Recent content by AgentHemlock

You called?

We've sort of crossed streams here, but I was originally speaking about how a toyline doesn't need to have had a toyline in the past that adult collectors collected as kids to be successful. I also think there are plenty of people who collect IPs and will buy action figures of a thing they like...

Got my Juggernaut in today. The only other one I own is the Aliexpress KO that uses a mix-mash of Juggernaut parts and Hulk parts, so it already has the butterflies. I thought this one would be an easy replacement but now I'm not so sure. I love how big the Gamerverse figure is, and the finish...

Maybe it's a Disney-Sony thing, how the media license has been broken up globally?

I'm not sure if clearance or even peg warming necessarily indicates a figure or line has failed. It may often be a sign, but even if a company over estimated demand, or had to meet a unit quota at a factory, the line may have still been profitable, to an extent. The high bar of demand for NECA...

I would say there is at least sales potential, if not actual significant sales, going to people who aren't toy collectors in the sense that we are—finger on the pulse, large collections, on forums, etc., so to say. GameStop's store real estate is about 1/4 action figures, I just saw the SHF LoTR...

I personally would think a cartoon DnD line would sell more than every IP in the "Nacelle-a-verse", but that's just a hunch. So many things become figures these days. Apparently Target and other big box retailers thought it was a good enough idea to buy a bunch of stock. And I suppose enough...

DnD started its modern Renaissance probably in the late 00's early 2010's when elder millennial hipsters started rediscovering it and added to the ranks of the core group of ever-nerds who were still playing on the regular. I think 4th edition spiked a little interest, but it probably just...

With Hasbro's line... they weren't good figures. With Super7's line... Super7 had tanked their rep to the point that I think by the time these were out, people were (rightly) skeptical of the company and their product and the price and whether or not they'd actually finish the team. And, playing...

I have a current listing for a bundle of two rare-ish figures. Total bundle is ~$40-50 cheaper than they retailed for. Guy kept lowballing me, best I'd offer was $5 off. Then I went and searched the sold listings and saw how much they were going for individually, and raised my Buy it Now price...

I saw some ReAction-esque figures at the Nacelle booth at SDCC this year. My first thought was Brian Volk-Weiss is out to eat Brian Flynn's lunch. However, if I'm remembering correctly, they were like $7-$8 or some such. Not a 5POA guy, but I would have grabbed a couple of ReActions for...

Yeah, each generation kind of rejects the culture of the generation that directly preceded them, while resurrecting aspects of the culture that preceded the one they are rejecting. Elder millennials and young Gen X got into new-60's culture in the 90's. Bell bottoms/flared jeans came back...

Being able to pay later for preorders will always lock in more sales, I think. I personally prefer it, of course. I don't have too many "dream projects" that I feel called to be an investor in and take "ownership" of. 1-2 years is a long time to order ahead, especially for big ticket items.

Thinking back on my own childhood, which was filled with figures for near as long as I could remember... not many other kids played with or collected them past 1st or 2nd grade. I was born in '84. I remember wanting to play with figures with a neighbor in like 2nd grade, and he said something...

And thanks, Trump voters, for making it all possible. $45 extra, jeez. I was hoping to grab an extra if possible, but there's only so much fuel in the tank for these things these days.