monkey_roo
Sith Lord
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OK - maybe a headline better suited to the tabloids - or to a younger viewers a bit of clickbate - but I think it is fair question.
I am sure most of us pop over to JediTempleArchives now and again, and there are always some interesting articles there, often moaning about Hasbro and the quality of their output of late, but if we are being honest currently Hasbro is making a mess of things and as a company they are in a spot of bother.
I read JTA's recent article on how Hasbro haven't even got a wave lined up to go with the new Mando season (criminal when you think about it), add to that how badly they performed last year sales/profit-wise and then look at what is coming out (reissues, repaints, kit bashed figures) - and then what is looking like a lackluster 40th Jedi line (that said I will be getting it all) - Where are the big exciting items, Jabba's palace, Ewok Village etc, and the silly prices we are now being asked to pay, and it does start to raise the question of how bad are things getting and are we looking at a similar situation to the end of the 80's, i.e. the end of a toy line?
For my own part I am seriously thinking this could be the end of the line as a modern collector for me, after the 40th Jedi stuff (again, which I will buy as I have the other 40th stuff and want all three films together) I am seriously thinking enough is enough, nothing majorly exciting, too expensive and now almost always click and buy within minutes or you miss out, so no fun... - but what do others think? Is Hasbro up the creek without a paddle or as collectors are we just going to buy whatever they serve up at whatever price they set regardless?
I am sure most of us pop over to JediTempleArchives now and again, and there are always some interesting articles there, often moaning about Hasbro and the quality of their output of late, but if we are being honest currently Hasbro is making a mess of things and as a company they are in a spot of bother.
I read JTA's recent article on how Hasbro haven't even got a wave lined up to go with the new Mando season (criminal when you think about it), add to that how badly they performed last year sales/profit-wise and then look at what is coming out (reissues, repaints, kit bashed figures) - and then what is looking like a lackluster 40th Jedi line (that said I will be getting it all) - Where are the big exciting items, Jabba's palace, Ewok Village etc, and the silly prices we are now being asked to pay, and it does start to raise the question of how bad are things getting and are we looking at a similar situation to the end of the 80's, i.e. the end of a toy line?
For my own part I am seriously thinking this could be the end of the line as a modern collector for me, after the 40th Jedi stuff (again, which I will buy as I have the other 40th stuff and want all three films together) I am seriously thinking enough is enough, nothing majorly exciting, too expensive and now almost always click and buy within minutes or you miss out, so no fun... - but what do others think? Is Hasbro up the creek without a paddle or as collectors are we just going to buy whatever they serve up at whatever price they set regardless?