SDCC Coverage

[Gareee]

I was still hoping for a Creature Pozer figure.

I actually found a 1:1 scale creature skeletal hand resin kit a few years ago.

[Darkest Angel]

...wow...

...uh, just wanted talk about...y'know...toys.

O_O

*excuses self*

[Gareee]

Do many of these guys even make toys any more?

It's funny, because th eolder collecatable are actually toys that kids grew up with. How many
kids will grow up with a set of Sideshow figures?

Since sculpt quality articluation and paint applications keep improving over time, will today's "collectables" end up just being replaced by better offerings in the future?

[Darkest Angel]

...I think you need to define what is a "toy" and what is a "collectible", which I am prepared to argue is virtually impossible to do. At least insofar are certain properties are concerned. I would say that Sideshow stopped making anything approaching "toy"hood when they ended the 6-inch monster line. No one (in their right mind) is buying high-end Buffy 12-inch figures for their children to play with. But then, is anyone buying 6-inch superposeable Buffy figures for children to play with?

By the same token, certain lines by certain companies are held to be both toys and collectibles. WWE figures, anyone? I am not going to defend the manufacturing or quality of the average Jakks wrestling figure--you either like them or you don't--but if you are seeking to develop a "collection" of past and present wrestling personalities, they are the only game in town. In other words, your precious $10 dollar 1980's Hulk Hogan "Classic" figure "collectible" is just as likely some 8 year-old's favorite sandbox "toy"...the only line between the two definitions is drawn by the end user (so to speak). The same argument can be applied to a myriad of lines: Star Wars figures are, no doubt, toys, but are nevertheless highly collectible. GIJoe? Transformers? All the same. And again, did any (sane) person shell out $70 to buy their hyperactive 6 year-old a die-cast anniversary Optimus Prime? I have grave doubts.

Still others, who shall remain nameless, insist on calling themselves a "toy" company, but produce little more than detailed statuettes...almost the definition of "collectible" figurines.

[Darkest Angel]

...of course, I must admit that any wee, cast-medium object that comes within a hundred foot radius of my person is more than likely to end up sliding across my kitchen table to the accompaniment of a "zoom" sound effect (or derivation thereof), courtesy of myself, effectively turning even the most rare and expensive of said items into mere "toys". [img]wink.gif[/img] In other words, I fuck around with 'em entirely too much to call 'em "collectibles". Which is also why certain companies who shall remain nameless but who don't make anything FUN no longer receive any business from me...

[Andyman]

Wow DA...you certainly seem to be in a good mood. Relatively speaking, of course. [img]wink.gif[/img]

[Biomechanoid]

There were several nails. Each of have been struck to the fullfillment of their depth with unnatural precision.

[Biomechanoid]

Gareee's not that cheap, but he's on the right path. I just wrapped up a handful of purchases of used Mage Knight minis because since the game's death last year the bottom fell out of their secondary market value. This was the benchmark for me, the red flag of cheapbastardness. I've lost sleep over it, nabbing what would have had a net retail value of over $1200 for pennies on the dollar. I don't believe in karma, but I've accepted the notion that if times ever get hard enough that I have to part with the likes of my CCX Lotus or Urizen, they'll be worthless. However, there is hope for me - I also preordered Balrog. Somehow, it almost seems like there is a balance to my propensities...even if there's none for my budget...

[Darkest Angel]

...the icepick lobotomy didn't hurt, either.