griftimus prime wrote:so many people saying they wont buy this. watch it sell out day one on hts
Personally, even as someone on the record as saying he's not buying it, I do hope it sells out day one. Is it perfect? No. I think they are too large, and I think some of the individual bots are under articulated. But still, I think it is a damn fine looking toy overall, and anyone still in the market for a Devastator (or anyone who doesn't mind owning multiple versions of him) will hopefully get much enjoyment out of him.
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Also, in some of the posts recently, I've seen some pot shots from both sides reguarding pricing of Hasbro vs. Third Party... as if that has
anything to do with the quality of the toy that this thread is about.
To paraphrase, and without naming any names:
"Enjoy your cheap Hasbrostator,
I will stick with my third party version, thank you, and know I paid for quality!"
"Well sorry not all of us are super rich members of the 1% who can afford to shell out hundreds of dollars at a time!"
Really, both sides of that are ugly, and I'd rather not see it. I'm not a mod or anything, so there is no official weight behind that statement, but take this as a personal plea from one Transformers fan to the others in the community.
You know why third party toys are so much more expensive, and Hasbro ones are cheaper? Because Hasbro can produce them in bulk and third parties have to operate on a much smaller scale. I guarantee that if Hasbro produced Hercules or Green Giant, they would each be at least half the price. And if a third party produced a toy similar in scale to Combiner Wars Devastator, even with it's simpler design it would probably cost more than either of the third party offerings. So to me, comparing costs of Hasbro toys to third party ones is akin to comparing apples and oranges.
And as for who the sort of person who can afford to throw down for third party figures is... Well, I am a proud owner of both Green Giant and the Fansproject Stunticons, both bought during a period of extended unemployment during which I did not collect any unemployment benefits. So basically,
zero income. So I am not a rich man. (Fortunately, I finally found some work about a month ago... Good thing! Savings were getting a bit thin! I was worried I'd have to pass up the Combiner Wars figures I did want!) But I wanted both of those figures, and at the time it looked like Hasbro was never going to do them, so I looked at my savings and found a way to make it happen, and preyed I'd find work before funds dried up completely. (Which I did, thank god!
)
Yet other people, even if they do have income coming in, may not be able to justify such expenses. Perhaps they are trying to save more. Perhaps they have families and feeding their children is more important then buying themselves a toy. Perhaps they just honestly think $400.00 is too much for a toy even if they
can afford it. It doesn't make that person any less of a Transformers fan or their opinion any less valid.
To sum up, the lower cost of Hasbro toys is not reflective of the quality put into them. Rather, it is reflective of Hasbro being a much larger company that can produce things at a lesser cost. Not everyone who buys Hasbro is a cheap person. And not everyone who buys third party is a rich elitist pig who looks down on everyone else.
So... well... can't we all just get along and enjoy Transformers toys together?
