I'm just amused that after all the complaining about unfair gender representation in toy lines (like Black Widow in Avengers), they give the people what they supposedly want and the toys are still sitting on the shelves.
I have four boxes of worthless shit from The Phantom Menace (plus my old Darth Vader helmet case full of loose figures from the original trilogy), all still unopened in their original packages. Last I checked they were still worthless - thought the 12" dolls actually look pretty good, even the Padme/Amidala ones.
Is it shit toys or toy fatigue? We're gonna have 4 Star Wars films in 2 1/2 years, that's a lot of waves of toys for the collectors to keep up with.
I have every PM figure in mint packs too. Bought at Toys R Us day of release in 1999. Totally over produced. Absolutely valueless. Last time I looked a few years ago, Obi Wan and Qui Gonn were going for $3USD or less. I had all AOTC but felt ripped off, so never bought anything from ROTS. The odd fig here or there, but that's it. They're absolute shit. I got all my old ones out when my son was 4 or 5 and we played and I thought fug it, he loves Jedis, got all the AOTC stuff out. Two dozen jedis in bits and pieces later. All the Kenner stuff kicks arse (as do He Man, Transformers, MASK).
Problem is, they sell on nostalgia. And the woogedy boogedy of FOMO and rare and bullshit. Same with footy cards. Sell to adults when they used to sell to kids. They got valuable if they survived. Now...folks buying Star Wars figures would mostly be adults and they buy direct and not off the supermarket dept store shelf. My Big W, Target and Kmart don't look like they've shifted the pre-launch stock they had, even with Xmas.
The fatigue too. Three movies in 2 years, plus the Solo and Ep 9 and its OTT. Tie Clone Wars cartoon finished a few years ago, Rebels is still going (or near done)...and all that has toys, plus regurgitation of the classic series and prequel series. We love the Lego Star Wars stuff in our house but there is so much of it produced now, and only so many $$$ to go around, we stick to the classic trilogy and some of the newer smaller sets. It's out of hand and after a couple of years, they re-release Jabba's Palace, or the Mos Eisley cantina or an X-Wing. Too expensive, never really discounted - and add in Avengers or DC Lego, and Ninjago and it's king pricey as. I have a mortgage and two kids...things ain't cheap and spurlging $15 on a Hasbro action figure for it to snap a day out of the box ain't my idea of fun.
And finally - yep, be careful what you wish for. All these people wringing their hands about lady figures. Well...you'd think Hasbro has done it's market research but no...listen to a couple dozen moms on FB have a menstrual cycle and then produce a million of two dozen lady figs and yeah, your shelves will clog up. The classic series only ever had 1 female character in 5 styles out of over 100 figs.
