Post by poindizzle on Jul 26, 2013 11:49:19 GMT -5
You're absolutely right on the money. There are several factors that I can think of, plus probably a dozen more I can't as to why this figure came out. 1) Licencor approval. 2) Ringside wanting an item that will sell well. 3) Mattel corporate having a policy (possibly as per WWE corporate) of not independently seeking contracts with talent. 4) Demand for Kane in an attire that represents that time period. 5) Cost effectiveness. The list goes on. It's not laziness nor was it an arbitrary decision. Ringside may have a huge corner of the market consisting of collectors, but they sell on Ebay as well as Amazon, and so they are being seen by a much wider base than just us. Come Christmas when the online shopping type hear their kids ask for Kane, this one's going to hit when they search. Kane sells more than Hardcore Holly or Raven ever could because he is both a collector and kid friendly star.
Now, back to the original post. Ah, Randy Snortin. Can I assume that this was the post that got him banned? Surprised that it wasn't all the cuss words that he misspelled so they would pass through the filter in other posts. I don't know to what purpose this thread ever had. "I want to stimulate conversation. By being holier than thou. Hey, wait, stop stimulating conversation, you don't have the same opinion as me!"
The answer is abundantly clear.
1) Some people love belts.
2) Some people are completionists.
3) RSC exclusives usually go up in value tremendously, even the old Jakks ones are still crazy expensive online.
4) Some people are Kane collectors.
5) Some people are willing to accept shortcomings because this is likely the only Mattel figure we'll get of this attire.
6) Some people held to their principle and didn't buy it.
7) Some people got it as gifts.
8) Some people genuinely liked or loved it.
That's it. That covers it all.
I just like to have a solid reason for having an opinion. I occasionally drop some hate on Mattel, but it's typically about the corporate end of things, not usually the product.
I acknowledge that certain aspects of Mattel's handling of business is flawed, but overall it's been the most pleasant toy line to collect. The toy line I had collected heavily prior to this was Mattel's DC Universe Classics, or as I like to call it 'DC frustration when I can't find them anywhere and when they make baffling bad waves full of superfriends that absolutely no one asked for or buys and the clog the shelves.' I'll go with DCUC for short.
And now, try being a Jakks collector. At any point in time I have no idea what is coming because they have zero interaction with the fans and don't go to any of the shows anymore. I know also that the looming loss of the license is there, I just have no idea when because again, they don't talk to us.
How about the Marvel Legends line? 3 waves a year that most assuredly don't have the one you wanted. They've been doing this concept since they rebooted the line where there would be 'A' and 'B' cases and you would get a different character variant depending on which wave it was. Most of these so called variants are actually different characters entirely. And inevitably it's never the one that you want in the 'A' case, and the 'B' cases haven't been released at all since wave 3. And then you get some line about how they are trying to figure out a way to put those unreleased figures into future assortments. Just release the damn 'B' cases, you morons! Or better yet, don't do refresher cases that have the worst selling figure from the previous assortment (Wave 3's shelf warming turd Ultimate Captain America is being repacked in wave 4). Variants galore have been cancelled. Assortments contain extremely specific characters and costumes from recent comic books that the average action figure fan might not have ever read, and these are the ones that have been overpacked. Know who Hope is? Only if you've read X-men in the past 5 years.
Point of this long winded rant, Mattel is doing amazing by the standards that other big toy manufacturers are setting.