Hasbro's Kylo Ren's lightsaber looks like shit.
And pretty much all of the other figures and licensed Hasbro stuff. The only characters that seem to turn out ok are the 6 inch black troopers.
Hasbro's Kylo Ren's lightsaber looks like shit.
As far as I can tell this so far just really effects all of the plastic model kits from the new Force Awakens movie and not stuff from the older movies (or figures for that matter).
Probably Disney had to do after complaints from Revell who holds the model kit license for the States and is making their own line of (honestly relatively crappy) kits.
I will know a lot more in a few months...
It's actually pretty great - the picture in the OT just isn't very flattering.Hasbro's Kylo Ren's lightsaber looks like shit.
And pretty much all of the other figures and licensed Hasbro stuff. The only characters that seem to turn out ok are the 6 inch black troopers.
This is such a great line of figures. I have Vader pre-ordered, as well as Samurai Boba Fett. Already have a samurai storm trooper.Speaking of Japanese SW merchandise
Wow! The Bandai one looks amazing and the Hasbro one likes a cheap Chinese knockoff.
What's to stop people from just using a proxy service?
What? You seem to didn't even GLANCE at the figure by the sounds of this.
Disney is gonna Disney.
This is what people feared.
They've been terrible with Marvel toys as well.
Forcing people in the US have to buy shitty Hasbro toys over figure kits from Glorious Nippon.
Though, Disney could come in and say that because of "huge demand" they would stock Japanese figure kits on their online store.
I'm not a toy guy, but this is really stupid. Do they think people interested in the Japanese toys will now buy the shitty Hasbro toys because they can't get the others?
I forgot just how gross Star Wars can get with merchandising since it's been 10 years since the last one, but fuck everything surrounding the movie is almost making me not wanna see it. Good thing the movie looks good.
Yeah, that's gonna suck if they are =[ I need that new Vader...I have figuarts and the samurai series on pre-order. I hope they're not cancelled.
And pretty much all of the other figures and licensed Hasbro stuff. The only characters that seem to turn out ok are the 6 inch black troopers.
So far it seems just Bandai's 1/12 scale models have been removed. Hopefully the SHFs remain available.
There really is no comparison.
And promptly get sued by Hasbro for breaking the licensing contract.
But that isn't my problem as a consumer. As a consumer, I want the best product available. If Hasbro wants my business, make a better product.It's irrelevant if there's a single toy sold or not. Hasbro probably paid a lot of money for exclusive US rights.
The hilt looks like a hot dog with plasma in the center.
Does this block exports to other countries?
I bought and made these kits from Hobbylink Japan a while ago, Bandai's making some amazing stuff and I'll be so fucking mad if they release TFA kits and I can't get them.
If you think the Black Series figures are non-poseable you obviously have no idea what you're talking about.
I'm actually talking the regular 3.75" figures that used to have knee, elbow, waist joints but all the sudden don't.
Bandai's making some amazing stuff and I'll be so fucking mad if they release TFA kits and I can't get them.
That is exactly what's happening. You wont be able to get any of the new TFA kits shipped to you from HLJ or other sites. You could get them from other sources in Japan though like ebay or other sites. HLJ can still ship kits based on the old movies though it seems.
Actually since you are one of the few people that post in the scale model thread I would help you out except I'll be going through a move here in the near future and won't be settled down till December or so. If you atill need help after then let me know...
Well that.. sucks. I don't get it though, I was under the impression that Bandai had the current rights to make SW model kits, recently handed over from Fine Molds. Not sure what Disney has to gain by blocking me from buying model kits...
Anyway, that's a generous offer thanks! I'll see how it plays out, there's nothing in their line up that I desperately need for now.
As mentioned earlier in the thread.
Hasbro paid Disney for exclusive US rights to a number of products.
If Disney doesn't abide by the terms of the contract (which typically includes enforcement) then Hasbro gets to sue Disney for lots of money. This would include not just the license fee, but also things like lost profits.
It's not Hasbro. Hasbro doesn't care about model kits nor make them. It's Revell. Revell has produced their own line of inferior model kits for the movie and feel threatened by Bandai's vastly superior products. Haven't seen any evidence at all of the ban being applied to anything other than scale model kits.
Has anyone made any Trade Federation comparisons yet?
It's not Hasbro. Hasbro doesn't care about model kits nor make them. It's Revell. Revell has produced their own line of inferior model kits for the movie and feel threatened by Bandai's vastly superior products. Haven't seen any evidence at all of the ban being applied to anything other than scale model kits.
Average SW figure 5+ years agoI'm actually talking the regular 3.75" figures that used to have knee, elbow, waist joints but all the sudden don't.
...I kind of like the bottom one better. It reminds me of the old-school figures.