JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Here's another: the name "Mudflap".
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Here's another: the name "Mudflap".
Nemesis Primal wrote:I'll add a few cents:
-Repaints/mold reuse: This might just be me, and I feel like this is a Combiner Wars and on issue
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Well, on the color front... I'm wondering if perhaps a silver chest to make him "pop" a bit more might have been a better use of SIEGE Megatron's paint budget than battle damage. Or alternatively, using a sticker to give him one. He seems to be lingering.
Seibertron wrote:Over saturation of a particular toy that is less desired for whatever reason, perhaps because of the over saturation itself.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:And should you release a recolor of a toy that's currently shelfwarming, well...
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Landslide was revisited, but given a more realistic deco (resembling Erector... what? ). They hit a snag with the proposed name of "Sawtooth", so "Mudflap" was reused. Results were the same.
Optimum Supreme wrote:Over producing/packing the "kid friendly" character. AKA, the yellow menace. How many different Bumblebee figures does one person need? Also applies to guys like Hot Shot from the UT. Doesn't really apply to the figures of the title character of movie Bumblebee, oddly. Though there were still some over stocking of those (you can still find some on clearance in stores now), it wasn't nearly as bad as past years lines.
william-james88 wrote:To answer the main question, it's pretty easy. Have more supply than demand.
For instance, there is very little demand for redecos into niche characters that people don't know don't well. So thats why Quake and Krok shelfwarmed pretty hard even at discount retailers.
There is a greater demand for Optimus than Megatron, so since siege Megatron and Optimus ship in the same case you need a lot of cases to satisfy the demand for Optimus toys, but you are left with megatrons that people dont want, making them shelfwarm.
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