OFFICIAL SPOOKTACULAR 2010 Thread!

[Darth Madden]

Do they email you first before posting winners or do they post winners and email at the same time or post winners first THEN email?

I think they email first since there always seem to be some "confirmed" names when they post the winners.

 

[Serenityslr]

For the new Spooksters (both old collectors like me and complete Sideshow newcomers), let's do what we can to integrate into the existing community, rather than try to take it over right away.

We can do that *after* we've become indispensable to the rest

aahhhh Noooo Troll in Freaks clothing.

sorry sorry couldn't resist . Back to watching Soul Eater.

 

[RoboDad]

I haven't had time to read through all of the posts this morning (it's back to reality time ), but I agree with the posts I have read from people who were disappointed by this year's Spook, and not just from a lack of winning perspective (although I don't ever remember such a popular "losers club" thread ever existing before).

I think the focus on Facebook was excessive, and brought too many "fair weather" collectors to the event, rather than maintaining the feel that the event has had in years past. I really enjoyed spending time here, helping and being helped by my friends, but I only checked in on the chat on an occasional basis, maybe once every couple of hours, or if there was some announced activity like DOI. In previous Spooks I spent 95% of my time in chat, and only checked the Spook thread here a few times a day.

But it is what it is. If this is the tone Sideshow wants to have for Spook, that's fine, but I don't anticipate that I will be participating nearly as much next year.

And now, It's November. Spook is done, for better or worse, and it's time to move on.

 

[devlinboy]

lol or you can donate it to ski lol

 

[MadCow]

yea i have about 20 of them lol. I army build.
I really do appreciate the offer though, but i would rather you donate them to toys for tots. Xmas is right around the corner and i know damn well some children are going to need help from people like us.

You can donate them if you would like..That would make me much happier.

I really to appreciate the kindness of your offer, but i bet this would make a kid in need very happy.

I hope i am not coming across as a D(*k, that was not my intention.

Wow, you're a total AHOLE! J/k, nah it's cool, just I thought I'd see if you needed it. I do dontate to T4T every year and this will be gladly added to the pile in your honor.

 

[The Mike]

So, still chances for wins here

Breath. Not held.

I haven't won a site contest since 2006. Not really worried about my streak being broken.

Ok, really trying to avoid garbage posts to get my post count up, so I'll try to make this relevant...

Oh you gotta get one that, its fantastic.

 

[Something Sexy]

RoboDad

If I remember last year only 1 or 2 people lost completely. One of those being me.

 

[Shropt]

Side note...as of right now, there are still 20 of the different contests that have either not announced winners, or one or more of the announced winners are still in "pending" state.

So, still chances for wins here

Exactly. We should wait and see.

 

[devlinboy]

Wow, you're a total AHOLE! J/k, nah it's cool, just I thought I'd see if you needed it. I do dontate to T4T every year and this will be gladly added to the pile in your honor.

lol yea who turns down a freebie!!!


But if you do decide to donate this it would make me a happy man, and i mean that. I remember when i was a kid and i got a LJN hulk from the church...greatest xmas ever!! lets recreate that for the new generation!!

 

[The Mike]

And now, It's November. Spook is done, for better or worse, and it's time to move on.

On to Black and White Friday! Where this year they'll be revealed in FB and Twitter posts with them going on sale at an alternative website where the buy button won't actually work until the next day and be sold out to people who think its called Showside collectibles and use a 75% off redemption coupon from MySpace.com.

Couldn't resist.

 

[devlinboy]

on a side note: i also remember the year when the church messed up my xmas gift and i got a pair of osh kosh b gosh pink overalls lol. We were so poor back then my mom almost made me wear them.

 

[Skiman]

lol or you can donate it to ski lol

I remember when Madcow got the USSR Flag, I was very impressed as a SUPER DUPER G.I. Joe fan

I think he put some dinosaur on there which was kind of meh... but I like the otherwise

 

[RoboDad]

On to Black and White Friday! Where this year they'll be revealed in FB and Twitter posts with them going on sale at an alternative website where the buy button won't actually work until the next day and be sold out to people who think its called Showside collectibles and use a 75% off redemption coupon from MySpace.com.

Couldn't resist.

:eek



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[devlinboy]

USSR flag...need pics now!

 

[IrishJedi]

For SDCC 2011, all new product announcements will occur on Facebook/Twitter 9 weeks before the con.

 

[MadCow]

lol yea who turns down a freebie!!!


But if you do decide to donate this it would make me a happy man, and i mean that. I remember when i was a kid and i got a LJN hulk from the church...greatest xmas ever!! lets recreate that for the new generation!!

Yeah, I know how rough it can be. When it was just me and mom as a kid things were hard though no matter how hard things were she always made sure I got something for Xmas. So in her honor I like to give as much as I can. I will definitely donate this.

On to Black and White Friday! Where this year they'll be revealed in FB and Twitter posts with them going on sale at an alternative website where the buy button won't actually work until the next day and be sold out to people who think its called Showside collectibles and use a 75% off redemption coupon from MySpace.com.

Couldn't resist.

I'm really curious to see how they handle things now. More than liely they won't listen to us and keep on going. Whiny people suck.

I remember when Madcow got the USSR Flag, I was very impressed as a SUPER DUPER G.I. Joe fan

I think he put some dinosaur on there which was kind of meh... but I like the otherwise

I WISH that was my Flagg. It was a friend's and he threw a building party and it was such an awesome thing. I could never drop the kind of coin that he paid for it.

 

[Skiman]

I WISH that was my Flagg. It was a friend's and he threw a building party and it was such an awesome thing. I could never drop the kind of coin that he paid for it.

 

[icruise]

I think I probably won more contests than anyone (mostly in chat, because apparently I'm some sort of god when it comes to searching for things on Google and Sideshow's site ). I'm very grateful for what I won, especially because almost all of my wins in past years were the freebie giveaways, and because I've had to cut down on my collectible purchases in the last year or so. It's really nice to get some things that I wouldn't be able to get otherwise. That said, I do feel kind of bad now that I know how much trouble others had winning. I did do a few small giveaways of my own yesterday, but it's only a drop in the bucket.

It's true that there were a lot of problems this year. Some of the promo words were actually rather difficult to find. The clues were harder and they were spread over product pages, news, and ministry of info. Having them repeatedly forget to post or activate the words while people are frantically searching for them was an EPIC FAIL. And while I can't fault them for wanting to use Twitter and Facebook, I do agree that they should probably have been just used as a promotional tool, rather than the actual location for the contests. There's nothing wrong with wanting to expand their customer base, but don't forget the hardcore fans. There should've been more than just one giveaway in this thread.

And while I remember complaining about the discounts being anemic during my first Spook years ago, they seemed even worse this year. You might search for a code and find out that it was just free shipping or 15% off some statue you didn't want in the first place. Why be so generous with the giveaways and so stingy with the discounts? As I said before, why not reduce the number of giveaways and instead increase the amount of the discounts? I'm sure many people would bite if something was 50% off or more. And Sideshow would still make some money on the item. Seems like a no-brainer.

 

[choopie]

I don't fault Sideshow for using social media to reach out to more collectors, many of whom probably don't even know this forum exists. I was a Sideshow collector years before I even came across this forum. But I do understand how the veterans feel with the way Sideshow handled Spook this year. I'd feel slighted too knowing that this forum, which started it all in terms of a collecting community for Sideshow, has been pushed aside in favor of newer forms of communication.

I certainly don't feel entitled to anything because I'm a member of this forum, but I do feel that there is an expectation for Sideshow to make some sort of appearance on here based on previous events.

 

[The Mike]

Most people don't fault Sideshow for using Twitter or Facebook. Let's get that understood. What people are faulting SSC for is using said social networking sites as actual event forums. There should only be one stage for all things Spooktacular, on SSC's own site. This year there was a stage at the site (the main stage), Twitter, FB, three different event pages....it was a mistake.