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Post by volcomxreckless on Nov 21, 2006 12:43:38 GMT -5
Hello everyone!! I had a few concerns. What do you guys think of these ideas as action figures? BE HONEST! (ALL FROM SEASON 2) Waterbending Katara ;D Earthbending Toph Refugee Iroh Refugee Zuko The Blue Spirit Azula Ty Lee Mai The Earth King Earthbending Soliders BIG Appa How about Plushies? Aang Katara Sokka Toph Zuko Iroh Azula Mai Ty Lee MoMo Appa Roku What does everyone think??
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Post by alternatecoppa on Nov 21, 2006 16:01:30 GMT -5
(This subject might belong in General Discussion)Well gosh, I personally like them all. But here are my educated predictions for the chances that Mattel will produce those characters: •Waterbending Katara - Confirmed •Earthbending Toph - I don't see how they could ignore her since and they're making Katara •Refugee Iroh - I'm more than certain we will see some version of Iroh soon. Wither it's the refugee verson or the Season 1 verson remains to be seen. •Refugee Zuko - I'm sure we'll see a new verson of Zuko in every new wave of figures just as we will with Aang since they are the two main male characters and that's something no boy's toy line ignores. Again, will it be the refugee verson? We'll have to wait and see. •The Blue Spirit - Confirmed •Azula - It may take a long time but I'm confident we'll see her produced since she's taken the reins as the main villian and Mattel's changed their no-female character policy. •Ty Lee & Mai- Not so good a chance actually. They aren't as prominent as Azula- Don't get mad at me, I love those characters. I'm just looking at this from a corporate level... and since they are basically "hentchmen," or even worse for boy's-toys sales, "hentchwomen," Mattel most likey wont want to take a chance on them like they might with Azula. At least not soon anyway. •The Earh King- I would say not very likely either. I'd bet they'd choose someone like Long Feng or a Dai Li agent before the King since there's more play value in those characters. •Earthbending Soldiers- Personally I'd rather the main characters came out first but there are Firebending Soldiers so it is in the realm of possibility. •BIG Appa- Yikes! How much bigger can he get before he costs too much? I think they need to make every character under the sun in plushie form, bar-none! I mean every character dangit! Because I won't be satisfied until they make "Pregnant couple from Srepant's Pass" plushies! ....... Just kidding ;D
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Post by volcomxreckless on Nov 21, 2006 19:47:06 GMT -5
Yeah that's all very agreeable! =] I cant wait for the release for Katara! If they dont make Toph I'll whip out my crazy AZULA-LIGHTNING! I figured they wouldn't make Mai or Ty Lee because they are henchpeople.. lol
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Post by alternatecoppa on Nov 21, 2006 20:03:52 GMT -5
Well they might. They very well might. These things are like the weather, if the conditions are just right we'll have a sunny day. Those conditions being 1: The female figures that do get made sell like crazy hotcakes and 2: Mattel begins too see a slightly older "collectors" age group begin to do the buying. Right now they have to cater primarily to the 6 to 10 crowd. A demographic typically perceived to not buy many supporting characters.
Humbug I say! When I was that age I begged my folks for every low-level hentchmen Skeletor could throw at that sissy He-Man. I'm talking about the 80s He-Man too- Back before toys looked cool.
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Post by volcomxreckless on Nov 21, 2006 20:28:46 GMT -5
Well they might. They very well might. These things are like the weather, if the conditions are just right we'll have a sunny day. Those conditions being 1: The female figures that do get made sell like crazy hotcakes and 2: Mattel begins too see a slightly older "collectors" age group begin to do the buying. Right now they have to cater primarily to the 6 to 10 crowd. A demographic typically perceived to not buy many supporting characters. Humbug I say! When I was that age I begged my folks for every low-level hentchmen Skeletor could throw at that sissy He-Man. I'm talking about the 80s He-Man too- Back before toys looked cool. So when is the Katara & Toph supposed to come out? I heard the middle of 07 and I think that CRAZYY! So just wanted to know, And do you know what the "secondary characters" are??
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Post by alternatecoppa on Nov 21, 2006 20:41:01 GMT -5
Yeah exactly! I can remember thinking those things were unparralelled works of modern art. Now I look at them and realise they're just two-toned quickies with the same reused body parts and oversized heads. Oh well, memories are sweeter than truth... I heard all sorts of different things. The only one consistant element being that they will appear in 2007... Sometime. Well, you have your six main leads: "Aang, Zuko, Sokka, Katara, Toph, Iroh"Everyone else would be considered a secondary -or a better way to put it is, supporting character. You know, they're characters who don't appear in every episode to provide advertising for the product. <---That sounds stupid I know, but that's the thinking behind it. A lot of toys lines try to stick to multiple versions of the main characters with some of the most popular supporting ones thrown in every wave to keep things fresh. Why? Because the main characters always sell. A child who missed the first wave and is just starting to buy the toys will always want to buy Aang (any version of him) regardless of the all the cool Suki's that are available. But if that child has any sense, he'll bug his parents for both.
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Post by Kirsten on Nov 21, 2006 23:27:58 GMT -5
I want a life size Ba Sing Se Zuko ;D
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Post by The Blue Chibi on Nov 22, 2006 5:22:46 GMT -5
Why oh why have they got Bumi, then, and no Iroh? Are they afraid it will take too much plastic? (Perhaps they could just borrow some from Ty Lee's plastic allotment... you know she'd sell...)
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Post by alternatecoppa on Nov 22, 2006 11:00:07 GMT -5
LOL!
Actually you want to release new main characters slowly over the course of a few waves. Keeps everyone anticipating the next release. Just like all this excitement over Katara. My guess is that when the first wave was planned we were only half way into the first season and at that time the strongest supporting characters (and most appealing for play value) would have been Bumi and Roku. So who knows, we might get some second season support characters next!
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Post by volcomxreckless on Nov 22, 2006 13:46:26 GMT -5
I cant wait for the Katara release. I want them to relase it before X-mas.. I wanted Toph & Katara for X-mas but they wanna release it in the middle of 2007.. I hope the Katara is from season 2! I found an Appa, MoMo, and Aang plushys.. look! : I want them.. Have they showed a picture of the Katara figure yet??? Jesus I wanna see it... and buy it!
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Post by volcomxreckless on Nov 23, 2006 10:37:26 GMT -5
Right now I'm playing attack on the Water Tribe with 2 Fire Navy Soliders & Water Nation Aang & Sokka! lol It would be more fun if they released Katara already!
I hope she's from season 2. With a water whip, Water-Skin, Waterbending Scroll. ;D
I really want Katara, Toph & The Blue Spirit for Christmas. Who's with me to pursuade them to release Katara, Toph & Blue Spirit early!!!
SAVE THE HAIR LOOPIES!
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Post by alternatecoppa on Nov 23, 2006 12:01:04 GMT -5
You mentioned in another thread that: You can mail order direct from the company in China? How sweet is that? No hunting for the new released figs? That's got to be nice.
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Post by Kirsten on Nov 23, 2006 15:11:08 GMT -5
I cant wait for the Katara release. I want them to relase it before X-mas.. I wanted Toph & Katara for X-mas but they wanna release it in the middle of 2007.. I hope the Katara is from season 2! I found an Appa, MoMo, and Aang plushys.. look! : I want them.. Have they showed a picture of the Katara figure yet??? Jesus I wanna see it... and buy it! The Momo one looks awesome
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Post by volcomxreckless on Nov 24, 2006 13:50:26 GMT -5
The MoMo & Appa plushies are on shop.nick.com
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Post by lexlex on Dec 3, 2006 18:12:57 GMT -5
dude i want the blue spirit and refugee zuko
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