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Originally posted by: Rikter
My local Wal-marts have already stocked and sold out of the ROTS toys 3 times now!!
I've seen the toy lightsabers stacked 15-24 high then the next day they are all gone... I've even seen two collectors almost go to blows over the Darth Vader figure a few days ago!
Hmmm.
I guess that's one thing that bugs me, as an adult, about the direction the fandom has taken and more importantly the direction George Lucas has taken (judgment reserved for EPIII for now):
When I was a kid, the OT was a fun series of movies targeted at adults (for the most part). As kids, we wanted to be a part of that world and bought the toys to play with.
With the PT, the movies (by GL's own admission at various times) is targeted towards kids, and yet the only people I've seen buying the merchandise are adults who are either collectors or just nostalgic peope who loved SW as kids. The only kids that seem interested in the toys, etc (that I've seen at least) are the children of people like us who kinda push them into it.
Just some random thoughts for a Monday morning.