Rated X wrote:shockblast2 wrote:Rated X wrote:shockblast2 wrote:All new mold?
For $180, it better do my taxes as well.
With all your "GEEWUN" comments, I was under the assumption that you wouldnt be among the population of people that have to file taxes. You seem to have a problem with collectors in their 30s and older.
No, that would be silly and hypocritical as I am 34 years old myself. I like geewun, or G1. What I don't like is arguing day in and day out with people about the specifics of mine collection and how I classify it versus yours.
Why would I have a problem with collecting if you are 30 years or older? Now, I do take issue with people who have delusions that Hasbro is something more than a toy company that primarily produces toys for children. If they create something for the children that appeals to us, then great! Buy it up! I did, and still do. But, I have no delusions on what Hasbro should and should not be producing.
Do you know any members like that?
I tend to think of the CHUG lines as being aimed at the adult collector market and kids being the secondary market. Kids dont give a crap about G1 characters or figures that homage them. Hasbro has plenty of lines geared toward todays youth such as TF Prime, RID, Movie lines, and rescue bots. Theres no shortage of lines geared towards kids. Any of the CHUG lines are clearly geared towards people our age who grew up with G1. Im 38 so by the time I stopped collecting G1 stuff around age 12 im sure you were exposed to the tail end of G1. Granted that was the action master era which sucked, but dont act like you had no exposure to G1 in the 80s. Now if G1 didnt tickle your pickle and the nostalgia factor isnt there for you, thats another story. CHUG lines have been a home run since they arrived in 2006. They have inspired older fans like me to get back into collecting and have carried the nostalgia to a younger generation to enjoy.
I like G1 and always have. And I was a fan since 1986. My first TF was Ravage. I watched the 1986 movie in theaters. Hell, I cried when Optimus died, as sad as that is.
However, the Classics line is over. It ended in 2007 and Universe ended in 2009. Although the toys used G1 characters and redesigned them for modern day, this was done to introduce the children to the characters of yesterday, NOT to market to adults. The fact that the toys themselves say "for children six years and up" is solid proof of that. Not to mention the fact that they reside in the toy aisles, and not next to the power tools.
Again, Hasbro does think of us when creating some of these toys, but their bread and butter is the children. As it should be. Toys are primarily for children.
I do think you are completely wrong when you say that children do not care for the Generations figures. Mine love them and like to hear me tell them about the characters. If you showed my boys a picture of most G1 characters they could tell who they are. As a matter of fact I just bought the Hoist rescue bot for my sons, and the first thing they asked is why he wasn't green. They also asked if Medix is supposed to be Ratchet. If all they knew was the new stuff and movieverse, they would not have made those connections.
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