Indiana Jones Q&A With Hasbro Round #7

it'll be real hard WJ, cause so far, its online only

It took months for me to find about half the Last Crusade figures I wonder how long it will be for me to finf the TOD figures

I figure that they should have kept the same amount of figures, but done it the opposite way on myself. Perhaps it would have worked better releasing the Crystal Skull figures FIRST and then done the classic movies. Perhaps it would have worked, but erhaps it would have faled, I dunno.

The other thing I wou;ld have changed was the release dates. Release dates are important for sales and well, I've found out that compact waves released not long after each other seems to work. It gets boring waiting for figures to come out. I mean the Last Crusade wave hit in June, yet the ToD Wave has only just hit

But there is one solution to this line, how to make it last longer.

1) STOP PACKING IN OLD FIGURES WITH THE NEW ASSORTMENTS!!!! only give us new figures.

I don't feel that has had ANY impact on the line. Star Wars and GI Joe routinely cycle in older figures ALL THE TIME and eventually sell through, and many of the people working on INdy cut their teeth on one or both lines in the past.

As said before, the weak reception by kids, parents and collectors and overly high retailer estimates are what ultimately killed this line, not any specific issue with the figures or marketing.

It's not the main reason but it did add fuel to the fire and certainly does not help. The Star Wars and GI Joes eventually sell, the Indy figures are not moving, period. They have been on pegs since they were first stocked and just continue to pile up without a single figure selling. Even online stores have the Indy and Mutt figures marked down cheaper than all the others while everyone else is sold out. They have been on the pegs long enough that if they were going to move they would have by now. The guys like Duke, Cobra Commander, Snake Eyes, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and Obi-Wan move alot faster than that.

But there is one solution to this line, how to make it last longer.

1) STOP PACKING IN OLD FIGURES WITH THE NEW ASSORTMENTS!!!! only give us new figures.

I don't feel that has had ANY impact on the line. Star Wars and GI Joe routinely cycle in older figures ALL THE TIME and eventually sell through, and many of the people working on INdy cut their teeth on one or both lines in the past.

As said before, the weak reception by kids, parents and collectors and overly high retailer estimates are what ultimately killed this line, not any specific issue with the figures or marketing.

thats the thing, DTC was only meant to be a HTS exclusive series, but that failed...so I guess they don't want a repeat of that

Sucks that we won't be getting the ROTLA wave. I hate that they are so unwilling to go the online route. If Mattel can do it, they should take a chance as well.

I believe they should do one thing....just release the 09 raiders wave like they said they would and then end the line in 2009. That would make everyone happy then

Hasbro should just cancel this line now. End the suffering.

I just think its a nightmare that they;'ve been teasing this stuff for a while now and then said no to it all. Its time hasbro pulled their finger out. They know it, we know it....