Mini Comic Wave 2

I think it would be funny if the plastic tray had two empty spots where the hands should be.....as a middle finger to the consumer.

Is it unanimous that no one cares about the mini comics? If they're that hard up for a few milligrams of plastic to pour into molds they've been reusing forever, then cut those things.
 
I mean, the amount of plastic needed for either hands or a comic is miniscule. That minuscule amount of plastic is poured into a preexisting mold (the thing that costs the real money, from my understanding). Whether it's hands or the comic, they have the mold already. No significant amount of money is being spent here. But if they're still that hard up, even considering this is the wave that introduces the fans to A FRESH ROUND OF PRICE HIKES, then I think we can call the mini comic gimmick a failed experiment and move on.
 
yojoebro82 said:
I mean, the amount of plastic needed for either hands or a comic is miniscule. That minuscule amount of plastic is poured into a preexisting mold (the thing that costs the real money, from my understanding). Whether it's hands or the comic, they have the mold already. No significant amount of money is being spent here. But if they're still that hard up, even considering this is the wave that introduces the fans to A FRESH ROUND OF PRICE HIKES, then I think we can call the mini comic gimmick a failed experiment and move on.
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Look at the bright side. Hasbro has to cut costs on plastic, so you aint gettin' that spinner rack to hold your 1/12 painted cafeteria trays neither!

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Well, those who complain about the mini comics being useless at least get that complaint legitimized here. I would bet that little thing is pretty similar in cost to a missing fist. In truth, both literally cost Hasbro pennies which makes me think they have some unofficial rule about just how much stuff they're allowed to include with one of these. It might not be a case of "Making this extra hand puts us three cents over the budget" and more "we're not giving this character two heads, three sets of hands, and fire effects - that's too much." It got cut somewhere, marketing probably isn't even informed, and you get what you get. It's dumb and it sucks, but in terms of marketing blunders I don't it's as bad as the VHS Mystique being shown on a different body for the promo shots than what we actually got. At least in that case they did come out and say something about it.
 
Misfit said:
Well, those who complain about the mini comics being useless at least get that complaint legitimized here. I would bet that little thing is pretty similar in cost to a missing fist. In truth, both literally cost Hasbro pennies which makes me think they have some unofficial rule about just how much stuff they're allowed to include with one of these. It might not be a case of "Making this extra hand puts us three cents over the budget" and more "we're not giving this character two heads, three sets of hands, and fire effects - that's too much." It got cut somewhere, marketing probably isn't even informed, and you get what you get. It's dumb and it sucks, but in terms of marketing blunders I don't it's as bad as the VHS Mystique being shown on a different body for the promo shots than what we actually got. At least in that case they did come out and say something about it.
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That same thing happened with Amazing Friends Iceman. He was shown on the Sunfire/Bullseye body, but manufactured with the archaic Pizza Spidey body. Now THAT's something to be angry about.
 
I forgot about that one. What a hideous figure he turned out to be. It might have been around the same time too. I think the excuse with Mystique was the digital artist was either told they were using a different mold or there was an incorrect assumption made somewhere.
 
The most consistent thing about the mini-comic waves is the sacrifice of proper complete sets of hands. You're only getting a single fist or splayed hand in some cases in order to accommodate the incredibly stupid book-holding hand.

I think this will be remembered as an era where many otherwise decent figures were sullied by having a hand to hold things that did not fit the character at all. I don't care about the comic, at all. I definitely care about what we lost for it, or what was substituted to accommodate the gimmick.
 
Enforcer said:
The most consistent thing about the mini-comic waves is the sacrifice of proper complete sets of hands. You're only getting a single fist or splayed hand in some cases in order to accommodate the incredibly stupid book-holding hand.

I think this will be remembered as an era where many otherwise decent figures were sullied by having a hand to hold things that did not fit the character at all. I don't care about the comic, at all. I definitely care about what we lost for it, or what was substituted to accommodate the gimmick.
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I mostly agree with the one exception that I want to get the new Silver Surfer since his comic holding hand would allow him to hold his surfboard underarm which the previous figures didn't.
 
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