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Discussion: Another... FAIL Star Wars Toys Review

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I have to agree with him, I've hated those things ever since I first saw them. Those things suck, what are kids coming to these days? What happened to the good ol' days?

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I don't understand why grown men are complaining about toys for children.

I mean...they're for children, right? Not forty year old collectors who bitch on the internet about how their children's toys are childish? Right? I miss the good ol days too Ferris, when children's toys were played with by children and not some old guy with a beard who makes videos on youtube.

I mean, seriously though! I know there is a collectors market and everything, but I think some collectors need some perspective.

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zombie84 said:

I don't understand why grown men are complaining about toys for children.

I mean...they're for children, right? Not forty year old collectors who bitch on the internet about how their children's toys are childish? Right? I miss the good ol days too Ferris, when children's toys were played with by children and not some old guy with a beard who makes videos on youtube.

I mean, seriously though! I know there is a collectors market and everything, but I think some collectors need some perspective.

Yeah, I can agree to an extent, but lets be real. These are just solid pieces of plastic. I dunno how old you are, but I'm in my early 30's. I remember the good ol' days of 3-inch G.I. Joes with metal joints, meaningful Star Wars toys, metal Hot Wheels, roller wheels, and those cool Hot Wheels cities that you could fold like a briefcase. Remember Micro-Machines? With that fast talking guy who advertised for them? I love memory lane, it is so comfortable.

But, yeah, you're right, these are just for kids and that guy is acting a little goofy about them. However, in a way, I can relate. The toys of our day was so much cooler, just like our parents thought the toys of their day was better. Kind of scares me though what my grand-kids will be playing with!!

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ferris209 said:

zombie84 said:

I don't understand why grown men are complaining about toys for children.

 

Yeah, I can agree to an extent, but lets be real. These are just solid pieces of plastic. I dunno how old you are, but I'm in my early 30's. I remember the good ol' days of 3-inch G.I. Joes with metal joints, meaningful Star Wars toys, metal Hot Wheels, roller wheels, and those cool Hot Wheels cities that you could fold like a briefcase. Remember Micro-Machines? With that fast talking guy who advertised for them? I love memory lane, it is so comfortable.

But, yeah, you're right, these are just for kids and that guy is acting a little goofy about them. However, in a way, I can relate. The toys of our day was so much cooler, just like our parents thought the toys of their day was better. Kind of scares me though what my grand-kids will be playing with!!

 Im 29, and I remember plastic GI Joes held together with a rubberband that would snap, leaving your Joe a leprous pile of limbs and a torso.

I wish I could actually buy some cool Star Wars toys for my kid, but its hard to get cool ones because collectors pounce them up.

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They have also brought out a similar range of Doctor Who toys.

They look like melted marzipan :

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Hmm... so am I the only adult that thinks some of them are kind of cute?  My kids have a bunch of them.  They're great for little hands.

Of course, we don't have any prequel era ones.  ;)

We have 10 or so of the transformers too...

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No, you aren't the only one.  I really liked these when they first came out.  I was disappointed that my kids were just past the age to want these.  I kept trying to suggest that they should get some, but they weren't biting.

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TheBoost said:

I wish I could actually buy some cool Star Wars toys for my kid, but its hard to get cool ones because collectors pounce them up.

The best thing to do is find a local collectibles or thrift store with a good toy section. Nowadays I'm seeing a lot of the POTF 2 figures from my childhood pop up for not that much. What happened to those days? There was nothing like SW action figures in the 90's. Before the dark times. Before a kid had to pay 8 bucks or more for an action figure. So what if it's more detailed or articulated? I still get more mileage out of my 94-98 Kenner figures.

What exactly can you do with these Galactic Heroes anyway? They don't look like they can really move. I guess there really was a need for Super Bombad Racing figures.

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captainsolo said:

 

What exactly can you do with these Galactic Heroes anyway?

Play with them?

They don't look like they can really move.

They have almost as much articulation as the '77 Kenner toys.  :)  Usually their arms and head move but their legs don't.  And to answer your other question again, you can stand them up together in on the coffee table in the living room and have scenes like that.  You can throw them into the squished MilFalcon and have them fly around...

Or you can be like my son when he was 3- throw that Luke and Vader crap to the side, put your favourite droids R2 and 3PO in the X-Wing, and have them fly around saving the galaxy.  That always made me sooooo mad!  I'd have to sit him down and explain that C-3PO was not the hero of the SW movies... Or his imagination.

 

;)

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xhonzi said:

Or you can be like my son when he was 3- throw that Luke and Vader crap to the side, put your favourite droids R2 and 3PO in the X-Wing, and have them fly around saving the galaxy.  That always made me sooooo mad!  I'd have to sit him down and explain that C-3PO was not the hero of the SW movies... Or his imagination.

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Sadly, Threepio would never fit in my X-Wing. I did give R2 a lightsaber though.

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Hasbro still makes 3 3/4" articulated star wars figures. i collect them. the ones i want

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I always thought the lightpipe (or periscope thingy) on my 1983 R2-D2 was Luke's lightsabre.

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My favorite R2 is from 97-99, and it shoots luke's saber out of the dome. I would just flip it and have a green blade sticking out-thus R2 now could use the force...

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I'm trying soooo hard to get my son into Star wars.

Everytime we're in a toy shop I keep saying to him you should buy these (the standard figures) but all I get in reply is "they're rubbish..Star Wars is rubbish"

It breaks my heart..haha......Well, my daughter is my only hope!!

 

 

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Hmm.  Love how you put a lightsaber effect in his hand against his will then!  ^_~

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Spank him.

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What a completely sad fucking old lonely loser!Spot the unmarried geek with no kids......

My kids both love these.My youngest son has the x-wing,snowspeeder and falcon.You sad beardy bastard-THEY ARE FOR TODDLERS NOT BASEMENT DWELLING TROLLS!

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Grrr!  The snowspeeder!  We have 2 PotF2 Snow Speeders, so I didn't think I could spend top dollar on the Galactic Heroes one...  But many a night have I tossed and even turned regretting that my young kids don't have a matching snowspeeder!

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Well my youngest son Lucas asked Santa for the galactic heroes X-Wing and snowspeeder playsets so............

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His final words in that review are, "How pathetic is this?" and I've got to agree, he is pretty freakin' pathetic.

My goodness, what a loser! I'd like the think the guy is making fun of himself, but sadly, I am pretty sure he is 100% genuine. Pretty humorous to watch though. 

 

A long time ago, I was at a store and witnessed two 30 some year olds guys anxiously asking one of the employes if there were any more Hotwheels cars in the back because some new models had just been released that day or something along those lines. This older woman (in her 50s I'd guess) who had also overhead their request waited until they were out of earshot, then turned to me, shaking her head and said, "I once dated a guy who collected Hotwheels cars. It was pretty weird. Trust me, grown men who collect toys are not a turn on." I certainly didn't need her tell me that, but this poor youtube guy does.

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I don't think he's doin' it for the ladies.

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"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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C3PX said:

His final words in that review are, "How pathetic is this?" and I've got to agree, he is pretty freakin' pathetic.

My goodness, what a loser! I'd like the think the guy is making fun of himself, but sadly, I am pretty sure he is 100% genuine. Pretty humorous to watch though. 

 

A long time ago, I was at a store and witnessed two 30 some year olds guys anxiously asking one of the employes if there were any more Hotwheels cars in the back because some new models had just been released that day or something along those lines. This older woman (in her 50s I'd guess) who had also overhead their request waited until they were out of earshot, then turned to me, shaking her head and said, "I once dated a guy who collected Hotwheels cars. It was pretty weird. Trust me, grown men who collect toys are not a turn on." I certainly didn't need her tell me that, but this poor youtube guy does.

She'd probably sing a different tune if she saw what some of the rare ones go for! ;)

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