>>6422842Hmm. According to yojoe, that Missile Command set was released in 1982 for 10.99. Two inflation and Consumer Price Index calculators say it should cost about 28 dollars today. Considering it comes with three figures that look very similar to ones we've gotten in good quantities before, $50 doesn't seem like such a good deal. If the Club would've charged more than $50 they're even more of a ripoff.
That Revolution crossover set looks interesting; it's the first I've seen of how Hasbro is doing the Visionaries and M.A.S.K. lines. I know almost nothing about ROM, Action Man, and Micronauts--and I was born in 1977. I'd be interested in buying a few of the figures, but if Hasbro only ever offers them in a boxed set I'll pass. Not really a fan of Transformers, that seems to be a reissued Leader Class (?) Jetfire. Looks a bit cheap, wonder if it also suffers from the cheaper plastic quality Transformers fans have been talking about in recent years.
>Like pic relatedIt's pretty easy to see which of those are 25th figures. The sometimes small heads, gangly bodies, and diaper-crotches are good things to leave behind. But the last few exclusive Dial-Tones, that Sgt. Slaughter, Cross-Country, Leatherneck, and Iceberg would have fit in just fine with the PoC/30th figures---which, except for a few pegwarmers, seemed to completely sell out around here. I would have bought those instead of the first waves of Retaliation and 50th figures, and I imagine plenty of others would too.
>>6422854So a combination of movie tie-ins and crappy first wave figures is the problem? Maybe if Retaliation's first wave didn't suck so much ass, and wasn't such an obvious downgrade from PoC/30th they wouldn't have sat as long. I think past sales do matter, because they can help show what you're doing wrong. Maybe movie tie-ins do more harm than good.
