shin_hibiki wrote:necr0blivion wrote:That's a pretty bad assortment. The shelves will probably already have the extra OPs from wave 1. Hasbro could've removed an OP and added a Megs, for those who couldn't find the 1 out of 4 out now.
Yes, they could have, but that would have required breaking their rule about applying no logic whatsoever to their case assortments, and we can't have that!
3 days later, and this still irks me. Why wouldn't a company want to allow prospective buyers to get their new figures? And why clog stores with OP?
Vygr Wave 1: 3 OP, 1 Megatron
Vygr Wave 2: 2 OP, 1 Bulkhead, 1 Starscream
Do we really need that many OPs? Maybe they think customizers are going to make their own Ultra Magnus, SG Prime, and Nemesis figures once a sale or clearance is announced. But it simply doesn't make sense in a business aspect. Force your markets to purchase these assortments, and leave them hanging with product they can't sell (overflow of OPs).
My idea: 2x for each figure; then have a wave 2.5 with 1each of all 4 molds. Hell, even wait it out a bit longer before reissuing a figure, unchanged.
I recently found a Marvel Universe Archangel at retail - I was so excited because I could buy the figure at retail and not pay unneeded mark-up. He wasn't reissued, somehow the store (Target) had a box of that wave (I saw other "Wave-mates" on the shelves also). When I recounted this to my brother (also a collector), he found his very own Archy at another Target a few days later. I couldn't tell you WHY this wave is hitting stores again, but I think it's a brilliant way to allow fans a chance to get figures they'd missed out on.
Clogging shelves with Prime and Bumblebee, not so much... come on, Hasbro!
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:01 pm
It's so funny and probably horribly true