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12" GI Joes are no longer well made.
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Author:  Major Creator [ Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:08 pm ]
Post subject:  12" GI Joes are no longer well made.
Four points of articulation. Molded on everything. The end.
Author:  roguetiger [ Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:18 pm ]
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probably cause they let Sideshow do the REAL ones now.....
Author:  battlewagon [ Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:20 am ]
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i haven't been keeping up with toys for months. just got back into it. i googled the 12" retaliation figures. OMG! i wouldn't even pay $1 for them.
Author:  Major Creator [ Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:18 am ]
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Maybe they're just lowering our expectations... then BAM! GI Joe's 50th Anniversary, filled with all the badassery we've been missing.
Author:  Joeczar [ Thu Jul 18, 2013 9:58 am ]
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Major Creator wrote:
Maybe they're just lowering our expectations... then BAM! GI Joe's 50th Anniversary, filled with all the badassery we've been missing.



I would LOVE if that were true, but I doubt Hasbro will have much of anything planned beyond a couple of press releases, certainly nothing to the level of the 30th or 40th anniversaries.
Author:  Major Creator [ Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:22 pm ]
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Don't know why they wouldn't, that's half a century buddy. That means a lot. Maybe someone should start a petition...
Author:  roguetiger [ Thu Jul 18, 2013 4:46 pm ]
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Major Creator wrote:
Don't know why they wouldn't, that's half a century buddy. That means a lot. Maybe someone should start a petition...


It could be that the 12" figures weren't selling good enough to continue.......
Author:  Rand [ Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:06 pm ]
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roguetiger wrote:
Major Creator wrote:
Don't know why they wouldn't, that's half a century buddy. That means a lot. Maybe someone should start a petition...


It could be that the 12" figures weren't selling good enough to continue.......

Probably this. There is no non high end collector market anymore. PTE 1/6 isn't wide enough distribution to be widely "collected" by kids, and you aren't going to have enough of a store presence if you only exist in Big Lots two months out of the year.

So Hasbro is stuck between a rock and a hard place: They can't make anything to the level that will please the adult collectors that are more familiar with the 1/6 scale because no one that buys Hasbro is going to pay Hot Toys prices, and kids just aren't into 1/6. So either they make something that is "cost effective" and will be available at the price Hasbro 1/6 buyers are used to at retail, and don't sell to adults because the detail and quality is horrible, or make a quality 1/6 figure at, or slightly below, the level of quality of 1/6 currently being put out and never sell them because you won't pay $100 for a Hasbro figure.

At least with the first option they may possibly sell some to kids.
Author:  Dusty79 [ Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:18 pm ]
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Yeah I just do not see kids now wanting the twelve inch "dolls" at all. Its unfortunate but true. I just hope Hasbro sees it and focuses on the 3.75 scale for the anniversary. A guy can hope.

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Author:  J_Man [ Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:45 pm ]
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over the years we've seen the toy companies try weird ideas in an attempt to see if something sticks. I assume this is one of them. All the main lines have them and none of them are selling well. They will eventually be red tagged and probably a thing of the past. I can't see where there will be anymore made. Who's ever idea it was, they have seen what experiment they wanted to see by now.
Author:  Jay [ Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:48 pm ]
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They've been doing 12" figures in that same style for Iron Man 3 and Star Wars, too.

Maybe they're aiming for collectors who just want a nice-looking figure in package? A display/conversation piece?
Author:  DarkJedi [ Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:51 pm ]
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Jay wrote:
Maybe they're aiming for collectors who just want a nice-looking figure in package? A display/conversation piece?


Like, "Where did you find that piece of crap?"
Author:  Jay [ Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 12" GI Joes are no longer well made.
DarkJedi wrote:
Jay wrote:
Maybe they're aiming for collectors who just want a nice-looking figure in package? A display/conversation piece?


Like, "Where did you find that piece of crap?"

Believe it or not, people who aren't loose toy collectors don't care as much about articulation... it's how McFarlane Toys stayed around so long. ;)
Author:  J_Man [ Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:57 pm ]
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It was said back when these were first shown at Toy Fair that it was an attempt to get the younger kids interested by having large figures for less. I think it was one of the fan sites said it. For the most part, they were 5.99 until stores decided to try and get a little more.
Author:  Jay [ Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 12" GI Joes are no longer well made.
J_Man wrote:
It was said back when these were first shown at Toy Fair that it was an attempt to get the younger kids interested by having large figures for less. I think it was one of the fan sites said it. For the most part, they were 5.99 until stores decided to try and get a little more.

Huh. Wonder if that's the same story for the 16-inch non-transforming Optimus Prime and Bumblebee figures.
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