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- Wed Jan 10, 2024 12:34 am
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
- Replies: 211
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Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Yeah, there are regular and online releases over here of stuff that's store exclusive in the US, whereas Walgreens may have a deal that e.g. Minerva stock doesn't go to other US retailers. Over here it's only really Amazon that occasionally goes for semi-exclusives, although Smyths might have gotten...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:12 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
- Replies: 211
- Views: 5276342
Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
I'm guessing they can make a bit more money shipping the stuff over here. Possibly a minor factor of no language issues/relabelling with sales to the UK. Possibly that Hasbro doesn't want its leading brands liquidated in an obvious way in the US/Canada, plus exchange rates are generally prohibitive ...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:01 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: What was your best set of figures of the year?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 367544
Re: What was your best set of figures of the year?
Yeah, Amazon search and failure to enforce grouping of listings is appalling enough to send me to eBay pretty often for things that are small, non-urgent and cheap. Amazon seem to take a bigger cut of the base price that means they can often be beaten on that stuff. But it's handy to be able to get ...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: What was your best set of figures of the year?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 367544
Re: What was your best set of figures of the year?
Over here, Prime customers (and it's worth the cost of Prime annually if you order at least a few things a month, and they partner with supermarkets and have a few original shows that I actually watch) can specify a preferred delivery day for in stock items, including weekends. Ethics aside, Amazon'...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:55 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
- Replies: 211
- Views: 5276342
Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
The deep discounts mostly aren't retailers clearing their own stock. Although both brick and mortar stores like Smyths and online retailers such as Kapow, ID and C&C do it to clear down older inventory and at significant mark down to clear the last few of things, deep discounts are now constant ...
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 11:25 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
- Replies: 211
- Views: 5276342
Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Question spinning off from discussion about 'dead' Ironhide and Prowl in the Top X of 2023 thread... How long do we think big box stores will keep taking stuff that gets heavily clearanced? Are misfires forgiven, or are they locked into multi-year agreements (which seems unlikely based on how Walmar...
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:30 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: What was your best set of figures of the year?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 367544
Re: What was your best set of figures of the year?
I don't think the complexity argument holds that much water in justifying jumping a whole SKU bracket either personally. Hasbro just have a fairly blanket policy of cost cutting regardless of whether it compromises the product enough that people won't buy at the price point. Size and a half is a goo...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:19 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: What was your best set of figures of the year?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 367544
Re: What was your best set of figures of the year?
Feel free to share any tips or tricks you come up with. Depending where you shop, deferred delivery (e.g. Amazon day, or BBTS do a "pile of loot" thing) -- if something's ordered but cancellable without penalty and you've lost interest two days later, simple matter to do so. I'm sure stor...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:24 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: What was your best set of figures of the year?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 367544
Re: What was your best set of figures of the year?
I think that's where the emphasis has shifted to. Instead of each figure being it's own intricate puzzle that has to be engaged/manipulated with in a deliberate way (lest you absentmindedly break something delicate), we've now got this design ethos focused on things that are nicely poseable yet can...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions
- Replies: 1650
- Views: 1054769
Re: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions
The original design by Dave Johnson apparently has enough of a torso to fit vital organs, although there's other non-Euclidean things going on with it.
https://www.comicsbeat.com/jessica-drew ... der-woman/
https://www.comicsbeat.com/jessica-drew ... der-woman/
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:23 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: What was your best set of figures of the year?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 367544
Re: What was your best set of figures of the year?
Yeah, it's hard to see how a "Leader" Springer will be anything but an over-complicated and possibly slightly oversized Voyager. And all of the predictions online seem to be negative. I'd have counted Needlenose if I'd got him in 2023. It's still a nice figure (actually Crankcase isn't awf...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:15 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: What was your best set of figures of the year?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 367544
Re: What was your best set of figures of the year?
Glad the repaints are giving someone enjoyment... if they'd done blue Grimlock and G2 stickers/accessories Jazz I think I'd have gone for them. Particularly if they'd reworked the car doors for positioning as wings. Leo Prime they really needed to do something with the front lion shoulders, and it s...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:54 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
- Replies: 7436
- Views: 4899722
Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
How hot does the water need to be, anyway? I've seen a lot of people re: customising MOTU figures say not actually boiling, just hot, but personally I just boil it, pour some into an insulated mug and give the plastic a minute or two in that. Hasn't damaged other Super7 figures, but the sculpting o...
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 10:23 pm
- Forum: Transformers Media / Fandom
- Topic: Sunbow Marvel Archive (TF sections)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 58296
Re: Sunbow Marvel Archive (TF sections)
Related content - James Eatock just added a voice recording session for Transport to Oblivion Part 1 with accompanying visuals. Worth checking out his cerealgeek channel for lots of other 80s stuff too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMxn9MrSV94
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMxn9MrSV94
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 2:19 am
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
- Replies: 7436
- Views: 4899722
Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Cool, might keep a lookout for that one. Legacy Lio Convoy and I don't know whether it's my point of comparison being the RobotMasters one and low expectations but I actually like the dour-faced unposeable brick and don't immediately want to paint pupils on, although will photoshop them to fully bla...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:04 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
- Replies: 211
- Views: 5276342
Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
My guess is we're already there with some of the systems already commercially available and some already work around common glitches like hands, etc, so to be honest I wouldn't expect that much need for retouching. Hasbro do have big enough owned collections of art that I suspect they could train on...
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:29 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
- Replies: 211
- Views: 5276342
Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
And rather strong evidence that the company intends to switch a load of art requirements over to AI and pay college grads to clean it up:
https://twitter.com/girldrawsghosts/sta ... 5952686502 or https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1736 ... 86502.html
https://twitter.com/girldrawsghosts/sta ... 5952686502 or https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1736 ... 86502.html
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:31 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
- Replies: 7436
- Views: 4899722
Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
I think it'd be parentorguardianf*cker.
That's quite a neat retro sci-fi design on the Nightshade alt mode, and the robot mode is giving IDW vibes... is it possible to have the wings point down out of the way or take them off?
That's quite a neat retro sci-fi design on the Nightshade alt mode, and the robot mode is giving IDW vibes... is it possible to have the wings point down out of the way or take them off?
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 6:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: IT'S TIME FOR A NEW YOUTUBE THREAD
- Replies: 62
- Views: 138651
Re: IT'S TIME FOR A NEW YOUTUBE THREAD
Nice clip of Peter Cullen receiving a lifetime achievement award, with TF-related anecdote:
https://twitter.com/AlfonsoNation/statu ... 9746458633
https://twitter.com/AlfonsoNation/statu ... 9746458633
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:46 pm
- Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
- Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
- Replies: 211
- Views: 5276342
Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Worth a watch for ex-employee perspectives on Hasbro's second round of mass layoffs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyV9gzgcbEQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyV9gzgcbEQ