My toy that we designed finally arrives!
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From: Montclair,CA
Originally Posted by Saki GT,Jun 29 2006, 11:28 AM
Mattel just did it with My Little Ponies, and are now doing it for Transformers, so I'm guessing there's a market.
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Originally Posted by kugg,Jun 28 2006, 02:44 PM
The factory that we are working with has so far only sent me pics.
I see I'm not the first to voice my bewilderment at the very existence of "urban vinyl designer" toys, much less that these toys are marketed at 25-40 year olds. I hope it works out for your company.
My real sense of wonder and amazement is how far the US has fallen as a global manufacturing power (I'm still assuming the factory is foreign). The pendulum has definitely swung too far the other way, and now some of our best and brightest are either designing urban vinyl toys that exist in an imaginary realm, or playing with them.
I shouldn't complain, a good portion of our best and brightest do actually manufacture things, unfortunately, not very well (autos), or not very conducive to life (military goods).
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Originally Posted by tunerjetta29,Jun 29 2006, 07:42 PM
Your talking about something that everyone grew up with and is a childhood memory. Versus something that no one has any real relation to other than a fabricated story. Very different market. Nostalgia vs. New Hot Item
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Originally Posted by Saki GT,Jun 29 2006, 08:37 PM
Actually, I'm saying there's a market for designer toys. Hasbro still sells the originals, so if you want nostalgia, you can buy a normal one, but the "one offs" have a distinct market - toys as art.
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From: Queen City, NC
Originally Posted by VTEC_Junkie,Jun 30 2006, 04:02 AM
no one is saying that there will be absolutely no market for the product. it's just that the market is most likely very very small.
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i didnt like it at first but then after the story and the concept im interested in it...
and everyone saying toys at art what i can understand that and apreciate that easily cause of the whole architecture and art concept parts of my life....
but how much you selling them for and whats your profit casue im intersted in this now
and everyone saying toys at art what i can understand that and apreciate that easily cause of the whole architecture and art concept parts of my life....
but how much you selling them for and whats your profit casue im intersted in this now
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eh...toys for 25-40 year olds?? that's gonna be quite a slim market. i don't know too many 25-40 year olds who goes out and buy toys to collect.
I see I'm not the first to voice my bewilderment at the very existence of "urban vinyl designer" toys, much less that these toys are marketed at 25-40 year olds. I hope it works out for your company.
no one is saying that there will be absolutely no market for the product. it's just that the market is most likely very very small.
Mcfarlane toys can pretty much take the vast majority of the credit of bringing this trend to the US. They made toys that cater to adult tastes and wallets. People have been importing the die-cast Transformers from Japan for years. There is a significant market for these products.
