GetterDragun wrote:You support them as long as they are not a mainstream character of a mold you might want. Anyone can agree with something as long as it meets their conditions.
Very true. You are a wise sage.
The reality is Hasbro is a business, and they look to make a profit. My guess is they make more profit if they release all the Seekers to retail. They did not realize at the time of the initial Classics release that this concept would become a mainstream success, so they boxed themselves into a corner by agreeing to the Seeker exclusives that put a lot of money into their pockets in the short term. They realized the mistake when they were bombarded with Seeker requests by the overwhelming majority of fans who have nothing to do with TFCC and Botcon.
Unfortunately, they have now ticked off a number of collectors who are willing to pay a lot of money for an exclusive release, but what were they supposed to do? Were they supposed to ignore the larger marketplace? Hasbro does not need TFCC and Botcon. That's the truth of the matter. I'm sorry, but that's fact. They do need the large retail market. And to top everything off, the Seeker mold is one of the simplest deluxe transformations they made, making it a good buy for kids. Hasbro decided to release the complete line with modifications that differed from the Botcon exclusives after waiting a few years to space them out.
Want further proof of how the market works? Ask how many people collect every variant of the Seekers, and I mean EVERY variant, not just the Hasbro and Takara Classics molds, but the other styles, too. Some people like to collect Optimus Prime in every form. Others like to collect Seekers. That's why the first movie Starscream was altered to represent every Seeker. And that movie mold is not the only one to be painted as other Seekers, as both Thrust and Dirge were given not-in-movie movie-verse molds. I think Hasbro did that to test if people wanted the Generations releases. The test must have worked in the Classics collectors favor because we got our coneheads, finally.
HalfOfMe and Craggy said it best:
craggy wrote:HalfOfMe wrote:Hahaha, no, they don't. And as for people saying there SHOULDN'T BE exclusives, yeah, that's crap. Definitely part of the fun. Just like variant covers, for the sake of the comic analogy!
in this case it's more like DC Comics trade paperback collections. You buy the single issues when they first come out because you want to enjoy them, and you're not sure if, 4 years down the line they'll actually ever release a version you can walk into any bookstore or order off Amazon.
I've done both. I have both variants of the final issue of "HUSH," and I purchased the individual comics of "Bruce Wayne: Murderer" and "Fugitive" as they were released followed by the TPB's. That's just the way life rolls.
at me over other people's comments please.
