Anybody give a crap about the movie line right now?

[Dominic]

Red toy on a red card = bland visual = poor sales.

And, it was barely a recolor...on a toy representing a character that only kids and comletists would want.


Dom
-lives not too far from JBL and Paul Bearer.

[Shockwave]

Well I guess I give a crap because I bought one yesterday: Human Alliance Barricade. O6 was quite happy with this when we chatted via xbl and I gotta say he's right, it's probably the best version of Barricade money can buy. The articulation is good and best of all, it can actually stand solidly on it's own. And the Frenzy that comes with is pretty nifty too. Interesting factoid: On the packaging near the illustration for Frenzy it says "other minifigures sold separately" Under what line? I haven't seen any. Wonder if Hasbro has plans for them.

[JediTricks]

Man, your neighbors are friggin' awesome.

Somehow, and I'll never really get how, a local radio station got Ahmed Best as a guest on the Sunday night "Punk Rock" show. Like, not on the phone, they got dude to go down there and be in the damn studio, and then the deejay just busts the guy's balls about Jar Jar until he walked out. Huge douche move, I thought. Of course, I was the guy trying to get through on the phone to tell Best "Hey, screw these guys and everybody, Jar Jar was awesome, nice job, man."

Also, it's hilarious that so many Mudflaps shelfwarm so horribly, and yet the Human Alliance version is pretty much only heard of, never seen. Some kind of irony there.

Poor Ahmed, that sucks, it's not his fault the character was badly conceived, he was just cast as the actor to wear the suit in rehearsal and mo-cap (mo-cap wasn't used on the character, just concept work) originally and Lucas liked the voice he came up with on the set. Jar Jar ain't awesome though.

Actually, it seems to be less "ironic" than "causality". Stores I think didn't order HA Mudflap because Tuner Mudflap was pegwarming so badly, and HA Mudflap was the last of the old-guard packaging which always gets fewer orders. Since the set is showing up at liquidators like Ross on occasion, it would appear stores refused shipment on that figure.

Dom
-lives not too far from JBL and Paul Bearer.

Paul Bearer, a manager from back when that meant something, and back when The Undertaker was a creepy character, not some giant sleazy biker. But I thought he lived and worked as an actual funeral service director down in the South.

Well I guess I give a crap because I bought one yesterday: Human Alliance Barricade. O6 was quite happy with this when we chatted via xbl and I gotta say he's right, it's probably the best version of Barricade money can buy. The articulation is good and best of all, it can actually stand solidly on it's own. And the Frenzy that comes with is pretty nifty too. Interesting factoid: On the packaging near the illustration for Frenzy it says "other minifigures sold separately" Under what line? I haven't seen any. Wonder if Hasbro has plans for them.

Glad you dig Barricade, I think it's a good one as well. And I like that he doesn't have to look all squat with the HA's alternate leg configuration possible.

I think they mean the minifigs are sold separately in other HA sets, not alone. Considering the line is barely treading water right now and the figures all look like crap and are designed mainly as an afterthought, I wouldn't think they'd invest into them heavily.

[Onslaught Six]

Ah, Undertaker. First he was creepy, then he was Satanic, then he was a biker, and now he's some weird combination of all three. But his character assassination is nothing next to Kane's.

Apparently even Hasbro doesn't give a shit about the line, because Generations is getting lumped into it by next year.

[Dominic]

Yeah. I wonder if Hasbro is trying to keep the line from folding in on itself. At this point, Hasbro is all but giving official sanction to the idea that packaging means nothing.

If Paul Bearer lives down South, then he is putting in some serious travel for matches up here. For a guy his age, that is impressive. (Just checked, he apparently lives in Alabama.) Apparently, the Sheik also travels. (And, he spends time up in Boston too.) I could not find John Cena Sr's information. And, JBL lives in NY.

Dom
-okay, so my neighbors are not that cool.

[Onslaught Six]

Friend of mine claims Paul Bearer is actually in the E right now. Didn't they do something like bury him in cement five years ago?

And yeah, Hasbro's nuts with this. So are Jazz and Tracks supposed to, for some reason, be in the Movie line? Is Generations ending?

I'm wondering if retailers saw a larger amount of Generations sales than yellow-box stuff and are telling Hasbro to can the movie line.

[Dominic]

"Generations" is definitely the best selling thing on this end.

I get the feeling that the line is to big for itself, and is effectively fratricidal. There are 3 legitmate TF toys lines, and that is not counting secondary and tertiary garbage like "Crossovers", RP toys or RPMs. The only other line that is even close to this in terms of this are the Marvel lines. "Iron Man is split between movie and comic, (not really compatible), and the Marvel figures are split between carded and comic packed figures. Then, there is Spiderman.

"Star Wars" is still "Star Wars". But, with TF, the lines are different enough so as to not really be compatible. I wonder if the yellow carded, yet non-movie, figures are an attempt to force compatibility. I am lifting my "no yellow card" rule, as it is no longer "movie skipping". But, I will skip guys with character profiles that place them in the movie.


Dom
-wonders how long until "GI Joe" has until it collapses again.

[andersonh1]

I think all the different lines and sub-lines may be viewed as confusing to the casual purchaser. Putting all the figures in the same packaging simplifies things considerably. The fans will still know which figure belongs in a certain continuity, while the mom or dad buying a Transformer for their kid won't know but won't care either.

[Mako Crab]

I saw HA Barricade the other day. Awesome looking fig, but the 911 decal is missing again. I don't care about the movie line in the least, but if they ever put out a Leader-class Barricade with all the police markings, I'd be all over that. Otherwise, don't care and don't forsee any movie purchases in my future. Like, ever.

[BWprowl]

I saw HA Barricade the other day. Awesome looking fig, but the 911 decal is missing again. I don't care about the movie line in the least, but if they ever put out a Leader-class Barricade with all the police markings, I'd be all over that. Otherwise, don't care and don't forsee any movie purchases in my future. Like, ever.

Wow, the lack of one decal kills it for you? That's harsh. You really should grab HA Barricade if you can, that's an awesome toy, especially if you like Barricade. I do, and it's probably my favorite HA toy.