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Dagon wrote:Nickolai wrote:Would it kill them to, JUST ONCE, reissue Rumble or Frenzy? I mean, are the molds destroyed or stolen?
Right? Or at least Buzzsaw instead of Laserbeak. Even that wouldn;'t warrent a nother Soundwave reissue purchase, but geez, who doesn't have Ravage/Laserbeak/Soundwave at this point? I know, now thousands of people will reply saying "I don't" or "I just started collecting this morning and I've never had a chance at this figure" but you know, I think people would be buying Soundwave reissues regardless of Laserbeak/Ravage/Rumble/Frenzy's inclusion, so why not switch up the tapes from time to time and potentially increase the hell out of the demand? Cause, I'd buy this if the tapes were different and I have the TRU Soundwave.
Nickolai wrote:Would it kill them to, JUST ONCE, reissue Rumble or Frenzy? I mean, are the molds destroyed or stolen?
M-State_Moc wrote:Nickolai wrote:Would it kill them to, JUST ONCE, reissue Rumble or Frenzy? I mean, are the molds destroyed or stolen?
I've got to think that's the case. As badly as fans have been screaming for those guys, I don't think Takara and Hasbro are sitting back in their chairs saying, "Mwa ha ha ha ha!"
I don't know the costs involved in recreating a mold, but I guess the Encore line just isn't popular enough to justify the cost. Really sucks, because I'd love to have them, too.
JediTray wrote:I have gotten some replies stating that there will be ample supplies of this Soundwave available at HTS. Please pardon my ignorance, but can I ask how this is known?
-JT
capellamusic wrote:M-State_Moc wrote:Nickolai wrote:Would it kill them to, JUST ONCE, reissue Rumble or Frenzy? I mean, are the molds destroyed or stolen?
I've got to think that's the case. As badly as fans have been screaming for those guys, I don't think Takara and Hasbro are sitting back in their chairs saying, "Mwa ha ha ha ha!"
I don't know the costs involved in recreating a mold, but I guess the Encore line just isn't popular enough to justify the cost. Really sucks, because I'd love to have them, too.
Then how come they did more expensive ones never before reissued like Omega Supreme, Metroplex and Sky Lynx on the Encore line? Rumble/Frenzy mold is probably cheaper to be recreated. And with a single mold they sell 2 very much wanted figures.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:capellamusic wrote:M-State_Moc wrote:Nickolai wrote:Would it kill them to, JUST ONCE, reissue Rumble or Frenzy? I mean, are the molds destroyed or stolen?
I've got to think that's the case. As badly as fans have been screaming for those guys, I don't think Takara and Hasbro are sitting back in their chairs saying, "Mwa ha ha ha ha!"
I don't know the costs involved in recreating a mold, but I guess the Encore line just isn't popular enough to justify the cost. Really sucks, because I'd love to have them, too.
Then how come they did more expensive ones never before reissued like Omega Supreme, Metroplex and Sky Lynx on the Encore line? Rumble/Frenzy mold is probably cheaper to be recreated. And with a single mold they sell 2 very much wanted figures.
That's a whole different can of worms there. Those molds did not belong to either Hasbro or Takara proper so they could not be reissued. It was only through the merger with Tomy (the current copyright holder of these molds) that we got them.
capellamusic wrote:Well, Metroplex was always originally from Takara and Hasbro. Omega Supreme and Sky Lynx in fact were from another company, ToyBox, I think. So, Metroplex still fits the same situation. As for the other 2, didn't they have to rebuild the molds?
Mkall wrote:No
Turns out Tomy outsourced the creation and production of the molds to ToyBox, but they owned whatever was produced. When Takara merged with Tomy, lo and behold, they found the molds in the list of acquired properties.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Basically, anything left over from the Comic-Con will be sold through HTS. Same thing with the previous exclusives.
JediTray wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Basically, anything left over from the Comic-Con will be sold through HTS. Same thing with the previous exclusives.
Well I know that.What I'm asking is, how do you know there will be any left over to sell online? There's no guarantee that there will be any left over, so that's why I want to make sure I am covered.
-JT
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