a lot of your product for certain reasons Hasbro, here are some of the reasons: Bad sculpts, rehashes after rehashes, poor distribution, exclusives to stores that only cover certain areas of the world and very very stupid gimmicks. If my four year old won't play with them for that reason, then I will buy him the toys he likes.(i.e. Marvel Legends, LOTR, GI JOE, and Batman figures) Granted LOTR figures do have some gimmicks, but being larger in size they do not hurt the figure in any way. Marvel Legends you could learn a lot from here.(i.e. sculpt, paint, articulation, knees arms that bend, no wide leg poses and NO gimmicks)
I have spent more money than I need to say on Star Wars toys in the past, but now I just buy if they meet the requirements that I am looking for. (Described many times above) I will say this, the highlight of 2002 for me was the Republic Gunship, it was IMO one of the best ships ever produced by you guys. It's right up there with my vintage Shuttle, yes I did say vintage. Anything that's exclusive, overpriced, and overrated, as the new Shuttle is not going to get my dollars. Same mold, no electronics, no pack-ins and no wide distribution is not worth my hard earned money.
Some other good points of the year were Vader Unleashed, Jango 12" electronic (got it as a gift and I was really surprised at the craftsmanship that was put into this figure), 3 3/4 Ephant Mon, Bespin Luke even with that silly gimmick that I cut off, Clone Trooper Deluxe was one of the best buys for your money, it had everything, Jango K.E. as much as I am sick of Jango I still have to give a thumbs up on this one. Other items I liked were Chewie Bespin Escape, R2D2 3 3/4 and the new Jedi Starfighter, I did buy many more but those are really not worth talking about. Like I said some had poor sculpts and some were great but lacked playability due to the gimmicks that were already on them.
Many of us here know what kids and collectors alike are looking for in Star Wars toys. My only wish is that someone from Hasbro will read this and take notice by going back to where they left off at the end of the POTJ run. (i.e. good Sculpt, articulation, paint arms and knees that bend and no gimmicks. Also try to even the cases out this will lead to less peg warming. For example if you are sending out Imperial/ Rebel officers send 4 of each and lets say two of Obi-Wan and two of Eeth Koth or just three of each figure. Everyone loves army builder bad guys, you know it and I know it. Short packing figures leads to peg warming; if they are evenly packed there will be less peg warmers.(i.e. remember Yoda and Dooku along with a few others, people bought Dooku/ Yoda and the rest were left to rot)
In closing if you are reading this, I'm sure that many of us are more and willing to help out and make these toys better for all involved. So just give us a buzz and one of us would be more than happy to show you what is wanted out there. Remember we are the collectors and kids that buy the merchandise so it would be fair to say that we know what we are talking about when it comes to what we want.:D