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Oh and 100 quid is roughly $81.
Oh and 100 quid is roughly $81.
New Doctor Who Figures? (5 inch scale)
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It's hasbro quality and a bit hard to come by nowadays. Good custom fodder though.
It's hasbro quality and a bit hard to come by nowadays. Good custom fodder though.
Memnoch
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I'm gonna get my Eight! I'm gonna get my Eight!
Looks like after September I can get REALLY choosy.
I'm gonna get my Eight! I'm gonna get my Eight!
Looks like after September I can get REALLY choosy.Re: New Doctor Who Figures?
I think that set may be the last hurrah for the Classic line in general though we might get a couple of FPI Exclusives in the next few months.
I'm gonna get my Eight! I'm gonna get my Eight!
I think that set may be the last hurrah for the Classic line in general though we might get a couple of FPI Exclusives in the next few months.
Memnoch
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It might sound terrible but maybe it's best? I mean the sculpting in the Classics line has been great but I don't think it's gotten the attention it should (again, NO single packed Daleks from ANY era? wtf?) Lack of companions for whatever reasons limits the sets to just Doctors and monsters and eventually you reach a point where the monsters won't be viable and everyone will have at least A version of each Doctor - so why not go out on a high?
It might sound terrible but maybe it's best? I mean the sculpting in the Classics line has been great but I don't think it's gotten the attention it should (again, NO single packed Daleks from ANY era? wtf?) Lack of companions for whatever reasons limits the sets to just Doctors and monsters and eventually you reach a point where the monsters won't be viable and everyone will have at least A version of each Doctor - so why not go out on a high?
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The thing for me is that aside from Transformers which I only buy a few of anyway there's not really much else I'd be intrested in collecting if the Classics stopped altogether.
It would be nice if someone actually treated the Classic Who license as a proper collector oriented one instead of pissing about marketing it to kids that in general couldn't care less about anything that's not Nu-Who but it's whether another company would see the license as viable.
The thing for me is that aside from Transformers which I only buy a few of anyway there's not really much else I'd be intrested in collecting if the Classics stopped altogether.
It would be nice if someone actually treated the Classic Who license as a proper collector oriented one instead of pissing about marketing it to kids that in general couldn't care less about anything that's not Nu-Who but it's whether another company would see the license as viable.
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When you guys see my CO scale classic Hartnell TARDIS you will want it.
When you guys see my CO scale classic Hartnell TARDIS you will want it.
Memnoch
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May be, but its a custom and not something CO would ever put to market. Just like a classic console room. Which is why I say maybe pour all the energy into the 11 Doctors box set (read: new body for 10 and solid deco on all Doctors) and put the classics on "hiatus".
When you guys see my CO scale classic Hartnell TARDIS you will want it.
May be, but its a custom and not something CO would ever put to market. Just like a classic console room. Which is why I say maybe pour all the energy into the 11 Doctors box set (read: new body for 10 and solid deco on all Doctors) and put the classics on "hiatus".
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Why on earth for? I love the classics line. Screw dalek army builders IMO.
Why on earth for? I love the classics line. Screw dalek army builders IMO.
Memnoch
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Except it's easy money. I mean even Hasbro caught onto this idea with clones. People will buy army builders en mass, so I don't know why CO doesn't exploit all those Dalek molds they have.
Except it's easy money. I mean even Hasbro caught onto this idea with clones. People will buy army builders en mass, so I don't know why CO doesn't exploit all those Dalek molds they have.
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But why put the line on a hiatus? I don't understand the logic behind that at all.
But why put the line on a hiatus? I don't understand the logic behind that at all.
Memnoch
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Because IMO it needs an overhaul and re-examination of the market they are aiming for. Do they want kids first collectors second, or vice versa? If they go out on a high and end the line after the box set, so be it. But if they could reinvigorate the line, get the most out of molds and bring the costs down, I'd be back in in a major way.
Because IMO it needs an overhaul and re-examination of the market they are aiming for. Do they want kids first collectors second, or vice versa? If they go out on a high and end the line after the box set, so be it. But if they could reinvigorate the line, get the most out of molds and bring the costs down, I'd be back in in a major way.
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I think Memnoch has a point as it's reaching the point where CO need to crap or get off the pot because right now it seems like they're torn between exactly who they should be marketing the Classics to.
One minute they're saying older collectors aren't a factor and they're only going to make Doctors & monsters, then the next they've suddenly struck a deal with a collector store to release certain figures so hopes were raised for a change in policy on certain character types but so far the only all new molds we've got are Doctors that would likely have sold well in a regular wave.
CO clearly have their preferred era to make figures from which happens to be my favorite but if they aren't willing to start exploring others more deeply than a token Dalek or Cyberman or getting into the various companions/allies or humanoid villains then there's realistically not much more they can do.
Which sucks because quality wise I think it's the best smaller scaled action figure line there's been in YEARS, maybe even ever but CO's handling of it has been questionable to say the least.
I think Memnoch has a point as it's reaching the point where CO need to crap or get off the pot because right now it seems like they're torn between exactly who they should be marketing the Classics to.
One minute they're saying older collectors aren't a factor and they're only going to make Doctors & monsters, then the next they've suddenly struck a deal with a collector store to release certain figures so hopes were raised for a change in policy on certain character types but so far the only all new molds we've got are Doctors that would likely have sold well in a regular wave.
CO clearly have their preferred era to make figures from which happens to be my favorite but if they aren't willing to start exploring others more deeply than a token Dalek or Cyberman or getting into the various companions/allies or humanoid villains then there's realistically not much more they can do.
Which sucks because quality wise I think it's the best smaller scaled action figure line there's been in YEARS, maybe even ever but CO's handling of it has been questionable to say the least.
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But not every product has the same sales expectations. The mass market classics are obviously selling enough to meet benchmarks. CO is a business, and if they weren't making the money they thought they could be making, these things wouldn't be happening. The company obviously thinks it can profitably sell X new series figures and Y classic series figures. There's no reason whatsoever those variables have to be the same number.
The only reason we're talking about "collectors" in the first place is because CO is flexible enough to work with UT/FP to produce exclusives aimed at the collector's market. It's creating a separate revenue stream for product CO believes won't meet its mass market benchmarks for other classic product.
We also need to keep in mind that that 200 carded Daleks WhoNA might sell mean nothing to a company on CO's scale. If mass market retailers can blow through triple packs, that's the way it's going to be.
But not every product has the same sales expectations. The mass market classics are obviously selling enough to meet benchmarks. CO is a business, and if they weren't making the money they thought they could be making, these things wouldn't be happening. The company obviously thinks it can profitably sell X new series figures and Y classic series figures. There's no reason whatsoever those variables have to be the same number.
The only reason we're talking about "collectors" in the first place is because CO is flexible enough to work with UT/FP to produce exclusives aimed at the collector's market. It's creating a separate revenue stream for product CO believes won't meet its mass market benchmarks for other classic product.
We also need to keep in mind that that 200 carded Daleks WhoNA might sell mean nothing to a company on CO's scale. If mass market retailers can blow through triple packs, that's the way it's going to be.
William Shatners Toupee
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I was making a nerd list of what I really wanted out of the Classic Who line the other day, realistic or not, and there are so many unmade monsters on there from Pertwee and Tom's eras alone the Classic series can last quite a long time on just monsters without ever having to go to the "companion well", particularly if CO feels monsters will sell to kids whether they know them or not in the mass market, which I understand the concept of. Monsters= cool.
So even if we never get a few companions, which would suck, I think the classics line will go on a while just with the monsters in mass market. I still hope for a second sort of classics line this year to be announced along the lines of "Age of Steel", whether it be another Cybermen wave, or at this point, preferably, a Dalek Empire themed wave with Ogrons, Davros, Movellans and the like, just to get them out faster.
Anyways, I don't want to hear any more talk of wanting a figure hiatus untill I have an assload of Sontarans in my hands, got it?
I was making a nerd list of what I really wanted out of the Classic Who line the other day, realistic or not, and there are so many unmade monsters on there from Pertwee and Tom's eras alone the Classic series can last quite a long time on just monsters without ever having to go to the "companion well", particularly if CO feels monsters will sell to kids whether they know them or not in the mass market, which I understand the concept of. Monsters= cool.
So even if we never get a few companions, which would suck, I think the classics line will go on a while just with the monsters in mass market. I still hope for a second sort of classics line this year to be announced along the lines of "Age of Steel", whether it be another Cybermen wave, or at this point, preferably, a Dalek Empire themed wave with Ogrons, Davros, Movellans and the like, just to get them out faster.
Anyways, I don't want to hear any more talk of wanting a figure hiatus untill I have an assload of Sontarans in my hands, got it?
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Wishing for a figure hiatus makes no sense, but I understand it as coming from a lot of irritation with the way CO communicates with its market, ie us. The product is good, but it's no fun collecting it.
Wishing for a figure hiatus makes no sense, but I understand it as coming from a lot of irritation with the way CO communicates with its market, ie us. The product is good, but it's no fun collecting it.
Memnoch
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Pretty much. And I mean, the lack of army builders (Im sorry Marc) is just stupid. If you had a Dalek, Cyberman or Sontaran mold - why not keep the figures out there? If the kids don't want them, and they are priced accordingly, adult fans WILL buy them.
Pretty much. And I mean, the lack of army builders (Im sorry Marc) is just stupid. If you had a Dalek, Cyberman or Sontaran mold - why not keep the figures out there? If the kids don't want them, and they are priced accordingly, adult fans WILL buy them.
William Shatners Toupee
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I honestly forsee the line continuing with the monsters in mass market Classic waves, and the Doctor variants and a few choice companions being asked for as exclusives by FP/UT, or as summer convention "rape-us-up-the-yin-yang" sets. And while joking meanly, I want companions so I would be grateful.
However, to be mean spirited, I do enjoy thinking of ways CO could screw their consumers over the most, like a summer convention limited edition "Robots of Death" themed boxed set with Exclusive Leela (and 3 more Robots) for $99. No crossbow or knife. Then after everyone rushes to buy it CO would release (and not announce) Leela with crossbow as one store exclusive, and Leela with knife and Tesh Gun as the other variant excusive. Each packaged with a robot.
I actually love the Robots, but I'm just sayin'.
-Rick
I honestly forsee the line continuing with the monsters in mass market Classic waves, and the Doctor variants and a few choice companions being asked for as exclusives by FP/UT, or as summer convention "rape-us-up-the-yin-yang" sets. And while joking meanly, I want companions so I would be grateful.
However, to be mean spirited, I do enjoy thinking of ways CO could screw their consumers over the most, like a summer convention limited edition "Robots of Death" themed boxed set with Exclusive Leela (and 3 more Robots) for $99. No crossbow or knife. Then after everyone rushes to buy it CO would release (and not announce) Leela with crossbow as one store exclusive, and Leela with knife and Tesh Gun as the other variant excusive. Each packaged with a robot.
I actually love the Robots, but I'm just sayin'.
-Rick
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But they might not buy them in sufficient volume to make it worthwhile. If a new figure sells Y per wave and a reissued figure sells X per wave, and you can only release a certain amount of figures per wave for various reasons, X has to be equal or greater to Y to make financial sense. Otherwise you're literally leaving money on the table.
If what you propose made money for CO and retailers, they'd be doing it.
But they might not buy them in sufficient volume to make it worthwhile. If a new figure sells Y per wave and a reissued figure sells X per wave, and you can only release a certain amount of figures per wave for various reasons, X has to be equal or greater to Y to make financial sense. Otherwise you're literally leaving money on the table.
If what you propose made money for CO and retailers, they'd be doing it.
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