moneycon wrote:You think that when maketoys showed their complete not bruticus picture and 90% of the preorders at bbts(for the other one) cancelled, it wasn't an attempt to let people know that their was another version coming out...possibly better...possibly cheaper....a little heads up so people will take a wait and see approach and save 100 bucks at the same time? Not only is that public...but it's active. If they weren't smart enough to know it would work, then they surely will the next time.
I don't know if I'm reading your sentence right but I'll make an attempt to respond by saying that if MakeToys really wanted to compete head to head against TFC, they would have leaked photos of their combiner's WiP figures soon after TFC made their combiner known to the public.
People who have the financial means to buy a $600 combiner, who are willing to risk dealing with possible QC issues due to TFC's good but not great track record, and like the idea of a larger Devastator are probably going to consider buying the Hercules combiner.
People who are reluctant to spend $600 or more on a combiner, who are hoping that MakeToys' connection to FansProject will give greater assurance of good QC, and who prefer a combiner that is more in scale with their existing combiner sets are probably going to consider buying the Build combiner.