Anyone here collect toys/Action Figures?
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Still hard to believe MP44 hasn't been reissued yet... Takara did god knows how many reissues of MP10!
When they do get round to it, then I'll probably pick it up as I sold my MP10 last year. Need to sell off my MP11 seekers at some point and preorder Trailbreaker.
When they do get round to it, then I'll probably pick it up as I sold my MP10 last year. Need to sell off my MP11 seekers at some point and preorder Trailbreaker.
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That seems way too conservative. It feels like most actual kids just like video games and Hotwheels and Barbie now and everything else in the toy isle is for dorks.
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Well considering how much the toy companies have started catering to adults it's not surprising. That didn't used to happen outside of niche high-end collectables by specialty companies. Now you go to Target and they have an entire aisle of Lego specifically for adults.
Also look at how many toy lines are from franchises that started when we were kids and are still going. TMNT, TF, MOTU etc. Not to mention there are so many reissues of stuff from when we were kids, those aren't aimed at kids they're aimed adults.
Toy companies realized adults are the ones with the money and there's a lot of adults with disposable income that can't let go of their childhood.
Also look at how many toy lines are from franchises that started when we were kids and are still going. TMNT, TF, MOTU etc. Not to mention there are so many reissues of stuff from when we were kids, those aren't aimed at kids they're aimed adults.
Toy companies realized adults are the ones with the money and there's a lot of adults with disposable income that can't let go of their childhood.
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Can't blame toy companies for wanting to take advantage of adults on a nostalgia kick - I mean I seriously doubt kids today would want to play with re-issued He Man or Real Ghosbusters figures... those cartoons have long since dropped out of syndication.
Personally I wouldn't class Masterpiece TFs as toys, I treat them a detailed models. There's no way I'd be playing with that stuff when I was six / seven years old - a part from the price, I can't imagine young me having the patience to transform them - anyone who has MP22 or MP36 will attest.
Personally I wouldn't class Masterpiece TFs as toys, I treat them a detailed models. There's no way I'd be playing with that stuff when I was six / seven years old - a part from the price, I can't imagine young me having the patience to transform them - anyone who has MP22 or MP36 will attest.
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Well…for you it’s fucking impossible. Nearly all the stuff I buy from companies like Bandai, Tomy, Tamiya are made outside of China. The Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam manufacture a lot of toys for export.
Korean brand transforming robots are better than TFs at this point, also so are mainland Chinese bootleg stuff, be it $10 or $1000.