Playmates Toys

[Richard S. Ta]

Good for those who like them, but I think Funko POPS are really ugly.

Still, versatility and collectability… it’s easy to understand why people might be compelled to own dozens or even hundreds of them. The collecting gene is strong in humans. Maybe something inbuilt from as far back as hunter/gatherer times.

 

[Yunikuron]

Late to the party, but my take on playmates is their ships and copies of japanese robots are pretty good, but their figures are poor compared to companies like Bandai.

 

[NCC-73515]

The new TOS communicator uses the TNG ship hailing sound

 

[Yunikuron]

The new TOS communicator uses the TNG ship hailing sound

They probably figure that the people who call themselves fans these days won't care as it's another star trek product they can buy.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

They probably figure that the people who call themselves fans these days… >snip<

What is that supposed to mean?

 

[Yunikuron]

What that's supposed to mean is exactly the way it's put.
They tend to like blindly things because of the name and rush right out to buy merch just because it's tied into a franchise they worship.
It's just the same with technophiles who HAVE to have the latest and greatest thing, not caring that the "new version" is trashier and has less features than their old one.

 

[fireproof78]

What that's supposed to mean is exactly the way it's put.
They tend to like blindly things because of the name and rush right out to buy merch just because it's tied into a franchise they worship.

Interesting.

So if they don't buy things blindly they are not a fan?

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Like people that line up all night for an Apple phone

 

[Richard S. Ta]

What that's supposed to mean is exactly the way it's put.
They tend to like blindly things because of the name and rush right out to buy merch just because it's tied into a franchise they worship.
It's just the same with technophiles who HAVE to have the latest and greatest thing, not caring that the "new version" is trashier and has less features than their old one.

‘They who call themselves fans these days’ carries with it an unpleasant air of self-superiority and reeks of the worst kind of gatekeeping.

Are you a ‘better’ fan for knowing the correct sound effects? Compared to ‘the people who call themselves fans these days’?

Bullshit is what it sounds like.

 

[Sketcher]

Back in my day, the TNG combadge toy didn't make any of the right sound effects.

Loved that oversized monstrosity of a toy.

 

[Yunikuron]

‘They who call themselves fans these days’ carries with it an unpleasant air of self-superiority and reeks of the worst kind of gatekeeping.

Are you a ‘better’ fan for knowing the correct sound effects? Compared to ‘the people who call themselves fans these days’?

Bullshit is what it sounds like.

What you're failing to understand is that people who act like that (liking things just because of it's name or because it's part of a franchise they idolize) actually hurts the very thing they claim to love so much. It results in lower quality items and films because the studios and licensees see that those "fans" will accept anything no matter how bad it is. After all, why spend the extra time and money to make it better when people have been conditioned to like it no matter how bad?
Star Trek isn't the only thing this has happened to. It's the same thing with Gingerbread's reference to Apple. They are dumbing us down and have reduced way too many of us to nothing more than mindless consumers who will dutifully spend our money on whatever they tell us to buy or see.
It's like that line from the Simpsons:
"EXTENDED WARRANTY - how can I lose!"

The scary part is that people don't seem to WANT to learn how they're being used and duped. There had been a video on youtube called "hacking your mind" - in 1 year it had less than 100 views. Meanwhile, videos of people filming themselves being jerks get 1,000's of views a week. Is THAT what we really want to be like???

 

[Richard S. Ta]

Right… I don’t have enough tinfoil right now to respond to that.

*backs away slowly*

 

[Yunikuron]

Back in my day, the TNG combadge toy didn't make any of the right sound effects.

Loved that oversized monstrosity of a toy.

Back then however, the tech made it next to impossible to reproduce the actual sound in such a small item. Even the badges worn in the series had to have the sound edited in later.
Shoot, back during TNG computers were using floppy disks the size of coffee can lids for storage, which only held about 1 megabyte. Now we have USB drives smaller than a pack of wrigley's gum that holds 128,000 megabytes or more.

 

[Yunikuron]

Right… I don’t have enough tinfoil right now to respond to that.

*backs away slowly*

Ah yes, when you can't understand, ridicule.

 

[Yunikuron]

Oh, and Richard S. Ta - if you want tinfoil go ask Manu Intiraymi. He has truckloads of it.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

Ah yes, when you can't understand, ridicule.

It’s a cheap, mass-produced plastic Star Trek toy.

I don’t feel it’s necessary to drag the conspiracy theories in.

However, your time is yours to spend as you wish.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

Who cares?

It is a toy.

Buy it or don’t, but don’t talk as if it’s all a part of some global scheme to brainwash people into being dumber, because clearly that kind of talk is insane.

Anyway, I’m done with this line of conversation and it’s not really relevant to the topic at hand.

 

[Yunikuron]

Who cares?

It is a toy.

Buy it or don’t, but don’t talk as if it’s all a part of some global scheme to brainwash people into being dumber, because clearly that kind of talk is insane.

Anyway, I’m done with this line of conversation and it’s not really relevant to the topic at hand.

YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK.
GOODBYE.

 

[fireproof78]

Cheap and mass produced.... yet look at how much they are selling them for.

This is the nature of business. This idea that fans are "so called" just for buying them is absurd. People purchase what they are interested in, be it models, or replicas or what not. Businesses will always look at the way to make money because, especially with niche properties, the limited market appeal is going to make this a limited profit venture.

If this is so bad it will stop selling and then things will stop being made.

 

[fireproof78]

The problem with that is no matter how bad people will still buy them.

It meets a need.

If that's a problem then address the need from a different direction. Calling them "so called fans" is not helpful.