My latest rant: if your a nerd, or a collector you will understand... Being a long time star wars collector, like many, I have seen an evolution of the star wars figure. First, we had the Kenner line. These figures had only 5 points of articulation, terrible paint schemes, and rarely looked like the character. From this we had the "salt shaker" imperial royal guard and emperor. Episodes 2 and 3 come along and the figures improved vastly. We got multiple points of articulation, ball jointed ankles and wrists, excellent paint schemes, great accessories, and cloth capes and cloaks. Granted the price jumped a bit, but for a great figure, that was more than acceptable. We have seen the vintage line go from "galactic hunter" exclusives to everyday figures. A great figure for an extra dollar or two. I have been turned off lately by hasbro, not because of lack of stuff to collect, but for the lack of originality of any new star wars figures lately. Here is my question. Why would the Star Wars line, who has jumped leaps and bounds, go from great articulation to a mere 5 points of articulation? Help me explain why, we as collectors, should pay the same price (or more in some places) for rehashes of the same boring figures. Everyone has over 100 vaders, Obi Wans, and Yodas, except our figures are highly more evolved that the neanderthal figures that are being released. How can hasbro justify the same price point for lesser quality?
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:56:24 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015