What the fuck ever happend to gi joe black series? Was it ever even going to come out. Was it all just wishful thinking?
>>5710263
Snake Eyes would be boba fett and all we get left are the other guys
First of all, Hasbro's management hates GIJoe, so they won't lift a finger or spend a nickel to try anything.
Second, part of ARAH's appeal is vehicles. How many 1:12 vehicles have you seen lately? One TIE Fighter that cost 2-3 times what it should have based on the price ratio between 1:18 figures and vehicles. Everybody would be screaming for a dozen different vehicles only to balk, rightfully, at an $80 Trouble Bubble.
Third, assortments would kill it. They'd be 8 per case, tops, with a known lower boundary of 4. At a rate of 5 new figures per wave, tops, it'd take a decade to do what 25th did in 2-3 years. And that's if you can find all of them. The only reason many collectors got what they wanted during 25th was because they were 12 or 24 per case, small enough to put a lot on shelves, and just $5 at the start so they actually sold.
You may not think so but we are so much better off with no line than an aborted bungled line.
>>5710728
And here's the reason why big cases of small product is so important.
The wave system is stupid forced churn. The window to order is really narrow, such that reordering a specific product is nearly impossible. It usually works out that stores buy 1 or 2 cases per store. If it sells quickly, can't order more so shelves are bare until next wave. If it sells slowly, missed the ordering period for next wave (and maybe next after).
Having a case of 24 means you at least get 24 toys per 3 month period instead of only 4 or 6. Plus, with the possibility of 4 Flints per case, you're not fucked if there's 1, 2, or 3 other collectors in town, like you are with SWB, ML, etc where there is 1 Luke or Vader between all of you. It's about the sanest way to cope with the retarded eave system.
Shame military themes died out when mega bloks shows how popular COD is.
>>5710742
Frankly, it's my opinion that Hasbro should take a cue from the Japanese and stop making their packages so big and full of air. There are lots of poorfags but some of us actually go to a store ready to buy toys only to be turned away by barren shelves. Instead, Hasbro stuffs cheaper, but unwanted, garbage like one-steps or 2.5" figures into gigantic packages, that does nothing but crowd out better products (like when a derpy retailer has 1 peg for TFs and has to choose). More efficient package would cost less to ship around and make the toy aisles look like something other than a picked over carcass.
>>5710263
Thankfully, it never happened. A 6 inch line of Joes would have a crazy high potential for pegwarming. Sure, Snake Eyes, Cobra Commander, and Destro would probably sell well. But how many Joe figures would actually sell well at $20 a piece? And speaking of price, Joe fans are notoriously cheap. I used to always see new product reveals immediately followed by people saying things like, "Looks great. Can't wait to buy it half off at Ross." GI Joe just doesn't currently have a strong enough customer base to support a more expensive line like the Star Wars Black Series or Marvel Legends.
>>5710263
they're going to reboot it, talks are of a new cartoon is in the works.
>>5710755
Wut. Japanese toys are the king of oversized packaging. There's enough air space in nendo boxes for 3 other nendos...
Big packaging enhanced the perceived value for parents who don't know any better. A big box looks fair for $30. Doesn't matter that the toy inside is no bigger than a Rubik's cube.
G I Joe has been dead since the Rise of Cobra movie postponement left tons of badly selling stock on shelves. Retail treats Joe as poison. Barely anyone wants to carry the small figures. You think they'll bother with 6" figures that have no cartoon or movie?
Meanwhile Marvel shits out 4 movies a year and Star wars will come every Xmas.
>>5710797
The smallest possible packaging would also be the easiest to steal.
>>5710833
Yeah, your average height white or black male(6'1'') can probably fit like 2 smaller figuarts boxes in each pocket of a regular sized pair of pants.
>>5710728
>First of all, Hasbro's management hates GIJoe, so they won't lift a finger or spend a nickel to try anything.
First of all, the retards at managmenr should be castrated for not giving respect for the worlds first literal action figure line. Second, they might have been already considering that a new animated series is in the works.
>>5710810
Awesome animation
>>5711007
Yeah, its weird how some scenes or even full episiodes had almost anime teir animation, while others where a stuttering jittering mess.
>>5710814
Wut. Have you even collected a Hasbro toy line before? Pre-RID2015, huge cards. Boxes the size of an XBOX with a baseball sized toy in the middle. About the only thing they're efficient with is the soap bottle line.
>muh perceived value
What does an aisle that always looks picked over do for perceived value?
>>5710814
>Retail treats Joe as poison.
Retail should treat anything Hasbro with a media tie-in as poison because they've proven over and over and over that they can't schedule anything to save their lives.
>>5711064
And the Tumblr is strong with you.
