Super 7 TMNT figures

NORM said:
I have to imagine that by now, anyone who wants these has them already.
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I'd been eyeing the line for a while, and these insanely low prices on full waves convinced me to jump in hard. That said, I don't think I'd buy Leatherhead for $20 and almost passed on $11. Although, I did buy a Baxter for over $25. I guess it's mostly nostalgia for the figures I had as a kid that convinces me to pay more.

It will be interesting to see what Super7 is doing in a year. I just hope they never pick up a property I love because I would have a hard time justifying paying $65+ for their figures.
 
Bills all day said:
I'd been eyeing the line for a while, and these insanely low prices on full waves convinced me to jump in hard. That said, I don't think I'd buy Leatherhead for $20 and almost passed on $11. Although, I did buy a Baxter for over $25. I guess it's mostly nostalgia for the figures I had as a kid that convinces me to pay more.

It will be interesting to see what Super7 is doing in a year. I just hope they never pick up a property I love because I would have a hard time justifying paying $65+ for their figures.
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Leatherhead is one of the better figures in the line.
 
Misfit said:
Some absolutely dirt cheap Super7 turtles (as well as some non Super7) at BBTS right now including Ray and Leatherhead for $11 and that exclusive undercover Raph for $13. The Party Wagon is down to $250 as well which is probably a good price if you want that thing.

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Those prices are insane. There's almost no reason not to grab stuff if you've been holding off. Loose hips be damned.
 
Detrimental Fig said:
Those prices are insane. There's almost no reason not to grab stuff if you've been holding off. Loose hips be damned.
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I think the big thing stopping people even at those prices isn't necessarily the quality; it's the finality. Pretty much everyone understands, at this point, that Super7 probably isn't going forward with more TMNT and almost -certainly- isn't going forward with more Vintage Playmates-style TMNT. Which means you're only going to be interested in these figures if you really like that specific character. It'll never be part of a larger, more complete collection. And that always turns off a large segment of collectors for any line. It's why companies almost never announce line cancellations until all the product has sold as much as they expect it'll sell.
 
If people have waited this long, they’re probably cherry picking anyway.
 
NORM said:
If people have waited this long, they’re probably cherry picking anyway.
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Again, that's really not actually necessarily true, and it's certainly not how any toy companies look at their product lines. The actual position is that new people are onboarding to the hobby and to your specific toyline all the time. That's the -entire- rationale behind major industry concepts like maintaining A-lister presence on shelves, and refreshing popular figures, and cyclical development in general.

If you're not attracting new collectors, you've either literally reached max outreach for that brand/product type (highly unlikely for any major brand), or you've come up against another factor that's actively disenfranchising potential buyers. This usually means any of the following: Poor product reviews, poor company reputation, better competing product, priced out of market.
Super7 could literally be classed as ALL of those things rolled into one. Which is why they can't sell a 55 dollar 'premium' action figure for 10 bucks.
 
Damien said:
I think the big thing stopping people even at those prices isn't necessarily the quality; it's the finality. Pretty much everyone understands, at this point, that Super7 probably isn't going forward with more TMNT and almost -certainly- isn't going forward with more Vintage Playmates-style TMNT. Which means you're only going to be interested in these figures if you really like that specific character. It'll never be part of a larger, more complete collection. And that always turns off a large segment of collectors for any line. It's why companies almost never announce line cancellations until all the product has sold as much as they expect it'll sell.
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I think that's how I see their 2003 line. At least there's a decent amount of the "Playmates era" to have some kind of setup. But 2K3 feels like a hiccup of an offshoot that won't be going anywhere.
 
Yeah. I really wish they'd given us Baxter instead of Raph and that bike. That would at least round out the major season 1 characters and allow it to feel somewhat complete.
 
There are quite a few figures in that sale that I don't have, and for how cheap they are there's that initial impulse to purchase because why not? Raph in a trench coat for 13 bucks - who cares how good it is at that price? Then the reality sinks in for me that most of these just aren't very good toys. Why do I want to spend any money on something that I wouldn't even be excited to receive for free? I'd probably be happier spending that 13 bucks on a sandwich. And that Raph is mostly fine, it's the same wave 1 figure with a coat and a hat glued down to the head. The Malibu Stacy experience. Though I was reminded in looking at the pics that it was a classic Super7 bait and switch where they showed the figure with fully painted accessories then shipped it with a monochrome or bare plastic approach. BBTS did eventually update the image that just shows everything laid out, but the glamour shots are the originals. That company just sucks so hard that I don't even want their stuff at rock bottom prices.
 
Damien said:
Again, that's really not actually necessarily true, and it's certainly not how any toy companies look at their product lines. The actual position is that new people are onboarding to the hobby and to your specific toyline all the time. That's the -entire- rationale behind major industry concepts like maintaining A-lister presence on shelves, and refreshing popular figures, and cyclical development in general.

If you're not attracting new collectors, you've either literally reached max outreach for that brand/product type (highly unlikely for any major brand), or you've come up against another factor that's actively disenfranchising potential buyers. This usually means any of the following: Poor product reviews, poor company reputation, better competing product, priced out of market.
Super7 could literally be classed as ALL of those things rolled into one. Which is why they can't sell a 55 dollar 'premium' action figure for 10 bucks.
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For the most part I’ve ignored the TMNT ultimates line completely since I never had most of the vintage figures so there’s not a ton of these characters who had a nostalgic tug for me. I only had the first assortment of figures back in the day and then like Usagi and Rat King and Krang, sewer surfin mikey, the foot ski and the technodrome. So because of that I only picked up the first four waves of the ultimates wave and then just sat back until the 2003 stuff started to hit


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