Should there be a new forum for licenses or manufacturer?

[Wor-Gar]

That's beside the point. The Aliens and Terminator threads are stuffed full of posts that are all over the map and need to be broken up according to topic. By allocating individual forums for each of those licenses it allows us to post a variety of different topics which will make specific information easier to locate rather than sorting through hundreds of pages in one mammoth thread.

This is the central point, yes. And with more and more Aliens and Predator and Terminator stuff coming... plus more and more people getting into these lines every day, its really booming.

If we started dividing up the threads into varied posts like they can in other sections, those 3 licenses would literally take over the General Forum.

That's not a threat...

 

[MaulFan]

That's beside the point. The Aliens and Terminator threads are stuffed full of posts that are all over the map and need to be broken up according to topic. By allocating individual forums for each of those licenses it allows us to post a variety of different topics which will make specific information easier to locate rather than sorting through hundreds of pages in one mammoth thread.

Precisely! For example, for single threads, right now, under a Terminator Forum, just based on current products, we could have

Hot Toys T-800
Hot Toys Kyle Reese
Hot Toys Endoskeleton

Sideshow T-800 1/6 Figure
Sideshow T-1000 1/6 Figure
Sideshow Sarah Connor 1/6 Figure
Sideshow T-800 Legendary Scale Bust
Sideshow T-1000 Legendary Scale Bust
Sideshow Endoskeleton 1:1 Bust
Sideshow Endoskeleton Arm 1:2 Scale Replica
Sideshow 20 Inch Hunter Killer Replica

and that's just the most recent products I can think of. I for one think if I could go to a forum section and pick threads individually like this to choose from it'd be better. dekadentdave can back me up in that, often in the Aliens and Terminator threads, there is SO MUCH being said, sometimes a good conversation topic is lost because the person that starts it has their comment lost in a see of something else, where if there were a forum dedicated to things, then more could be discussed. I think creating more Forums would strengthen and increase the conversation. Say someone wants to talk about the Hot Toys Alien Warrior, others may want to as well, but if that person goes to the thread right now, they might see hundreds of customs posts and figure no one would be interested in what they have to say and then a great conversation is lost. I agree it gets crazy with people straying off topic sometimes and also the ease of creating new threads leads to multiple threads on one topic, but I don't think that's cause to constrain popular topics into single threads, the conversation is clearly outgrowing that style, it's time to free them up!

 

[Kabukiman]

Is there some rule stating you can't have separate threads for each figure? It's not like we have one Jason thread in the horror section, we have different threads for different releases.

Nobody is stopping you from starting threads on a product in the appropriate forum. Of course, if you were to start a thread for each one now, it would flood the first page, but if you did it from the beginning, you wouldn't be having the problem you're experiencing now.

 

[dekadentdave]

Then people would be whining about too many threads pertaining to the same topic. It will just be easier to organize them by license.

 

[Kabukiman]

But it wouldn't be the same topic, as MaulFan pointed out, you'd have at least 11 different topics on varying subject matters (though I doubt some would stay current for long). And if it turns out the general movie forum is overrun with legitimate A/P/T threads, then that would have proved your point and a new category would be inevitable.

 

[dekadentdave]

Well then how about we spam the General board with topics like "Hot Toys Endo Official Thread" "Which is better, Aoshima Die-Cast or Hot Toys Endo?" "Who's buying an army of Endos?" "Why doesn't Sideshow get the Endos now?" etc. etc. etc. As you can see there are so many sub-topics to be categorized under a specific license forum as we have already seen in the Star Wars forum where people post stuff like: "Who pre-ordered the Endor Troopers Thread" the "Who Passed on the Endor Troopers Thread" to the "Just Got My Notice For The Endor Troopers Thread" and the "Endor Troopers 3-5 Days Shipping!!! Thread." How do you like them apples?

 

[nash]

IMO nothing can stop multiple threads on the same topic. even if you have one "official" thread per product, people are still going to make another thread to get a straight answer. Face it, when a thread is a few hundred pages long, who in the world likes to search through them just to find an answer to their question? And the search function isnt always the most feasible option.

The only thing that can stop multiple threads are RS mods.

 

[Kabukiman]

Your Endor Trooper example only exposes a problem of bad message board etiquette, nothing more.

If you just posted different threads in the general section from the beginning, we wouldn't be having this discussion, either there would be a A/P/T forum, or there would be a a couple different threads in the general section. We'll never know.

The only thing that can stop multiple threads are RS mods

We want to stop duplicate threads, not overall discussion altogether!

 

[MaulFan]

Kabuki, why are you so against the idea, I really don't see a negative to Forums dedicated to Aliens and alike, if anything, having those would allow you to steer clear of those topics if it bothers you.

 

[dekadentdave]

The Medikids are just jockeying for their own little Mediworld thread.

 

[Kabukiman]

Kabuki, why are you so against the idea

I'm not really against it, I'd say I'm not even a fraction against it as dekadentdave is for it I just think too many forums is a bad thing. It turned me and many others off of Rebelscum, I'd hate to see that happen here.

edit: And, for the record, I lurk in the A/P/T threads but I don't think I've ever posted. The topics certainly do not bother me, I'm just trying make an argument because the line has to be drawn somewhere; if a new forum was started without a fight, the medikids would want their own, the Kurgankids would want a highlander forum (even though they know it would never be used), and so on.

 

[MaulFan]

I just see it as form of organization, which I can't see why that would turn people away, maybe it doesn't have to be organized to the most minute thing possible, but some organization would be good, these forums are a bit of a cluster**** in places.

 

[Viking28]

My two cents on this is if you add another sub forum one of the others should be taken down.

 

[The ill Jedi]

My two cents on this is if you add another sub forum one of the others should be taken down.

86 the Military section!

I want an Aliens/Predator/Terminator forum!!!

 

[Kabukiman]

Okay, this is my last comment on the subject (for now anyway): If this is being done to streamline the forum as whole and make things better organized, then clearly, it should be organized by interest rather than manufacturer. If it were by manufacturer, then it would just add to the confusion making a star wars fan have to search at least 2 forums, a Superman fan would have to browse 3, etc.

 

[pordey2]

I'm missing a "it's fine the way it is" option

 

[Darklord Dave]

The other forums were born because of the multitude of threads about a particular subject. The Aliens guys have been remarkably disciplined in posting in a single thread, which I don't feel is completely necessary, but they shouldn't be penalized because of this discipline.

Given the board structure now I'm leaning towards a new subject forum, but I'm a bit at a loss as to what it should be.

I always assumed Alien/Predator discussion would go into horror, but there seems to be a disconnect there among other members in not really associating them with "horror".

So perhaps a Sci-fi forum? But isn't that what General already is?

 

[dekadentdave]

Then why not break it down under license. That will be the easiest way to categorize topics and organize them more effectively. Aliens and Predator have both sci-fi and horror elements but for organizational purposes I would not file under genre but rather by license. If you were to organize by genre then Star Wars would have to be categorized under a sci-fi category along with POTA and Highlander while X-Files, like Aliens/Predator falls between sci-fi and horror. Therefore, by license is really the most efficient way to go. Take Batman for example, has figures produced my Medicom, Hot Toys and Takara so it would be a nightmare by manufacturer. Keep them all under license.

 

[twistedfreak]

I want an Aliens/Predator/Terminator forum!!!

That about sums it up for me!

MaulFan and dekadentdave, and others have already given good enough explanations to help warrant a new forum for these licences.

 

[Darklord Dave]

As I said, I'm leaning towards subject/license rather than manufacturer. But is Alien/Predator/Terminator the best definition for it?