Showing posts with label Unfinished Toy Business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unfinished Toy Business. Show all posts

Monday, September 4, 2017

UTB 2 - Unfinished Toy Business - Hasbro The Force Awakens

Now that Force Friday has come and gone for The Last Jedi, I think it's time to take a look back at what we didn't get from The Force Awakens. Because we are ungrateful, greedy, cretins - we are never satisfied. Just kidding.

Here is the priority list of what I would have liked to have seen from The Force Awakens immortalized in plastic. All images are taken from The Force Awakens Visual Guide.

The Biggest Misses - Otherwise known as, how could we get Zuvio and Sarco and not these guys.

1. Max von Sydow as Lor San Tekka


2. Grummgar and Bazine Netal - too cool baddies



3.  Jess Pava - X-Wing Pilot - bad ass


4. Cool looking Jakku denizens.


5. Cool looking droids seen in the trailers.



Must have troop transporter.


Leia and her Transport



And oh yeah - Kylo Ren's shuttle.


Minor misses - but fun to have creatures and characters. Fill these in over the next few decades like the cantina and Jabba's court denizens. 


















Wednesday, April 26, 2017

UTB 1 - Kenner Indiana Jones

So this is the first installment of a regular post I want to present. I will pick a toy line, reminisce about it's pieces, and then cry about what wasn't made. Then I need your help. Did I get it right? What would you add? Remove?

I know that companies need to make a profit to continue a line or to even stay in business. Money needs to be spent on design, prototyping, marketing, sales, engineering, accountants, etc. As rabid as we toy collectors are, companies can't make everything we want. Actual sales may not warrant it. We run into this all the time - just check out any action figure forum. Business is business.

But let's thank those brave companies who at least tried to give us some love to our pop culture cravings in the form of toys.

With that, I'll start with Indiana Jones.

In it's initial lineup we had Indiana Jones, Sallah, Marion, Toth, Belloq, Cairo Swordsman, Indy in German uniform, and German Mechanic, We also saw Ceremonial Robes Bellow which was a mail in exclusive, the Monkey Man which came with the Streets of Cairo playset, and Indy in Arab attire with the Maproom playset. Playsets included Well of Souls, Truck and Horse set.








So if the line continued, what else would we have wanted from the Raiders of the Lost Ark from Kenner?

Here is my list.

Idol Playset
Satipo
Hovitos
Belloq in Adventurer Gear
Nepalese Thugs
Marion's Bar Playset - how fun would that be?
Flying Wing
Captain Katanga
Ark Opening Stage Playset

What would you add?