Limited editions, re-release, open edition?

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Which bothers you the most - sold out limited editions, re-releases, open editions?

  • It's important for the items I buy to have limited editions - the smaller the better

    Votes: 50 36.0%
  • All items should be available to buy for everyone, always.

    Votes: 32 23.0%
  • I would prefer that they keep something available rather than release a better version later.

    Votes: 9 6.5%
  • I prefer re-releases with improvements and limited editions.

    Votes: 43 30.9%
  • I prefer re-releases with improvements but the original should always be available.

    Votes: 5 3.6%

  • Total voters
    139
Fair enough. The biggest items in my collection do tend to be more eye-catching - perhaps because I have fewer of them though which itself makes them stand out. How about 1/4 scale poseable figures, such as is now becoming all the rage with EB and HT? Would you consider those?

Of course, I have the EB T-800 and I like it.
 
Seemed pretty straightforward to me. Apologies for the misunderstanding. But I have seen the double standards from time to time that baffle me. Some folks can't accept things for what they are.

Yes I've seen those comments too. My point was that I'm getting out of HT because of their practices and that I get better bang for my buck with statues hence the example I gave with the 89 Joker. Way overpriced for an action figure. I still have over a dozen HT and EB in my collection.
 
Yes I've seen those comments too. My point was that I'm getting out of HT because of their practices and that I get better bang for my buck with statues hence the example I gave with the 89 Joker. Way overpriced for an action figure. I still have over a dozen HT and EB in my collection.

Well, using your case in point, the Joker won't seem so overpriced when the '89 statue comes out looking more like Cesar Romero than Jack Nicholson. :huh
 
Buy Alice and get a clue. I concede to Indy. But HT's bullseyes on likeness are considerably more consistent than Sideshows, especially as far as paint is concerned. :wink1:

Wouldn't get Alice if you gave it to me. My local comic book shop has it and :monkey4...so I do have a clue. Find a better way to troll me :wave
 
Buy Alice and get a clue. I concede to Indy. But HT's bullseyes on likeness are considerably more consistent than Sideshows, especially as far as paint is concerned. :wink1:

Would you say, in hindsight, that HT old Reeve prototype wasn't as perfect as many of us thought it was initially?
 
Wouldn't get Alice if you gave it to me. My local comic book shop has it and :monkey4...so I do have a clue. Find a better way to troll me :wave

I bet you have a girlfriend who lives in Alaska, looks like Mila Kunis and puts out regularly, too. :lol

Would you say, in hindsight, that HT old Reeve prototype wasn't as perfect as many of us thought it was initially?

I would say judge it by what's sitting on your shelf and not a bunch of ____ty online photos. :lecture:lecture:lecture
 
I would say judge it by what's sitting on your shelf and not a bunch of ____ty online photos. :lecture:lecture:lecture

Well none of us got to judge the Reeve prototype in person, the sculpt we got was different and I think universally considered better. I wasn't trying to make any point here, I was just curious where you stood on that sculpt now.
 
Well none of us got to judge the Reeve prototype in person, the sculpt we got was different and I think universally considered better. I wasn't trying to make any point here, I was just curious where you stood on that sculpt now.

I stand where I've always stood on that sculpt (once it finally showed up). My opinion has been in that thread since the day the 1st thread, 2nd thread, and finally the 3rd thread (unless there's a new one for pics :lol), were created.
 
I bet you have a girlfriend who lives in Alaska, looks like Mila Kunis and puts out regularly, too. :lol

Maybe I do, maybe I don't. What's your point ? Did you ever see me ? Do you know my life ? It's better than to be a poser like you. I'm out of this debate before the Darklord gets mad at us. This isn't the thread for it :wave
 
Maybe I do, maybe I don't. What's your point ? Did you ever see me ? Do you know my life ? It's better than to be a poser like you. I'm out of this debate before the Darklord gets mad at us. This isn't the thread for it :wave

Did you mean poseur? Or poser? Because I do pose action figures, like the Alice figure that looks like Milla. :lol
 
How long did it take you to figure out they weren't numbered limited editions? :lol
 
As long as they dont start that sheet with statues, as a collector, I'll survive.
 
Whats the sheet with statues? Do you mean numbered editions and open editions (like the Joker PF)?
 
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Collectors pulled these off the shelves and stomped on them back in the day. I helped. Can you guess why?

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This figure destroyed the dream of owning a real one. I hate this figure for doing that.

These are just a couple of examples why i dislike re-releases. For some cosmic reason it takes the excitement out of the hobby. Even though i don't own any of the HT stuff being re-released, i hate that they are doing it because it cheapens the dream. We are always going to have new collectors that come into this hobby. As a company you have to realize this and keep on trucking along with new and exciting products otherwise you become stale. HT is going to make alot of money during this boom no doubt about it, however during this time they are going to piss alot of people off and eventually i fear their products will be about as 'valuable' as these......

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