Print out this thread for a good cheat sheet too!

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I stand corrected - but that's still a contest-type thing where one person has their name drawn to win it right?.... You're not mailing out 10-20 a week are ya.

I actually had no clue Yojoe had a monthly giveaway. Cool.

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Yeah, it's a random drawing deal, but I don't think I personally could afford to run out and buy every one of the 8,000 registered forum members a free item. I'd love to - but I can't. So we do the random prize thing.

The point is this though - just showing good faith in your membership, showing that you make the effort to care - that goes a really long way; it doesn't cost a lot or takes a lot of effort.

Agreed, and it should be happening more often than it is.

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For me personally, I'm not going to say one way or the other that MC is doing things right or wrong. I'm just pointing out that showing you care about your community makes it a tighter, more loyal community.

I don't hold an opinion one way or another on the specific complaints because it's Brian's choice to decide what works best for his business model.

But it NEVER, EVER, hurts to show your appreciation and encourage participation.

I've been away for a few days, so this may question may be a little late to the party. That said...

How can MC put together the boxed set with a firm price several months ahead of the con, but cannot give us a list of items and prices for the attendee stuff that will be available for sale (and presumably in stock) at the same convention? That also begs the question of where the Mauler prices came from, given that they were not available yet at the time.

Am I missing something?


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From what I understand with the Maulers is that they were being made in a factory in America, so they had better control of the situation. Please don't take that as a fact, that is just what I understand as far as the Maulers.

The box set points is a good point. On the subject of the boxed sets, they are now limited to 600 box sets with 350 bagged sets. this is down from the 750 sets in the past. i notice they still have boxed sets for sale on the web site. I'm wondering if there numbers are going down.

On one hand I can see why the numbers sre going down, the novetly of G.I. Joe coming back has worn off and I've heard several long time G.I. Joe fans comment that they were getting out of the hobby. That and some people are just so upset with the club they let their money speak for them.

On the other hand, last year they made the Cobra women and while some people didn't like the open back I thought it was a great idea and wish they would have reused that mold in blue. I would hvae thought cool thinks like that would have brought in more members. Man, they really should have made the Cobra women in blue and sold them as a bagged 5 pack. They would have made money on that deal.

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