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Offline Heronimus

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Re: New 2025 (Jan-Jun)
« Reply #20 on: September 22, 2024, 08:33:20 »
Sad thing is...out of each series of F?gures....only 2-3 are nice and worth collecting. Unlike the days with just "Specials", you can buy a fleet of roman soldiers in bulk without all those fillers. All these new strategy results in less purchase, at least for me. :'(
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Re: New 2025 (Jan-Jun)
« Reply #21 on: September 22, 2024, 16:51:08 »
The words "death throes" annd "last thow of the dice" come to mind.
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Re: New 2025 (Jan-Jun)
« Reply #22 on: September 22, 2024, 18:25:54 »
Well at least the declining quality is good for my wallet. While this year I did purchase quite a bit after buying nothing for years, it was pretty much all older sets. Anything using the weird new eyes is instantly disqualified for me.

Here's hoping they release something good in the DS stuff soon for medieval or pirates, they really could reissue something new there again, been years since they did that.

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Re: New 2025 (Jan-Jun)
« Reply #23 on: September 23, 2024, 14:32:34 »
Quote from: Heronimus on September 22, 2024, 08:33:20
Sad thing is...out of each series of F?gures....only 2-3 are nice and worth collecting. Unlike the days with just "Specials", you can buy a fleet of roman soldiers in bulk without all those fillers. All these new strategy results in less purchase, at least for me. :'(

Yeah, I don't like the Figures and buy them very rarely (maybe 20 in total?), but I guess they wouldn't be around for so long if people weren't buying them (and loads of toy companies make them)
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Re: New 2025 (Jan-Jun)
« Reply #24 on: September 24, 2024, 16:11:56 »
Yeah someone must be loving the Fi?ures, they keep making them. The worst aspect of them for me is the fact that the good ones are only ever available at five times the price on ebay. PF helps with this of course but it's extra trouble to get the good ones so I skip most of them  :(
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Re: New 2025 (Jan-Jun)
« Reply #25 on: September 30, 2024, 19:46:52 »
Playmobil could sell clear bagged versions of old mystery figures for 2-3 times the original price and clean up.
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Re: New 2025 (Jan-Jun)
« Reply #26 on: October 01, 2024, 02:39:47 »
Quote from: Ismene on September 30, 2024, 19:46:52
Playmobil could sell clear bagged versions of old mystery figures for 2-3 times the original price and clean up.

Wait a minute …2-3 times the MSRP ? Scalpers on auctions is bad enough let’s not encourage Geobra to get in on that action

Their profit already jumped from selling direct after all the brick and mortar shops closed up
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Re: New 2025 (Jan-Jun)
« Reply #27 on: October 03, 2024, 00:08:34 »
It'd still be cheaper than Ebay.
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Re: New 2025 (Jan-Jun)
« Reply #28 on: October 04, 2024, 11:51:44 »
The business concept that VW is adopting is not something I’d like to see Geobra duplicate. Raising the prices on future customers to cover the loss of customers is only going to loose more customers . It becomes a vicious cycle of punishing customers who are the lifeblood of any company.

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Offline Janilew

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Re: New 2025 (Jan-Jun)
« Reply #29 on: January 04, 2025, 01:28:53 »
Sheesh, I guess nothing good lasts forever. Guess I better start looking into injection molding at home...with the way Playmobil is going...
We all saw the writing on the wall when they bombed the PCC the way they did, maybe he older members can testify to signs older than that, where Playmobil was losing its original spark. I want to be hopeful that they can still turn themselves around, but I fear its just nostalgia tying me on to this. as annoying as price gougers can be, eBay and other collectors might actually be preferable than the company at this point... :'(
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