First-Aid wrote:dr_n00b wrote:logical as ever Hasbro...
you have a new onslaught mold out, which rocks. leg connectors shouldn't be a problem, arm connectors might be trickier. but hey, if city commander showed us anything, it's that augmenting an existing mold is possible, even if said mold wasn't meant for it originally.
yet despite everything, they choose to repaint a 4 year old mold.
It's called "the bottom line". They are into making money, not catering to the whims of fanboys everywhere. I'm sure some people there would LOVE to do that...the engineering challenges would make it worth it...but the stockholders and board of directors say otherwise. More than likely they weighed the option and decided that the short term losses in terms of manpower and hours would be far to significant...especially when you consider the current state of the economy. People are hanging on to their money, disposable income is down significantly, we're on the brink of a global recession (or in it already depending on which party's candidates you talk to), so they chose to go with a low-cost alternative. Makes sense to me...
yet so many people paid around 100$ for the city commander set, which apparently was cost effective to produce. and it sold out, and then got a repaint I'm sure more people would buy.
Releasing random shelfwarming repaints (like the recent Scattorshot second repaint in a year, or the endless movie repaints) that cost exactly as new molds do (which thanks to the price increase is now even less worthy of your dollar) equals *no* respect for fans' intelligence, and considering how big and organized the fan base you so easily dismissed is, you can make sure a good product would advertise itself throughout the fan community and sell. I mean, who the hell were Fansproject? they could never have afforded to exist without the publicity given to them by the fans.
It is REALLY sad Hasbro doesn't listen to the fan community, and produce these 3rd party products themselves. if any good, they WILL sell, and would probably cost the end user much less than these limited amount customs.
I can go on and on about this, and go into much larger issues - such as how talk of a coming recession of which dimensions aren't yet known only creates a snowball mentality in the market, and I'm sure the eagerness of both candidates to get elected has driven them to scare tactics using the economy as leverage, but eh, what the heck.
Bottom line, I'd buy appendages to complete a Bruticus and a Superion with the recent classics' ultras. I'd even buy the ugly ass and lazy Silverbolt for it. And I'm 100% certain not a fan in the world would miss it, especially given normal Hasbro prices, and not overpriced 3rd party rates.
